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A Carlisle takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years for attempting to recruit four girls aged between 12 and 16 into prostitution.

Dylan Hartley returns to the England squad for the meeting with the Barbarians after an eight-week ban for biting.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is counter-suing a hotel maid who accused him of sexual harassment last year, seeking $1m in damages.

South African police fire tear gas after clashes between opposition supporters and trade union activists in central Johannesburg.

France's newly-inaugurated President Francois Hollande arrives in Germany for key talks, which were delayed after his plane was apparently hit by lightning.

The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood will come to be seen as a "terrible mistake", former chancellor Alistair Darling claims.

At least 20 people are killed by Syrian security forces in the north-west town of Khan Sheikhoun during a visit by UN observers, activists say.

Pontypridd MP Owen Smith is made shadow Welsh secretary just two years after being elected to Parliament, following Peter Hain's resignation.

The head of JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank, is backed by shareholders days after it revealed a $2bn (£1.2bn) trading blunder.

Mystery shopper tests have revealed that customers are not always told what speed they can expect from broadband services.

Jon Cruddas is put in charge of Labour's policy review in a minor reshuffle of Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.

Gary Lineker expects Peter Crouch to be included in England's Euro 2012 squad, which will be announced on Wednesday.

Human error is blamed for a mix-up over payments to Kent County Council leader Paul Carter which cost the authority £20,000.

Jewellery made with stones cut from the world's biggest diamond will go on display for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Papers relating to the way the culture secretary handled News Corp's bid to take over BSkyB should not be published, Lord Justice Leveson urges.

Fish man's song an internet phenomenon

Greece agrees to pay off some of the investors who rejected its bond swap earlier this year.

Schools in England will sent copies of the King James Bible from this week to mark the 400th anniversary of its publication.

David Luiz and Gary Cahill give Chelsea a fitness boost ahead of Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

A Nokia spokeswoman criticises Apple after it appears to "override" its Siri software over the question: "What is the best smartphone?"