CRIME

Paris prosecutors have dropped charges of attempted rape brought against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan by French journalist Tristane Banon.

Vincent Tabak joked about the Joanna Yeates murder investigation at dinner parties and told friends whoever killed Miss Yeates must be a "crazy detached person" to behave normally after the murder, a jury was told today.

The FBI arrested a computer hacker Wednesday for allegedly infiltrating the emails of Hollywood stars, including Scarlett Johansson.

Berlusconi has asked parliament for a confidence vote that will allow him to continue leading the centre-right coalition amid concerns for his political future.

Unconfirmed reports that one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons has been captured in Sirte have caused confusion after a Libyan spokesman said that there was no information that Mutassim Gaddafi had been seized.

A post office worker yesterday has been sentenced to 100 hours community service and ordered to pay £500 costs for trying to get a police officer to carry out an unauthorised police check on her future son in law.

In a press conference on Wednesday Egyptian military leaders delivered their official version of Sunday's events, which has been widely discredited by journalist, witnesses and activists at the scene.

The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S bound passenger plane on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb in his underwear has pleaded guilty to all charges.

Residents of Dale Farm have lost their High Court battle against eviction.

A video has emerged showing former FIFA-vice president encouraging Caribbean officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam, the former presidential candidate.

Judges have condemned government rules to withhold visas for under 21s as a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Liverpool have called on the Premier League to allow clubs to negotiate their own overseas TV rights in a move that could spell the end for evenly distributed wealth across England's top tier.

Southwark Crown Court on Monday sentenced a man and woman 10 and 2 and a half years of jail term respectively.

The jury in the trail of Vincent Tabak is expected to visit the flat where he is accused of killing Joanna Yeates later today.

In what is being described as an important crackdown, officials of the Middlemarket Drugs Partnership and the UK Border Agency have intercepted and seized two kilograms of heroin, at London's Heathrow Airport. The heroin, which has an estimated street value of £80,000, was reportedly found hidden inside in a consignment of vegetables - a variety of East Asian radish.

British and US special forces have seized 11 Somali Pirates in a stormed raid on a hijacked Italian cargo ship off the coast of the Horn of Africa

Despite international recognition, Italy continues to bury its head in the sand when it comes to tackling the Mafiosi who, it is said, run the country from behind the scenes.

Joanna Yeates suffered 43 separate injuries during a "violent struggle" as she was strangled by her neighbour Vincent Tabak with his bare hands, a court heard today.

Captial Shopping Centres has amended its 'No Photography' policy after an incident in Scotland on Firday.

Justice may still come to bear for the former 'King of Kings' .

In an attempt to curb immigration, the British Home Office have stated that overseas visitors who fail to pay their debts, in full, for National Health Service care will soon be denied permission to enter the country.

A couple who allegedly swapped their twin babies to hide fatal injuries was sentenced to five years jail term yesterday.

In an attempt to seek revenge, a chef made a hoax call alleging that his estranged wife was carrying a bomb and was about to board a flight.

Shocking news of how a father was questioned by police in Scotland after taking a photograph of his 4-year-old daughter eating ice-cream has spawned a Facebook page with over 8,200 members.

Vincent Tabak, the neighbour accused of murdering Joanna Yeates, may have driven to an Asda supermarket with her body in his boot, a court has been told.

A man from Texas has pleaded not guilty to battery after allegedly beating his wife because she didn’t ‘like’ his Facebook status.

N-DUBZ singer, Dappy, was taken into custody on Saturday, for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Kaye Vassell, 21.

The London Metropolitan Police (MPS) seized a large quantity of Cathinone Derivative (also called the "Meow Meow" drug) at Wembley on Saturday, during a random car search.

It certainly has been an interesting week for those of us working on the technology desk, it’s flown by.