Holidaymakers heading for ski resorts in Savoie were stranded after heavy snow block roads in both directions.
Police have warned that dealers are targetting vulnerable people and taking over their homes as a base for selling drugs.
Xavier Bonnefont has been accused of being anti-homeless after the cages were installed on Christmas eve.
Jayden Wilson became an internet star after his father dressed up as Spiderman to cheer him up.
More people are expected to turn to A and E departments due to the lack of GP appointments after the Christmas break.
Former Soviet premier credit Putin with preventing the disintegration of Russia in the years following the collapse of the USSR.
Vice President Joe Biden also attended the funeral to pay his respects.
The Office of the Rail Regulator is to look into the disruption caused by overrunning engineering work.
Victims outraged with prime minister as photos show him reportedly playing golf with Barack Obama.
Three youngsters who spent Christmas night with their grandmother so she wasn't alone died in a fire at her house.
Pictures of a snow-covered Britain after freezing weather on Boxing Day.
Gross had been battling colon cancer for two years.
Femen member Yana Zhdanova arrested by the Vatican for exposing her breasts and snatching a statue.
The priest's death has been linked to murder of 43 students.
Jan and Julia Tshabalala died in apparent suicide pact on Christmas Day.
Treacherous conditions on Boxing Day left a coachload of people in Sheffield taking refuge in a church for the night.
The North Korean government has attacked US President Obama, blaming him for releasing the film The Interview.
Emin Djinovci, originally from Germany, has five daughters whom he addresses as 'Hitler's children'.
The 37-year-old who played Screech in the hit TV series, said he accidentally stabbed a man while defending his fiancee.
A Dublin High Court ruled that maintaining life support would deprive the 26-year-old woman of 'dignity in death.'
Forecasters have increased the weather alert to amber as snow is expected to sweep across the country.
East Coast trains said that 'significant disruption to services is expected' due to over-running engineering works.
Health experts have warned that more children have been brought into hospital after getting the small plastic bands lodged in their noses.
The Taliban commmander was shot dead in an hour long shootout in Khyber.
India's shocking attitude to animal abuse is symptomatic of the problems faced by women.
It has been 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake devastated parts of Indonesia Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
The alleged UFO's photos are part of Nasa's latest solar images.
At a hospital in Makeni nurses are protesting against the non-payment of hazard pay.
The tsunami killed about 230,000 people across several Asian nations
Dean of Canterbury will fill in for head of Church of England in annual Christmas Day sermon.