Service marks lost WWI generation
A special Armistice Day service is held in London following the deaths this year of the last UK veterans of WWI.
Child rapist detained for second attack
A 16-year-old child rapist allowed to walk free by a judge, only to abuse a five-year-old boy just days later, is detained.
Suicide footballer battled depression
The widow of Germany star Robert Enke, who died after being hit by a train, says he had been battling depression for six years.
German courtroom killer gets life
A man is sentenced to life in jail after being convicted of murdering a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom.
Six-year limit on DNA of innocent
The DNA of most innocent people arrested in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will not be kept for more than six years, the Home Office says.
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