Norway's head of police, Oeystein Maeland, resigns after an inquiry found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik could have been stopped.

South African President Jacob Zuma announces an inquiry into the killing by police of 34 miners during a protest in the north-east.

A former news editor at the News of the World Scotland is arrested and charged in connection with the perjury trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan.

Facebook shares fall heavily as the first lock-up period, which had prevented sales by early investors, ends.

The number of new homes started by house builders in England has fallen again, to the lowest level for three years, while private rents hit record levels.

At least 53 people are killed and scores are injured in a wave of attacks in Iraqi cities, including in the capital, Baghdad.

The Department for Education apologises after giving inaccurate figures about the number of school playing fields sold off in England.

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Picasso's Child with a Dove, in the hope that money can be raised to keep the painting in the UK.