A court in France suspends a restructuring plan by Peugeot Citroen involving 8,000 job cuts, saying the carmaker did not consult workers properly.

The Whatsapp messaging app is criticised by privacy regulators for storing the contact details of people who have not signed up to the service.

The scheduled 3D release of Star Wars: Episode II and Episode III is postponed to enable Lucasfilm to concentrate on the next instalment in the series.

Nurseries and childminders in England are to be allowed to look after more children, in a package ministers say will improve quality and cut costs.

French and Malian troops consolidate positions in Timbuktu as an international conference seeks to fund the $950m operation against Islamist militants.

French and Malian troops consolidate positions in Timbuktu as an international conference seeks to fund the $950m operation against Islamist militants.

Top Hat, Sweeney Todd and other West End shows helped boost London's theatre box office in 2012, despite competition from the Olympics, according to figures.

A row breaks out between India and Pakistan after Islamabad's suggestion that Delhi provide security to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Students at a high school in the US state of New Jersey have successfully set the record for the most people popping bubble wrap at one time.

A bipartisan group of US senators unveils a plan to pass sweeping reform of the immigration system by the middle of this year.

A bipartisan group of US senators unveils a plan to pass sweeping reform of the immigration system by the middle of this year.

Severe pollution covers the Chinese capital for the second time in two weeks, reducing visibility to 200m in some places.

A British man is jailed for six years in Bali for drug offences, as a UK woman sentenced to death for smuggling is set to sue the Foreign Office.

A commission set up by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to investigate the Lance Armstrong scandal is disbanded.

Rescuers searching for a fishing boat which went missing off the Devon coast find the body of the missing skipper, coastguards say.

Ten rare pygmy elephants are found dead in Borneo, with Malaysian officials saying they "highly suspect" poisoning.

Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric.

Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is to sell off its home entertainment business, including hi-fis and DVD players, to Japan's Funai Electric.

The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is using the annual BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture to spell out his commitment to ridding the world of polio.