Male statues had their genitalia covered with black cloths by authorities

Gangs of young pickpockets forced the closure of the Louvre museum in Paris today.

A “devastated” President François Hollande has announced a series of actions to clean up French public life in the wake of the Jérôme Cahuzac tax evasion scandal.

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A sound not heard since the late 18th century pealed tunefully, and movingly, over central Paris at the weekend.

TV production companies have hailed George Osborne’s decision to give almost £200 million of tax breaks to high-end drama by 2018.

After Danny Nightingale case, details emerge of high-grade hardware brought home as souvenirs

Ian Livingstone, president of Eidos, said Lara Croft's latest adventure includes "gritty realism"

The Government has temporarily blocked two rare George Stubbs paintings from leaving the country, although £5.5m needs to be raised by August to keep them in the UK permanently.

A US comedy skit that makes fun of Thailand’s booming sex industry has angered the government, which is trying to block videos of the sketch on the internet.

Election comes at a time of huge divisions within the Anglican Church

Labour says it will draft Bill that could force Government’s hand on statutory underpinning

In the hallowed chamber of the Oxford Union, where once reverberated the voices of Gladstone, Salisbury and Sir Winston Churchill, it was again a tale of blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Britain's three main mobile operators and the media regulator Ofcom have reached a crucial truce over much-delayed plans to roll out fourth-generation super-fast mobile broadband, known as 4G.