An intriguing dilemma faces Team Sky after Chris Froome moved into second place in the Tour de France behind Bradley Wiggins and appeared so strong in the finale of stage 11 that he had to wait for his team leader.

A counter attack from yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky colleague Chris Froome saw them move into first and second place overall after stage 11 of the Tour de France as the race entered the high Alps.

Briton Bradley Wiggins survived the Tour de France’s first big mountain stage to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey, before asking “what more can I do?” when the subject of doping was again broached.

A teenage gunman shot dead 15 pupils, staff and bystanders at a German school before apparently turning his pistol on himself today.

A bus taking high school pupils and their chaperones home from a band trip to Chicago overturned on a highway and skidded into a ditch, killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring dozens of others on board.

A 36-year-old woman was taken into police custody in the French Alps after police discovered the bodies of three of her newborn babies hidden at her home.

A 36-year-old woman was taken into police custody in the French Alps after police discovered the bodies of three of her newborn babies hidden at her home, police said today.