The Chaos Computer Club has filed a criminal complaint against the German government and heads of Germany's intelligence agencies. It accuses them of "illegal and prohibited covert intelligence activities, of aiding and abetting of those activities, of violation of the right to privacy and obstruction of justice in office by bearing and cooperating with the electronic surveillance of German citizens by NSA and GCHQ."

Russell Brand is suing The Sun on Sunday for printing allegations that he cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. The Sun on Sunday published an article on November 17, 2013 with quotes from a woman claiming that she'd had a fling with the comedian. Brand strenuously denied those allegations at the time and later announced his intentions to take legal action.

A Russian court has fined a newspaper editor for publishing an interview with a gay school teacher who was quoted as saying "homosexuality is normal." Alexander Suturin, editor of the Molodoi Dalnevostochnik, a weekly published in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk near the border with China, was ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 rubles (GBP870) for violating a law that bans "gay propaganda" among minors.

Auto Trader owner Trader Media has brought its Bike Trader, Van Trader and Motorhome & Caravan Trader brands under the Auto Trader banner. Trader Media said the brand integration would be followed by a second phase beginning at the end of February which will see Truck Trader and Farm Trader follow suit.

Belgium's federal prosecutor is looking into the likely hacking of noted cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater by the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ, as first reported on Saturday by De Standaard. Quisquater's targeting became apparent during the investigation into the hacking of telecoms firm Belgacom, shown by Edward Snowden's leaks to be the work of GCHQ.

The Dutch crowdfunded journalism site De Correspondent is already bringing in almost $2 million per year in subscription revenue, and part of its success is being driven by the relationship it is building between its writers and their readers.

Telegraph photographer Lewis Whyld used his home-built aerial drone to ensure nobody was trapped in a submerged car. "It was my day off, so I travelled to Somerset to film the floods with my drone, as I thought it would be an interesting way to document the damage. I saw the car but couldn't get to it, so I used my drone camera to check there were no people trapped inside. Fortunately it was empty."