A communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network providing a wireless access interface for the communications device, the communications device comprising: a transmitter unit adapted to transmit data to base stations of the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the base stations, wherein the wireless access interface providing in a downlink, a first carrier, the first carrier providing a plurality of communications resource elements (704, 706) across a first frequency range for communicating data and providing a plurality of communications resource elements (701, 702) within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range forming a virtual carrier, a plurality of time divided sub-frames, each sub-frame including the plurality of communications resource elements of the first frequency range and the plurality of the communications resource elements of the second frequency range, and each sub-frame includes a first wideband control channel in a part of each sub-frame having a bandwidth corresponding to the first frequency range, and a second narrow band control channel in a second part of each sub-frame and having a bandwidth which is less than the first wideband control channel and a duration of the second narrow band control channel within the sub-frame is greater than a duration of the first wideband control channel within the sub-frame; and a receiver unit configured to receive data from the base stations of the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the base stations, wherein the receiver unit is adapted to operate with a receiver band width corresponding to the second frequency range and is configured to receive control information from the second narrow band control channel to access the plurality of the communications resource elements of the second frequency range of the virtual carrier, wherein the receiver unit is configured to receive resource allocation messages from the second narrow band control channel, the resource allocation messages providing an indication of communications resource elements (701, 702) in the second frequency range of the virtual carrier which have been allocated to the communications device, the resources allocated to reduced capability communications devices being allocated within the second frequency range of the virtual carrier, characterized in that the second narrow band control channel is distributed between two parts (906.1, 906.2) within the second frequency range of the virtual carrier. a transmitter unit adapted to transmit data to base stations of the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the base stations, wherein the wireless access interface providing in a downlink, a first carrier, the first carrier providing a plurality of communications resource elements (704, 706) across a first frequency range for communicating data and providing a plurality of communications resource elements (701, 702) within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range forming a virtual carrier, a plurality of time divided sub-frames, each sub-frame including the plurality of communications resource elements of the first frequency range and the plurality of the communications resource elements of the second frequency range, and each sub-frame includes a first wideband control channel in a part of each sub-frame having a bandwidth corresponding to the first frequency range, and a second narrow band control channel in a second part of each sub-frame and having a bandwidth which is less than the first wideband control channel and a duration of the second narrow band control channel within the sub-frame is greater than a duration of the first wideband control channel within the sub-frame; and a receiver unit configured to receive data from the base stations of the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface provided by the base stations, wherein the receiver unit is adapted to operate with a receiver band width corresponding to the second frequency range and is configured to receive control information from the second narrow band control channel to access the plurality of the communications resource elements of the second frequency range of the virtual carrier, wherein the receiver unit is configured to receive resource allocation messages from the second narrow band control channel, the resource allocation messages providing an indication of communications resource elements (701, 702) in the second frequency range of the virtual carrier which have been allocated to the communications device, the resources allocated to reduced capability communications devices being allocated within the second frequency range of the virtual carrier, characterized in that the second narrow band control channel is distributed between two parts (906.1, 906.2) within the second frequency range of the virtual carrier.