A method in a user equipment for handling control information in a radio communications network, which user equipment is served in a cell controlled by a radio network node and is of a second type of user equipments, the method comprises: - monitoring (403,1302) a search space for control information of a physical data control channel, PDCCH, which search space is associated with the second type of user equipments, which PDCCH comprises at least one control channel element that comprises resource elements at least partly comprised in a second region of resource elements, which resource elements of the second region are only allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of the second type, and which at least one control channel element is defined in relation to a control channel element of a first region of resource elements, and which resource elements of the first region are allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of a first type; and - wherein resource elements of the at least one control channel element are further at least partly comprised in the first region of resource elements, and wherein the at least one control channel element is overlapping a control channel element of a user equipment of the first type, which control channel element of said user equipment of the first type is being comprised in the first region, and wherein the at least one control channel element is of a same or higher aggregation level than the control channel element of the user equipment of the first type, and - detecting (404,1303) control information within the monitored search space; and - using (405,1304) the detected control information for communicating with the radio network node. - monitoring (403,1302) a search space for control information of a physical data control channel, PDCCH, which search space is associated with the second type of user equipments, which PDCCH comprises at least one control channel element that comprises resource elements at least partly comprised in a second region of resource elements, which resource elements of the second region are only allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of the second type, and which at least one control channel element is defined in relation to a control channel element of a first region of resource elements, and which resource elements of the first region are allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of a first type; and - wherein resource elements of the at least one control channel element are further at least partly comprised in the first region of resource elements, and wherein the at least one control channel element is overlapping a control channel element of a user equipment of the first type, which control channel element of said user equipment of the first type is being comprised in the first region, and wherein the at least one control channel element is of a same or higher aggregation level than the control channel element of the user equipment of the first type, and - detecting (404,1303) control information within the monitored search space; and - using (405,1304) the detected control information for communicating with the radio network node.