The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 2 hours 51 min ago
3 hours 23 min ago
Police release the name of a man who was found dead at his apartment in Armagh city on Friday.
3 hours 31 min ago
More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.
3 hours 50 min ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office has said.
3 hours 59 min ago
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
4 hours 9 min ago
Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok gives the Korean Grand Prix venue the thumbs-up after being the first F1 driver to drive it.
4 hours 21 min ago
John Toshack says Wales' October clash with Bulgaria is a must-win after the Montenegro loss as his managerial future is queried.
4 hours 22 min ago
A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative".
4 hours 32 min ago
England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson is ruled out of Tuesday's game against Switzerland because of an injury suffered against Bulgaria.
4 hours 45 min ago
Some 77% of Britons think taxpayers should not help pay for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Scotland and England, a survey suggests.
5 hours 4 min ago
Shoes, eggs and plastic bottles are thrown at Tony Blair as he arrives at a book-shop in Dublin to sign copies of his memoirs.
5 hours 11 min ago
Two police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.
5 hours 20 min ago
England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.
5 hours 22 min ago
Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.
5 hours 40 min ago
Eggs and shoes have been thrown by anti-war protestors at former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
5 hours 42 min ago
The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.
5 hours 51 min ago
A lawyer for the three Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of corruption says they are keen for a "timely and satisfactory outcome" to the affair.
6 hours 13 min ago
A father and his 15-year-old son are killed in a motorbike accident outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
6 hours 44 min ago
Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.
6 hours 48 min ago
A 13-year-old girl and her uncle suffer serious burns when a gas cylinder explodes during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire.
6 hours 50 min ago
An Irish tourist is among nine people killed in a plane crash in New Zealand.
