The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
Updated: 27 min 56 sec ago
5 hours 13 min ago
Police are offering a £10,000 reward in their search for a man wanted in connection with the murder of a teenager in Cardiff.
5 hours 42 min ago
MSPs claimed a record amount of expenses last year, with payments totalling almost £11.7m.
5 hours 46 min ago
A man who texted two lovers with messages of affection on the day he killed his wife of nearly 26 years is jailed for life.
6 hours 57 sec ago
The son of a man killed in the Claudy bombings in 1972 says he does not believe Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has told the whole truth.
6 hours 1 min ago
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp would find the England job "hard to turn down" should he be asked to replace manager Fabio Capello.
6 hours 9 min ago
MPs overwhelmingly back keeping UK troops in Afghanistan - the first time they have voted on the issue.
6 hours 19 min ago
US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say.
6 hours 38 min ago
A carload of suspected Islamist suicide bombers attack Mogadishu airport, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say.
6 hours 42 min ago
The chair of the Mercury Prize claims that black British female artists are being ignored by the British public.
6 hours 49 min ago
The chief executive of an NHS trust appears at an inquest into an elderly patient's death after she was summoned by the coroner.
6 hours 50 min ago
Fernando Alonso tries to put the team orders controversy behind Ferrari after the FIA decided against further punishment for the Italian team.
6 hours 51 min ago
Health officials are investigating a second death which is being linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in south Wales.
7 hours 22 sec ago
Scott Parker signs a new contract with West Ham that will keep him at the club until 2014.
7 hours 9 min ago
Budget airline Bmibaby has been charging customers to put bags in the hold when they are small enough for the cabin, the BBC learns.
7 hours 36 min ago
Apple says that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it sells in its App Store to appease critical developers.
7 hours 47 min ago
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott will be out of action for up to six weeks after injuring his ankle playing for England
7 hours 48 min ago
A rare copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, is to go on sale at Sotheby's.
7 hours 52 min ago
Animal welfare experts say it could take weeks to free a humpback whale caught up in ropes off Shetland.
7 hours 58 min ago
A decision to shut a pathology department will lead to a delay in post-mortems and the downgrading of a general hospital, claims a coroner.
8 hours 5 min ago
Intel is to launch its first chip with built-in graphics, while established phone chipmaker ARM releases a fast new chip.