The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
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The outgoing Bank of England governor warns a government plan to boost the housing market with part-mortgage guarantees has no long-term place.
53 min 20 sec ago
Two people are injured after a light aircraft crashes at an airfield in Gwynedd.
53 min 59 sec ago
Tunisian police clash with hundreds of supporters of the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia defying attempts to bar a gathering.
1 hour 2 min ago
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt defends the company's tax affairs after it comes in for strong criticism from MPs.
1 hour 4 min ago
Storm-chasers have captured footage showing tornadoes touching down in both Texas and Kansas.
1 hour 11 min ago
Winning the next election will be "virtually impossible" because of David Cameron's support for same-sex marriage. grassroots Conservatives say.
1 hour 14 min ago
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Pyongyang to end its missile tests as a fourth short-range weapon is launched from North Korea's east coast.
1 hour 17 min ago
Tories are "united" on the main issues about Britain's relationship with Europe, the health secretary says, amid claims the PM is losing control of his MPs.
1 hour 23 min ago
Three teenagers are arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs after a 16-year-old girl dies in Warrington.
1 hour 25 min ago
Syrian government forces surround the rebel town of Qusair with opposition activists saying at least 16 people have been killed.
1 hour 26 min ago
British mountaineer Kenton Cool reaches the summit of Everest for a record-breaking 11th time.
1 hour 38 min ago
Governments have long used newspapers, posters and leaflets to try and influence what people think, but a new exhibition is showing that there could be much more to it.
1 hour 51 min ago
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408,000 (£269,000) at auction in New York.
2 hours 49 sec ago
Iranian officials say two men have been executed after they were convicted of spying for Israel and the US.
2 hours 26 min ago
Daily updates from the Cannes Film Festival 2013
2 hours 30 min ago
Two 19-year-old men are arrested following a collision between a suspected stolen motorcycle and a car in County Antrim, that has left a man seriously injured.
2 hours 31 min ago
Colchester welterweight Lee Purdy goes seven rounds against champion Devon Alexander before his corner throw in the towel.
2 hours 58 min ago
The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its MPs on Europe, claims Tory grandee Lord Howe - but the health secretary says the PM is "showing leadership" on the issue.
3 hours 2 min ago
Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, is blaming one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI official Zahra Shahid Hussain.
3 hours 11 min ago
John Redwood MP has called for a 'new relationship' with Europe. He told Jeremy Vine that the British people should be able to vote on this new relationship.