Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:15:27 GMT
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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.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:43:49 GMT
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A state of emergency is declared in Christchurch after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:10:21 GMT
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Downing Street's head of communications, Andy Coulson, is safe in his job despite phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper, says a senior government source.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:58:41 GMT
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More than 100 demonstrations are planned across France to protest the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:05:04 GMT
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Nine people, including four tourists, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:41:31 GMT
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:36:38 GMT
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Some 77% of Britons think taxpayers should not help pay for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Scotland and England, a survey suggests.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
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Banks are accused of leaving some customers in 'dire poverty' after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:53:26 GMT
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Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:19:44 GMT
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The 2010 Great North Swim is cancelled after toxic algae is found in Windermere.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:58:20 GMT
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Police question the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that trio implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:56:38 GMT
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Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:19:33 GMT
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TV comedienne Jennifer Saunders is to write the story for musical Viva Forever - based on the songs of the Spice Girls.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:28:01 GMT
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England manager Fabio Capello praises Jermain Defoe after the Tottenham striker scores a hat-trick in the 4-0 Euro 2012 qualifying win over Bulgaria.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:13:25 GMT
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Britain's Andy Murray overcomes the unorthodox style of Jamaica's Dustin Brown to reach the third round of the US Open.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:28:45 GMT
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Montenegro captain Mirko Vucinic scores a fine solo goal to condemn Wales to defeat in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:42:34 GMT
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Substitute Corry Evans scores with his first touch to give Northern Ireland a 1-0 win over Slovenia in the opening Euro 2012 qualifier in Maribor.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:09:08 GMT
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Scotland have to settle for a point as their Euro 2012 qualification campaign begins with frustration in Lithuania.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:06 GMT
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A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, it emerges.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:18:52 GMT
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Firefighters rescue a horse and its groom after the animal kicked its way out of a horse box and into the front cab.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:02:42 GMT
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One of Scotland's largest councils - North Lanarkshire - warns that it may have to cut more than 1,000 jobs.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:46:44 GMT
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Police carry out two days of raids after a man was attacked with a power drill in North Lanarkshire.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:28:38 GMT
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An Irish tourist has died, along with nine others in a plane crash in New Zealand.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:57 GMT
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Detectives in Armagh have begun a murder inquiry after a man's body was found in the Castle Street area on Friday.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:26:16 GMT
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The interim managing director brought in to run a crisis-hit authority is to stay on for the forseeable future.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:20:37 GMT
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Villagers told by BT it will cost £550,000 for a broadband connection receive an estimate from another company of £50,000.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:23:54 GMT
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Police in Mozambique's capital fire rubber bullets on the third day of riots, as the violence spreads to the central city of Chimoio.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:40:42 GMT
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The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:35:52 GMT
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Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:01:57 GMT
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The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:14:29 GMT
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Talks to form a coalition government in the Netherlands collapse as the leader of the far-right Freedom Party Geert Wilders walks out.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:04:24 GMT
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Six Portuguese men are sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:04:58 GMT
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Fidel Castro addresses a rally for the first time since handing the Cuban presidency to his brother Raul in 2006.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:46:54 GMT
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Colombian troops storm an ELN guerrilla camp near the Venezuelan border, killing 11 rebels, a day after 14 policemen were killed in an ambush in the south.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:22:35 GMT
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The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be 'the last chance for a very long time'.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:16:14 GMT
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Newspapers in Egypt are banned from reporting on a poster campaign promoting the chief of intelligence as a possible future president, the BBC learns.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:33:22 GMT
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A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:02:16 GMT
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Officials in northern Bangladesh battle to contain an anthrax outbreak that has infected more than 250 people.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:05:17 GMT
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The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:55:07 GMT
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BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:19:19 GMT
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HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break up big banks, a senior executive says.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:12:33 GMT
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The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:28:42 GMT
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BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:44:57 GMT
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A poll commissioned by Ed Miliband's leadership campaign finds voters are less likely to vote Labour if there is not a shift from New Labour policies.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:02:01 GMT
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The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:32:48 GMT
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Defence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:36:41 GMT
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Tests on a type of breast implant filled with an unapproved gel have shown no evidence they are unsafe, UK experts say.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:03:58 GMT
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Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:59:30 GMT
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British scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women trying to fall pregnant are more likely to produce abnormal eggs.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:36 GMT
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One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:39:09 GMT
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Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:43 GMT
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England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:43:40 GMT
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Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:33:44 GMT
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A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:45:35 GMT
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The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:44:59 GMT
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Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:20:39 GMT
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The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:49:58 GMT
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Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:47:43 GMT
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Three of the world's most successful club DJs join forces to pay tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany in July.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:29 GMT
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Veteran broadcaster Sarah Kennedy is leaving BBC Radio 2's Dawn Patrol show - 34 years after joining the station
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:44:56 GMT
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Thousands of people watch Robbie Williams switch on Blackpool's illuminations.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:42:04 GMT
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The world is on the verge of a bed-bug pandemic, according to a report - how did the tiny biting insects come to pose such a threat?
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:22 GMT
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Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what are the biggest overall sellers?
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:57:23 GMT
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Tony Blair used alcohol as a 'prop' during his time in power but how many of us do the same?
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:01:08 GMT
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The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:30:13 GMT
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The Modified Toy Orchestra is a band made up of five musicians - and 48 tweaked toy instruments.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:02:36 GMT
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A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:19:14 GMT
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Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:47:29 GMT
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New-born twin giant pandas made their first public appearance at a zoo in Japan on Friday in Shirahama.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:13:44 GMT
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In an attempt to reach people who do not normally go to the cinema, Shetland film festival is targeting their pets.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:07:49 GMT
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Hundreds of sharks have been spotted off the Queensland coast.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:20 GMT
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A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:56:48 GMT
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The spending review's political arm-wrestling contest
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:25:47 GMT
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Author Ian McEwan on writing, walking and quantum mechanics
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:10:21 GMT
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The most famous comic you've never heard of
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:28:17 GMT
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Israeli and Palestinian talks seen from the inside
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:32:41 GMT
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The life and times of Rochdale's larger-than-life MP
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:52:03 GMT
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Papers consider phone hack claims
