The latest stories from the Home section of the BBC News web site.
Coroner raises rail safety fears
30 Jul 2010 at 5:26pm
A coroner raises ongoing safety fears as an inquest jury blames a points failure for the Potters Bar train crash.
Huntley to sue over prison attack
30 Jul 2010 at 11:08pm
Soham killer Ian Huntley is to sue the Prison Service for compensation after his throat was slashed in an attack by a fellow inmate.
UK soldiers push to clear Taliban
30 Jul 2010 at 1:06pm
Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan.
BP boss scaling back oil effort
30 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
The incoming BP chief executive has said it is time to scale back some parts of the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico.
Venables' identity must be secret
30 Jul 2010 at 4:58pm
The new identity of Jon Venables must be kept secret because there is "compelling evidence" of a threat to his safety, a judge says.
Child, 3, drowned in garden pond
30 Jul 2010 at 4:01pm
A toddler drowned after falling into a garden pond during a visit to a house in Edinburgh, it has emerged.
Immigrant worker limit criticised
30 Jul 2010 at 6:31pm
Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.
Lebanon urged to resist violence
30 Jul 2010 at 8:39pm
Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.
Israel launches Gaza air strikes
30 Jul 2010 at 10:36pm
Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
Girl, 9, dies in rafting accident
30 Jul 2010 at 7:45pm
A nine-year-old girl from Wales has died in a rafting accident while on holiday in Turkey.
French mother 'relieved by truth'
30 Jul 2010 at 5:07pm
A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.
Can I talk to you about Jesus? How a shop manager foiled a robbery
30 Jul 2010 at 7:19pm
A 20-year-old Christian mobile phone shop manager in Florida stops a would-be armed robber by preaching to him.
Seven-year-old boy's paintings fetch £150,000 after exhibition
30 Jul 2010 at 5:02pm
An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.
Turner leads GB Euro medal haul
30 Jul 2010 at 9:14pm
Andy Turner leads Great Britain's medal haul on the fourth day of the European Championships as he takes gold in the 110m hurdles.
Anderson puts England in command
30 Jul 2010 at 5:52pm
Birthday boy James Anderson produces a superb bowling display to put England on top in the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.
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