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..

Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities..

Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls says the home secretary should make a statement about claims of phone tapping by the News of the World..

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..

A Tory councillor defects to Labour over cuts to the government's schools building programme, saying she was "ashamed to be a Conservative"..

Tens of thousands gather in Paris and other French cities to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people..

A badly burned body is found in undergrowth between the 17th and 18th holes of an East Sussex golf course..

Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns..