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More and more people on "relatively modest salaries" are being dragged into becoming higher-rate taxpayers, Budget analysis suggests.

Sustained gunfire was heard coming from the apartment building in Toulouse, France, where Mohammed Merah, the man suspected of killing seven people in three separate attacks, was hiding.

The British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) may ban judges from entering its annual competition after four jurors won prizes.

24 hours of news photos: 22 March 2012

The Republic of Ireland fell back into recession in the last three months of 2011, official figures show.

Ex-Brookside actor Brian Regan has been jailed for lying about his part in a gangland killing, it can be reported following the end of another trial.

Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC he is not a top rate taxpayer and is personally "not a big winner from this Budget".

Gregory Doran, who directed David Tennant as Hamlet, is to take over as artistic director later this year

Would-be parents should not have to wait so long to be approved as adopters, the Welsh government has said.

In 2011, hacktivists stole more data from large corporations than cyber criminals, reveals a study of security incidents.

A headteacher is jailed after he admitted stealing more than £53,000 from his school to fund a gambling addiction.

McLaren's Jenson Button is expecting a tougher challenge from rival teams at Sepang after saying they underperformed in Australia.

Could footballer Muamba really have been 'dead' for that long?

The President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, says the worst of the eurozone crisis is over.

Cardiff will host the opening ceremony and back-to-back Wales and England games to launch the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Stella McCartney's design for Team GB's London 2012 kit puts athletes in blue-based clothing, with a motif inspired by the union flag, and vivid red shoes.

A man accused of sending parcel bombs said he learned how to make a hoax device from watching an episode of the A-Team, a court hears.

Laois GAA officials say there is "no evidence" Armagh's Ciaran McKeever was taunted about being British in Sunday's game at Portlaoise.

A 12-year-old girl from Brazil is planning to cut off her five-foot cascade of hair and sell it to wig suppliers for more than $5,000 (£3,100). Could selling hair in the UK be a similar money-spinner?

There is outrage in India's parliament after a draft report by government auditors estimated the country lost $210bn by selling coalfields too cheaply.