House prices dip 10.5% in 12 months House prices are falling at their fastest rate for nearly 18 years as potential buyers stay away from the market.The average cost of a home in the UK has dropped by 10.5% during the 12 months to the end of August, the biggest drop since the final quarter of 1990, according to Nationwide Building Society. (28/08/2008) 
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Miliband issues advice to Russia Britain does not want to launch an "all-out war" with Russia following the country's decision to recognise two breakaway regions, David Miliband said.The Foreign Secretary said Russia needed to consider the "isolation, the loss of respect and the loss of trust" from the rest of the world after Moscow officially recognised South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (28/08/2008)
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Hacker loses extradition appeal A computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks has lost his last-ditch legal appeal and will be extradited to the US in the next two weeks.Gary McKinnon, 42, asked the European Court of Human Rights to stay his extradition pending an appeal to the court but his application was refused. (28/08/2008)
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Life for murder weapon gunsmith A self-taught gunsmith who converted replica weapons into working machine guns used in a series of gangland murders has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 11 years.Grant Wilkinson, 34, of no fixed abode, adapted the guns in a garden shed in Berkshire before they were sold on and used by criminals, including the gang that killed Pc Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford. (28/08/2008)
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Search teams to enter 'arson' house Search teams hope to enter the fire-ravaged home of a millionaire and his family shortly.Christopher Foster, his wife Jill and their 15-year-old daughter Kirstie, are feared to have died in the blaze at their secluded country estate in the early hours of Tuesday. (28/08/2008)
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Met chief accused of discrimination One of Britain's most senior police officers pointed the finger of blame squarely at Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair as he launched his discrimination claim against the force.Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said he had been discriminated against "over a long period of time" by Sir Ian, and had been sidelined in his role leading security for London's 2012 Olympics. (28/08/2008)
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Majority option for bomb plot jury The jury in the trial of eight men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger jets has been given a majority instruction.The direction from Mr Justice Calvert-Smith came as jurors were spending their 11th day considering verdicts following the four-and-a-half-month trial at the high-security Woolwich Crown Court in south east London. (28/08/2008)
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Children's database delayed again The launch of a controversial Government database containing details of every child in the country will be delayed by a further three months because of technical issues.ContactPoint, a £224 million computer system carrying personal information about all under-18s, was due to come online in April this year. (28/08/2008)
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Network Rail told to cut disruption Rail regulators have set Network Rail (NR) a target of reducing disruption to passengers from engineering work by more than a third over the next five years.The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said disruption must be cut by 17% within three years and by 37% within five years. (28/08/2008)
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Acas staff vote to strike over pay Hundreds of staff at the conciliation service Acas have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay.Union leaders called on the Government to take immediate action to settle the row to avoid "embarrassing" industrial action at the organisation, which helps resolve disputes. (28/08/2008)
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