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More plans to reduce the number of councillors in Wales are put forward to create what ministers say would be greater fairness for voters.

Police appeal for information about the murder of Armagh man Kevin Fletcher, found dead in his flat on Friday.

Police say they are treating the death of a man in Glasgow's east end as murder, following a post mortem examination.

John Toshack says Wales' October clash with Bulgaria is a must-win after the Montenegro loss as his managerial future is queried.

England and Tottenham defender Michael Dawson will miss the game with Switzerland after being ruled out for at least six weeks.

The outer building of a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester is to be demolished.

Two police officers who crashed a sports car seized from a suspected drink-driver could face prosecution.

England coach Andy Flower says he is satisfied with spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed's role within the team despite previous links with illegal bookmakers.

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

A national club holds its annual swim in Windermere after another event is cancelled because of warnings over poisonous algae.

Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin.

Stephen Smith looks at the cultural legacy of the twin bed hotel room.

A bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria railway station in central London causing travel disruption.

A man is rescued after he reportedly fell from a lighthouse and plunged into the sea off the coast of Dumfries and Galloway.

A 13-year-old girl and her uncle suffer serious burns when a gas cylinder explodes during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire.

Villagers told by BT it will cost £550,000 for a broadband connection receive an estimate from another company of £50,000.

Firefighters rescue a horse and its groom after the animal kicked its way out of a horse box and into the front cab.

A ring road in south Leeds will be closed for much of the weekend following a large gas mains fire, police say.

Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.

A 26-year-old man from the Irish Republic is among nine people killed in a plane crash in New Zealand.