Academics from Cambridge University are to help tutor sixth-form physics students across the UK to prepare them better for university study.

A building partially collapses following a major fire in Windsor town centre.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson announces he is stepping down, after winning a record 38 trophies in 26 years at the club.

George Lucas, Nick Park and other directors pay tribute to visual effects master Ray Harryhausen following his death at the age of 92.

The Syrian government has blamed faulty cables for an internet blackout that has entered its second day.

A woman who started a fire which killed five members of a family, including three children, is jailed for a minimum of 30 years.

The lead counsel to the Leveson Inquiry, Robert Jay QC, has been appointed as a High Court judge, the Ministry of Justice says.

Cleveland's police chief says the three women held captive in an Ohio house for about a decade were restrained with ropes and chains.