Fifty firefighters are tackling a large blaze at the University of Nottingham.

Boris Johnson is selected as the Conservative candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 general election.

RBS "leak" row continues as campaigners in the Scottish independence referendum are gearing up for a final weekend of activity.

Scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford withdraws from October's mayoral election after being diagnosed with an abdominal tumour.

The family of a Briton being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants appeals to his captors to make contact with them.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to arrive in Egypt for talks on defeating Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

A multi-million pound University of Nottingham chemistry building is destroyed in a "significant" fire.

Actress Samantha Morton says she was sexually abused by two residential care workers while in a children's home in Nottingham as a teenager.