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Top officer probes Home Office leak
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A senior police officer has been appointed by Acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson to review the handling of the police inquiry into Home Office leaks.
Brits still stranded in Thai chaos
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The crisis in Thailand appears to be nearing an end but thousands of stranded British travellers are still struggling to leave the strife-torn country.
BA in merger talks with Qantas
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
British Airways has revealed it is in talks over a potential merger with Australian rival Qantas.
Child services face tougher reviews
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Tougher inspection regimes for child protection services across the country have been introduced to avoid a repeat of failings exposed by the Baby P tragedy.
Government pay dispute resolved
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A long running pay dispute between the Government and civil servants, which threatened to spark a winter of discontent, has been resolved.
Tobin guilty of Vicky murder
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Convicted sex killer Peter Tobin has been found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton 17 years ago.
Menezes: Unlawful killing ruled out
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
The coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes has ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.
Call for end to 'benefits culture'
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has called for an end to a "benefits culture" on council estates as he unveiled proposals to give tenants who pay rent and make a positive contribution help in buying a stake in their homes.
More sales aim to attract shoppers
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Department store Debenhams is to hold a second price cutting campaign this week amid speculation of a fresh round of sales on the high street.
Retailer set to axe 800 workers
4:09pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Britain's retail sector has been dealt a major blow as another high street company went into administration with the loss of more than 800 jobs.
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Early taste of Christmas wine
Next week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Imagine This: New London Theatre
I had trouble shifting my +1 for the musical Imagine This, which opened last week at the New London Theatre. No-one was interested (one German friend would have come, but funnily enough I hadn’t thought to ask him), and while nobody actually said, “Sounds like a gas”, there were plenty of unprintable responses, averaging out at: “Holocaust – the musical? Um, no thanks . . . ”
Hansel and Gretel: Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company
Another winter rolls in and, to cheer our spirits, Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company travel hither and yon through the county with colour, music and fun trailing in their wake. For those of us who live in villages these harbingers of the festive season are a welcome sight.
United job is proving a big draw
Applications to be the next manager of Oxford United have been pouring in.
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