Bonfire of the Quangos: What affect on Oxfordshire?
What next for the Chilean miners? They are all out in the open but returning to normal life might be difficult for a while - as an Oxford psychologist tells us.
Brain Tumours - An Oxford professor is calling for better earlier treatment for people with brain tumour. Professor Colin Blakemore will join patients and charity workers from a across the country to deliver a manifesto calling for early diagnosis for everyone affected by brain tumours.
Quango's - The government is culling 100 odd agencies! We'll find out what impact it will have here in Oxfordshire.
Miners - What next for the Chilean 33... They are all out in the open but returning to normal life might be difficult for a while. Social Psychologist Dr Peter Collett will tell us what they are likely to be going through.
Commonwealth Games - The final day of the Commonwealth Games is here… and despite the problems in the run up to the games in Delhi, India has managed to pull it off… even though it's not all gone completely smoothly behind the scenes.
Spending Review - In less than a week we'll find out what the future holds for public services. We won't know the real impact locally until later in the year - when public bodies start to get details of their individual grants. But our political reporter Alex Forsyth has taken a look at what the impact could be.
Charity Postcards - Famous names like Dawn French, Philip Pullman, Gary Lineker and the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have donated miniature works of art for a charity sale in Oxford. The sale's taking place at the New College School next week - but there's a chance to view the art work today.
Worlds Shortest Man - A Nepalese teen who is the size of a toddler is now the world's shortest man after turning 18. Khagendra Thapa Magar is 67.08 centimetres and weighs 6.5 kilograms and has now entered the record books as the world's shortest man.
Citizen Science - You can help a project pin down the weather during World War I by taking part in a project on-line that is trawling through Royal Navy log books.
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