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Banbury Flooding - A 拢14m scheme to protect Banbury from flooding has been given the go-ahead by the government. The Banbury Flood Alleviation Scheme will be built with money from the Environment Agency and the local district council.

Qantas incident - It's the world's largest airliner and today a Qantas flight from London to Sydney came to an early end when a Rolls Royce engine failed on take-off from Singapore. We'll talk to Oxfordshire aviation expert Sean Maffett.

Bond Book - A charity shop in Chipping Norton has sold a first edition book for nearly 拢2,000. The copy of Casino Royale sold at the Helen and Douglas House Hospice shop for 拢1,800. It's the biggest sale the chain of 30 charity shops has ever had.

Mercers Money - Interest rates stayed put at the historic low of 0.5% - but will the policy makers decide to pump more money into the economy to give it a boost - so-called quantitative easing? Also the buyout of BSkyB by Murdoch is to be investigated and new car sales have fallen again.

Phill Jupitas - Coming to the Oxford Union today, he started off as a performance poet and now is famous for his turns on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and QI.

Beth Tweddle - The world champion gymnast is in Oxford today taking part in the a series of workshops with school children. The three times world champion won her latest title last month on the uneven bars in Rotterdam. She's been at Cherwell School - meeting young people from across the city.

Remembrance CD - With Remembrance Sunday fast approaching and the Poppy Appeal gathering pace - a World War II veteran from Oxfordshire has recorded a CD of poetry to help with the fund-raising efforts. Tom Hedges is 93 and lives in Ramsden near Witney.