1. Transport bosses are going to open up a second lane on the A44 in North Oxford.
The space has been found after an outcry from motorists about traffic chaos caused by a lane closure which started last week.
2. Crime has gone up in the Thames Valley for the first time in 10 years.
The annual crime summary by police noted an overall increase, with the total number of reported crimes across the region - excluding fraud - coming in at 129,611, up by almost 9,000 incidents on the previous year's 120,948.
Within those figures, the number of reported homicides in the region rose from eight in 2014/15 to 18 in 2015/16.
3. The chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has resigned.
Mike Petter's decision came ahead of a report due to be published tomorrow by the Care Quality Commission, which is expected to heavily criticise the trust.
The embattled organisation is already facing fresh questions over the care given to teenager Connor Sparrowhawk, who died in 2013.
4. A coroner in Oxford has recorded a verdict of death by road traffic collision in the inquest into the death of 19-year-old Katy Pancott.
The teenager died of multiple injuries when she was struck by a car on the A40 between Eynsham roundabout and Wolvercote roundabout in October.
Her father, David Griffin, said his "beautiful" daughter will never be forgotten.
5. Killer robots could wipe out humanity.
That's the verdict of Oxford University researchers, who also flagged up deadly viruses as one of the greatest threats faced by humanity.
Their report said governments were failing to prepare properly for the mortal dangers.
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