Dave Gilyeat
BBC News

The top stories on BBC Local Live this afternoon:

• Lush will give £20,000 to homeless charities after money raised for a homeless woman in the city who claimed to have foiled a burglary at the store was returned to the public
• Lorries carrying concrete to the Westgate Shopping Centre development have been granted special permission to take a shortcut through the village of Sutton
• And a sports car bought by comedian Eric Morecambe for £4,500 is up for sale for £150,000

BBC Travel

The M40 exit slip road to Oxford is still closed southbound at junction 8 because of accident investigation work.

Hannah Bewley
BBC News Online

A cosmetics company has given £20,000 to charities after money raised for a homeless woman who claimed to have foiled a burglary was returned.

Image source, Lush Oxford

Lush donated the money to homeless charities in Oxford due to "current uncertainty" over the burglary.

Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain said she challenged a thief on 10 February outside Lush in Oxford, but a £9,000-fund from public donations was suspended after Thames Valley Police arrested the 29-year-old.

HMP Huntercombe, external, a Category C adult male prison holding foreign nationals, is included in the list of prisons that drones were discovered near.

Image source, Steve Daniels

It was recorded as a "miscellaneous" incident, meaning there was a reported sighting in or around the site. 

The MoJ, external said it did not know if the craft was being used for illegal purposes.

Henley Standard

A sheep farmer from Nuffield, external has been has been nominated in the BBC Food and Farming Awards.   

During a debate about the European Union yesterday, David Cameron said he would not be standing for re-election.

Image source, AFP/Getty Images

His comments have been clarified by his press officer today - he was referring to the role of prime minister, and not as a local MP.

He has been Conservative MP for Witney since the 2001 general election.

Eric Morecambe's chauffeur, Mike Fountain, has been sharing anecdotes with BBC Radio Oxford's Howard Bentham about the late comedy legend.

They include the time Morecambe had a heart attack at the wheel of his Jensen Interceptor and stopped to ask a tank driver to give him a lift to the hospital.

The car was recently restored by Oxfordshire specialists Cropredy Bridge.

BBC Travel

The M40 entry slip road from Oxford is closed southbound at junction 8 because of an accident involving two lorries and a car.

Dave Gilyeat
BBC News

The top stories on BBC Local Live for Oxfordshire:

• Oxfordshire County Council has decided to allow some lorries to take a shortcut through an Oxfordshire village to avoid the roadworks in north Oxford 
• Robert Plant and The Flaming Lips will play Wilderness Festival, external
• And more than half a million people have been caught speeding in our region in the past three years

Wilderness Festival, external has announced that Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant, external will play this year's event.

Taking place at Cornbury Park from 4 to 7 August, it will also include The Flaming Lips, external, Crystal Fighters, external, Lianne La Havas, external, Glass Animals, external, and DJ Goldie, external.   

Lucy Bickerton
BBC Radio Oxford

If you think you've spotted a Star Wars, externalStormtrooper, external running through south Oxfordshire recently, your eyes aren't deceiving you. 

It's local man Jez Allinson training for his second London Marathon - which he'll run in full fancy dress.

Image source, Jez Allinson

He said the reason for the outfit was because "deep down" he was "one of the world's biggest geeks".

Banbury Cake

Bullingdon Prison near Bicester is one of a number of jails where drones have been used to smuggle goods into prisoners, external, a new report has confirmed.  

BBC Introducing in Oxford took to the Radio 1 airwaves last night to promote some of the city's best new artists.

Image source, Glass Animals

Glass Animals, external (pictured) and Verna Hark, external were both played on the Huw Stephens show, with more local artists set to be spinned by the DJ tonight and tomorrow.  

Indy Almroth-Wright
BBC Online

Concrete mixer lorries delivering to the site of a new shopping centre in Oxford have been given permission to take a shortcut through a village.

Oxfordshire County Council, external made the decision on Monday to allow the vehicles to use the B4449 through Sutton.

Image source, Westgate Oxford Alliance

Roadwork delays of up to 40 minutes have caused about £22,500 of concrete to be wasted, contractor Hanson said.

The route will now be used by up to 10 loaded mixing trucks daily.

Oxford Mail

Oxford's fatberg scourge is spreading, with one Jericho street dubbed the “Piccadilly Circus” of sewers, external.  

We are enjoying the fact that there is a Twitter account called Cats of Oxford, external.

It promises "undergraduate cats, professor cats, college cats, tourist cats, and resident cats just trying to get on with their lives".

If you never realised before what a purrfect cat population we have in Oxford, this should give you paws for thought.  

More than £3m of fines were issued by Thames Valley Police, external to people breaking speed limits in our region in 2015.

In the past three years more than 500,000 people were caught speeding by the force.   

Sgt Chris Appleby told Radio Oxford's Howard Bentham: "There are speed limits there for a reason. Do we get any money from it? Yes. But that pays for the enforcement we do to stop the problem occurring." 

Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter

The delays on the A34 northbound between The Beedon turn off and East Ilsley have increased to about 45 minutes. 

Traffic is queuing back to junction 13 at Chieveley following the traffic accident there.

Oxford Mail

A dozen cuddly canines have been brought in to help Oxford University students relax ahead of their exams, external.  

Robyn Cowen
Presenter, Radio Oxford Sport

This morning's top sport stories:

• Oxford United, external's top scorer Kemar Roofe says he is willing to play through a groin problem if given the OK by the club's medical staff - the team play away tonight at Exeter City, external
• Also Oxford City, external travel to Maidenhead United, external in the National League South, external, in the Southern League, externalBanbury United, external aim to extend their winning streak to seven games away to Tiverton, external, while Wantage, external entertain Yate Town, external