The British Museum will receive additional government funding, as part of a package for UK museums, but officials warn it is not enough.

Oxford University is to overhaul its 800-year-old private police force.

City leaders in Oxford want to encourage a European-style cafe culture in the city creating designated busking areas.

The  Natural History Museum says it could be forced to reintroduce entrance charges, less than a year after they were scrapped.

Three of Oxford's favourite museums are to get a windfall of cash from the government and a leading arts charity.

Winds of up to 90mph swept across Oxford over the weekend, killing one woman and leaving thousands without power.

Oxford is to hold a 366-day festival if it becomes the cultural capital of Europe in 2008, following its shortlisting for the tile.

Construction workers wearing muddy boots and clothing are being banned from  Canary Wharf shopping areas.

An exhibition of memorabilia from 40 years of James Bond movies goes on show at the  Science Museum in London.

Archaeologists discover an ancient plaque which is the earliest known physical proof of London's original Roman name.

Oddjob's bowler hat, the Q boat from The World Is Not Enough and the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldeneye are on display at the  Science Museum.

Queen Elizabeth has opened a permanent Holocaust exhibition in London and met Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution.

Footage of Adolf Hitler and the World War II London bombing is rediscovered by a veteran who first found the films in 1944.

A new fund of GBP2m is to be shared between 10 museums across England to help improve the way their collections are displayed.

Ken Livingstone is moving into his new pad on Monday - a futuristic structure beside Tower Bridge. Take a 360 degree tour.

A fire starts in the roof of an historic college at Oxford Univeristy.

BBC News Online gives a 360 view of one of the world's biggest indoor sculptures, created by Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor, at  Tate Modern.

An exhibition looks back to London as it was thousands of years before the Romans arrived.