City initiative on 'peak oil'
(The Scotsman: Fri, 28 Dec) EDINBURGH is set to become one of the first UK cities to actively reduce its dependency on oil.

My Secret Life: Rob Newman, comedian & writer
(Independent: Sat, 29 Dec) Rob Newman was born on 7 July 1964. A comedian, author and political activist, he read English at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he met David Baddiel, Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt, alongside whom he appeared in The Mary Whitehouse Experience from 1990 to 1993. Six years later, he covered the Seattle protests for Channel 4 News. He continues to perform sell-out live shows and has written three ...

Commodities
(Financial Times: Thu, 27 Dec) Do you want the good news or the bad news? Actually, in the oil market at least, it hardly matters these days – the two are interchangeable. This year’s biggest one -day jump in the Nymex spot oil price, of 5.5 per cent, was on December 12. The reason?

Letters to the Editor
(Canberra Times: Fri, 28 Dec) Howard is responsible for unfair treatment of David Hicks It is disturbing to read that severe agoraphobia and panic attacks are among the ravages of the mistreatment of David Hicks.