The ex-wife of a double murderer in Essex has told the BBC he had put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. David Oakes, 50, shot ex-partner Christine Chambers, 38, and daughter Shania, two, at their home in Braintree in June 2011. He was sentenced to ...

John Oakes, the co-founder of OR Books, has written an opinion piece for Publisher’s Weekly, encouraging publishers to free themselves from the traditional print book supply chain (as well as from the shackles of Amazon) by selling eBooks directly to ...

David Oakes had a reputation as a man not to get on the "wrong side of". His violent temper and domineering personality were notorious in the Braintree area of Essex. Neighbours had witnessed his tempestuous relationship with Christine Chambers at first hand.

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter: Our weekly feature stories, movie reviews, calendar picks and more - minus the newsprint and sent directly to your inbox. But it was untamed human relationships that led to his 2009 murder in Anacortes.

WBUR’s Bob Oakes reflects on his own experience with polio as the World Health Organization calls for a new push to eradicate the disease, which is still a problem in the developing world. Oakes was diagnosed when he was nine months old ...

Todd Oakes was Cole DeVries' pitching coach for three years with the University of Minnesota. On Tuesday, May 22, DeVries, who is from Eden Prairie High, became the third Gophers pitcher Oakes has coached to go to the major leagues. DeVries was promoted ...

West Linn City Councilor Teri Cummings and resident Karie Oakes have filed a lawsuit against the city of West Linn, claiming the city violated state public meeting laws during a March 12 city council meeting. Cummings and Oakes filed a tort ...

Former Gophers men's basketball guard Chip Armelin posted to his Twitter account… The Big Ten announced its postseason baseball honors for the 2011-12 season and Gophers starting pitcher TJ Oakes was named a first team All-Big Ten selection.

CRAIG Thomson has declined a request from the Victorian police to nominate the people he claims tried to set him up with prostitutes. Officers from the Victorian fraud and extortion squad, who are investigating Mr Thomson over allegations that he misused ...

“They’re using scare tactics, preying on consumers’ ignorance of their vehicles to increase sales,” says Pam Oakes, owner of an automotive service center in Fort Myers, Fla., and the author of the Car Care for the Clueless book series.