Botley Rd in Oxford to remain closed for an extra six weeks so SGN can repair gas leaks. I’ll have all you need to know on the breakfast show in the morning.
Phil Mercer
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Presenting Sunday breakfast on the BBC on @bbcberkshire @bbcoxford and @bbcradiosolent in the UK - Sorry for the bad seplling in advance! 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
Going to be watching Hunt For Red October this afternoon… #samneill
Man in Suit: I would have liked to have seen Montana
ALT: Man in Suit: I would have liked to have seen Montana
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Ghosts fans, look alive! 👻 Watch the first-look trailer for new film The Possession of Button House as the mansion's beloved residents return. Read more: https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/ghosts-movie-possession-of-button-house-trailer-newsupdate/
This is a better one… misty morning in Oxfordshire on the #summersolstice
Oxford Pride today 🏳️🌈 Thankfully there is a bit of shelter in the Westgate!
Oxfords new lego shop is open… and it’s popular! Do i join the queue!!!
It’s been quite a day, finally able to sit down and post some pics of another great May Morning in Oxford.
It’s always such a privilege meeting people who did things that lead to my life being a better one… this was one of those times. Listen here ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Secret Berkshire: Retracing Reading's gay liberation movement
Radio Berkshire's Phil Mercer meets activist and Reading Gay Alliance co-founder Martin Kaufman.
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Record store day tomorrow… so i’m playing some of the tunes this morning off actual vinyl!!! Wish me luck, it’s been a long time.
Sign up for our next Relaxed Morning Opening on Saturday 25 April, for visitors who may benefit from a calmer environment, including those on the autism spectrum, have additional learning needs or sensory and communication difficulties. 9-10am. Free but booking required. bit.ly/3Puv51b
Right then. For the very last time… shall we do this?! 🎧 🎙️ 📻
Sophie @brucey0ne.bsky.social never looks more comfortable than when in a paddling pool in the car park!
Clocks go forward tonight… so if the first hour of the show tomorrow is either missing me or a bit of a mess… blame Apple!
That's it, we are all done for the year. 4977 toads 960 frogs & 124 newts have been carried over the road. Thanks everyone for your support and help this year! @froglife.bsky.social @henleystandard.bsky.social @henley-herald.bsky.social #toadpatrol #toads #frogs
A lovely walk to the Rollright Stones with @bbcoxford.bsky.social - This is what Spring is all about!
First time on a sleeper train. I’m a bit sleep deprived (blame excitement and indigestion!) but so far it’s been very good. OBB Nightjet Munich to Amsterdam. Cost the same as my hotel room the night before so pretty good value.
Moon, or is it the #deathstar, glowing over Oxford this evening! Spring seems to be itching to get going with it today.
@bsky.app The old bridge at Oxford railway station is finally being replaced. Big machines needed!!!
Tomorrow morning from 7 (and from 9 in full) @bbcoxford.bsky.social we take some of the key players in the Oxford congestion charge on the road in a vintage bus. But will it be a bumpy ride?
Flippin' heck! It's just four weeks to Shrove Tuesday and our fantastic Pancake Day Race which takes place on Broad Street, Reading at lunchtime on February 17. Sign up today for just £150 and batter it out against businesses in Reading! 🥞 launchpadreading.org.uk/get-involved...
Pancake Race 2026
Launchpad's Pancake Race is back! Will your team be the one to lift 2026’s Pancake Race trophy? Sign up today to find out.
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Been hobbling around in some new shoes thinking to myself how could i have gotten the fit so wrong… then found this inside!
The land where the #ThamesWater Reservoir will go. Jealous that my colleague Allen was the one to go up in the plane! www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Business concerns over Oxfordshire reservoir project near Abingdon
The reservoir plan would be
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The last day to have your say on the proposed ‘Megavoir’ for Oxfordshire. It’ll completely fill this view if it goes ahead. @bbcoxford.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just finished packing up Christmas 2025 and seem to have lost a big green bauble! Can everyone check under the telly please.
Christmas Eve on @bbcoxford.bsky.social and Sophie and Emma on the show are embracing their star potential!
Rehearsals for the BBC Berkshire carol service underway… be at Reading Minister for 7pm at the latest. Broadcasts Christmas Eve at 9am.
Just sat down to watch the third episode of House of the Year… but it’s missing. Instead it’s gone straight to episode 4! What’s up @channel4.bsky.social?
My track record keeping poinsettia alive is terrible. Boyd, my gardening expert on the show today has left me with a challenge to keep it going! Wish me luck.
