Chancellor, You're Barred! BBC Radio Oxford

A pub in rural Oxfordshire joined the campaign to bar the Chancellor Alistair Darling after tax rises on alcohol.

I went to the Plough Inn, in Kennington to speak to the landlord and check out the posters.

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Rude to be on the phone? BBC Radio Oxford

I've just finished a two-week work placement at BBC Radio Oxford. I worked as a broadcast journalist for the breakfast show and learnt absolutely loads about how to successfully cover stories. I'll put my stories on this blog so if you missed it on 95.2FM you can listen to them here!

The first one I covered was on whether it's rude to be on your mobile whilst being served in a shop! What do you think?

I spoke to the people of Oxford : )

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Today's top story on BBC Radio Oxford...

I'm coming to the end of a two week placement at BBC Radio Oxford which has been superb. Getting my hands dirty, covering stories for breakfast.

Today I had the top story in the bulletins thanks to an unusual source - my Dad!

He found a small story in the Guardian (I've since learnt he reads the finance pages of the Guardian every morning!) about Toyzone, a toy shop retailer, going into administration. This morning he suggested it as a possible story as one of the company's toy shops is Pied Pedaller in Thame (Oxfordshire). It later transpired that Toyzone's HQ is in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Definitely a story. Fortunately my fellow journalists agreed, and it led the bulletins...

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