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'Out': Retracing Reading's gay liberation movement

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By Phil Mercer
| Yahoo Life Verified
In June 1972, a handful of students gathered at a pub for what would turn out to be the first meeting of Reading's Gay Alliance. One of the founders of the movement was Martin Kaufman, then a student at the University of Reading. The meeting at The Railway Tavern, on Greyfriars Road, marked a turning point in the town's social history. Radio Berkshire's Phil Mercer met Kaufman at the historic pub to retrace the birth of Reading's gay liberation movement.
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Farmers trade fences for GPS tracking collars

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By Phil Mercer
| Aol Verified
Phil Mercer - in Chipping Norton January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM The satellite tracking collars are being used on cattle at Lyneham Heath Farm, near Chipping Norton [BBC] New technology is being used by farmers in Oxfordshire for the first time to control livestock without putting up fences. Sam Sandberg uses satellite tracking collars on her cattle, at Lyneham Heath Farm near Chipping Norton, and said they increased the amount of land that could be grazed.
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Bishop says church 'learning lessons' after scandals

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By Phil Mercer, Nathan Briant Verified
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Dr Croft will retire as Bishop of Oxford in summer 2026 [Diocese of Oxford] The Church of England is "learning lessons" and making its processes more rigorous to deal with reports of sexual abuse following recent scandals, a bishop has said. The Bishop of Oxford, Dr Steven Croft, who will retire from his role in the summer after nearly a decade, said his diocese has improved its safeguarding training.
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