EXPLAINING the shake-up at BBC Oxford, station editor Marianne Bell said: “We want to deliver more focus on local news and stories which reflect life for us living here in Oxfordshire.”

Definitely not Berkshire then. But no one told new boy Phil Gayle.

It was a shaky start for the new morning show host, when he seemed to forget which station he was appearing on.

Within two minutes of his new 7am show starting, he had referred to his new employer as BBC Radio Berkshire, and was reprimanded by disgruntled listeners texting in.

He apologised profusely... only to slip up again moments later.

Gayle used to present the news on hit 90s show The Big Breakfast that gave Chris Evans his TV break.

He replaced Malcolm Boyden on the BBC Oxford breakfast slot after Malcolm moved to the mid-morning shift.

IT was a bad week for Oxfordshire County councillor Arash Fatemian. The sports fan saw his beloved American football team, the New England Patriots, dumped out of the chase for this year’s Superbowl on Saturday.

A couple of days earlier he fell off his bike near County Hall, fracturing his elbow and putting his arm in a sling until further notice.

So he won’t be throwing any touchdowns in the near future.

It’s a cruel irony that Mr Fatemian, right, is Oxfordshire County Council’s cycling champion.

It is the latest mishap to befall a councillor in the line of duty. Last year, the Insider revealed how Mark Lygo, the city council’s sports champion, came a cropper at Meadow Lane skate park.

Mr Lygo, keen to understand the needs of Oxford boarders, attempted a “drop in”.

But it was a case of more spills than thrills for Mark, and he was taken to hospital after being knocked out cold.

Perhaps councillors’ allowances should include danger money?

Oxford academic and now peer of the realm, Dr Stewart Wood, was given the star treatment at the Palace of Westminster this week.

Swearing an oath of allegiance before taking his seat in the Lords, he was flanked by former Labour leader Lord Kinnock and Gordon Brown’s long-term aide Sue Nye.

Dr Wood, 42, a Magdalen College academic, is an adviser to Labour leader Ed Miliband and former Prime Minister Brown.

And luck was on his side. Lord Wood took his seat at 2.15pm, about an hour after a marathon 21-hour debate on reforms to the voting system drew to a close.

One question remains, however: why did Dr Wood take the title Lord Wood of Anfield?

The Insider will make inquiries.