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Andy Roche

@andyroche.bsky.social
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Former BBC journalist and radio producer (for 30 years), now Bikeability cycling instructor in Lincolnshire. Give me a bike and a cask ale on a fabulous caravan site and I’m happy, even more happy if it’s in France.

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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Solidarity with all my former colleagues in BBC Local Radio at this news. Regional speech led radio doesn’t work, nor does a national network with local opt outs. It feels like the heart has finally been ripped out of BBC Local Radio.
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Vikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Labour has rejected my proposal for secure bike lockers at train stations, a simple step to make cycling safer. I have resubmitted the proposal for the next stage. In the meantime, I need your support. Please sign the petition to get your voice heard www.middorsetlibdems.org.uk/petitions/ke...
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling. Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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Ady 🌱 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @adyj.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
@bremaininspain.com Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
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Ady 🌱 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @adyj.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
@emilykerr36.bsky.social please sign and share as widely as possible petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A great week running a Bikeability course for Yr 5s in Gainsborough in Bike Week. So rewarding to see children who could barely ride on Monday become super confident riding on the road by the end of the week.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 30/05/2025
1.33 million journeys daily and growing 📈
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, standing next to a rental bike. In the foreground, a headline from The Economist is overlaid, reading: “London has become a cycling city”.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I’ve never seen these “two stage turns”, but the descriptions in this article look like they’re a slow, complicated nightmare. Just wondering whether the people who design these things ever actually ride them to test them out??
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Ordinary Bloke On A Bike @blokeonabike.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
To be fair, it also applies to cyclists passing pedestrians but would be a useful exercise for some of the car drivers who have close passed me recently
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The BBC World Service is more important than ever in these times of disinformation www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell
In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Live in Lincolnshire? The BBC mayoral debate is really worth a watch….. including an acknowledgement of the importance of Active Travel from Labour’s Jason Stockwood. 🚲 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Mayoral Debates - 2025: A Mayor for Greater Lincolnshire
A debate ahead of the May election of the mayor for Greater Lincolnshire.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Lincolnshire friends - don’t let the vile, divisive politics of hate infect our lovely county. You know what to do……,
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I need to ride on this. Just shows what can be done when the will is there.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Love #Deathinparadise but so disappointed by the new series. The whole point of it is that it’s supposed to be funny. Nothing made me smile at all. Where has all the humour gone? Much prefer the Australian version now. ☹️
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Love this…
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This was such a poor BBC Panorama. Completely mixed up electric bikes with illegal electric motorbikes. Good to see the industry standing up for itself. road.cc/content/news...
road.cc
Bicycle Association formally complains to BBC over Adrian Chiles’ e-bike Panorama “misrepresentation”, claiming episode “unjustifiably damaged” legal e-bike industry
The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
“A 5-year study of 263K U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017, found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%, and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively. Other large-scale studies have found similar.” Via @CarltonReid.com
forbes.com
18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death
Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
NEW: I interviewed Chris Boardman about his many careers, including his current role at Active Travel England. He told me that fact-free anti-cycling media stories are harming the UK's health, as they put off politicians from making brave but necessary decisions. www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
theguardian.com
Anti-cycling stories are bad for the UK’s health, says Chris Boardman
Racing champion turned active travel advocate criticises parts of the media for safety scaremongering
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TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Good explainer of the recent junction changes in Cambridge that prioritise walking and cycling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Do Cambridge's newfangled road layouts actually work?
Cambridge now has a Dutch-style roundabout, two Cyclops junctions and 14 Copenhagen crossings.
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The other swans aren't gonna believe this
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Normanby Hall looking very festive. It’s rehearsal time for tonight’s St Cecilia Singers concert, and it sounds amazing.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
End of term at a Bikeability instructor’s house…
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Love this. Cycling in Lincolnshire 120 years ago….
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Only when we get decent cycle infrastructure will more people feel confident that it’s safe to cycle. This looks fantastic.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Fantastic that the new Transport Secretary is a cyclist. Looking forward to good times ahead.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Another day, another piece of furniture to build for daughter’s new house. This will be a chest of drawers. Very pleased with yesterday’s bedside cabinet.
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Bikery @bikery.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Presumed Liability would allow us to compensate vulnerable road users, pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists quickly and effectively in the event of injury. Petition Introduce presumed liability for civil cases relating to road traffic collisions. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Introduce presumed liability for civil cases from road traffic collisions
Introduce presumed liability for civil cases relating to certain road collisions, to shift the burden of proof. It would mean when vulnerable road users, e.g cyclists & pedestrians, claim against a mo...
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New amazing research which shows how important Bikeability is. It is literally saving lives. roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/researc...
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Research highlights the ‘critical’ role of Bikeability cycle training
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Today’s Dad Job at my daughter’s new house. TV successfully mounted on the wall. Very satisfying that a mains socket and ethernet port were installed at the right height.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
RIP John Prescott. Former BBC Radio Humberside Chapel Street staff will always remember him (among many other things!) for being the only person to have his own comb pinned to the wall of the Hull TV contribution studio, ready for use whenever he took part in a TV interview.
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Andy Roche @andyroche.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Doing Dad jobs… when your daughter buys a new build house. So many bits of furniture to assemble and curtains to put up.
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Paddy McGuinness: Presenter to finish BBC Children in Need endurance cycle challenge
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Paddy McGuinness: Presenter to finish BBC Children in Need endurance cycle challenge
The presenter has raised nearly £5.9m for Children in Need by cycling 300 miles on a Chopper bike.
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