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23 May 15
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Somebody who actually knows English geography, or is able to look it up.
Todays regional news quiz:
Have you got what it takes to be the BBC whizzkid that puts new on the correct regional pages?
All you need to do is put the news category in it's correct county or region.
Because he/she got all these wrong
1) Man arrested for fatal crash on the A46 in Nottinghamshire. (name the county)
2) Redundancy for staff at Plymouth College. (name the county)
3) 68 year old burglar from Hove jailed again (name the county)
4) Black youths denied entry to night club in Leicester. (name the county)
5) Earthquake shakes home in Kent (name the county)
6) Tesco worker threatened with knife in Tilehurst, Berkshire (name the county)
7) Ninth man charged over Hatton Garden robbery comes from Benfleet, Essex (name the county)
8)Former head teacher jailed for sexual assaults on boys in a Stowmarket school, where he taught, and lived (name the county)
9) Immigrant arrives by boat from Italy in February, and was in the Bardo Museum gun attack in Tunisia in March. Italian police have arrested him (name the county????????)
10) Unprecedented crowds at TV event in Birmingham (name the region - if B’ham isn’t a county)
11) Magna Carts to go on display in Kent (name the county)
And today's personal favourite
12) World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’
(This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Even Tommy Toes will get at least one right.
Todays regional news quiz:
Have you got what it takes to be the BBC whizzkid that puts new on the correct regional pages?
All you need to do is put the news category in it's correct county or region.
Because he/she got all these wrong
1) Man arrested for fatal crash on the A46 in Nottinghamshire. (name the county)
2) Redundancy for staff at Plymouth College. (name the county)
3) 68 year old burglar from Hove jailed again (name the county)
4) Black youths denied entry to night club in Leicester. (name the county)
5) Earthquake shakes home in Kent (name the county)
6) Tesco worker threatened with knife in Tilehurst, Berkshire (name the county)
7) Ninth man charged over Hatton Garden robbery comes from Benfleet, Essex (name the county)
8)Former head teacher jailed for sexual assaults on boys in a Stowmarket school, where he taught, and lived (name the county)
9) Immigrant arrives by boat from Italy in February, and was in the Bardo Museum gun attack in Tunisia in March. Italian police have arrested him (name the county????????)
10) Unprecedented crowds at TV event in Birmingham (name the region - if B’ham isn’t a county)
11) Magna Carts to go on display in Kent (name the county)
And today's personal favourite
12) World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’
(This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Even Tommy Toes will get at least one right.
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Now for my personal favourite from today.
World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’ (This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Wembley used to be in Middlesex, but after 4 hours looking over an atlas, the BBC dunderhead couldn't find it.
So he went for 3 pages hoping one would be correct.
London - which is now larger than most counties as the BBC include everything from Southend to Cheltenham, and Brighton to Watford.
That was choice 1
Not being sure where Middlesex actually was, he went for the triple county page of 'Beds, Herts and Bucks' - the mug.
Choice 3, as most of you will try to fathom out, is in fact, unfathomable.
He went a bit too far north with news of Wembley
Leicestershire?
Nope.
Manchester?
Nope.
Bradford?
Nope?
Are you ready...
Are you sure????
Okay then..............
He put it on the 'Tees' news page.
WAC.
And we pay his wages.
World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’ (This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Wembley used to be in Middlesex, but after 4 hours looking over an atlas, the BBC dunderhead couldn't find it.
So he went for 3 pages hoping one would be correct.
London - which is now larger than most counties as the BBC include everything from Southend to Cheltenham, and Brighton to Watford.
That was choice 1
Not being sure where Middlesex actually was, he went for the triple county page of 'Beds, Herts and Bucks' - the mug.
Choice 3, as most of you will try to fathom out, is in fact, unfathomable.
He went a bit too far north with news of Wembley
Leicestershire?
Nope.
Manchester?
Nope.
Bradford?
Nope?
Are you ready...
Are you sure????
Okay then..............
He put it on the 'Tees' news page.
WAC.
And we pay his wages.
onlooker
23 May 15 21:11
You do realise that - the person, employed by the BBC, responsible for allocating these articles will, more than likely, have been born, and brought up, in either Eastern Europe or East Africa.
I find that quite easy to believe.
23 May 15 21:11
You do realise that - the person, employed by the BBC, responsible for allocating these articles will, more than likely, have been born, and brought up, in either Eastern Europe or East Africa.
I find that quite easy to believe.
This is so anti bbc - you are so biased. He may have been with his notting hill colleagues and had too much Claret. I think in this case we should be more empathetic.
^ or - in spellingandgrammarchecker's case ...
- more emphatic.
- more emphatic.
UPDATE
It seems we have a reader who works for Auntie Beeb.
The fatal A46 car crash is now on the correct page.
The 'unprecedented crowd' in Coventry, is now on the Coventry page, as well as the Birmingham page.
Due to the bomb found at Wembley, viewers 'oop norf' in the Tees area, have inundated the BBC with calls all asking the same question 'Is the blast radius liable to exceed 400 miles?'
Unlike the rest of the world, the BBC regional news pages come to a virtual standstill over the weekend.
It's as if almost nothing happens for 2 days, but if it does...can the BBC news hound get it on the right page?
We shall see.
It seems we have a reader who works for Auntie Beeb.
The fatal A46 car crash is now on the correct page.
The 'unprecedented crowd' in Coventry, is now on the Coventry page, as well as the Birmingham page.
Due to the bomb found at Wembley, viewers 'oop norf' in the Tees area, have inundated the BBC with calls all asking the same question 'Is the blast radius liable to exceed 400 miles?'
Unlike the rest of the world, the BBC regional news pages come to a virtual standstill over the weekend.
It's as if almost nothing happens for 2 days, but if it does...can the BBC news hound get it on the right page?
We shall see.
spellingandgrammarchecker 24 May 15 13:54
Unlike the rest of the world, the BBC regional news pages come to a virtual standstill over the weekend.
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Bank Holiday weekend ....
They won't EXPECT to actually work
Unlike the rest of the world, the BBC regional news pages come to a virtual standstill over the weekend.
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Bank Holiday weekend ....
They won't EXPECT to actually work
UPDATE
Norfolk News
Initial report - 4 police officers injured in rave attack.
An hour later - changed to 'Police hurt in rave missiles attack'
4 or more, he's not sure.
The rave was near Bourne.
Bourne is in Lincolnshire
Not Norfolk.
Norfolk News
Initial report - 4 police officers injured in rave attack.
An hour later - changed to 'Police hurt in rave missiles attack'
4 or more, he's not sure.
The rave was near Bourne.
Bourne is in Lincolnshire
Not Norfolk.
London news
There are quite a few soccerball teams in our capital city, but the mammoth news that Sarfend United drew 1-1 with Wycombe Wanderers, and it was 7-6 after penalties is of no real interest.
As neither team is in London.
There are quite a few soccerball teams in our capital city, but the mammoth news that Sarfend United drew 1-1 with Wycombe Wanderers, and it was 7-6 after penalties is of no real interest.
As neither team is in London.
Matt Richardson of Henley-On-Thames Oxfordshire, went to the Velodrome in Reading, Berkshire, to break an old cycling record.
As I posted yesterday.
London - which is now larger than most counties as the BBC include everything from Southend to Cheltenham, and Brighton to Watford.
It's on the London news page.
As I posted yesterday.
London - which is now larger than most counties as the BBC include everything from Southend to Cheltenham, and Brighton to Watford.
It's on the London news page.
More London News
Three tombs belonging to the Read family are to be restored.
The Reads are a farming family, from near Alylesbury, which is in Buckinghamshire
Three tombs belonging to the Read family are to be restored.
The Reads are a farming family, from near Alylesbury, which is in Buckinghamshire
Jane Andrews, who stabbed her boyfriend to death in 2000, is being paroled from prison.
It clearly states that she hails from Cleethorpes in north east Lincolnshire.
That's must be a reason why the BBC dunce put it on the Cornwall News page.
But I'm f*cked if I can think of one.
It clearly states that she hails from Cleethorpes in north east Lincolnshire.
That's must be a reason why the BBC dunce put it on the Cornwall News page.
But I'm f*cked if I can think of one.
maybe bbc whizzkid is guessing the distance between counties incorrectly
apparently, and this is from the horse's mouth, it's no big deal
apparently, and this is from the horse's mouth, it's no big deal
He gets paid for it, I don't.
And what region has he updated since Saturday complete with 4 news items each.
By 11-00 a.m. today, the answer - none.
Just bits and pieces here and there.
It must have been an exceedingly quiet weekend in the whole of the UK.
The WW2 bomb at Wembley is still concerning viewers up in the Tees area.
As posted previously, Middlesex doesn't exist any more, so it has no news page of its own, or a page shared with any other county.
Dear Middlesex, dear vanished country friend,
Your neighbour, London, killed you in the end.
John Betjeman (1968)
And what region has he updated since Saturday complete with 4 news items each.
By 11-00 a.m. today, the answer - none.
Just bits and pieces here and there.
It must have been an exceedingly quiet weekend in the whole of the UK.
The WW2 bomb at Wembley is still concerning viewers up in the Tees area.
As posted previously, Middlesex doesn't exist any more, so it has no news page of its own, or a page shared with any other county.
Dear Middlesex, dear vanished country friend,
Your neighbour, London, killed you in the end.
John Betjeman (1968)
Somebody who actually knows English geography, or is able to look it up.
Todays regional news quiz:
Have you got what it takes to be the BBC whizzkid that puts new on the correct regional pages?
All you need to do is put the news category in it's correct county or region.
Because he/she got all these wrong Laugh
1) Man arrested for fatal crash on the A46 in Nottinghamshire. (name the county)
2) Redundancy for staff at Plymouth College. (name the county)
3) 68 year old burglar from Hove jailed again (name the county)
4) Black youths denied entry to night club in Leicester. (name the county)
5) Earthquake shakes home in Kent (name the county)
6) Tesco worker threatened with knife in Tilehurst, Berkshire (name the county)
7) Ninth man charged over Hatton Garden robbery comes from Benfleet, Essex (name the county)
8)Former head teacher jailed for sexual assaults on boys in a Stowmarket school, where he taught, and lived (name the county)
9) Immigrant arrives by boat from Italy in February, and was in the Bardo Museum gun attack in Tunisia in March. Italian police have arrested him (name the county????????)
10) Unprecedented crowds at TV event in Birmingham (name the region - if B’ham isn’t a county)
11) Magna Carts to go on display in Kent (name the county)
And today's personal favourite Shocked
12) World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’
(This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Even Tommy Toes will get at least one right.
I bet the kid thought the answer to every single one was 'Toblerone', apart from number 6 which was 'Ferris Wheels'.
Todays regional news quiz:
Have you got what it takes to be the BBC whizzkid that puts new on the correct regional pages?
All you need to do is put the news category in it's correct county or region.
Because he/she got all these wrong Laugh
1) Man arrested for fatal crash on the A46 in Nottinghamshire. (name the county)
2) Redundancy for staff at Plymouth College. (name the county)
3) 68 year old burglar from Hove jailed again (name the county)
4) Black youths denied entry to night club in Leicester. (name the county)
5) Earthquake shakes home in Kent (name the county)
6) Tesco worker threatened with knife in Tilehurst, Berkshire (name the county)
7) Ninth man charged over Hatton Garden robbery comes from Benfleet, Essex (name the county)
8)Former head teacher jailed for sexual assaults on boys in a Stowmarket school, where he taught, and lived (name the county)
9) Immigrant arrives by boat from Italy in February, and was in the Bardo Museum gun attack in Tunisia in March. Italian police have arrested him (name the county????????)
10) Unprecedented crowds at TV event in Birmingham (name the region - if B’ham isn’t a county)
11) Magna Carts to go on display in Kent (name the county)
And today's personal favourite Shocked
12) World War 2 bomb found at Wembley posed ‘risk to life’
(This is tricky as it appears on three different regional pages)
Even Tommy Toes will get at least one right.
I bet the kid thought the answer to every single one was 'Toblerone', apart from number 6 which was 'Ferris Wheels'.
The BBC at their finest this morning:
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM OPEN PRISON
On the run from HMP Springfield, and should 'not be approached directly'
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ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM CATEGORY B PRISON
Prisoner described as 'violent', starting his prison sentence in 2008, is on the run from HMP Dovegate.
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Both violent, but only one of these has a description, the other does not.
Would anybody care to guess why?
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM OPEN PRISON
On the run from HMP Springfield, and should 'not be approached directly'
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ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM CATEGORY B PRISON
Prisoner described as 'violent', starting his prison sentence in 2008, is on the run from HMP Dovegate.
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Both violent, but only one of these has a description, the other does not.
Would anybody care to guess why?
I'm also betting HMP Springfield is actually HMP Springhill, as my Dad was a Prison Officer there.
I posted this elsewhere. Video in a certain paper on line site. An obviously black guy committing a nasty crime - zero description (go on say - well there was a video)
locally we had a nasty attack during burglary by several blokes - immediate posting description WHITE!! he he!!!
locally we had a nasty attack during burglary by several blokes - immediate posting description WHITE!! he he!!!
spellingandgrammarchecker 29 May 15 11:43
The BBC at their finest this morning:
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM OPEN PRISON
On the run from HMP Springfield, and should 'not be approached directly'
============================================================
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM CATEGORY B PRISON
Prisoner described as 'violent', starting his prison sentence in 2008, is on the run from HMP Dovegate.
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Both violent, but only one of these has a description, the other does not.
Would anybody care to guess why?
No?
I'll tell you then.
One is an asian, the other isn't.
Guess which one was described?
The BBC at their finest this morning:
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM OPEN PRISON
On the run from HMP Springfield, and should 'not be approached directly'
============================================================
ROBBER ABSCONDS FROM CATEGORY B PRISON
Prisoner described as 'violent', starting his prison sentence in 2008, is on the run from HMP Dovegate.
============================================================
Both violent, but only one of these has a description, the other does not.
Would anybody care to guess why?
No?
I'll tell you then.
One is an asian, the other isn't.
Guess which one was described?
How do you know one of them is Asian? Which one was described, Open or Category B?
The one with the description is :
'white, well built, short cropped hair and green eyes'
I'd hazard a guess and say that he's not an asian.
The other one, with no description, is named AS Haroon Ahmed.
These days that's a British name, but I'd take a shade of odds on that he's an asian.
HTH
'white, well built, short cropped hair and green eyes'
I'd hazard a guess and say that he's not an asian.
The other one, with no description, is named AS Haroon Ahmed.
These days that's a British name, but I'd take a shade of odds on that he's an asian.
HTH
I'd have to say that you are probably right. I still think its a bit chancy to assume that he's Asian. But, as you say, it would be odds-on.
Just to get a clearer insight, I tried Googling the two cases...they results confirmed his Asian ethnicity.
Just to get a clearer insight, I tried Googling the two cases...they results confirmed his Asian ethnicity.
Gogle means nothing.
This is a thread about the BBC.
This is a thread about the BBC.
Gogle means nothing.
Neither does Google.
Neither does Google.
naydam's posts are so defensive and funny
I see his brother is being held for assisting his escape etcetc etc.
One thing you can say with asians - they are sure committed to the family.
I see his brother is being held for assisting his escape etcetc etc.
One thing you can say with asians - they are sure committed to the family.
wonder who is going to pick up on the 'committed' bit ha ha!!!
But I used Google to find the two cases mentioned, and to glean some details about them. I can't be bothered repeating the process, but I'm pretty sure that they described him as Asian.
I'm also fairly sure that the BBC was one of the sources in question. I think you probably just overlooked it because it wasn't displayed in bold type.
I'm also fairly sure that the BBC was one of the sources in question. I think you probably just overlooked it because it wasn't displayed in bold type.
I love it when the luvvies are wrong, look for yourself.
Asian - page 1 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/f2pl3n.jpg
Asian - pag 2 of 2
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http://i60.tinypic.com/jr8xmp.jpg
Whitey - page 1 of 2
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http://i57.tinypic.com/16a89cj.jpg
Whitey - page 2 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/bfqo8h.jpg
Asian - page 1 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/f2pl3n.jpg
Asian - pag 2 of 2
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http://i60.tinypic.com/jr8xmp.jpg
Whitey - page 1 of 2
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http://i57.tinypic.com/16a89cj.jpg
Whitey - page 2 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/bfqo8h.jpg
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
A bogus nurse has been operating a Botox clinic.
It doesn't state where the clinic is, or where the nurse comes from, but the BBC whizzkid thinks she's a scouser or from nearby.
It appears on the Liverpool page, the Manchester page and the Lancashire page.
It doesn't state where the clinic is, or where the nurse comes from, but the BBC whizzkid thinks she's a scouser or from nearby.
It appears on the Liverpool page, the Manchester page and the Lancashire page.
A 70 year old man wrestled with 3 of the 15 to 18 men seen jumping from a lorry on the A5 near Dunstable.
6 have been arrested (I assume the rest scarpered) on suspicion of immigration offences.
Suspicion
6 have been arrested (I assume the rest scarpered) on suspicion of immigration offences.
Suspicion
traffickers, fagin pickpocket gangs of children, sex slaves, slaves, etc
read the guardian and watch sky to find out where they are from and who is doing it -
Correction, don't - coz they remain silent on it!!! They must just drop out of the sky!!!
Long live the EU, Islam, Roma and eastern europe. Isn't wonderful the vibrancy these super people bring to us.
read the guardian and watch sky to find out where they are from and who is doing it -
Correction, don't - coz they remain silent on it!!! They must just drop out of the sky!!!
Long live the EU, Islam, Roma and eastern europe. Isn't wonderful the vibrancy these super people bring to us.
Today, the BBC report that 'Police were attacked in a brawl' in the Leeds and West Yorkshire regional news page.
Until I saw the 'chair stacking' thread I had no idea it was a MASS brawl by ASIANS.
The BBC forgot to report that part,
They had no problems identifying the EDL as the culprits for 6 arrests for 'affray and being drunk' out of the 150 on the protest last week up north.
BBC = Biased Blinkered C*nts
Until I saw the 'chair stacking' thread I had no idea it was a MASS brawl by ASIANS.
The BBC forgot to report that part,
They had no problems identifying the EDL as the culprits for 6 arrests for 'affray and being drunk' out of the 150 on the protest last week up north.
BBC = Biased Blinkered C*nts
Naydam
But I used Google to find the two cases mentioned, and to glean some details about them. I can't be bothered repeating the process, but I'm pretty sure that they described him as Asian.
I'm also fairly sure that the BBC was one of the sources in question. I think you probably just overlooked it because it wasn't displayed in bold type.
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spellingandgrammarchecker
I love it when the luvvies are wrong, look for yourself.
Asian - page 1 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/f2pl3n.jpg
Asian - pag 2 of 2
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http://i60.tinypic.com/jr8xmp.jpg
Whitey - page 1 of 2
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http://i57.tinypic.com/16a89cj.jpg
Whitey - page 2 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/bfqo8h.jpg
It would appear that a proper description of the asian may have been handy for the public.
It seems that the police couldn't find him, but the Daily Mirror tracked him down to Spain.
But I used Google to find the two cases mentioned, and to glean some details about them. I can't be bothered repeating the process, but I'm pretty sure that they described him as Asian.
I'm also fairly sure that the BBC was one of the sources in question. I think you probably just overlooked it because it wasn't displayed in bold type.
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spellingandgrammarchecker
I love it when the luvvies are wrong, look for yourself.
Asian - page 1 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/f2pl3n.jpg
Asian - pag 2 of 2
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http://i60.tinypic.com/jr8xmp.jpg
Whitey - page 1 of 2
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http://i57.tinypic.com/16a89cj.jpg
Whitey - page 2 of 2
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http://i62.tinypic.com/bfqo8h.jpg
It would appear that a proper description of the asian may have been handy for the public.
It seems that the police couldn't find him, but the Daily Mirror tracked him down to Spain.
All I said was that I used Google to trace the two stories and the description was as I stated. I'm also sure that one of the sites was the BBC. I said all that quite clearly. I DID check the first of those links that you posted. That was different to the ones that I saw. I don't think it makes much difference which site one uses...the news is pretty much the same, but not identical.
What may be missing from one source will, no doubt, be accented by another. It's probably impossible to be unbiased in the eyes of everybody. I don't know why you go on about it so much, it's nothing new.
By the way, what is this 'luvvies' business? Was it directed at me? Is it supposed to mean something more derogatory than a slightly 'camp' actor?
What may be missing from one source will, no doubt, be accented by another. It's probably impossible to be unbiased in the eyes of everybody. I don't know why you go on about it so much, it's nothing new.
By the way, what is this 'luvvies' business? Was it directed at me? Is it supposed to mean something more derogatory than a slightly 'camp' actor?
naydam - you are part of the problem - you try to stick to the rules - they don't - it is just a path to control when they then tear up the paper the rules are written on
as a guardian writer (current) once said !!! yes a muslim !!
as a guardian writer (current) once said !!! yes a muslim !!
Naydam
you should read the thread before offering your Google searches.
It concerns BBC television regional news pages, what they print (like descriptions of dangerous white prisoners on the run) what they leave out (like dangerous asian or black prisoners on the run) and the errors the moron makes putting news in the wrong regions.
I haven't purchased a newspaper for at least this century, I get ALL my news from the BBC TV pages.
Then I report errors by looking for them on the internet.
Look at the OP on this thread, he has no idea what he's doing.
I rely on my local news page, but it seems that nothing has happened here since Friday afternoon. Most of the regional pages are the same.
What is the point of them if the lazy bastard in charge can't find the maximum required 4 items per page every day, and 10 for London and 10 for Birmingham?
The bloke in charge of the traffic pages does a fairly good job of updating jams, accidents, road closures etc.
you should read the thread before offering your Google searches.
It concerns BBC television regional news pages, what they print (like descriptions of dangerous white prisoners on the run) what they leave out (like dangerous asian or black prisoners on the run) and the errors the moron makes putting news in the wrong regions.
I haven't purchased a newspaper for at least this century, I get ALL my news from the BBC TV pages.
Then I report errors by looking for them on the internet.
Look at the OP on this thread, he has no idea what he's doing.
I rely on my local news page, but it seems that nothing has happened here since Friday afternoon. Most of the regional pages are the same.
What is the point of them if the lazy bastard in charge can't find the maximum required 4 items per page every day, and 10 for London and 10 for Birmingham?
The bloke in charge of the traffic pages does a fairly good job of updating jams, accidents, road closures etc.
I can see that it is something that you feel strongly about, but nothing will be achieved by complaining to all and sundry on here.
I have to agree that his assignment of some of the reports that you mention is a bit bizarre. But a well-worded email to the right department might go a long way to bringing about improvement. I can't help feeling that there might be some sort of twisted logic here, although I've no idea what it could be!
I have to agree that his assignment of some of the reports that you mention is a bit bizarre. But a well-worded email to the right department might go a long way to bringing about improvement. I can't help feeling that there might be some sort of twisted logic here, although I've no idea what it could be!
I put a post on here last week, must have been a different thread because I can't see it now, when the bloke actually described a criminal as a black or an asian (can't remember) and that I joked to Mrs SAGC that he'll get the sack for that.
Some items sit on there for up to a week.
But within 3 hours it was gone.
Some items sit on there for up to a week.
But within 3 hours it was gone.
It seems that the police couldn't find him, but the Daily Mirror tracked him down to Spain.
First thing today we must congratulate the Mirror newspaper, who tracked down the escaped prisoner to Spain.
Which is why he has been arrested in Nottingham.
I'd actually go with the BBC view of the latter on this.
First thing today we must congratulate the Mirror newspaper, who tracked down the escaped prisoner to Spain.
Which is why he has been arrested in Nottingham.
I'd actually go with the BBC view of the latter on this.
A man has been arrested after a badly damaged car was driven for 40 miles after a crash with a lorry on the M5.
The driver, 30, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and dangerous driving.
Arrested him while he was still driving on the M5?
The driver, 30, was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and dangerous driving.
Arrested him while he was still driving on the M5?
Magna Carta to go on display in Kent
which found itself on the Surrey news page, came off screen for a while.
But it's back now...as it's going on display again....in Durham.
So, naturally, it's back on the Surrey news page.
which found itself on the Surrey news page, came off screen for a while.
But it's back now...as it's going on display again....in Durham.
So, naturally, it's back on the Surrey news page.
200+ letters to go on sale.
They belonged to Reggie Kray, the renowned gangster who was born, raised and lived in east London.
The letters are going under the hammer at McTears, in Glasgow.
So which regional page should it go on?
London or Glasgow.?.?.?.?
A quandary indeed.
So whizzkid put in the obvious place,
It's on the Kent news page.
They belonged to Reggie Kray, the renowned gangster who was born, raised and lived in east London.
The letters are going under the hammer at McTears, in Glasgow.
So which regional page should it go on?
London or Glasgow.?.?.?.?
A quandary indeed.
So whizzkid put in the obvious place,
It's on the Kent news page.
It seems that the police couldn't find him, but the Daily Mirror tracked him down to Spain.
First thing today we must congratulate the Mirror newspaper, who tracked down the escaped prisoner to Spain.
Which is why he has been arrested in Nottingham.
I'd actually go with the BBC view of the latter on this.
(Even though it's on the Derby news page)
^^ I missed that line.
First thing today we must congratulate the Mirror newspaper, who tracked down the escaped prisoner to Spain.
Which is why he has been arrested in Nottingham.
I'd actually go with the BBC view of the latter on this.
(Even though it's on the Derby news page)
^^ I missed that line.
MORE LEICESTERSHIRE NEWS
Driver unhurt after 'spectacular' crash in his 1970s sports car at Donington Park.
The car somersaulted a few times.
I'd say it somersaulted more than a few times in the crash for it to appear on Leicestershire news.
Donington Park is in Derbyshire.
Driver unhurt after 'spectacular' crash in his 1970s sports car at Donington Park.
The car somersaulted a few times.
I'd say it somersaulted more than a few times in the crash for it to appear on Leicestershire news.
Donington Park is in Derbyshire.
spellingandgrammarchecker
02 Jun 15 16:30
200+ letters to go on sale.
They belonged to Reggie Kray, the renowned gangster who was born, raised and lived in east London.
The letters are going under the hammer at McTears, in Glasgow.
So which regional page should it go on?
London or Glasgow.?.?.?.?
A quandary indeed.
So whizzkid put in the obvious place,
It's on the Kent news page. Laugh
Perhaps there's a big 'retired Gangster' demographic in Kent?
02 Jun 15 16:30
200+ letters to go on sale.
They belonged to Reggie Kray, the renowned gangster who was born, raised and lived in east London.
The letters are going under the hammer at McTears, in Glasgow.
So which regional page should it go on?
London or Glasgow.?.?.?.?
A quandary indeed.
So whizzkid put in the obvious place,
It's on the Kent news page. Laugh
Perhaps there's a big 'retired Gangster' demographic in Kent?
Old gangsters don't retire, they simply go to prison.
Perhaps they're all in Maidstone, and read BBC news pages every day.
Perhaps they're all in Maidstone, and read BBC news pages every day.
Donington Park is in Derbyshire
it's a complicated can of worms even more so with the airport next door
it's a complicated can of worms even more so with the airport next door
There's only one airport in the UK Burt.
Stansted, Essex.
Everybody knows that.
Stansted, Essex.
Everybody knows that.
It is if you work for the BBC.
As are Heathrow, Gatwick, City and Luton.
Even though only one of them is actually in London, and it's most certainly not in the City, it's in the Borough 'whose name we dare not mention.'
As are Heathrow, Gatwick, City and Luton.
Even though only one of them is actually in London, and it's most certainly not in the City, it's in the Borough 'whose name we dare not mention.'
when I was a lad East Midlands airport was known simply as Donnington Airport. Then someone got jealous I think and they changed it to East Midlands, then it was Derby & Leicester Airport then Derby, Leicester and Nottingham airport, then Nottingham East Midlands Airport and now back to East Midlands but Nottingham council are not happy.
spellingandgrammarchecker
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
MORE FACKING SPIDERS
Black Widow Spiders found in bunches of grapes in an Asda supermarket in Leamington Spa.
Like the Brazilian Wandering Spiders, these Black Widow fackers are also on the march.
They've gone to the Birmingham news page.
I thought Leamington Spa was in Warwickshire.
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
MORE FACKING SPIDERS
Black Widow Spiders found in bunches of grapes in an Asda supermarket in Leamington Spa.
Like the Brazilian Wandering Spiders, these Black Widow fackers are also on the march.
They've gone to the Birmingham news page.
I thought Leamington Spa was in Warwickshire.
spellingandgrammarchecker
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider continues to wander.
Todays news reveals a nest has been found in Nuneaton.
If they get on the motorways down to London our old friend Gogoidle will move to Scotland. He's petrified of spiders, and these fackers are 6 inches across.
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider continues to wander.
Todays news reveals a nest has been found in Nuneaton.
If they get on the motorways down to London our old friend Gogoidle will move to Scotland.
He's petrified of spiders, and these fackers are 6 inches across.
Beds Herts and Bucks news.
Eight people, including a baby girl, have been injured in a crash when a minibus ended on its roof.
The accident was on the A74(M)4 miles north of Moffat.
I have no idea why it's on this regional page, the A74(M) is in Dumfries and Galloway.
For those as hapless at geography as the BBC chap, that's in Scotland, and Beds Herts and Bucks....are not.
Eight people, including a baby girl, have been injured in a crash when a minibus ended on its roof.
The accident was on the A74(M)4 miles north of Moffat.
I have no idea why it's on this regional page, the A74(M) is in Dumfries and Galloway.
For those as hapless at geography as the BBC chap, that's in Scotland, and Beds Herts and Bucks....are not.
According to BBC website ...
"All eight of the injured people were from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire."
so that's probably why.
"All eight of the injured people were from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire."
so that's probably why.
Doesn't say that on the BBC regional news page.
.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-33001863
This thread is only concerned with the BBC TELEVISION regional news pages.
You said you had no idea why it was on that regional page. Now you do. I didn't realise you didn't actually want an answer.
Try reading the thread from the start.
Then go Googling, to tell me why there are so many geographical errors.
Then go Googling, to tell me why there are so many geographical errors.
He was simply pointing out a reason as to why it may NOT have been the geographical error that one might assume.
There was absolutely no call your rudeness. Also, please note that it is NOT compulsory to read the whole thread. Lighten up.
There was absolutely no call your rudeness. Also, please note that it is NOT compulsory to read the whole thread. Lighten up.
How often do you join conversations without finding out what it's about?
And todays offering
£100 fine for 6 minutes excess for a car park user in Exeter, which is in Devon.
It's on the Cornwall page.
And todays offering
£100 fine for 6 minutes excess for a car park user in Exeter, which is in Devon.
It's on the Cornwall page.
I tend to find that I know nothing about most conversations that I join in. Things are pretty much the same even if it's my conversation!
But it provides untold amusement for lots of people...and I feel good about that. Sometimes it's not what you know. It's what you DON'T know.
But it provides untold amusement for lots of people...and I feel good about that. Sometimes it's not what you know. It's what you DON'T know.
Sex attack on 13 year old girl in underpass in Barnsley.
The BBC report says she was followed by a man aged about 30
The local rag gives a better description.
.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sex-attack-reported-on-girl-13-in-south-yorkshire-underpass-1-7298681
The suspect is described as having a foreign accent, brown skin, around 30-years-old, 5ft 5ins, of slim build, wearing a black Adidas tracksuit with red stripes and blue gloves.
The BBC report says she was followed by a man aged about 30
The local rag gives a better description.
.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sex-attack-reported-on-girl-13-in-south-yorkshire-underpass-1-7298681
The suspect is described as having a foreign accent, brown skin, around 30-years-old, 5ft 5ins, of slim build, wearing a black Adidas tracksuit with red stripes and blue gloves.
they do this so often - but then it is policy with so many of them working for the bbc now
Naydam will be along later to tell me I missed it.
I'd have a job to comment. As usual, I know nothing about it.
I have to confess that there may be some truth in what you say. I noticed a few minutes go there was a report of a fire at a fuel storage facility. Normally, I would just have assumed that the BBC were passing on the relevant details to their viewers. Strangely, they made no mention of the huge volumes of thick smoke which anybody could clearly see was black! Not 'East-European'...it was black!
I have to confess that there may be some truth in what you say.
Some truth?
Clear evidence that the BBC, once again, didn't give a full description of the alleged attacker, purely because he isn't white.
But as usual, you trivialise it, rather than admitting that I was right, and they keep doing it.
Some truth?
Clear evidence that the BBC, once again, didn't give a full description of the alleged attacker, purely because he isn't white.
But as usual, you trivialise it, rather than admitting that I was right, and they keep doing it.
Obviously, I must conduct myself in a far more serious manner when responding to your posts on these matters.
I didn't 'trivialise it', and I have never denied that what you say may be true. I HAVE pointed out that, when I sought the evidence of your concerns, the information was, in fact, clearly displayed. This, of course, is not to say that there aren't some sources of news that are less complete or accurate than others. If one specifically seeks out these omissions, then you will surely find them.
You are probably right. It is pretty well guaranteed that there will be bias in all aspects of media activities whatever, and whoever, the source may be.
I didn't 'trivialise it', and I have never denied that what you say may be true. I HAVE pointed out that, when I sought the evidence of your concerns, the information was, in fact, clearly displayed. This, of course, is not to say that there aren't some sources of news that are less complete or accurate than others. If one specifically seeks out these omissions, then you will surely find them.
You are probably right. It is pretty well guaranteed that there will be bias in all aspects of media activities whatever, and whoever, the source may be.
spellingandgrammarchecker
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider continues to wander.
Todays news reveals a nest has been found in Nuneaton.
If they get on the motorways down to London our old friend Gogoidle will move to Scotland. Laugh He's petrified of spiders, and these fackers are 6 inches across.
SPIDERS - UPDATED.
Apparently, spiders are more important than the housing problem.
Plans to build a housing estate in Radford Quarry in Plymouth are to be abandoned.
All because they found a ground weaver spider that exists only in that place in the world.
Conservationists said it was 'a fantastic result for wildlife.'
31 May 15 17:59
Nippy fackers - spiders
A Brazilian Wandering spider has been reported found in Tamworth, which I believe to be in Staffordshire.
He appears to have wandered quite a bit as the BBC whizzkid has got this on the Bristol news page.
The Brazilian Wandering Spider continues to wander.
Todays news reveals a nest has been found in Nuneaton.
If they get on the motorways down to London our old friend Gogoidle will move to Scotland. Laugh He's petrified of spiders, and these fackers are 6 inches across.
SPIDERS - UPDATED.
Apparently, spiders are more important than the housing problem.
Plans to build a housing estate in Radford Quarry in Plymouth are to be abandoned.
All because they found a ground weaver spider that exists only in that place in the world.
Conservationists said it was 'a fantastic result for wildlife.'
Two reports from Worthing, Sussex.
But only one got on to the regional newspage of BBC television.
I think they could well be connected, so why report one, and not the other.
This one did.
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/police-now-treating-durrington-attack-as-rape-1-6798646
This one didn't.
.
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/worthing-town-centre-sex-attack-in-broad-daylight-1-6798682
But only one got on to the regional newspage of BBC television.
I think they could well be connected, so why report one, and not the other.
This one did.
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/police-now-treating-durrington-attack-as-rape-1-6798646
This one didn't.
.
http://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/local/worthing-town-centre-sex-attack-in-broad-daylight-1-6798682
2.10 Stratford
1.01 £1,568 £341
1.02 £3,770
some 1.01 laid on the losing fav
£120 of the 1,02 is mine, mine, mine I tell you
1.01 £1,568 £341
1.02 £3,770
some 1.01 laid on the losing fav
£120 of the 1,02 is mine, mine, mine I tell you
2015-06-16
14:19 51808013171 2015-06-16
14:14 GB Strat 16th Jun / 14:10 2m2f Nov Hrd / Kayf Willow
Lay 1.02 120.00 Won
14:19 51808013171 2015-06-16
14:14 GB Strat 16th Jun / 14:10 2m2f Nov Hrd / Kayf Willow
Lay 1.02 120.00 Won
Btw
my two reports from sunny Sussex above, one case has no description of the attacker, the other case says the attacker is 'mixed race, heavily built etc.'
Guess which one didn't get to the BBC television news pages...
my two reports from sunny Sussex above, one case has no description of the attacker, the other case says the attacker is 'mixed race, heavily built etc.'
Guess which one didn't get to the BBC television news pages...
On the right thread this time.
BBC man confused whether it's London or Essex???
So he did what any normal BBC minion does, he omitted it from either page.
.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/murderers-jailed-for-life-after-young-man-was-viciously-attacked-outside-east-london-community-centre-10207850.html
BBC man confused whether it's London or Essex???
So he did what any normal BBC minion does, he omitted it from either page.
.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/murderers-jailed-for-life-after-young-man-was-viciously-attacked-outside-east-london-community-centre-10207850.html
MASSIVE NEWS
A UKIP ban MEP joins far right group.
This news is so big that BBC chap couldn't decide which county to put it under, and got carried away.
He stuck it on the Kent page, The Surrey page, The Sussex page and the Berkshire page.
A UKIP ban MEP joins far right group.
This news is so big that BBC chap couldn't decide which county to put it under, and got carried away.
He stuck it on the Kent page, The Surrey page, The Sussex page and the Berkshire page.
Zack Davies,26, will appear in court at Mold.
He followed an asian to Tesco, in Mold, and attacked him with a machete and a hammer.
Mold is in Flintshire, which is in north east Wales.
That's why it's on the London news page, and also the Manchester news page.
'BBC Geography boy' strikes again.
He followed an asian to Tesco, in Mold, and attacked him with a machete and a hammer.
Mold is in Flintshire, which is in north east Wales.
That's why it's on the London news page, and also the Manchester news page.
'BBC Geography boy' strikes again.
Bill Wyman is not happy.
A blue plaque is being put up in honour of Mick Jagger to commemorate the Rolling Stones, in Dartford.
Bill says it was Brian Jones who founded the group.
It's on the Kent news page, which is where Dartford is situated.
It's also on the Gloucestershire news page.
A blue plaque is being put up in honour of Mick Jagger to commemorate the Rolling Stones, in Dartford.
Bill says it was Brian Jones who founded the group.
It's on the Kent news page, which is where Dartford is situated.
It's also on the Gloucestershire news page.
BBC failed geography boy strikes again.
And it's Bill Wyman...AGAIN.
He sold a few cars at the Goodwood Auction.
Goodwood is in Sussex.
So... did he go for Kent or Gloucestershire see previous post)
or did he stay with Sussex
None of the above
He put it under Suffolk news
Both start with 'SU' - perhaps he's dyslexic.
And it's Bill Wyman...AGAIN.
He sold a few cars at the Goodwood Auction.
Goodwood is in Sussex.
So... did he go for Kent or Gloucestershire see previous post)
or did he stay with Sussex
None of the above
He put it under Suffolk news
Both start with 'SU' - perhaps he's dyslexic.
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer is dead.
This was reported on the Essex news page, where he lived, and on the London news page, because the BBC think 75% of Essex is part of east London.
I have no idea why it has appeared on the Somerset news page, and the Bristol news page.
The man/woman who does these pages really is an idiot.
This was reported on the Essex news page, where he lived, and on the London news page, because the BBC think 75% of Essex is part of east London.
I have no idea why it has appeared on the Somerset news page, and the Bristol news page.
The man/woman who does these pages really is an idiot.
^^^^ And just to top that off, today he has put the news on the Birmingham news page the the crime scene is 'challenging'.
Missing Luton family are in Syria.
Luton is in Bedfordshire
This is on the Surrey news page
Syria - Surrey
Close enough for him.
Luton is in Bedfordshire
This is on the Surrey news page
Syria - Surrey
Close enough for him.
LONDON underground may or may not be going on strike.
'Whizzy' has decided to tell the viewers in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex.
Kent, Sussex and Surrey viewers will be gutted if they find out they missed this.
'Whizzy' has decided to tell the viewers in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex.
Kent, Sussex and Surrey viewers will be gutted if they find out they missed this.
This has been too quiet lately.
Which county has all the money in the UK?
A strange question, you may feel.
New Band of England banknotes are to show all 4 countries in the UK.
But who gets to know about it?
The answer is that only one county in all of the regional news pages carries this news.
It's not London, Berkshire, Oxon, Glossop.
You would have thought it would be somewhere down in the 'affluent south'....but you'd be wrong.
The county with the new banknotes money is Cumbria.
Which county has all the money in the UK?
A strange question, you may feel.
New Band of England banknotes are to show all 4 countries in the UK.
But who gets to know about it?
The answer is that only one county in all of the regional news pages carries this news.
It's not London, Berkshire, Oxon, Glossop.
You would have thought it would be somewhere down in the 'affluent south'....but you'd be wrong.
The county with the new banknotes money is Cumbria.
New Bank of England banknotes are to show all 4 countries in the UK.
And while I'm here, the news whizzkid has decided to tell Cumbrian news followers that stupid drivers are doing U-turns on a motorway because of an accident.
So as it's on Cumbria news, it must surely be the M6.
Nope.
It was the M1.
I didn't look, but Leeds have probably got M20 news of HGV stacking to alleviate congestion at Dover.
So as it's on Cumbria news, it must surely be the M6.
Nope.
It was the M1.
I didn't look, but Leeds have probably got M20 news of HGV stacking to alleviate congestion at Dover.
The Leeds & West Yorks news page.
Carries the story of the 6 asians convicted of child rape, child prostitution etc in Aylesbury, Buckinghmshire
It's not on the Beds, Herts and Bucks page.
I think they should hire me to to do it properly.
Most regions carry just 4 items of news.
But it's 10 items per day on the London page, and not one crime was reported between Monday and Thursday this week.
Astounding.
Carries the story of the 6 asians convicted of child rape, child prostitution etc in Aylesbury, Buckinghmshire
It's not on the Beds, Herts and Bucks page.
I think they should hire me to to do it properly.
Most regions carry just 4 items of news.
But it's 10 items per day on the London page, and not one crime was reported between Monday and Thursday this week.
Astounding.
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