And another thing....

Two major gripes here. 1) “Local” is a bit of a misnomer. We live in South Oxfordshire, so obviously, our local BBC station is Central, which means we get all the news that really matters to us, like new supermarkets opening in Stoke on Trent. My parents in Lincolnshire are constantly bombarded with news from Rotherham and Leeds. 2) “News” is similarly far from the mark. For instance, last night the first item was in interview with a Brummie fireman in Sharm el Sheikh, explaining in a loud, indignant voice why he wasn’t going home early after the bombings “We saved for ages for this holiday, I’m not disappointing the kids now”. Second item was Tiddles the cat from Solihull who has now spent 3 days up the apple tree in next door’s garden. His owner, Miss Hilda Parkinson, 76, is frantic with worry and local residents are tonight staging a candlelight vigil. Not really, I turned off half way through the Brummie fireman story, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was on.