BBC News Channel: Presentation

Why is a bus crash in London on the national news channel? Buses crash frequently but don't make breaking news with live from the scene broadcasts.

There has been a fatality with serious injuries - this is a major incident as described by the police and this doesn't happen everyday.

The point being that when it happens anywhere else it does not appear on the national news channel. Locally someone was killed by a train hitting their vehicle on a level crossing - no mention on the national news. Yesterday a train hit an abandoned van on the Sheffield to Hull line no live cameras there.

London is our capital city. It's more important than all the others. More people live there. It's easier to get cameras there. Boris is mayor. Nobody cares about Hull...

I understand the point, although Sky and ITN I'm sure do the same thing, as Sky did this morning focusing on it.

London-centric is an argument that is constantly being dicussed, but this is big numbers of people injured and the police labelled it a major incident as well.

Yes, thats why.

I bus blew up in Dundee the other day. I'd expect its more the fatality and the fact you can get a camera there easily.

Now that is news. They have buses in Dundee?

I think he was joking...

Point out the obvious. Clever.

According to the headline strap on the news channel at one point, it was a 'Bush Crash'...

obviously londoners are more important, the rest of us are just comonners ie anyone out of the M25 zone.