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Breaking News: Explosion in Leicester

(February 2018)

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TF
TellyFan
BBI45 posted:
Brekkie posted:
Sounds like something similar to what happened on the Wirral a few months back. Really don't think it's in anyone interests for national news stations to go into rolling news mode until the facts are clearer. Reporting it is fine, but just report what you know and move on, don't speculate for hours on minimum information.


dvboy posted:
I agree. As someone who heard the Birmingham explosion from home a couple of weeks ago, I appreciate there is a duty to report in the interests of safety for people living locally as the police are advising people to stay away, however - and I'm not sure of the precise time it happened - police tweeted about it at 19:19 which is 90 minutes ago now.

I think it might be because it was immediately declared a major incident, and to be honest, if I saw this tweet, I would have initially suspected it would have been something more than (what looks like) a gas explosion bringing down a convenience store and a flat:




Yes because whenever “major incident” is announced in a statement everyone assumes it may be terrorism related.
RD
RDJ
BBC has abandoned coverage to go to World News Today. You'd think they'd just stick with Martine unless they're going to decamp to a different studio whilst the Weekend News team prepare.
TF
TellyFan
Joe Tidy who is looking tidy is speaking to Anna Jones in the studio.
TM
TMD_24
Sky sources is saying the fire is not connected to terror.
BB
BBI45
TellyFan posted:
BBI45 posted:
Brekkie posted:
Sounds like something similar to what happened on the Wirral a few months back. Really don't think it's in anyone interests for national news stations to go into rolling news mode until the facts are clearer. Reporting it is fine, but just report what you know and move on, don't speculate for hours on minimum information.


dvboy posted:
I agree. As someone who heard the Birmingham explosion from home a couple of weeks ago, I appreciate there is a duty to report in the interests of safety for people living locally as the police are advising people to stay away, however - and I'm not sure of the precise time it happened - police tweeted about it at 19:19 which is 90 minutes ago now.

I think it might be because it was immediately declared a major incident, and to be honest, if I saw this tweet, I would have initially suspected it would have been something more than (what looks like) a gas explosion bringing down a convenience store and a flat:




Yes because whenever “major incident” is announced in a statement everyone assumes it may be terrorism related.

That is what was being implied.
SJ
sjhoward
TMD_24 posted:
Sky sources is saying the fire is not connected to terror.


I'm fairly sure there was a degree of terror for anyone nearby - but I get what you mean.
BK
bkman1990
Duncan Golestani did a recap for the UK viewers on the NC. Our World is being broadcast as scheduled.

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