Cumbria derailment coverage

Having a camera crew there is one thing ... having a means to feed the pictures is another thing entirely.

Well BBC were first to break the news and first to still images.

Yep, I suppose it could be just BBC techies side don't have any lines free to send the stream down possibilly

I would never underestimate the power of regional ITV News teams.

Even when the ITVNC was running on loads of occasions they were either first to the scene or had someone at the location fairly damn quick.

As reported once it had closed down it 'punched well above its weight'

It was quite a shock to see Geraint presenting the 10:30 tonight - but he managed it really well and im beginning to like him now!

But they have now been the same few photos for the last couple of hours.

Surely this is a prime example of the BBC being over-resourced and also not efficiently and effectivly utilising their costly resources?

Sky News first with Live pictures of the Carraige which is down the embankment.

I am pretty stunned at the BBC being gubbed with the pictures they did a sterling job in covering this since it broke to half ten.
I was hoping that the brief recap of the 10 (after the regional news) would bring live pictures of the scene - sadly not.
ITV News did really well and Sky News has now clearly whipped N24 in coverage terms. Surely there are two many BBC reporters - Mark Simpson, Janet Little and Martin Lewis etc and not enought cameramen. I'm baffled at this!!

shame BBC cant just buy access to Sky's live stream or how it works...

4 are in a critical condition - I think the full extent of the injuries are more serious than this.

btw, the news broke at 9pm ..

Plenty of crap being talked, though.

Katie Stallard, Sky News: "These trains do travel on electric track"

They'd use a satellite link, not lines.

The lack of BBC sat truck in the area could be for any one of many reasons, it's just sheer luck or lack of it that dictates who gets the first pictures and there are many logistical factors.

The nearest TV news centre is Border's and they had the first live pics. I suspect that Sky are either using their truck or one of the companies they hire from had one coincidently in the area.

The beeb would need to use either Newcastle or Manchester's - much further away - and I doubt that they'd be staffed after the end of their local news at 7pm.

They could have a whole busload of cameramen there for all we know, but without a satellite truck there will be no pictures on N24.

Quite. And much as I like Gillian Joseph, her eyesight doesn't seem up to much.

I'm still a bit suspicious that Sky may have nicked ITV's sat-truck.