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London bombings - TV news coverage

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CT
ctb
Kaplinsky posted:
The MET has confirmed 33 people have died in the terrorist attacks.


The front of the BBC's website still says two.
PT
Put The Telly On
YahooUK/Reuters reports 45 are confirmed dead.
RT
rts Founding member
The front page of BBC News online is yo-yoying between "at least two dead" to "over 30 dead". Content of the article has changed back and fourth at least twice too. Not a cache issue either.

Blair is to speak soon apparently too.

Addition: Terminal 3 at Heathrow has been evacuated too according to News 24.
EY
the eye
abee posted:
Does anyone know how the programming will be on BBC World,apart
from live couverage? For example, are BBC personnel stuck in traffic,
or are people allready at work going to make overtime?


I have seen none of BBC Worlds own programming etc, its all straight off from News 24
BB
BBC N24 2005
Does anybody know if there are any news specials on the BBC tonight because of these attacks?
LO
Londoner
BBC N24 2005 posted:
Does anybody know if there are any news specials on the BBC tonight because of these attacks?

See quote from Media Guardian article on this page.
FL
Flava
Five still look set to run their normal bully at 5.30.

I'm guessing that they will show Home & Away and Family Affairs, then go to an extended bully at 7, like they did on 9/11.
LL
Larry the Loafer
Does anyone have any footage of BBC1 and ITV1 going into the news?

Also, BBC News have recently been showing a picture of people on a train, and a big light source further down, then zooming into a fellow who was sitting on the train. Actually I don't even know if it was a train!

Anyway, does anybody know if this is an image of a bomb going off?
LO
Londoner
Flava posted:
Five still look set to run their normal bully at 5.30.

Media Guardian says it will be a 90 minute bulletin at 5.30.
LU
Luke
Londoner posted:
Flava posted:
Five still look set to run their normal bully at 5.30.

Media Guardian says it will be a 90 minute bulletin at 5.30.


Looks like they got their times mixed up. Helen Fospero on five a few mins ago said they'd have bulletins at 5.30 and 7, with the latter being an hour long.
BN
Breakfast News
Sopel and Edwards on News 24 now, I take it Sophie is off to prepare for the Six?
CT
ctb
Larry the Loafer posted:
Does anyone have any footage of BBC1 and ITV1 going into the news?

Also, BBC News have recently been showing a picture of people on a train, and a big light source further down, then zooming into a fellow who was sitting on the train. Actually I don't even know if it was a train!

Anyway, does anybody know if this is an image of a bomb going off?


I think that was a light so they could see in the tunnel whilst they were being evacuated. The image was from a viewer's mobile phone.

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