Wales Trapped MIners

Terrible tragedy and my heartfelt condolences to the families. Mining clearly remains as one of the most dangerous professions to exist. I can only comment on how BBC World and CNN covered the story. Given the "size" of the story in Global terms, it was given only a small allocation on these channels, as indicated in my post above.

Edit: removed last line of my post as don't want to get into an argument with other members under the banner of this particular thread.

Here in Wales, ITV Wales had a very strong programme at 6, particularly as the press conference was happening while they were on air (they took it live).

BBC Wales were perhaps a little more analytical in their coverage at 6:30, though they had broadcast live the earlier conference just after 1:30 - with some breaking news straps that featured the original 'BBC Wales' red 'tab' from the 2008 graphics set (later updated to read 'BBC Wales Today'), and a signed recap of the news.

Both BBC and ITV Wales had two presenters on location at 6/6:30, and the late bulletin on BBC One Wales will be extended to half an hour at 10:25 according to the EPG.