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Weston-super-Mare pier fire

(July 2008)

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bbc140 29 July 2008 12:52pm

Spencer For Hire posted:

bbc140 posted:

I am not at home so does anyone have any caps of the special titles?

You can currently see them on the video stream of last night's programme on the BBC Points West Homepage.

As in France the video is tiny, please can someone cap?

Thanks,

BBC140

deejay 30 July 2008 8:57am

bbc140 posted:

HI,

Points West have 2 people at Breakfast - Editor and Presenter.

I am not at home so does anyone have any caps of the special titles?

Thanks,

bbc140

I assume you mean director and presenter. AFAIK they haven't had a morning editor for donkeys years.

nodnirG kraM 30 July 2008 9:12am

Brekkie posted:

Even if unsure, they can just run with "we're getting reports of the pier being on fire", and then correct themselves if the reports turn out to be a false alarm.

I heard an unconfirmed rumour that Harold Pinter has died.

Mike W 30 July 2008 10:14am

Londoner posted:

BBC Editors Blog on frustration at being beaten by Sky:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2008/07/right_place_wrong_time.html

GMTV had beaten them to it too! It was 7:10ish when John Stapleton said "A bit of breaking news now, the grand pier at Weston Super-Mare has caught fire" juat before the dog and the adder story.