http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/bbc-news-this-is-london/ a blog about news Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/bbc-news-this-is-london/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Adrian Monck Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:20:27 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1014#comment-815 And not always that much to those close to it... And not always that much to those close to it…

]]> http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/bbc-news-this-is-london/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Robbo Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:15:19 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=1014#comment-814 It is interesting isn't it that London is treated like a UK region, the East Midlands for example, and not as a Nation. I can't see that people living in Bermondsey or Beautiful Bow would be particularly interested in the events in Gretna, Haverfordwest or Belfast town centre, unless they are particularly momentus, and vice versa. Isn't the point about local news that it is local? It means a great deal to people who are close to it and nothing to people who are further away? It is interesting isn’t it that London is treated like a UK region, the East Midlands for example, and not as a Nation. I can’t see that people living in Bermondsey or Beautiful Bow would be particularly interested in the events in Gretna, Haverfordwest or Belfast town centre, unless they are particularly momentus, and vice versa. Isn’t the point about local news that it is local? It means a great deal to people who are close to it and nothing to people who are further away?

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