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« Reply #345 on: October 05, 2015, 21:29:05 »

I'm somewhat perplexed Red Squrriel. In answer to your question when I refer to 'local' I'm referring to the city/town of your local paper. What goes on in Didcot doesn't overly interest me, same for Bristol unless it's rail related. For local news I refer to the Bath Chronicle's website.

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« Reply #346 on: October 05, 2015, 21:46:46 »

I'm somewhat perplexed Red Squrriel. In answer to your question when I refer to 'local' I'm referring to the city/town of your local paper. What goes on in Didcot doesn't overly interest me, same for Bristol unless it's rail related. For local news I refer to the Bath Chronicle's website.

Hope that answers your question.

Lordy, I really didn't set out to confuse or to tread on anyone's corns: You commented on a story from the Bristol Post, and lamented the state of local journalism. I was simply making the point that the Bristol Post is published in Didcot these days, which to my mind may have a bearing on said lamentable-ness.

Actually I see that the Bristol Post, in common with the Bath Chronicle and several dozen other allegedly local titles, is run from Leicester now. Which is even less local, whether you live in Bristol or Bath.
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« Reply #347 on: October 05, 2015, 21:52:39 »

On the other hand, the North Somerset Mercury is still apparently based in Temple Way, Bristol. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #348 on: October 05, 2015, 22:06:41 »

On the other hand, the North Somerset Mercury is still apparently based in Temple Way, Bristol. Roll Eyes

Well it's another Local World title like the Post and the Chronicle. I note that Local World is once again up for sale, this time to Trinity Mirror.

All of which reminds me of an old saw: How do you make a small fortune in the local newspaper business? Start with a large one.
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« Reply #349 on: October 05, 2015, 22:09:13 »

Ahhhhh I get what you are saying now Red Squirrel. Yes I've heard that there is nothing local about many local papers now with all their websites the same running off the same interface hence non local stories, lottery numbers and celeb trash that would appear nationwide.

I'm sure there are some local journalists (I use the term loosely) based in each town or city who can login and post a story on the relevant 'local' papers website.

I used to follow the Bath Chronicle on Twitter but got so fed up with them tweeting the same stories time and time again, reteeeting local sports stories from their sports Twitter feed which I'm not interested in along with other trash that I stopped following them.

Oh for the days when you would pay 20p and pick up your local paper everyday on the way home from work. The Bath Evening Chronicle was an excellent local paper.
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« Reply #350 on: October 05, 2015, 22:15:51 »

I can assure you that there are local journalists on both The North Somerset Times and The North Somerset Mercury. I am in regular contact with both. As to the quality of what they are able to do with the time available to them and space that has to be filled, I make no comment at this point.
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« Reply #351 on: October 05, 2015, 22:19:37 »

I read recently that Trinity Mirror may be buying the Express/Star titles from Richard Desmond. Will that mean they will become Labour supporting papers again and turn from Anti Europe to Pro Europe?

That would finish the Daily Express if that were to happen. Just think, no more Nathan Rao 'Britain to experience worst winter for 100 years' stories. How would we cope?
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« Reply #352 on: October 05, 2015, 22:21:40 »

How do you make a small fortune in the local newspaper business? Start with a large one.

There is an agricultural analogy to that story, about a farmer who had won the lottery and was asked, 'So, what will you do now?'

The farmer thought about it, then replied, 'Well, I'll probably just carry on farming until the money runs out ... '  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #353 on: October 05, 2015, 22:25:49 »

Looks like Trinity Mirror was blocked from buying Local World so is going after the Express instead:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/02/trinity-mirror-express-local-world-richard-desmond
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« Reply #354 on: October 06, 2015, 21:27:07 »

Ahhhhh I get what you are saying now Red Squirrel. Yes I've heard that there is nothing local about many local papers now with all their websites the same running off the same interface hence non local stories, lottery numbers and celeb trash that would appear nationwide.

I'm sure there are some local journalists (I use the term loosely) based in each town or city who can login and post a story on the relevant 'local' papers website.

I used to follow the Bath Chronicle on Twitter but got so fed up with them tweeting the same stories time and time again, reteeeting local sports stories from their sports Twitter feed which I'm not interested in along with other trash that I stopped following them.

Oh for the days when you would pay 20p and pick up your local paper everyday on the way home from work. The Bath Evening Chronicle was an excellent local paper.

The Uxbridge Gazette which was based in err.. Uxbridge is now based I believe in Watford. Now has fewer journalists who are now writing for larger areas.The result is that online there are much fewer local stories than there were before.
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« Reply #355 on: October 17, 2015, 15:32:57 »

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/columnists/simon-bradley-will-pacer-trains-trundle-into-history-at-last-1-7520082?

An article about Pacers that is illustrated with a photo of a Class 158.  Hmmm...whilst I can understand that in many instances the editors are not too worried about the accompanying photo, when the article is about a particular type of train, you would hope they would make the effort to get it right.
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« Reply #356 on: October 17, 2015, 16:10:47 »

Should have been a picture of a 230.
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« Reply #357 on: October 27, 2015, 21:16:51 »

From the Cornish Guardian



I understand that the 17:36 from Swindon to Westbury is getting rather overcrowded ("ridiculous" according to a passenger I met on the later 18:52 tonight).  Perhaps we should swap the TransWilts train for this one is it's running on the Looe branch - I don't think they need a train quite that long in the winter ...

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« Reply #358 on: October 27, 2015, 21:18:17 »

To be honest, I'm not sure they need it in the summer either!
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« Reply #359 on: November 03, 2015, 18:42:29 »

This from the Plymouth Herald: http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-train-journeys-delayed-poor-rail/story-28106558-detail/story.html


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