The Fate of Christopher Jefferies
I don't normally like TV dramas based on true stories about people who are still living, but ITV's recent drama documentary on the fate of Christopher Jefferies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-30392988
A PowerPoint 'weather bomb' presentation!!!
What is a weather 'bomb'?
A Met Office "be aware" warning is running for parts of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Parts of western Scotland are braced for strong winds and "unusually high" waves, while there have already been a string of road accidents amid snow and ice.
But with newspapers predicting a UK weather 'bomb' for the second year running, what does the term actually mean?
BBC weather's Peter Gibbs (above) explains:
A Met Office "be aware" warning is running for parts of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland.
Parts of western Scotland are braced for strong winds and "unusually high" waves, while there have already been a string of road accidents amid snow and ice.
But with newspapers predicting a UK weather 'bomb' for the second year running, what does the term actually mean?
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The above (word for word) appears on today's BBC website. To watch the presentation, click on "What is a weather 'bomb'".
Then ask yourself whether weather forecasts are aided or abetted by yet another PowerPoint style presentation (on which I've blogged previously and ad nauseam.
I don't think such expensively created graphics add very much. Nor do I believe for one moment that we are about to be 'bombed' out of existence, or at least under cover.
But I suppose such graphics are a good excuse for inflicting yet more frightening tabloid headlines on us unsuspecting viewers (and license payers)...
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P.S. 3 days later: The 'bomb' shows no sign of appearing here in the depths of Somerset! Quel surprise...
Meanwhile, PowerPoint style news programmes continue apace on the BBC and elsewhere.
___________________________________________________________________
The above (word for word) appears on today's BBC website. To watch the presentation, click on "What is a weather 'bomb'".
Then ask yourself whether weather forecasts are aided or abetted by yet another PowerPoint style presentation (on which I've blogged previously and ad nauseam.
I don't think such expensively created graphics add very much. Nor do I believe for one moment that we are about to be 'bombed' out of existence, or at least under cover.
But I suppose such graphics are a good excuse for inflicting yet more frightening tabloid headlines on us unsuspecting viewers (and license payers)...
___________________________________________________________________
P.S. 3 days later: The 'bomb' shows no sign of appearing here in the depths of Somerset! Quel surprise...
Meanwhile, PowerPoint style news programmes continue apace on the BBC and elsewhere.
___________________________________________________________________
What is a PowerPoint 'weather bomb'???
Parts of western Scotland are braced for strong winds and "unusually high" waves, while there have already been a string of road accidents amid snow and ice.
But with newspapers predicting a UK weather 'bomb' for the second year running, what does the term actually mean?
BBC weather's Peter Gibbs explains.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/30397614
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Former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe dies today
It was the first time I voted tactically, having always voted Labour until then. But, as is quite well known, I have voted for the SDP and Liberal Democrats ever since.
Before the days of video tapes, let alone the internet, there's not much chance you'll see many
examples of him speaking - except on tonight's prime time news programmes.
And expect most of them to remind us of some scandalous and negative events in the life of an old Etonian...
I once heard Jeremy Thorpe make a speech at a boys' grammar school in Wilmslow, Cheshire. just before the 1979 general election - long before I was in the least bit interested in public speaking as a subject worthy of research. And an extremely effective speaker he was.Before the days of video tapes, let alone the internet, there's not much chance you'll see many
examples of him speaking - except on tonight's prime time news programmes.
And expect most of them to remind us of some scandalous and negative events in the life of an old Etonian...
Our reason for going to the meeting, apart from the fact that my late wife taught at Wilmslow girls' grammar school and we lived nearby, was that it was then a marginal seat.
The Labour party's sudden lurch to the extreme left had made us think of voting against the Tories, without actually voting for Michael Foot et al.
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