On 24 Jul 2008, at 09:20, Andy Greener wrote: > On 24 Jul 2008, at 09:07, Steve Heaven wrote: > >> >> I dont know if this is in the actual paper, but the Daily Mail online >> has a fairly upbeat canal related article today. >> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1038149/The-new-age-canal- >> More- >> passengers-18th-century-heyday.html > > > Must be a slow news day - similar story in the (physical) Times, both > apparently triggered by BW's announcement of a record number of craft > licences... >
There was a similarly uncritical bit at the end of the 08:00 news in the Today Programme. I know that journalism is a hard life, but it couldn't be that difficult to flush out a DEFRA c*ck-up link, could it? You'd think the Mail, of all papers, would've tried. Baz
