Once again, it is unfortunate that a tragedy supplies examples of good and bad practice in metric units. I refer to the appalling murder of the 10-year old Nigerian boy in London. The Independent had an article yesterday in which it mixes 'yards' and 'metres', while the Guardian's story was totally in metres. Needless to say, the Telegraph used 'yards' only. Given the context, I feel sure the information in metres was supplied like that by the police. http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,405282,00.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-12/cctv011200.shtml -- Chris KEENAN UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
