FlyingFortress Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, ExSurveyor said: Quite a big bang. Everyone is reported safe. Blimey New pants please. π₯ Seriously just goes to show how brave these folks are that do this. π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On that well respected news channel Look East, that confirmation of allowing people home, was not given but merely hoped for! Apparently bits were still burning and now they have to go and check, after the fires have died down, that the gas mains are safe - they were unsure when this would be!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, marshman said: On that well respected news channel Look East, that confirmation of allowing people home, was not given but merely hoped for! Apparently bits were still burning and now they have to go and check, after the fires have died down, that the gas mains are safe - they were unsure when this would be!! What π³ You mean Look East reported it π³ That meant leaving Norwich and acknowledging there are other places in East Anglia Noooooo don't believe it. π© 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 They'veΒ reportedΒ it since the start. Β Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Looks like the way it went up. There is going to be a lot of serious dredging needed. Looks like about 200 tons of sand landed in the Yare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 07/02/2023 at 19:03, FlyingFortress said: Not even a mention on BBC local news this evening. Hardly surprising as it didn't happen in NorwichΒ Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Just seen the birds eye view of the explosion, trust the bits of steel flung up were part of the barricade but it did make me wonder how the quay heading has fared. Still, no one hurt was the key outcome and patience and skill admirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, FlyingFortress said: Β I saw it on the main BBC webpage. Almost the top news item.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS2021 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Turnoar said: it did make me wonder how the quay heading has fared If you look on the BBC articleΒ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64604115Β and scroll down, there is an 'after' photo taken at 90deg to the quay heading. Definitely bent... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 44 minutes ago, RS2021 said: If you look on the BBC articleΒ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64604115Β and scroll down, there is an 'after' photo taken at 90deg to the quay heading. Definitely bent... Thank you for the link,Β very informative.Β Β Good to see the residents are now back in their own homes.Β Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Pleased that ended well,after alot of worry for many residents,businesses and Thanks to the Army and Emergency services. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 8 hours ago, YnysMon said: I saw it on the main BBC webpage. Almost the top news item.Β I was commentating on just how poor our Local BBC news show Look East has become. Reading other locals comments I am not the only one who finds it poor. The discovery of a large bomb in the centre of one of our towns and the shutting off of major roads with the ensuing traffic chaos let alone the evacuation of a lot of people from the area warranted not a single mention on the 30 minute broadcast the day it happened.π£ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnut Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 12 minutes ago, FlyingFortress said: not a single mention on the 30 minute broadcast the day it happened We get BBC Look North at home and live nearer Hull than either York or Leeds. But because the only signal we can get is with the aerial picking up the Look North transmission from Leeds, we only the ever get Leeds/west yorks news. Very rarely a mention of east yorks. Itβs as if we donβt exist.Β Itβs not that theyβre not broadcasting the local news, just that we canβt pick it up.Β It was the same at my mumβs. Living in mid Sussex and only 10miles north of Brighton, her news came from Portsmouth.Β The one common factor was a dirty great stretch of hills in between the BBC βlocal officeβ and the house. Her case the South Downs, mine the Yorkshire Wolds.Β So maybe your aerial needs twizzling. I canβt see hills being a problem in Norfolk but low lying transmitters might be. We all know the problems with getting a tv signal on the Broads.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Having lived in different counties within England it is not uncommon to see poor local reporting., I think some of itΒ is down to funding and reporters starting out in the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, kpnut said: We get BBC Look North at home and live nearer Hull than either York or Leeds. But because the only signal we can get is with the aerial picking up the Look North transmission from Leeds, we only the ever get Leeds/west yorks news. Very rarely a mention of east yorks. Itβs as if we donβt exist.Β Itβs not that theyβre not broadcasting the local news, just that we canβt pick it up.Β It was the same at my mumβs. Living in mid Sussex and only 10miles north of Brighton, her news came from Portsmouth.Β The one common factor was a dirty great stretch of hills in between the BBC βlocal officeβ and the house. Her case the South Downs, mine the Yorkshire Wolds.Β So maybe your aerial needs twizzling. I canβt see hills being a problem in Norfolk but low lying transmitters might be. We all know the problems with getting a tv signal on the Broads.Β No we get our News from our local area which is Norwich, my issue is that it is very much Norwich centric. Although on the evening in questionΒ the big story on the main news was the rouge police officer being sentenced for multiple sexual assaults which took up the first 15 minutes. Because this, I don't know what to call him on a family forum, came from Stevenage there was obviously a local aspect to it. But it was frustrating to see the items from the main broadcast repeated for the first 15 minutes of the local news.π© Β The problem is probably more to do with what OBB says below your post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, kpnut said: We get BBC Look North at home and live nearer Hull than either York or Leeds. But because the only signal we can get is with the aerial picking up the Look North transmission from Leeds, we only the ever get Leeds/west yorks news. Very rarely a mention of east yorks. Itβs as if we donβt exist.Β Itβs not that theyβre not broadcasting the local news, just that we canβt pick it up.Β It was the same at my mumβs. Living in mid Sussex and only 10miles north of Brighton, her news came from Portsmouth.Β The one common factor was a dirty great stretch of hills in between the BBC βlocal officeβ and the house. Her case the South Downs, mine the Yorkshire Wolds.Β So maybe your aerial needs twizzling. I canβt see hills being a problem in Norfolk but low lying transmitters might be. We all know the problems with getting a tv signal on the Broads.Β I know how you feel about not existing.Β Β We recently had a break in North Norfolk near to Blakeney,Β where does the local news comes from - Yorkshire.Β Β What the devil has Yorkshire got to do with North Norfolk.Β Β Β It was ITV Calendar.Β Β Supposedly from Lincolnshire but the area covered is North of there.Β Β Certainly not North Norfolk. Β 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 FF - I think you will find they have rationalised all the areas! In other words broadened the areas they now broadcast about - Look East now covers Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, and Essex ( and also repeats items just talked about in the main news!) which means we are getting reporters and news readers from these areas. What interest to someone in Corby is a bomb in GY? Its of little interest these days and I often just turn it off - bit like their weather forecast I am afraid! Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Didn't they used to split up the region and after the initial headlines then just have news from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex before returning to the Weather Forecast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Norfolk police have said there is no noticable damage following the bomb detonation in Gt.Yarmouth. Well now it's over someone had to do it.... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 hours ago, RS2021 said: If you look on the BBC articleΒ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64604115Β and scroll down, there is an 'after' photo taken at 90deg to the quay heading. Definitely bent... Love the video clip at the top.of the article, complete with bleeping out the expletives from the kid with the camera who sounds about 10 year oldΒ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spray Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Living in deepest Hertfordshire we used to get Look East West which covered Herts, Beds, Cambs , Norrthants and Milton Keynes. The Cambridge newsroom was closed at the end of 2022 with all programmes thenΒ broadcast from Norwich. Not a lot of difference toΒ usΒ really as the lunchtimeΒ Look East was broadcast from Norwich anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 34 minutes ago, Spray said: Living in deepest Hertfordshire we used to get Look East West which covered Herts, Beds, Cambs , Norrthants and Milton Keynes. The Cambridge newsroom was closed at the end of 2022 with all programmes thenΒ broadcast from Norwich. Not a lot of difference toΒ usΒ really as the lunchtimeΒ Look East was broadcast from Norwich anyway ! Ahh that explains that mystery then π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I am still trying to get my head around Look East West!!!!Β Β Β Crumbs.Β Β Got to be some kind of contortionist.Β Β 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spray Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 As opposed to Look East East !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Hylander said: I am still trying to get my head around Look East West!!!!Β Β Β Crumbs.Β Β Got to be some kind of contortionist.Β Β Itβs taken me years to get my head around BBC classing Milton Keynes as βEastβ. On the other hand most other organisations seem to have difficulty in deciding which βareaβ it should be assigned to. We are sometimes east or west, Midlands or south or even, on occasion, south west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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