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January 23, 2007
No free booty
The great British obsession with hunting down a bargain has been no more evident than the great Devon free-for-all on the beach at Branscombe as thousands pick over the wreckage of the stricken container ship.
I have to say the scenes have been extraordinary with people grabbing anything they can get their hands on - and I don't think too many will be declaring their booty!
It begs the question: "Do you look a gift horse in the mouth? Well, I suppose the lure of picking up a free supply of wine for a year or a gleaming BMW bike for nothing is just too tempting for some people.
Unfortunately there is no free booty with this week's Gazette but as always it promises to be another action packed paper and great value.
My comments last week that the newslist 'fizzled out' were not met with universal approval from the newsdesk so I better be careful what I say in future!
We are working hard on several potential lead stories this morning for the Uxbridge edition. My prefered option is proving difficult to stand up at the moment but I am hopeful we will get enough to splash on what is potentially a real talking point for readers.
We also have some fairly dramatic pictures and stories from last week's storms that battered the borough and a three page special report from our Local Heroes Awards night.
It promises to be a fairly frantic few hours as we head up to deadline and with news of a train derailment in Hayes reaching us and about to be posted on the website it really is all hands to the pump.
Posted by aseal at January 23, 2007 9:29 AM