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August 14, 2007
Clean up your act
We have just put the finishing touches to this week's paper and after a slow start to the week it has finally all come together.
As I mentioned yesterday it was a difficult decision knowing how to cover the Climate Camp at Heathrow which continues to attract mass media interest.
Our photographer Toby got some cracking pictures this morning as more protesters arrived on site and although we have not splashed on the story we have included it on both the Uxbridge and Hayes edition fronts with an in depth look at the camp inside the paper.
We will also shortly be posting some of Toby's pictures on the website and keeping a close eye on developments at the camp over the coming days.
One story that I have a particular interest in this week is the fact that Hillingdon's streets have been named as the second dirtiest in London.
Only last week I was moaning about the disgusting habit of people spitting in the streets and the fact they are littered with chewing gum.
It's easy to criticise the council for the state of our streets, after all they are responsible for keeping them clean. However, quite often despite their best efforts it's the mindless idoits who litter our streets with rubbish who are responsible for the state of them.
Everyone should take some kind of pride in their town and until we can tackle and beat the litter louts it's going to be an ongoing battle keeping our streets clean.
Back to this week's Gazette and as I said earlier after a slow start we have pulled together a good mix of hard news, human interest stories and features coupled with strong splashes for all four editions.
Posted by aseal at August 14, 2007 2:02 PM