In the "North" of the U.K. - World Cup Fottball Ho

Celyn · In the "North" of the U.K. - World Cup Fottball Ho

Reading the BBC news front page today, this wee snippet caught my eye:

“From 1 June, four German police officers will be working in UK - two in the north and two in the south.”

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4788324.stm

Do you suppose they do really mean that there will be two German police officers in the north of Scotland from 1st of June? Why would Inverness, say, or Thurso, be the best place to look for English football fans?

I wonder whether what was meant was actually NOT the U.K., but England. Surely the Beeb wouldn't make such a daft mistake? Evil or Very Mad

( Yes, I have e-mailed them to ask.)

SLG

Any reply? The BBC appear to have a policy of using the word England as little as possible. Sport being the only area where it is acceptable.

azzuri

.....and it's exactly this policy that'll turn folk against the BBC.

It seems our friends in the south are doing so already.....what with the 2011 census and WLQ being hot topics at the moment.

Good on them. Cool

SLG

The BBC have a monopoly. It is almost impossible to turn against it.

Celyn

No reply. However, I did notice that, a couple of hours later, the sentence had been altered to say only " ... in the U.K" with no mention at all of exactly where. So they managed some accuracy, while finding geography rather too difficult to cope with.

SLG

Again, they would rather change the mistake to the UK than use the more accurate England. I wonder if there are actual documents outlining staff guidelines on this.