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Writing online gives you the welcome opportunity to fix the kind of clangers that, were you in print, you’d be stuck with. On the other hand, changing stories that are already live can leave your readers with an insight into the editorial process that you might not have intended.
Spending a lot of time looking at [...]

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Alright, it’s not just about the BBC, but are all the sub-editors on holiday?
Apparently, eight out of ten people feel safe. What about now? Do you feel safe now?
And now?
Still, at least you haven’t got global warming to worry about, as a Scottish bus builder hopes to invent a bus with zero emissions. Apart from [...]

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I’ve been writing a fair bit about flooding lately. It’s a serious subject; Winter 2006/7 saw the five wettest months since 1914, and the floods this summer are said to be the worst since 1947. Insurance claims alone are expected to total £2.5 to £3 billion, while Evan Davis estimates the total cost to be [...]

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