[thechat] Powell & Blunkett

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Thu Apr 3 15:05:12 CST 2003


On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Madhu Menon wrote:

> At 10:31 PM 03-04-03, Martin Burns wrote:
> >The BBC were reporting it as rebuilding this morning. Sadly their site
> >redesign is making it fun and interesting to find...
>
> While on the topic, this bit from the BBC World Service anchor cracked me up:
>
> "And if you want to check out the latest news as it happens, visit our
> award-winning web site at www.bbcnews.com.
>
> ... and indeed it is award-winning"

I think that the award pertained to their pre-redesign period.

Cheers
Martin


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