No terrorists in Cheshire

Like 99% of the population, we have been following the news about the failed bombings in London and Glasgow by terrorists.

Interestingly, Cheshire has cropped up as a location in the police reports as they get on the trail. It was announced that two people had been arrested on the M6 in Cheshire. The map further down the page is intriguing, attached as it is to a list of events and locations. Cheshire is mentioned on the list below the map, but is not actually shown on the map. Possibly because the BBC does not know where Cheshire is...

This is a time when having a dedicated news page for our county comes into its own. It may be that the police were not in a position to give out operational details of the M6 arrests but it would have been useful to have a separate report on them on a Cheshire news page.

Going back a couple of days to Thursday and the London bombs, sharp-eyed surfers may have spotted one or both reports on a suspect car in Warrington, tucked away on the Merseyside page. We were rather surprised to see this, given that we'd been watching BBC News 24 on the tv almost all day and no mention had been made in the TV coverage. Again, this was an important Cheshire story. Ok, it turned out to be a false alarm, but at a time of heightened fear across the country some more prominence for this story in general would have been useful, not only as part of the national picture, but also for people around the region of Warrington who could have found broader coverage on this story vital in terms of making travel decisions.