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Ok, we were wrong about the Royal visit to Chester - the BBC did indeed cover it.

But where was the report on the latest crime statistics? The Merseyside figures were, predictably, on the Merseyside news page, but not the Cheshire ones. Not even tucked away at the foot of the Merseyside stats. Puzzled, we had a look at the Manchester news page. After all, half of the Cheshire news coverage ends up there if it ever gets posted. Hmm, no sign. But then the Greater Manchester crime stats weren't reported there either. What was going on?

Ah, wait a minute - BBC News Online says Cheshire doesn't exist. Therefore it can't report crime statistics for a non-existent county.

Except that at 6.30pm we were watching the regional news on BBC North West Tonight with Gordon Burn, which managed to report the Cheshire crime stats...