Zoos aren't news

Can someone at the BBC please take note - Chester Zoo is NOT news.

Cestrians might be forgiven for thinking that nothing ever happens in Chester except for births at the zoo. Now, Chester Zoo is a fine example as zoos go, don't get us wrong. But there are plenty of more interesting and important things happening in the county capital than the apparent "news" that the zoo is to be on television. For example, the news that the chairman of the Countess of Chester hospital has just been awarded a pay rise of more than £11,000 a year (as reported by the Chester Chronicle).

Priorities, priorities...