Too much too zoo...

Another baby giraffe has been born at Chester Zoo. And BBC News Online has chosen to report the birth. That is the fifth zoo story we've had since the beginning of this year. While it's good to know that these rare Rothschilds are surviving in captivity, it's hardly the most important thing happening in our county.

We have local elections in less than a month and for Cheshire, this will also mean the abolition of a number of district councils, the loss of our county council and the forced imposition of two unitary authorities by the government that will split our historic county in two forever. The BBC has only once reported on this, some months back, despite it having been on the political agenda for well over a year. This massive change is going to affect almost 1 million people. If this was taking place in Liverpool or Manchester, it's fair to assume it would be receiving saturation coverage.

We get bloody giraffes again, instead!