Don't You Just Love Your Local Bbc Television News...

[janzman]

...for finding the most obscure excuses to jump on a popular bandwagon...

BBC East Midlands Today has just run a full article with film and interviews lasting about 10 mins on the new Wimbledon sensation Marcus Willis, ranked 772nd in the world who is through to the next round.

Was young Marcus born in the East Midlands, no..maybe mum and dad,no how about grandparents, no, a sister or a brother, no. Any geneological connection to the East Midlands whatsoever, no.

The only connection is that young Marcus Willis attended Loughbough University.

Well done local BBC for filling 10 minutes of your 30 minute local bulletin with that story.

[Bertrum]

You want to watch BBC Wales

[gingejbee]

Yes, I'm often amused by the tenuous links of a major story to the immediate area...I think somebody is employed simply to track them down!

[Bazile]

is that like Easyjet saying that they operate a service to Berlin ; only to kick you off at a minor airport 100 miles away ?