Well, I heard in on BBC Radio news last night and it was hysterical. They read it in a comparitively dead-pan voice as though it was right up there with other world disasters. Had to remind myself ... we're talking teddy-bear here. Get a grip. Poor newsreader seemed to be suppressing a few editorial remarks ...

There's a famous Welsh folk song about burying a beloved pig, and one about a mule who died carrying coal; will this teddy be eulogized, one wonders?

sian