Wonderful news. What these men went through we can never start to imagine. I see the BBC has come under fire today for spending tens of thousands of pounds sending an 'extraordinary' army of staff to cover the story of the trapped Chilean miners.

About 35 corporation staff was there for the release of the trapped men, 2 more than those being rescued. Other organisations covering the event have been shocked at the numbers of corporation employees covering the story in South America.


Rivals such as ITV News and Sky News have sent nowhere near the same amount of people. Sky News have three people covering the story for radio, online and TV. ITV News has four.