I just got home from visiting a local BBC radio station today and was left with afeeling of how much value for money we get from our licence fee. It was a brilliant visit and most useful....

The I just switched on the 6 o'clock BBC news and have been left completley mesmerised by their sense of values.

Just two days after the greatest rescue story told hit our screens and had us all with tears in our eyes and praising the success, the BBC tonight decided to make the sale of Liverpool Football Club the top story! The second item was about the first Chilean miner to be released from hospital and going home. How quickly does yesterday's news die out from attention. However, it's not yesterday's news. It's still today's news and should be so for a while. How can the sale of a football club take top spot in the national news considering all the other major events and happenings going on with the world?

I'm bemused at how quickly the years top story has fell out of favour for football. Quite how it can come close to the world effects of th Miner's rescue is beyond me.

I am sure a great deal of good will come from the rescue. Not least is the fact that 33 men are alive who were doomed to a terrible death. The repercussions of the effects of all those people who pulled together to make this possible, all those prayers and hopes, and all that good will will likely e felt for a very long time. Rightly so too.

As I commented on a previous thread: I think the last time world focus sat on a world rescue was probably the Apollo 13 mission. This time it was not 3 but 33 men who were stranded and brought out the best of all those around them to secure their safe return home.

One can only commend those efforts and motivations. Good luck to all ivolved. I hope th feel good factor lasts them a lifetime :-)

mp