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Fire scare breaks the news



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Published Date: 08 July 2008
BBC viewers were left scratching their heads last night when they tuned into the station's flagship Scottish news programme to be faced with a series of reports about London.
Reporting Scotland was forced off air for 20 minutes after staff had to be evacuated in a fire scare.

Viewers were treated to local London news including a feature on a Lucian Freud exhibition in the English capital as workers were forced to leave the company's new £129 million building in Glasgow.

The 30-minute programme, which normally airs from 6.30pm, eventually started 20 minutes later at 6.50pm when staff returned.

Presenter Jackie Bird told viewers: "I apologise for the truncated broadcast. It was for reasons outwith our control."





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  • Last Updated: 08 July 2008 11:21 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

foz,

08/07/2008 12:30:58
And how much interesting it was too! Instead of the drearyness of politics that very few people really are interested in.
2

Alasdair MacWhirter,

Thinking about lunch 08/07/2008 12:51:18
Just underlines the contempt the EBC has for Scottish matters. Given what has been spent at Pacific Quay, why is there no fall back facility - I'll wager there is in London for London news.
3

foz,

08/07/2008 13:06:12
2" yes a cartoon comes on in London as back up instead of showing Reporting Scotland so as not to make everyone miserable :)
4

Louis Catorze,

08/07/2008 13:14:25
#3...ha ha ha ha ha ! :)
5

JT,

08/07/2008 13:22:38
It would have made more sense if we had BBC North east or borders at least it would been better than the EBC. Didnt see an explaination when i switched on at 630pm.
6

Cynicaltalk,

08/07/2008 16:18:33
#5

Did you seriously expect an explanation?

The place may have been burning down around them for gods sake! They had better things to do than get an announcer to state why the teuchter news wasn't on.
7

JT,

08/07/2008 18:55:01
# just something from the bbc not the actual studio d'oh!
8

Ghost Of Scotland Past,

08/07/2008 22:54:50
The fall back position could have been Queen St Edinburgh
but they sold that, so what else can you do, if you lack
foresight. Notice they couldn't even give a full explanation upon their return, how is it every time there is a problem, it is always reasons beyond their control, it's just as easy to say we had a fire alarm, but were back now and everybodys OK.

 

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