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DO YOU READ THE DAILY

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Grabagran

Grabagran Report 15 Jan 2010 23:50

PAPER, OR DO YOU FEEL YOU CAN GET THE NEWS FROM CERTAIN THREADS ON HERE?

Joy

Joy Report 15 Jan 2010 23:53

I read some newspapers on line - mainly the Times, Telegraph and Independent, plus some local ones - and the BBC news site.

Grabagran

Grabagran Report 15 Jan 2010 23:57

Oh Joy, Do you manage the Times crossword lol
Just wondered, as there are threads on here that seem to be national news, and wondered if people hadn't heard, or read about them themselves!!

Joy

Joy Report 16 Jan 2010 00:03


No, Vicky, haven't tried the crossword yet :-)

Grabagran

Grabagran Report 16 Jan 2010 00:10

Afraid the Daily Mirror is all I can manage pmsl
No seriously, I can manage the code breaker but never sudoko, not brainy enough.

Nite nite

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 16 Jan 2010 00:30

Depends on what is regarded as 'news'!
'Victoria Beckham is too thin' isn't news to my mind, don;t care how much she does or doesn't weigh.
I listen to radio 4 in the morning and get the news from there! If I hear something that really interests me, then I may look for more details online.

I used to get the local paper - then it 'upgraded'. The paper 'boy' - he was a retired man - was sacked and I could no longer pay him at the door - had to do it online, or by cheque - so I stopped the paper. Just buy it at weekends for the TV magazine.

I haven't got a 'National' Newspaper for years. Used to read 'The Guardian' - until I noticed adverts for prostitutes - sorry 'escorts' in the back!
Quite frankly I didn't need my 2 young (at the time) girls reading adverts like that. I'm not a prude - but can't see the need for it in a National newspaper.

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

GranOfOzRubySlippers

GranOfOzRubySlippers Report 16 Jan 2010 01:00

Have the daily paper delivered every day. It is mostly Australian news and a bit of world news. So I also enjoy seeing the news threads as it keeps me up with the rest of the world. If I find it interesting I will then go and google the story.

Gail

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 16 Jan 2010 02:05

I read my local newspaper on line every evening altho the neighbour sticks his paper through the door when he has read it so I can check the hatch, match and dispatch column. I have so many of my Mum's old friends still alive that I like to keep tabs on who has left us so that if appropriate, i.e. I know the family, I can send a card of sympathy or attend the funeral out of respect for the friendship they shared with my late Mum. Sadly over the years have seen several school friends who have left us too soon, as well.
I also read some of the headline stuff on aol as I log in.

Lizx

Huia

Huia Report 16 Jan 2010 04:22

I gave up having the daily paper delivered here as it had become rather expensive and at the time I had other expenses. I would catch up in the library once a week. Then I got the computer and found I could read it online. I can also look at hatches matches and dispatches online, so no worries there. We do receive several free local newspapers which I avidly read for local news. And I need them in winter for lighting the fires, after I have read them of course!

Huia.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 16 Jan 2010 04:54

Hi Huia, hope you are ok. It takes too long to look at the hatches etc online and not everything is in the online paper but can get the gist of the headlines and so I don't miss anything important to our city.

Off to bed now, take care

hope Phil's pelvis is mending ok and he is still brighter as you have found him lately.

Love
Lizxxx

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 16 Jan 2010 09:53

I read the headlines on line, sometimes read a newspaper but appreciate when people highlight certain things in the news that I have missed. Sometimes these threads make interesting reading particularly if the person gives their opinion on the subject.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 16 Jan 2010 11:24

I can't read some papers without feeling 'rage'. I particularly hate the Mail and Express, which still profess to be 'quality' papers. However the broadsheets aren't that wonderful either. We have a paper on Saturdays only, mainly for crossword, TV guide, weekend-y bits etc. I also subscribe to 'The Week', a digest of all main news stories from around the world in a compact format. I usually buy the weekly local.

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

~`*`Jude`*`~

~`*`Jude`*`~ Report 16 Jan 2010 11:41

We have 2 papers at the weekend (Sat) D.Mail and Mirror. Mail for the tv booklet, and Vic also has the mirror through the week for the sports. We always switch tv on first thing and get BBC breakfast TV, at 9.15 its usually switched over to the radio.
l too fume at the way the news is handled in the papers and sometimes on BBC breakfast, some of the newsreaders need to learn about compassion instead of sitting there posing.....grrrrr

jude

Researching:
Ukraine...