Breaking news from the Press Association. Jeremy Beadle has died after suffering pneumonia.
I have an email account with PA who fire out an endless volley of one line "snaps" about breaking news.
A lot of them are not too exciting but a few times each day something catches your eye and I have this uncontrollable urge to rush out of my office and tell everyone.
So now everyone here knows about poor Mr Beadle. A story will appear on the national pages tomorrow although the general consensus was that his passing wasn't worth a page lead on our national pages.
I guess that depends whether or not you are a fan of Beadle's About. Couldn't abide it myself.
Celebrity. It reminds me of a conversation between two sub editors I overheard in the canteen at the Bristol Evening Post which went something like this...
Sub A: "Well I can't understand what all the fuss is about. I don't see why him dying is a front page story."
Sub B: "I know, I've never heard of his group. I mean it's not like a Beatle has died or anything."
The dead pop star in question?
Freddie Mercury, of that passing fancy, soon to be forgotten beat combo Queen.
