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Police officer injures cyclist

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  1. Original post
    David Hansen
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    In http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4606141.stm one
    can read the following:

    "During the pursuit another police car called to deal with the
    incident struck a cyclist, who was seriously injured." [snip]

    "The patrol car called to help was in collision with the cyclist,
    from Stanground, Peterborough, as it travelled along Bourges
    Boulevard.

    "The 21-year-old victim was later taken to Peterborough District
    Hospital for treatment.

    "Cambridgeshire Police have suspended the driver of the police car
    from driving duties pending an investigation and have appealed for
    witnesses to the accident to come forward."

    I make no comment on the rights and wrongs of this.

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  2. Richard
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    David Hansen said:

    In http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4606141.stm one
    can read the following:

    Yes, but this is the same website which asserts that "anyone opening the
    attachment [of an email proclaiming Osama BL's capture] will fall victim
    to a Microsoft Windows virus."

    What I found a trifle annoying was that the news report that David
    references above is entitled "Ramraiders hurl bricks at police";
    presumably some sub-editor thinks that lowlifes hurling bricks is more
    attention-grabbing than a cyclist being seriously injured.

    R.

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  3. Andy Leighton
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    On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 09:47:08 +0100,

    David Hansen said:

    On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:24:48 +0100 someone who may be Richard
    <[email hidden]> wrote
    this:-

    Quoted message said:

    What I found a trifle annoying was that the news report that David
    references above is entitled "Ramraiders hurl bricks at police";
    presumably some sub-editor thinks that lowlifes hurling bricks is more
    attention-grabbing than a cyclist being seriously injured.

    Only a cyclist, not worth mentioning in the headline.

    It was front page news in the local paper, not the lead story mind
    but it was prominent on the front page.

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  4. David Hansen
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    On 04 Jun 2005 09:53:45 GMT someone who may be Andy Leighton
    <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    It was front page news in the local paper, not the lead story mind
    but it was prominent on the front page.

    Can you remember what the headline was?

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  5. Andy Leighton
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    On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:24:38 +0100,

    David Hansen said:

    On 04 Jun 2005 09:53:45 GMT someone who may be Andy Leighton
    <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    It was front page news in the local paper, not the lead story mind
    but it was prominent on the front page.

    Can you remember what the headline was?

    Something like "Cyclist hit by police car" or at least it was on
    the board outside the shop.

    It seems that online the story is now more about the police catching the
    ram-raiders but at the time it was presented differently in the paper.

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    "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
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