The nationals are again under fire for exaggerating reports about flooding in York. This is what I said to gathered editors in York in 2002.

Society of Editors website

Digital storytelling - a more basic way
Room 106 : Digital Stories

Outrageous - this is partial reporting at its Zenith!

FOXNews.com - The Big Story w/ John Gibson - My Word - BBC Anything But Impartial
Quicktime of the report

My brother Mark has a GPS system he uses in his car linked to his PDA. The system obviously fascinates my technological mind. I love gadgets like this.
GPS - global positioning systems

North British. Nature snatched each word and froze it in mid air. Sunlight dribbled weakly round each phrase as it stood there in front of my face. Stavanger was nearer than London but I was stilll dreaming in English. The welcome was cold and suspicious. I was a stranger on this island. This outpost of British reserve. Everything was understated. Conversations were frozen. Short summers failed to evapourate them. Words few, precious and preserved forever. Reactions slow and solid. Stares punctuated each greeting. This rock was Britain north of north.

New statesman New Media Awards
New Media Awards 2004

The Vicar protests about changes to parking in the centre of York
Where are we going to park?

Gilligan's worst week
Times Online - Sunday Times

Greg tells of pressure from Downing Street
Times Online - Sunday Times

River rising in York
Environment Agency - Current Flood Warnings in Force

Snow pictures from York
This is York | News | Snow in York & North Yorkshire
BBC North Yorkshire