- Author, Rachel Candlin
- Role, BBC News, West of England
Headlines on local websites and newspapers in the West of England have been dominated by one story this week; the software bug which caused global disruption.
Travel, banking and businesses were badly hit across the globe, and here in the west GP surgeries, tourist attractions and leisure centres were among the sectors affected.
Bristol Airport was also affected by the outage caused by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which said a defect in one of its software updates had hit Windows operating systems.
Their remains were found in suitcases at Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
And sadly once again, knife crime featured in many local news outlets.
As the anniversary approached of the death of Bristol teenager, Eddie Kinuthia, his mother spoke to the media about her grief and the frustration that no-one has yet been brought to justice for his murder.
Seun Matiluko, from B24/7 reflected Irene Muthemba’s pain in an article which spoke of “how much she misses her son and his hugs,” and how she has “not given up hope that one day his killers will be found and convicted”.
A post on Bristol Live about e-scooters gained a lot of interest.
“Experts at Bristol City Council believe this data underestimates the rise in accidents linked to scooters,” wrote Mr Seabrook, “as reports from hospital staff suggest even higher numbers.”
There was plenty of excitement for the start of the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on Friday.
Image source, Science Photo Library
Another big hit this week was ‘flying ant day’.
Bristol Live’s Ben Hurst’s story had the arresting headline, ‘Swarms appear and ‘seagulls are drunk’ on eating them’.
Many people took to social media to talk about the phenomenon with some saying the natural event “should be a bank holiday”.
Image source, Burnham-on-Sea.com
He worked at the town’s Ritz Cinema for more than three decades, and spoke movingly at last month’s D-Day anniversary commemorations about entertaining American troops stationed nearby during World War Two.
Several media outlets, both locally and nationally, posted pictures of Jackie Smith, 72, who said she was “honoured” to have been given the role of the resort’s “first chief thrill-seeker”.
Ms Smith, who became the first woman to join the Parachute Regiment’s display team, the Red Devils, in 1971, said: “I can’t wait to bring my expertise from a lifetime of adventure to help ensure they continue to set new standards.”
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