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Old 30-12-2016, 17:40
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Isn't the point of News at Ten, so it does the big political stories.
Mind you Houses of Westminster not sitting.
Hollyrood having a break
As are Stormont, Brussels, Welsh Assembly. So that saves 10 minutes of news.
Often features, like NHS is bad, Motorways useless, another 5 minutes.

So that 30 minutes normally leaves 15-20 mins, reduced to 10 minutes.

Stops the Worid.
Lobby MPs, we are being short changed 5-10 minutes over the Holidays.
Exactly, I am sure there are plenty of examples of when something major has happened around Christmas or New Year and the news bulletins have expanded to cover it - I don't count a pop singer dying as important enough.
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:58
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Isn't the point of News at Ten, so it does the big political stories.
Mind you Houses of Westminster not sitting.
Hollyrood having a break
As are Stormont, Brussels, Welsh Assembly. So that saves 10 minutes of news.
Often features, like NHS is bad, Motorways useless, another 5 minutes.

So that 30 minutes normally leaves 15-20 mins, reduced to 10 minutes.

Stops the Worid.
Lobby MPs, we are being short changed 5-10 minutes over the Holidays.
And I doubt if the vast majority of viewers are deeply interested in loads of foreign news stories.
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:16
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Puzzles me why Goldberg takes a break from Wm but pops up on Five Live!
Huh, last time I saw him he was beating Brock Lesnar is double quick fashion!
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:16
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BBC reporter at Heathrow this morning around 0630 saying fog had brought the airport to a standstill and you could see behind him buildings that must have been about a mile away !
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:33
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BBC reporter at Heathrow this morning around 0630 saying fog had brought the airport to a standstill and you could see behind him buildings that must have been about a mile away !
It might have looked odd, however that is not the fault of the BBC nor the report (which is simply relaying the state of affairs as governed by the Heathrow authorities).
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:55
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It might have looked odd, however that is not the fault of the BBC nor the report (which is simply relaying the state of affairs as governed by the Heathrow authorities).
But it patently wasn't ''thick fog'' as the reporter was saying
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:57
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The fog was most of yesterday. Gone today but still a backlog because of it which has a knock on for a while as planes are not where they should be
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Old 31-12-2016, 11:13
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Was the airport actually closed?

Normally in poor visibility they can continue to land and take off but the spacing between the aircraft is increased which means they cannot handle as many flights.
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Old 31-12-2016, 11:41
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But it patently wasn't ''thick fog'' as the reporter was saying
I'm sure the reporter would have mentioned where else the fog was, Heathrow just happened to be the place they chose to base the reporter.
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Old 31-12-2016, 15:20
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But it patently wasn't ''thick fog'' as the reporter was saying
You said that "fog had brought the airport to a standstill"

No mention of "thick fog". Of course it could have been "thick fog" according to the information released by the authorities, or the fog could have lifted somewhat as the report was being prepared.

Having said that, I would imagine that visibility for aircraft taking off & landing might need to be greater than what we would normally expect for driving a car, and that impacts upon normal operations would be greater.

See here for more info:

http://nats.aero/blog/2013/09/why-is...ed-in-the-fog/
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:10
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BBC reporter at Heathrow this morning around 0630 saying fog had brought the airport to a standstill and you could see behind him buildings that must have been about a mile away !
Airport fog is reported when visibility is less than 1000 metres but it's notoriously variable, comes and goes, isn't the same in all directions, and Heathrow is a big place. Fog (METAR abbreviation FG) was reported continuously at Heathrow for the last 24 hours including at the time you mentioned. It slows down everything, even if it's patchy, and backlogs build up.

For the record, at 06:20 the runway visibility at Heathrow was 1,100 metres but still reported as FOG so other parts of the airport must have been foggy, or the runways themselves close to that time. At 06:50 it was down to 400 metres on the runways so obviously floating around, as it does. Yesterday when the main backlog built up it was less than 100 metres at times and that's dense fog even on roads never mind an airport.

In other words, if the reporter said what you wrote, he was correct, even if you could see buildings well beyond him.
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