Brian Butterworth <briant...@freeview.tv> writes: > BBC News headlines go from 33 characters (because of Ceefax) to 66
I always wondered if there was someone working for Ceefax who took great pride in working out how to word all their news headlines to be exactly the same length. A screenshot I took on 29th July 2001 reads: PROBE URGED INTO "VIRUS SHEEP SCAM" ISRAEL Police storm mosque compound TRAIN Prosecutors handed crash file TERRORISM Four held by Irish police DEATHS Lake-plunge youngsters named SARAH "Derisory" payout for parents INDIA PM attacks Pakistan president CAT Woman dies after vein scratched BODY OF MAN FOUND BESIDE MAJOR ROAD ATTACK Mother-of-four badly injured FIRE Motorway brought to standstill CENTRE New development for disabled PAYNE Payouts to parents "derigory" HEAT Motorways jammed by sunseekers CHARITY Prince to attend polo match INJURY Woman dies after cat scratch IN BRIEF News from round the region -- Adam Sampson <a...@offog.org> <http://offog.org/> - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
