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Old 4th Jul 2011, 16:11
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Uncle Ginsters
 
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More media sensationalist bcks

"Diverted from Wootton Bassett"?
"Avoiding Carterton"?

Lyneham's closed. End of.

Carterton? WB was on the route to the JR from Lyneham and so the ritual began. I suppose it would be right to parade the families needlessly around Oxfordshire in their time of grief?

The route links the new Repatriation Facility (no mention of the £2m+ custom-build in the press i note??) to the JR via a route dictated by a combination of the Coroner and Thames Valley Police. Nobody is 'avoiding' anything.
There is an ideal area on Monahan Way to for folk to show their respects, complete with parking(local sports pavilion) and wide verges...does it matter that it doesn't back on to a High St pub or bookies?

The media follow a simple recipe guaranteed to whip up a frenzy irrespective of the fact that it's 99.9% wrong - don't do their job for them!
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