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Media watch
Page 15
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IN THE NEWS
Stuart Thomas gives us his regular round-up of how the newspapers have covered the world of transport this week.
Car hits deer and glves it an unwanted 20-mile lift in the vehicle's air intake slot near the bumper. Deer survives, everyone's amazed, deer is set free to seek fulfilment in the Hertfordshire countryside.
Or the face of it, it's a heart-warming story, enhanced by the accompanying photo showing the little muntjac trapped under the Rover's grille, with its leg still sticking out, presumably from when it first tried to hail a cab.
But why stop at 150 words when you can go on to regale readers with the history of the deer'? The Daily Mail gave the story three quarters of a page; the edited highlights include it being native to south-east Asia where it was identified by a tea inspector (!) in 1812. It seems the Duke of Bedford released a few into the grounds of Woburn Abbey a century ago and the randy beggars have spread across the country ever since.
Yet, what was completely ignored in all papers was why the poor animal was released in Hertfordshire when it began its odyssey in Hampshire. It's more upsetting than Bambi.
More from Middle England's most esteemed organ, this time congratulating Little Chef on buckling to pressure from motorists complaining about its recent trademark tubby chef makeover. So the little fat man wearing nothing but a hat, a neckerchief and a beaming is rescued by fans smile lives on and his emaciated successor is consigned to limbo. Well, if you've got it, flaunt it.
Joy of joys. Portsmouth City Council has successfully managed to make a car clamper operating in the city the subject of the first antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) of its kind, according to The Herald. Gordon Miller, described as a "menace" at Portsmouth Magistrates Court, clamped cars on land where he had no contract and intimidated, harassed and threatened people. Let's hope the floodgates for similar applications have been opened.