Do you think the floods in the South are more newsworthy than the ones in the North?

[oliveoil]

as Sky and BBC have all decamped and are LIVE 24 hours a day, all in waders and macs

yet Sheffield and Hull didn't get the same coverage

why is this do you think?

But then again, to us up here in Scotland, you lot are all down south - even you northeners!

Actually, that's another thing that annoys me. When they talk about 'the north' on the national news, they don't mean the north of the UK, or Scotland, or Wales, or N. Ireland - they ACTUALLY mean the north of England, like we should all automatically know that

It took 2 weeks for anyone outside of Yorkshire to even realise Hull was flooded. It took 2.5 weeks before the politicians started visiting and GB waited 3 weeks before he showed his face.

I think it was something like 24 hours after the flooding started in Cheltenham/Gloucester etc and GB was there like a shot along with all the cameras.

The problem might be worse there now and I have immense sympathy for all those involved BUT at least those further south had some warning of what was to come. We in the north had nothing.

Apologies paolosgirl - 'we in the north of England had nothing'

That's better, SaintGeorge!!

Its too far away

Here, here, St George.

By the way, Speccy, I hope you weren't being serious there about Southerners being wusses. You can't judge a person by where they are from. I have lived in Yorkshire since the age of six but my gorgeous DH is from London and most of his family and friends are great people. We are all the same, North or South: There is good and bad in everyone.

Because the reporters can understand what the people they interview are saying?

It's easier for southern based newspapers to cover the South East.

Olive I think it's because down here in the south we're already aware that it's grim up north. Our parents told us. So it wasn't news to show pictures of it being grim up north.

No not really. But the floods ARE worse in Gloucester aren't they? Tens of thousands without water or electricity. Aningdon completely cut off. Could take weeks, worse to come etc.

My brother lives in Sheffield btw. And my sister in Glasgow.

As a Brightonian the floods are still up north as far as I'm concerned anyway.

paolosgirl, my sister was flooded out of her house twice a few years back and she lives near Maidstone, did that get reported in the news? No. But other places in Engalnd did. So I do not think it is all one way.

Worse now Spidermama, yes, but how would they know that 4 weeks ago when the floods where in Yorkshire? At the time the flooding was an unprecedented event in this country yet there was minimal media coverage.

SaintGeorge. The floods have never been an unprecedented event in this country. York has been flooded loads of times as have other places in Yorkshire.

Spidermama did the news cover the lewes floods?

biggitdad - is your sister in Yalding? I remember those floods.

I don't know StG. I thought it was a pretty big story. It lead the bulletins for several days nationwide didn't it?

2shoes yes that was really big for some reason, and I don't mean just locally. Nationally too even though it was just ittle bitty Lewes affected.

Duchess, not far from there.

I think you will find the scale of the flooding was unprecedented. I am well aware of Yorkshire floods, I do live here fgs.

This was not all flooding from rivers that had broken their banks or flood defences. In many areas it was rising ground water.

Spidermama money?? not a poor town

Scarey StG. Even here in Brighton I saw rain like I've never seen it before. It happened within minutes too.

Spidermama, I watched the national BBC and ITV news and the flooding here was barely mentioned until the majority of the waters had receded. I still don't believe some people realise how bad it was here, because the coverage all came so late.

Yes 2shoes. Lewes residents have a way of getting what they want.

(they will not win the stadium will be built)

As a slight aside, I swear if I see the Direct Line Insurance add on here one more time I will bloody scream.