lynne olney emailed us to say we were wondering what on earth she was doing there.extra did this all cost? sending her and her production team to plymouth with the bbc strapped for cash and bbc schedules full of repeats, mike gail also wondered what was the point? graham ford took up this perennial newswatch complaint, and it wasn'tjust sophie hayworth's location that he was concerned about. so i'm watching the bbc news at ten o'clock on the 20th of september. and to my incredulity, we've got sophie raworth on the roof of some building in plymouth. ..westminster, who's been hit by a downpour. i hope you can hear me. all right, chris. we then moved to chris mason outside parliament, who is under his umbrella looking like a completely drowned rat. you've got to feel pretty sorry for the guy. what on earth is he doing out there in the pouring rain? well, it seems as if the hospital system's been under— considerable pressure today. then we move to hugh pym, who is also under an umbrella, which is quite ridiculous, because he's getting soaking wet as well. don't the bbc

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