Given the distance involved, this struck me as fairly unlikely, but I’m no expert in these matters and it seemed a pretty extreme ‘lie’ even for a tabloid. None of the other newspapers, however, made mention of it – at least not on the front page. I checked the TV text news when I got home and there was no mention of it there either, neither is it listed among the Yahoo headlines. I haven’t had a chance to see a TV news bulletin yet.
So what’s this about? Is it just another example of a tabloid newspaper trying to sell copy by peddling sensationalist crap, or is there something going on that the authorities don’t want us to know about?
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It wouldn't surprise me if the UK has received nuclear fallout. Many places in the US have reported higher than normal radiation levels. (My sister has a friend who is part of the volunteer network of people her in the US that are tracking such things. Here's a link http://www.radiationnetwork.com/)
In fact an area outside of Denver (where my two boys live) reported a radiation level of over 100 this morning.
Maybe, Jeanne, but you are several thousand miles closer to Japan. Who knows? I won't worry about it until I see the men in white suits carrying iodine tablets.
Newspaper sales no doubt! I'm a dirty cynic too, as you well know ;)
Still a bit wild though, eh? Even for a tabloid.
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