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Is there anyone else out there who was shocked at the news reports of the stabbings in East Street? I don't mean shocked at the event (everyone was) but at the subsequent painting of Bridport as something out of 'The Darling Buds of May'? Are you fed up with people in the media creating the perfect rural picture whenever they report from a small town in the West Country.
A Bridport Radio member has contacted the ITV after talking to several people about the imbalance of their report and to give them a possible follow-up story; the real facts about Bridport and other small towns. ITV is interested in following it up. So is there anyone prepared to discuss our drug problems, drink problems, unemployment, burglary and especially street violence? The reports have been correct that a stabbing is unusual, though not unique. However it is all too familiar for people to hear of yet another unprovoked and savage beating from gangs or, as in this case, a disagreement, resulting in hospitalisation. The ITV would like to interview young males/females, church leaders, youth workers etc and elderly people who have grown up in Bridport. They are prepared to disguise people as they recognise that there are some nasty people in our town. There are one or two people who would like to speak but would not want to be identified-in fact but no-one who is happy to speak openly on camera, which says a lot about our town!
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