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The proofreader is on holiday...
"Catting [sic] with passengers and daydreaming are more likely to cause distracted driving errors than mobile phone use, a survey has found."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/distracted-driving-mistakes-phone-b2762089.html
"Unused offices at Lawrence Hill bus depot would be knocked down and a replacement built."
What? Replacement unused offices? 
#BadJournalism #BadEnglish #Bristol
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/plans-build-nineteen-new-council-10223030
Not an object of Orthodox Christian veneration and not in St Jude's either.
'I tried Hoover's £109 cordless vacuum cleaner that beats out Shark's £250 model' [sic].
English translation please!
#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #clickbait
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/hoover-hf9-review-discount-code-10213984
"The new premises, located at the Junction 3 Library on Baptist Mills Court, was [sic] formally opened on May 8 by Roger Griffith MBE."
#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/essential-bristol-charity-thats-spent-10168124
"The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 classifies squirrels as vermin meaning they are not protected under wildlife law and there is [sic] legal requirements to control their numbers by trapping and culling them."
I think the author meant grey squirrels and as for the lack of agreement between subject and verb in the latter half of the sentence, that's awful for a so-called 'senior reporter'.
Dear Cross Country, yor trains arrive *at* stations, not into them.
"Located inside the ancient Forest of Dean, the mystical woodlands were used for cast iron mining by the Romans..."
Cast iron mines? How novel!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/trips-near-bristol-puzzlewood-forest-10179238
Elementary English error: through traffic is not hyphenated.
The original error originates in the council's news room.
It was then copied and pasted by the 'journalist', along with another basic error - terrace [sic] houses.
#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bedminster-road-closed-after-sewer-10178900
There's a distinct difference between a cycle lane (on highway) and a cycle path (off highway) that has completely escaped this 'journalist'.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/council-plans-reduce-accidents-painting-10171730
Modern icons - a garish pub in #Bristol.
Other adjectives are available.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/iconic-bristol-venue-full-moon-10174507
@Pamela1960 @GutterPoetry @monkeyben @HarriettMB 'Advocates for'?
As it's a verb the headline should read 'Jeremy Corbyn advocates new Leftwing [sic] Party'.
However, if one is acting as an advocate (noun), then one is an advocate for something.
Don't know the difference between a rail line and a rail service?
Never mind, the #Shropshire Star will still employ you as a 'journalist'.
"The pair told the RNLI that they had walked over to Worm’s Head through the causeway several times."
Through the causeway?
Did they have tunneling equipment?
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/coastguard-sends-stark-reminder-after-31577834
If it's any kind of treasure, #Clevedon beach is geological rather than Victorian.
It was a civil case.
There is no defendant, but a respondent.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/im-losing-house-dispute-over-31547206
Textbook use of the greengrocer's apostrophe by Tales Online.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/neo-nazis-celebrate-hitlers-birthday-31518488
