All's well

The welcome return of Newswipe on BBC4 acts as a subtle reminder that the very best television is all too frequently relegated to the minority satellite channels.  If you've missed this gem, Newswipe is an eccentric and satirical look at how TV works.  Last night's examined the news over the past thirty years, and openly wondered how we weren't all dead, since the various stories in that period had been one 'end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it' story on top of another. If you've ever been scared by a potential pandemic of Ebola, nuclear Armageddon, Bird 'Flu, rampant terrorism, Men in long white Macs, or any other of the absurdly sensationalist stories the news outlets love to suggest are the 'next-dreadful-thing', then Newswipe is the ultimate antidote. 

Talking about gems,  congratulations are due to The Can y Bae Hotel, on the prom, run by Michael Thompson and  David Preece, which last year won the British Bargain Hotel Winner award and this year has triumphed in a wider category and finished eighth in the World’s Top Ten Bargain Hotel rankings. It's also come fourth in the Top 25 hotels in the UK as rated by European travellers.

Emma O’Boyle, TripAdvisor spokeswoman, said travellers praised its “spotlessly clean rooms”, “attentive and jolly service” and “delicious breakfast” and added: “A lot was down to the cheaper rooms without comprising cleanliness and service, and good value.”

So we're following Newswipe's advice and telling our readers about something good for a change.  Now, where was that story about the elderly woman who caught an Ebola variant of bird 'flu after being attacked by a man in a long white raincoat while trying to stop him sneaking around a playground with his Brownie because she thought he was a terrorist?