News are always sensational in London: Dont worry about it!
Eg of headlines:
Chemical terror alert
London news: Police accused of a 'cover-up' over terrorist 'chemical plot'
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London is a circus, or should I say the London media is a circus. We might all be used to the news of paparazi chasing royalty etc in Britian but most people don't really realise how sensationalized news can get in London!
The latest "sensation" is the discovery and "shock" of a police operation in East London (that seems far from my Bayswater). I was in the busy Bond Street Tube at Oxford Street (hunting for pepper sprays and personal alarms) when the Evening Standard came out with "fresh news".
Immediately you can tell who are the Londoners and who are not from their response to the headlines.
Londoners: Look, but did not slow down. Business as usual OR look, buy, walk off with papers, head for the Tube.
Non-Londoners: Gasp, slow down to look, varried degree of getting horried. Stopped in front of the newpapers. Look.
I saw a groups of tourists talking about the tube vs the bus while scanning the papers urgently.
This is London.
Should you believe the papers? Depends.
Are we afraid of the threat of terrorist? Yes, but we get sick and tired of being terrorised, after a while.
After an initial two months of getting horrified at the frequency of police cars, ambulances and fire engines rushing passing by with the sirens on, I am getting immune to it. After waking up with sensational news every morning, I am numb, even if the headline says "DOOMSDAY tomorrow!" I was concerned about the stories of the "BIG FREEZE", "COLDEST EVER WINTER" etc etc, but quickly learn to take the sensational news reporting of the British with a pinch of salt and humour!
If you are visiting London, make sure you don't get shocked by the headlines, and don't let them prevent you from taking the tube/busses etc! Sirens are an everyday, or every 2-hourly occurences. "Don't worry about it!", just like the Brits say!
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