Bad headlines by a local Newspaper

This was the headline and accompanying photo published by the Burnham and Highbridge News last week.

I don't know about you, but when I see a photo with a headline I tend to associate the headline with the photo and so, it seems, do a lot of people. We've had calls asking us if it is true that the BAY Centre is closing. We've had reports of people telling other people that the BAY Centre is closing.

We are not closing. One of the groups that use the BAY Centre, the Zone youth club, has had some funding cut by the Council and unless alternative funds are found will have to close. Hopefully it looks like there is a good chance of them recovering.

From our Chairman's Facebook post. 'A quick post to remind everyone that the BAY Centre is very much open for business, and that the zone after school youth club (one of our user groups) open for two hours each week, was the club in jeopardy. I now understand there is every chance of a successful recovery.'

When approached, the newspaper said that it was explained in the article. The damage was already done by that time. If we were a firm we would probably be suing the paper.

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