taylorboosh
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From: kayburge
To: john-d
Sent: 9th Feb 12 at 01:41 PM
Message: Dear John,
I am so so sorry to contact you at this difficult time. I am a reporter at The Times newspaper and was devastated to hear of the loss of Lee in a bicycle accident last month. I sincerely mean this, as my best friend is currently in a critical condition in hospital and still not conscious three months after being hit by a lorry on her bike in London:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3306502.ece
At The Times we are running a major cycle safety campaign to get Government to make the roads safer, so that accidents like Lees become so much rarer. You can see all the details of our campaign here:
http://thetimes.co.uk/cyclesafe
I was writing to ask if you have a photograph of Lee that you would be willing to send me at kaya.burgess@thetimes.co.uk so that we can use it to pay tribute to Lee. And if you would be willing to tell me a little about him and the accident, we can make sure it is reported properly and correctly.
Please do contact me on kaya.burgess@thetimes.co.uk and accept my sincerest condolences to you and your family for your tragic loss.
Yours,
Kaya Burgess
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Feature Writer
The Times
http://thetimes.co.uk/kayaburgess
wtf
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Gary
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Seems legit
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Steve
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whos lee older
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James
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Seems legit:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Kaya-Burgess
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Ben J
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Ask for a pic of her in return?
Jokes aside. Deffo do it.
EDIT "Kaya" is a bloke. Scrap suggestion above.
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by Ben J]
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taylorboosh
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im not sure what to make of it.. need to speak to my mam
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Ben G
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tell her to get fucked, what a disgustingly rude way of trying to get a story
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taylorboosh
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asked her not to contact me as i was taken back by it... funeral was yesterday..
will ask my parents and other brother what they think of it
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
tell her to get fucked, what a disgustingly rude way of trying to get a story
You could look at it like that, or you could think that actually they are making an effort to publicise cycle safety.
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Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
tell her to get fucked, what a disgustingly rude way of trying to get a story
He's trying to raise awareness, not get a redtop front page?
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Gary
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Seems nice enough if you ask me.
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taylorboosh
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well i was warned by police press would be in touch, didnt expect it on corsasport though.. not sure how they even found me
thats what im not sure of, is it raising awareness or wanting a story..
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by john-d
well i was warned by police press would be in touch, didnt expect it on corsasport though.. not sure how they even found me
Your thread probably got indexed by Google. Journalists probably spent all day searching for stuff online.
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Ben J
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If you see the other articles he's done on the link, he's pretty keen on raising awareness.
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Ben G
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its jist wrong imo
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Steve
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Just sent this
To: kayburge
Sent: 9th Feb 12 at 01:56 PM
Message: hi,
Please can you run a story on this,
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=548369&highlight=1&pid=7149646#pid7149646
regards
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Ben J
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FFS steve!
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taylorboosh
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i have deleted the tread, first thing i did..
times is a huge paper, 100% not sure how my mam and dad will feel about it... my dad is a biker/triker after all and my other brother was injured in a bike accident
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Jake
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yeh raising awareness is bang out of order
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Gaz
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TBH be very careful, press can spin stories around in an instance - a Photography friend got screwed over by the BBC on an urban exploration story in scotland.
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Just sent this
To: kayburge
Sent: 9th Feb 12 at 01:56 PM
Message: hi,
Please can you run a story on this,
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=548369&highlight=1&pid=7149646#pid7149646
regards
 his mind will be blown
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Just sent this
To: kayburge
Sent: 9th Feb 12 at 01:56 PM
Message: hi,
Please can you run a story on this,
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=548369&highlight=1&pid=7149646#pid7149646
regards
OMFG Steve
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taylorboosh
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not sure if my mam can take the stress if that was to happen
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Ben J
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Your Dad is a biker as in motorbikes?
Wheres the link there?
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by Ben J]
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corsaab31
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I saw a guy from the Times on BBC Breakfast this week trying to raise awareness as one of their reporters was seriously ill after being knocked off her bike. Could be the same one.
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