Doug, you missed one, or maybe not, given it was 6 6 months ago.

Danger warning over vehicle tyres

Three in 10 second-hand tyres on sale in the UK could be dangerous, an
industry body has warned.
etc etc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6232410.stm

What actually gets me is the sloppy, lazy journalims, whereby a press
release from someone with a vested interest is pedalled as new by simply
reproducing the press release. And worse, there are no actual facts, just
vague statements such as:
"Three in 10 second-hand tyres on sale in the UK could be dangerous" - note
"could be"
"Many of the two million so-called part-worn tyres sold annually could cause
fatal accidents" - note "Many", "could"
"There could have been some impact damage on the tyre which you will not be
able to see" - note "could have been"
"An accident may have damaged the structural integrity of a tyre and the
only time you're likely to know that could be at speed on a motorway when
the tyre will deflate" - note "may have"

In article <5vmorkF1mj064U1@mid.individual.net>, Graculus says...

No different to the BBC News story about the serial rapist in Ipswich
who is currently at trial when they referred to him as a lorry driver
and then later in the same story, a forklift truck driver and as a
forkie ever since.

Still, plays into the hands of the anti HGV mob, eh?

"Conor" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5vndrqF16kpblU1@mid.individual.net...

He must be a motorist terrorist, then :-)