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Forty years ago people used to queue up to buy the latest edtion of the evening paper. In it would be the latest news and jobs .It would entertain you with features or tell you where to find a flat or see who Liz Taylor was married to. A couple of bob for a black and white sheet opened up the world.

Technology was supposed to change all that and bring us access to information 24 hours a day in full technicolour details. The reality is that the TV has rolling news channels that scroll through the same 15 minute slot all day and the internet has a million website serving up the same  official news releases and celebrity dross. Most quality paid for newspapers have been sacrificed on the alter of advertising-driven content.