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Question

Any of our European folks want to reply about this?

Feb 25, 2017 11:44PM PST
http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20170222-the-extraordinary-uk-sites-you-have-to-see-from-the-air

The pics are nice, but look at the one of the iron ore piles at a steel plant. The caption says, if I understand it correctly, that Britain's steel mills are working at almost full capacity. That means (I guess) that they're selling about all of what they make. It mentions competition from China and India, but the difference is AFAIK just price.
So: Is Brit steel somehow as cheap as Chinese? Was US steel so much more expensive that it passed from the scene, as popular wisdom has it?
Somerhing odd here.

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Hmmm, would you believe,
Feb 26, 2017 12:52AM PST

that us Brits are not entitled to see the contents of this web site?

"BBC Worldwide (International Site)

We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com.
"

Sad Shocked

Mark

Post was last edited on February 26, 2017 12:53 AM PST

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Bummer
Feb 26, 2017 1:58AM PST

There's also some remarkable programming of USA/British (mostly from Scotland and Ireland) cooperative ventures between some outstanding musicians from both places. These folks do the real stuff. The tunes and lyrics also explore some of our shared cultures which came with British immigrants and developed into their own styles here. DVDs of these have been produced by the BBC that won't play here on our standard devices though truncated versions are available from our PBS system. Of course, there's always youtube for those so inclined.

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Here's the text
Feb 26, 2017 11:36AM PST

Steel yourself
From the sky, this landscape looks like a paint palette with mounds of pigment ready to be mixed. In fact, it’s a steel factory – and the colourful mounds are heaps of raw iron ore, which differs in colour depending on its origins.
In the late 19th Century, Britain produced more steel than any other nation in the world; a century later, the country had been surpassed by newly industrialising nations like China and India. However, two steel works continue at full operation: Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, England, and this one at Port Talbot, Wales, about 10 miles southwest of Swansea. In spring 2016, the Port Talbot plant’s future seemed uncertain after its owners announced it would be put up for sale, but in December 2016 the company made a five-year commitment to keeping up its two blast furnaces

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And some of the Beeb's good educational videos won't play
Feb 26, 2017 11:39AM PST

here, without explanation.

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You have to have a license....
Feb 26, 2017 11:42AM PST

to watch BBC.
Dafydd.

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Yes, in England, which got the offshore pirates going.
Feb 26, 2017 1:24PM PST

So I guess it applies to some content on the wordwide website as well. I do get all the news I can stomach. Happy
I hsve a spoofing app. Maybe I'll try it.

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I re-read this post and Mark seems to have got it.
Feb 26, 2017 2:00PM PST

I tried the site and some would play and some not.
Dafydd.

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Maybe ...
Feb 27, 2017 1:27AM PST

The Beeb built a wall around it ...