Well my attempt to include a hyperlink yesterday did not appear to be too successful so I'll try again:

http://www.antislaveryfundraising.org/event/23rdAugust

That looks better.
   The above refers to a curious item on the local news this evening when it announced that it was "Slavery Memorial Day" (although I misheard and thought the presenters were about to discuss Savoury Memorial Day - Ah yes I remember vegetable samosas well!) Anyhow it was not the subject which was curious but rather the tone in which it was presented after declaring that the west coast of the country was more heavily involved, here in the North East we were also implicated. Although I got the feeling that they were rather proud of our involvement in a see we were just as bad as Bristol and Liverpool and therefore of equal importance as they talked about a local businessman who earned some of his fortune from sugar plantations. It was all a little unsettling - I know the purpose of local news is to promote the region and be proud of local achievements and the more low key the area (usually correlating with distance from the capital) then the more the need to shout "Look at me" in the manner of a younger sibling but some things really aren't worth boasting about.