I saw that on BBC News: it annoyed me that they devoted the whole half hour news slot to this item, constantly re-running the same film clips and interviews. There are other important things going on in the world.

I agree that coverage of this poor chap was completely OTT. I don't wish him any harm, and I sympathise with his family, but when it obscures much more important things from the news it becomes a bit ridiculous.

But football and sport generally is treated as being far more important than it really is. I really don't think sport should form part of the news at all. There is plenty of sports coverage anyway if you are interested. Not all of us are, and are left unmoved by the news that A beat B followed by the score and a detailed account of who scored the goals/tries/rallies/holes etc. etc. etc.

We are at the moment witnessing an enormous migration of desperate people, many of whom die in the attempt. There is less coverage of this than there there is about the Premier League - whatever that is!