Friend was doing the journalism course in Darlington in the late 1970s. It included mandatory court reporting. Good training for future newshounds. Imagine the

Friend was doing the journalism course in Darlington in the late 1970s. It included mandatory court reporting. Good training for future newshounds. Imagine their joy when one of their own was present in the dock, for a drunk-and-disorderly before the local magistrate. Fully reported, blandly, blindly, doubtless to much dismay for the student concerned.