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Local charity worker Christopher Greenwood, 43, said: As soon as I saw it, I knew people would be bristling with indignation. My phone rang off the hook for about an hour. Some thought it was funny, but some were very offended.
And Karen Atkins, 38, added: The BBC should really know better.
A general view of Tonbridge, Kent, where house prices are £100,000 less on average than those in the neighbouring the spa town Tunbridge Wells
The average house price in the spa town is £520,000 – £100,000 more than Tonbridge, five miles away.
Producers Banijay UK said: We re correcting the mistake for all future broadcasts and apologise to the welcoming and helpful people of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The difference between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells, after BBC get town name wrong in Interior Design Masters presented by Alan Carr
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Updated: 07:51, 28 February 2021
The Alan Carr-presented BBC Two show Interior Design Masters had contestants tasked with refitting three shops in The Pantiles, in Tunbridge Wells, also known as Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The BBC appeared to mix up Royal Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge during its Interior Design Masters show. Picture: BBC
But as the episode cut to a drone shot of the town, it plastered three words across the screen which left people fuming - Royal Tonbridge Wells.
The amalgam of Royal Tunbridge Wells and nearby Tonbridge - two completely different places - had social media furiously correcting the BBC for their faux pas.
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Pirate gangs fuelling record number of ‘easy money’ kidnaps raking in $50k per victim, Brit ex-Marine reveals
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17 Feb 2021, 14:34
PIRATES gangs are giving up stealing cargo in favour of easy money kidnappings which can net them ransoms of up to $50,000 per victim, a former Royal Marine has told us.
Wielding machine guns and RPGs, sea-faring criminals kidnapped 135 people last year alone - the highest figure in ten years - with a record number being snatched in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa.
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Experts told The Sun Online pirates are turning to kidnapping as they consider it a much easier and more lucrative way of making cash than stealing cargo.