Two Britons killed in coach crash

[whiffey]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6 164337.stm

What is the big deal here to land this in headline news over here and on BBC website News front page ?

How many Britons died on UK roads today ?

[Carakeel]

I can see your point whiffey. Journalists do sooner highlight the deaths of Brits abroad than here. Why? Perhaps in this case they think that the combination of the words "Britons", "Hajj" and "death" will make people think there is more to be read into it than what it was - just a tragic accident?

[bazwillrun]

depend on if you really want to class them as "britons".
as its the BBC and theyre muslims , says it all really

[buildersmate]

An average of around 7 per day.

[WaldoMcFroog]

An excellent point there, Baz. Let's use more arbitrary measures of determining nationality!

For instance, how about we don't class you as a proper British person because regardless of what it says on your passport, you can't use an apostrophe or capital letters properly?