BBC Salford: grim tales of the move up north

Those BBC staff in children's, learning, sport, Radio 5 Live and future media who are still considering whether or not to move to the Beeb's new Salford HQ should read this week's Ariel. In her "Salford Blog", BBC Learning development producer Jo Claessens recalls her recent relocation to the area: "The moving company had misplaced 50 boxes including the entire contents of our kitchen." She went on to say she "was informed that my insurance was only valid if our things were 'properly lost' and not just misplaced". Hmmm, good advert that. Talking of good adverts, Ariel has one for a house up for sale near Salford. Headlined "Relocating to Salfords [sic] Media City?" it shows a picture of Cotes Hall, a grade II listed Georgian house on the market for a cool £1.15m. It has 4.5 acres and its own helipad apparently. Monkey suggests the vendors send a copy of the prospectus to BBC North director Peter Salmon.