In reply to UKC News:
The Guardian:
Ms Pinchbeck, was at the climbing centre with colleagues from Halifax/HBOS while taking part in an exercise "designed to improve their effectiveness as a team within the bank".
May I suggest to Halifax/HBOS executives that for your staff to improve their effectiveness they need to be sat at the 2/3 of closed cashier windows and stop stealing from and lying to your customers rather than fannying about at climbing walls.
As Halifax/HBOS is publicly owned, it was technically us that paid for her session at wall which adds insult to injury <literally>
These are the pirates that seem to have took the case:
http://www.injuriesdirect.com/news/
So, the wall was 12 feet high and everything I've read so far says Ms Pinchbeck jumped from 4 or 5 feet. The ambulance chasers have it on thier own front page that "she decided to jump the last four or five feet" So by implication the last 4 or 5 feet of a 12 foot wall means she jumped 7 to 8 feet. Funny how that doesn't match anyone elses report.
I have just sent this to them from their 'contact us' page:
Sir/Madam
I am most concerned about your report of the injury to Ms Louise Pinchbeck at Craggy Island at Guildford. Your website news page clearly states that the wall is 12 feet high and Ms Pinchbeck "decided to jump the last four or five feet". Jumping the last 4 or 5 feet from a 12 foot wall means that Ms Pinchbeck would have jumped from 7 or 8 feet - that is what you are reporting by implication.
Would you care to therefore explain why every other media outlet reporting this story have stated that Ms Pinchbeck jumped FROM 4 or 5 feet NOT as you imply 7 or 8 feet?
In your own business 'promises' statement you give "great service and trustworthiness" however I and no doubt anyone else reading your news story may find that your company anything but trustworthy if you are incapable of being able to clarify details. No doubt you want sensationalism and jumping from the last 4 or 5 feet from a wall that is 12 feet high gives this but to be reported correctly it should read "jumped the last 4 or 5 feet while climbing DOWN a 12 foot wall"
I trust you either explain why every media outlet is reporting the details incorrectly OR you will make amendments to your news story.