BBC News website, January 29, 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60181568
I constantly wonder what makes people go in for subbing when they don’t have any interest in, or knowledge of, what words mean. How can a ‘fallen’ tree kill someone? As the copy correctly says, it was a ‘falling’ tree. Honestly, I despair.
The Times, December 31, 2021
Two pieces of ignorance in one article.
Writing ‘lay’ instead of ‘lie’ is unforgivable. A sub-editor who cannot conjugate the verb ‘to lie’ (in the sense of being horizontal rather than telling an untruth) is taking money under false pretences. I don’t think you need to couple it with ‘down’ either.
It was not a ‘cross-country’ train but a CrossCountry one. You would really think that a Times sub-editor would recognise the names of the rail companies.
The Times, December 31, 2021
You don’t need to put ‘Britain’s’ unless there is any danger that the reader might otherwise assume you are talking about Belgium or Vietnam. ‘The’ is perfectly adequate.