Paragraph of last year

I have just been shown another rather brilliant paragraph from The Times that never made it into print. It reminds me of the time that Martyn Lewis, the former BBC newsreader, appealed for there to be more upbeat stories in the press. One of the newspaper’s Scottish staff wrote:

Organisers have praised lower levels of crime at T in the Park this year, despite the attempted murder of two men as the festival drew to  a close.