They are licences in EN-GB, not licenses (EN-US).

And as the publication's editor, you should know that!

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/parks-business-licenses-debacle-could-paused-extraordinary-council-meeting/

Aftershave made of viruses?

Or for viruses?

Whatever next?

#BadJournalism #BadEnglish #Clickbait

Jerram’s inflatable model of the E coli, a fecal bacteria [sic] found in water bodies due to sewage discharge, was first designed in 2025.

13 years of English classes, 3 years of media studies and never once was the author told that bacteria is the plural of bacterium. 🤦‍♂️

#BadEnglish #BadJurnalism #Bristol

https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/protesters-call-tides-without-turds/

Byline: "The high street was closed for the duration of the rescue operation".

High Street is the actual street name; it should therefore have upper case first characters. 🤦‍♂️

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #MarketDrayton #Shropshire

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/critically-ill-patient-rescued-through-first-floor-window-of-north-shropshire-home-8549685

Q: When is an axe not an axe?

#A: When it's a hatchet.

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism #Bristol #Islamophobia

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/15/neo-nazi-obsessed-teen-jailed-for-trying-to-kill-kurdish-man-in-bristol-with-axe

Towing animals?

3 years of media studies and never once encountered the word 'transporting'. 🤦‍♂️

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism

"Sometimes, it’s not just what you eat, it’s where you eat it. A hot mackerel sandwich from a little smokehouse on Brighton seafront, wolfed down at the shoreline with my wife."

You ate your wife at the seaside? Blige!

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/may/10/52-writers-on-the-best-sandwich-of-their-life

"A member of the public discovered a man’s body on a roof garden located at a block of flats."

What was 'a member of the public' [sic] doing on private property?

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/urgent-enquiries-identify-man-found-10951196

Note to #WECA mayor Helen Godwin: railway stations are *built*, not 'delivered' [sic]. 🤦‍♂️

#BadEnglish

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/new-41m-charfield-train-station-10949880

Modern icons - latest. Converted shipping containers in #Bristol.

Other adjectives are available.

#BadEnglish #BadJournalism

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bristol-restaurant-lapin-wins-trenchermans-10941201