IN the past few days Middlesbrough FC has announced that an autism sensory room has been opened at the Riverside Stadium.

This makes attending games less stressful for children with autism and, of course, is a good idea.

BBC news covered this story and in a local news bulletin they said that it followed a similar initiative some 18 months earlier at Roker Park, Sunderland.

Here is a newsflash for the BBC news team: Roker Park closed in 1997.

Has no one from the BBC noticed?

Martin Birtle, Billingham