in the Mail beggars belief.
It begins:
Police questioned two children's TV presenters under anti-terrorism laws - for carrying glittery hairdryers.
Four officers swooped on Anna Williamson and Jamie Rickers, who front ITV1's hit show Toonattik, while they were filming in Central London.
The pair - who were being followed by a film crew - were performing a skit on the South Bank wearing fake combat clothing and holding children's walkie-talkies, hairbrushes and brightly-coloured hairdryers.
But their outfits aroused the suspicions of patrolling police, who pulled them aside for questioning before issuing them with a warning 'under the act of terrorism'.
It follows controversy over sweeping anti-terrorism powers which have been used to stop and search professional photographers and tourists taking holiday snaps of the capital's landmarks.
Following on from the judgement that the current UK 'Stop and Search' policy is illegal, and the admission by the Kent police that the stop and search of 11-year-old twins at the Kingsnorth Climate Camp was unlawful, is it too much to expect police officers to use their common sense and interpret the meaning of the law correctly. Such action as is reported in the article does nothing but make them and their force look ridiculous.
post script:
The Guardian - Kids' TV presenters carrying hairdryers stopped under anti-terror laws.
The Telegraph - Children's television presenters stopped using anti-terrorism powers while filming
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