WE have corrected an error that had occurred due to a software issue, Sorry for any interruptions to our news feed over the last 2 weeks on our Mersey Reporter Merseyside Newsbites page. This program error was due to a server update and the offending script was only identified this weekend. Big thanks to all the readers who spotted and contacted us today, telling us that 1 of our news items was dated:- 3 September 2025 and not:- 9 March 2025.
Your input has helped us to solve the mystery that had flummoxed us over the last 2 weeks.
This simple error reminded us of a problem the NHS had with patient records and it got us asking, ourselves what is the more common way of putting the date now in the UK as most American Software automatically appears to default to:- month, day, year, and not the UK way of doing it:- day, month, year...? So how do you write the date?
This then made us ask an even bigger question as we realised that most spell-checking software automatically corrects errors and ever correctly spelled words to American Spellings and not British spellings, like changing:- realised to realized.
It then got us asking what are your thoughts on our dependency on America for most computer software and hardware we use day to day. What are the implications on British culture and language,,? What are your thoughts on this cultural question?
Please let us know below or email your views to our Newsroom at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com, Alternatively, you can send us a message on:- Mastodon, Facebook, or Twitter.
Your input has helped us to solve the mystery that had flummoxed us over the last 2 weeks.
This simple error reminded us of a problem the NHS had with patient records and it got us asking, ourselves what is the more common way of putting the date now in the UK as most American Software automatically appears to default to:- month, day, year, and not the UK way of doing it:- day, month, year...? So how do you write the date?
This then made us ask an even bigger question as we realised that most spell-checking software automatically corrects errors and ever correctly spelled words to American Spellings and not British spellings, like changing:- realised to realized.
It then got us asking what are your thoughts on our dependency on America for most computer software and hardware we use day to day. What are the implications on British culture and language,,? What are your thoughts on this cultural question?
Please let us know below or email your views to our Newsroom at:- News24@SouthportReporter.Com, Alternatively, you can send us a message on:- Mastodon, Facebook, or Twitter.