[aaronharnly]

I’m not sure if this is regionalisms, or an industry jargon I’m not familiar with, but I couldn’t make head or tails of “BBC broadcasted this with cross rail plague pits when they got a bod from porton down in to explain some of this stuff”. Could you help me understand?

[manarth]

Cross-rail is a new underground metro line in London. During digging of the tunnels, they discovered interesting archeological remains, which included plague pits (where plague victims were disposed of).

Portion Down is the site of a UK military facility specialising in research into chemical and biological hazards.

/Brit