That is probably because it is a Newsquest Media publication, rather than a Reach PLC publication. Reach PLC journalism is sometimes laughably bad, sometimes lamentably.
Some Newsquest Media titles are running the rather longer piece from the Press Association. For example:
Yes, I was particularly thinking of Retch PLC, which Private Eye recently reckoned had had one of its own senior execs complaining about how bad the website was.
Some Newsquest Media titles are running the rather longer piece from the Press Association. For example:
https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/national/23819640.fam...