Data Protection jobsworth
I filmed outside Mothercare in Ancoats today for a feature about child seats.
Booster seats are going to be compulsory for children under 4ft 5ins tall who are younger than 12.
The landlord of the eyesore shopping centre on Great Ancoats Street sent out a security man to stop us.
He was talking about the Data Protection Act. So he was speaking out of his hat.
Of course, it is private property. And he could have stopped us if he really pressed it on those grounds.
But we were doing good. We were trying to bring people's awareness to the fact that a change in the law is coming about.
I ignored the security guard and carried on filming.
It's not so much for a "freedom of the press" issue as common sense.