Via Voting TaKtiX, from the esteemed organ of the local press, Pendle Today:

TWO Pendle men have appeared before Pennine magistrates accused of having "a master plan" after what is believed to be a record haul of chemicals used in making home-made bombs was found in Colne.
Robert Cottage (49), of Talbot Street, Colne, and David Bolus Jackson (62), of Trent Road, Nelson, made separate appearances before the court charged with being in possession of an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose. The offences are under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
Both men were remanded in custody to appear at Burnley Crown Court on October 23rd. Cottage was arrested at his home on Thursday, while retired dentist Jackson was arrested in the Lancaster area on Friday, the same day as he left a dental practice in Grange-over-Sands.

Given the negative publicity the police have had in recent months for carrying out anti-terror raids and failing to find anything resembling explosives, one would expect them to be trumpeting this great success. And yet there is not a word from the major news outlets. Not a single damn thing.

Compare this with the numerous terrorism scares we've had in the last few years, where even a hint of a bomb plot has been transformed into a media frenzy for days on end, provoking the usual round of 'can we really trust Muslims in our midst?' paranoia from the far-right press and vast amounts of both print and airtime devoted to examining the 'what ifs' of the plot scenario.

It's not as if there is likely to be any innocent explanation for such a large quantity of potentially lethal material:

Cottage is an ex-BNP member who stood as a candidate in the Pendle Council elections in May.
Mrs Christiana Buchanan, who appeared for the prosecution in Jackson's case, alleged the pair had "some kind of masterplan".
She said a search of Jackson's home had uncovered rocket launchers, chemicals, BNP literature and a nuclear biological suit.
Police raided Cottage's Talbot Street home on Thursday of last week. The house was taped off while forensics officers searched the premises. Neighbours were told to stay in their homes for their own safety. Mr Cottage's car was also taken away for examination.

In fact, this case ticks almost all of the boxes for full-on media hype: bomb materials, rocket launchers and any journalist who can't make a 'dirty bomb' story out of a nuclear biosuit being found isn't worthy of the name. They even appear to have had political hate literature on the premises. So where has this story gone wrong? I am loathe to leap to conclusions, but the obvious one here is that they simply have the wrong sort of reading materials. Replace 'BNP literature' with 'copies of the Koran' and I think we'd be hearing a fair bit more about this story, don't you? Leon at Pickled Politics raises exactly this point.

If the media were simply observing silence on this matter because the fascist far-right are loathsome, despicable people who do not deserve the oxygen of publicity, then I would understand their decision. Perhaps they might not want to inflame tensions or stoke up fear amongst the general public and the ethnic minorities who would have reason to fear the possibility of bombs in the hands of fascists. But if that's really the view that they're taking, how about they take the same view the next time we hear about a violent plot involving Islamic-linked terrorists?