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hours of live action on bbc the many hours of live action on bbc one and bbc two, the tournament has featured strongly over the past two weeks and breakfast, the news channel and news bulletins. there have been features on the famously long queue for spectators to get into wimbledon, the condition of andy murray's dodgy hip and discussion of the baby his wife has on the way. a number of injuries sustained by other players in matches, a state of the grass on court and of course the progress of oui’ court and of course the progress of our great british singles hopes, all lapped up by the aficionados but not by sceptics like josh. on tuesday not it wasn't a question of tennis featuring in the news, as instead of the news, specifically some local news bulletins, as it came up to six o'clock the british number one woman johanna konta
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came up to six o'clock the british number one womanjohanna konta was battling it out on centre court in her quarterfinal and it was decided to keep showing that match on bbc one instead of the scheduled use at six, and on bbc two they had abandoned their planned wimbledon coverage for unscheduled repeats, as rain meant no other matches were being played. confused 7 rain meant no other matches were being played. confused? john wilson did not understand the logic. another viewer pat brown was also annoyed by this and recorded this video to explain why. hello. we have been subscribers of the radio times for many years but when it comes to wimbledon the scheduling might as well go out of the window. prime example of this was on tuesday, when at six o'clock the news was turned
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over onto bbc two, can't wimbledon fa ns over onto bbc two, can't wimbledon fans click the channel? perhaps not. and no london news at all that night. why was that? not very good, bbc. the london news was in fact shown that evening later than scheduled but in other parts of the uk such as scotland and northern ireland the early evening regional bulletin was dropped altogether and we hope to discuss the reasoning behind this with someone from bbc television but no one was available. instead they gave us this statement. it has been a month since the fire at grenfell tower in london in which at grenfell tower in london in which at least 80 people died and on wednesday morning our reporter reported on the impact the disaster has had on the local community especially children. all the children who have witnessed unimaginable horror, we asked for a show of hands of those who knew someone show of hands of those who knew someone who had died. this isjust
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the beginning of the healing process. but we know that the healing is going to take years, a very long time. having watched that, jan had this to say. justin contacted us with more general thoughts on coverage of the g re nfell tower, general thoughts on coverage of the grenfell tower, one month on. and another report on the aftermath
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of the tragedy came on the news at ten, it began like this. a black nail, hammered into london's conscience. grenfell tower demands your attention. in his shadow the faces of the missing are everywhere -- in its faces of the missing are everywhere —— in its shadow. on trees and walls and bus shelters, unblinking, it is ha rd to and bus shelters, unblinking, it is hard to hold their accuser treat gays. —— accuser several wrote in about this.
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adrienne made the same point on camera. “— adrienne made the same point on camera. —— adrian. adrienne made the same point on camera. -- adrian. come on, bbc, this is a serious news item, why did we have to have dramatic build—up music, more akin to a drama like silent witness or a hollywood movie? this is the bbc and not fox news, this was unnecessary, trivialising a serious news item. on wednesday mps debated the abuse and intimidation of parliamentary candidates after a cross— party of parliamentary candidates after a cross—party report said the sergeant and racism and bigotry was on the rise and politicians like diane
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abbott and stella creasy had described the repeated online abuse they have been subjected to an theresa may has now ordered an inquiry into the subject. william mcnulty gave us his thoughts after considering the interviews with theresa may and andrea leadsom. considering the interviews with theresa may and andrea leadsomm you look at the way the prime minister is addressed orjeremy corbyn is addressed, certainly by members of newsnight and the media in general think the aggressive tones that are used against politicians... and this u nfortu nately tra nslates to politicians... and this unfortunately translates to members of the public. and i think the media, so leave the bbc, and they are not alone in it, they have contributed to the levels of abuse that politicians have to put up with today. on wednesday's daily politics the labour mp jack drew
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today. on wednesday's daily politics the labour mpjack drew me came to discuss the scale of personal abuse directed at politicians. it has been getting worse for some years, and i personally don't get that much, if you will excuse the language, but it comes overwhelmingly from the right, but that doesn't matter where it comes from, it is not acceptable and anyone who practices that is com pletely anyone who practices that is completely wrong. when we're talking about abuse it would be best if we did not use abusive language and daytime —— and daytime terrorism. did not use abusive language and daytime —— and daytime terrorismlj feel daytime —— and daytime terrorism.” feel —— on daytime television. i feel —— on daytime television. i feel very strongly about it. the daily politics team were not able to lead out the term as we have done and that led to this response.” don't want to sit and hear people coming out with disgusting language like that, i'm amazed you allow people like that to come on the
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television and speak like that. when there are little children around. another political interview caused more another political interview caused m ore c0 ntrove i’sy another political interview caused more controversy this week, one conducted on thursday by emma barnett for radio five, she asked the prime minister how she reacted on election night when she saw the exit poll. did you have a cry, how did you feel? i felt devastated, really. enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear. at that moment? at that moment, yes. that admission was headlined on television news bulletins throughout the day and it is worth bearing in mind that interviews like this are arranged between the prime minister's office and a programme and maybe the line of questioning is anticipated, but some viewers felt the prominence given to it and the line of questioning played into gender stereotypes. finally back to tennis, and the
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defeats of britain's's great hopes andy murray and johanna konta. these are the headlines from the news at six on wednesday and thursday. and andy murray crashes out of the quarterfinals at wimbledon and finally admits he was injured. and the end of a dream for britain's johanna konta as she crashes out the wimbledon semifinals. sarah wondered, can we get newsreaders to stop using the sensationalised term of crashing out in reference to tennis players, getting to the quarterfinals with an injured hip and then losing is hardly andy murray crashing out, she said. thank you for your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current
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affairs and even appear on the programme, you can call us or e—mail newswatch. you can find us on twitter and have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. the weekend is looking little damp for some. it has been quite decent today, some sunshine, that is a picture of daisies in north yorkshire, but overall a lot of cloud about, especially saturday, but it will be quite warm nevertheless. there is a lot of cloud out there in the atlantic, thatis cloud out there in the atlantic, that is heading our way, it has already been raining hard in northern ireland and parts of scotla nd northern ireland and parts of scotland as well, and that rain will
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push through in the course of the night, and to the south it is remaining dry but the clouds will be rolling into the course of the night and the solidity rising. whether you are in town or outside it will be pretty warm and muggy —— and the humidity rising. this cloud and rain continued to spread but it won't be raining all the time. we will have over cast skies and there may be a bit of rain if you are unlucky and that it might even brighten up and then back to cloud again. by the changeable day, but on balance most of the time it will be overcast and muggy. if there will be any lengthy sunny spells i suspect it will be on the south coast on the isle of wight to the south—east, maybe essex as well. maybe some of these counties to the east of the pennines and possibly later in the day for the across the midlands. not a wash—out
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but be prepared if you are out for any length of time. just the chance ofa any length of time. just the chance of a few spots of rain at wimbledon on saturday, and sunday, as well, and it will be quite muggy. this is the weather map on sunday, we have the weather map on sunday, we have the week weather front here and that means this will be the cloudy as area in the uk on sunday, and to the north of that, fresh and brighter and drier conditions, and the temperatures will be a bit lower, but we have the humid muggy air in the south on sunday. temperatures are set to climb next week and there is the possibility of thunderstorms as we head into tuesday and wednesday. that is it for me. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: police arrest two teenagers after five acid attacks in east london injust 90 minutes. the terminally ill baby charlie gard
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is to be examined in london by an american doctor who says he can improve his condition. a jail sentence of 17 years for the tv producer who tried to hire three separate hitmen to kill his partner. french president macron leads commemorations in nice for the 86 people killed by a suspected islamist driving a lorry a year ago. also in the next hour, federer in the final. he'll be facing marin cilic. and going ape with mark kermode as he talks us through this week's cinema releases in the film review.
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