carrie gracie was not satisfied with the bbc‘s response. carrie gracie was not satisfied with the bbc's response. this is what she had to say. the bbc talks about a gender pay gap but what i'm talking about isn't a gender pay clap ware sometimes men and women are in different roles which explains the differences in pay. what i'm talking about is pay discrimination which is when men are paid more to doing the samejob or a job when men are paid more to doing the same job or a job of equal value. that is illegal. what to our viewers think about this? michelle bruce e—mailed. —— gross. colin robertson agreed. but the peter stewart, it wasn't the gap in tel aviv that was the issue

at their level. —— baz. there were more people leaving their jobs at westminster this week as theresa may made some changes to her ministerial team. on tuesday the deputy political editor of the bbc john pienaar had a glimpse of the new cabinet. allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at new look cabinet. nobody move, almost nobody moved yesterday because theresa may couldn't make them. where is she? there she is, them. where is she? there she is, the whole secretary was in the way and wouldn't budge, just like yesterday. but everything went entirely to plan with the reshuffle but did bbc news are fairly portray it as but did bbc news are fairly portray itasa but did bbc news are fairly portray it as a shambles when it wasn't? roger morton thought so, writing: it is no secret that the nhs is

under pressure at the moment but just how bad are things in our hospitals? it can help to get some statistics. the instant on waiting times. only if they are accurate. and twice this week on bbc news they we re and twice this week on bbc news they were not. this is aerosmith reporting on the difficulties faced by a&e department in scotland tuesday ‘s news at six. by a&e department in scotland tuesday 's news at six. busy accident and emergency departments in scotland mean patients are facing their longest recorded waiting times. last week, over100,000 patients waited more than four hours to be seen. nearly 300 waited longer than 12 hours. scott harrison was a

number of viewers who pointed out quite a huge parade there, writing: bbc news confirmed that. but it wasn't the end of the matter. on thursday catherine burn since reporting to the news that one about music in hospitals in england. to add to this, more statistics showing the december was the worst month for the december was the worst month for the treasury waiting times since records began in 200a. 3000 patients in england were not seen within the

four—hour waiting target falls not fewer scott harrison took to his e—mailagain to fewer scott harrison took to his e—mail again to right: do let us know your thoughts on thoseissues do let us know your thoughts on those issues or anything else that catches your eye on bbc news. details of how to contact us at coming up at the end of the programme but before that the bbc‘s foreign coverage was the objective comments this week from brian watson. he recorded on camera his thoughts about the relative attention given to two different international leaders. angela merkel is the most important european politician and in germany, in the elections in september, she lost her majority and since then, she has been fighting to create a coalition.

but almost nothing at all has heard about this from the bbc news, especially the six o'clock news. jenny hill the fine berlin corresponded is virtually never heard. the person who is heard and who is seen almost all the time, especially in the first week of january, is donald trump. in that week, it was virtually wall—to—wall donald trump. now, the reason why angela merkel is virtually ignored and donald trump is featured so heavily is quite obvious— one is eccentric, interesting, and the other is probably fairly dull. but on the six o'clock news, the bbc charter, the purpose should surely be to inform rather than to entertain, and i feel that be to inform rather than to entertain, and ifeel that in featuring donald trump so much, and

mrs merkel hardly at all, the balance has been lost completely. thanks to brian watson for that. others feel it isn'tjust president trump who is getting too much airtime on the bbc but the country he bleeds and anything happens there. one example came on wednesday when news came of the destruction caused by mudslides in southern california, at least 17 people died and more than 100 homes were swept away after heavy rainfall hit an area of santa barbara country. but after that led to the night's news at six simon willsmore wanted: backin back in the uk the parole board

decided at the end of last week that john warboys was thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in london would be released after competing before completing his minimum term of eight years. mark easton reported on the case last friday. the london cabbie who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted numerous women in the back of his taxi is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision that has prompted fury and questions. not least were victims ignored? sarah silber and have this comment to make: finally, videos without any

commentary where information is presented on screen in text form being seen increasingly on bbc news is not just being seen increasingly on bbc news is notjust on output tailored for watching on mobile phones where people tend to watch rather than listen, but also on television. this is an example from the news channel last week. bill jowett billjowett e—mailed us to make this point about videos of that kind: well, we will leave that one. thank you for all of your comments. if you wa nt to

you for all of your comments. if you want to share your opinions or appear on the programme, contact us: you can find us on twitter and to have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. for many of us, the weather has not changed a great deal over the last couple of days. look at the satellite picture from thursday and i will show you what i mean. a largely cloudy day across many areas of the british isles. here's a satellite picture from yesterday again showing extensive cloud cover. we'll leave the satellite picture behind for a moment. today's headline, can you guess what it'll be? yes, another cloudy day. but the weather is not that straightforward. a weather front in the west is bringing outbreaks of rain

for some of us. there's at least one change. now, the weather will be fairly slow moving again on saturday because this weather front is coming in off the atlantic and is running into this massive area of high pressure, that's influencing the weather across much of northern and central europe, so the front will not make much progress against that massive blocking area of high pressure. it means where we start off with outbreaks of rain in western areas, that rain band will probably be in the same kind of errors right way through the day. but further across central and eastern england and central and eastern scotland, for the vast majority of us for much of the day it's going to be drive extensively cloudy, but a bit of breeze around. a few gaps in the cloud to allow some brighter moments. there is the forecast through saturday night. this weather front in the west will fizzle overnight with a bit of rain going in across north—west england, into central and eastern areas of scotland. the winds fall light across england. we could get some mist and fog patches, with maybe the cloud thickening up a bit to allow drizzle on sunday. but for sunday, another

cloudy one for most of us. a change coming into the north—west. we will see another atlantic fronts moving in. this one bringing some heavy rain and fairly strong winds with it, but this one will be a big player to finally break our spell of cloudy weather. this is what happens. sunday night and on into monday, the front swings its way southwards and eastwards across the british isles. behind this cold front, the air gets colder. starting to come in with a more north—westerly direction and the skies will brighten up. down go the temperatures. through monday afternoon, highs of four or five celsius for northern and western areas of the british isles, cold enough for snow in the hills of scotland. colder air on the way for next week, which means more in the way of sunshine. it means the weather will be getting colder and at times it could turn very windy, but it also means there is the risk of some snow next week, particularly in the north down to low levels, but the hills further south could also see some snow at times.

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