with her ministers at chequers. so what we've got here is theresa may, who is our king. she may come out on top, or she could be toppled, but right now, what she's doing is moving forward, one step at a time, as kings tend to do, trying to get her brexit plans through to the other side. now, broadly supportive of what the prime minister's come up with so far, we've got some people like, for example, the chancellor, philip hammond, down here. michael davies was unimpressed by that giant chessboard, querying why... lisette baker agreed: tuesday's outside source coincided with what, for many, was the highlight of the week, that rare occasion when the england football team won a penalty shoot out in the knockout stage of the world cup. the programme, shown on the news channel and internationally on bbc world news, is broadcast not from a studio like this one, but on a balcony upstairs

overlooking the main bbc newsroom. and, as the match against colombia reached its tense denouement, that posed something of a challenge for presenter ross atkins. err, morning commute, the work—out, coffee. something's happened! colombia have missed, so, if england score, they are going through. i'm going to persevere, i'll do my best here, as thomas smith from nme was pointing out, i think i mightjust abandon this and talk about the football, because it's quite hard to get on with the story while so much commotion is going on. we're now in a situation where, if england score this goal, which i would love to show you, but we don't have the rights, they are through! and i think that means england are through. 0k. so, colombia are out, england are through! general pandemonium, and that's just here in the bbc newsroom. stephen garner was watching that and describes what he saw. jon sopel had earlier joined in the flag waving,

by tweeting this picture of him from washington, with the question: so, are these harmless examples of a sporting enthusiasm that reflects the national mood, or a worrying deviation from the bbc‘s traditional impartiality, which has been evident on air throughout the tournament? the pandemonium in the newsroom may not have been shared by fans of the northern irish, welsh and scottish teams, who are not always accustomed to lending their support to the english, or by those with no enthusiasm for football. and the amount of airtime devoted to tuesday's game before and after it took place led colin reid to e—mail

with incredulity on wednesday morning. well, we aired complaints along similar lines a couple of weeks ago, on this programme and, as they have continued to come in, we have invited the editor of the news at six, and the news at ten to repond to them. thanks for coming on newswatch. why does the world cup take over so much of news coverage? i don't think it does take over lots of the news coverage. clearly it's the world cup, it's once every four years. it's a global competition and there's huge audience interest in it. but, this week, we've covered england's progress in the competition and we've also

reported on all of the stories we would want and expect to report on this week, whether in syria, whether the mexico elections, whether exclusive stories from around the uk, pollution in our cities, the adoption scandal in ireland. i completely accept that there are parts of our audience, and it is a perfectlyjustifiable position to have, who thinks sport should not be in a news bulletin altogether. also i accept that some people would say, yes, it can be in a news bulletin but it shouldn't be the lead story. we take a slightly different view, which is that sport and sports news is important to our audiences and is something we take seriously and i think broadly, if you look at the audience interest and engagement, whether across television, across online, across radio, connected with this world cup, and the figures are huge, a peak of 2a million people watching england against colombia on itv one on tuesday, i think that does give an indication as to how much interest and engagement there is. there's been so much

on air about england matches and cheering fans, and viewers say it's not supposed to be the english broadcasting corporation, is it? again, we have to capture the moment and the drama and the high levels of interest but, it was only a couple of years ago that wales were having a fantastic run in the european championships. they got to the semifinals. there were big tv audiences watching live matches on television and there was a lot of coverage across the news. england are there and being covered i would reject the idea of if scotland were there, if wales were there, if northern ireland were there, they would be getting similar coverage. all those flag—waving tweets by bbc news presenters and editors, doesn't impartiality apply in sport? impartiality does apply in sport, and i would argue that we have been completely impartial in our coverage of the world cup. again, a couple of weeks ago, when the england team sheet for one

of their games was accidentally revealed by one of the coaches, we reported on that. we showed that image. and then, the bbc, along with other parts of the media, were accused of damaging the england team's chances than being unpatriotic, and somehow we should have been stifling in censoring our reporting. so we're covering all aspects of this. occasionally, bbc staff and correspondents might show some passion for a particular team or a cause i guess. in the end, it does show the human side which, again, parts of our audience do enjoy. you're not in charge of scheduling, paul, but news bulletins were really hacked back, shunted around. local news virtually disappeared at the start of the tournament. are you happy about that? i think the squeezing of the coverage was around

incorporating live matches into the schedule. i totally accept that, for some people, and that's a great thing that they want their full news programmes every day, because that's what we're here to provide. i would accept that, if news coverage is squeezed, people are going to find that frustrating. it's then up to people like me and other editors to make sure that if we do have less airtime, we really are covering the essentials of what should be in there. then, the sort of questions that come into our minds, if we have got a shorter bulletin, we're less likely to cover the football because, actually, we're being squeezed because of the football, so we need to reflect the rest of the news that is happening that day. you'll know, this issue keeps coming up, you're not the first editor to be sitting in that chair by being asked about too much sport pushing news of air. does the bbc have a responsibility to maintain full coverage of news, whatever is happening in sport, and is it time to rethink the balance on this? there broadly has been full coverage on this.

the ten o'clock news has been full duration during the world cup. but the local news coverage really did offend viewers when it seems to disappear in the early days of the tournament. as i explained earlier, there has been a squeeze and i do understand the frustrations. what i would say is we are looking at this and reviewing this the whole time. there is a tension there. as you've seen from the world cup, there are huge audiences, a high level of audience engagement with the world cup. again, the bbc and others, and other broadcasters, we have a sort of duty and expectation to cover that as well. paul, thank you. finally, on tuesday, a nurse was arrested on suspicion of the murder at a hospital of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six. the following night, judith moritz reported on the case for the news at ten. today, police searches have continued at the home of the nurse. forensic officers searching the house and taking items away for examination. detectives are still questioning the 28—year—old about the alleged murders and attempted murders.

elsewhere in that item, the nurse was named and her photograph shown, as it was in the programme's headlines. that disappointed one doctor, who wrote: bob anderson said he was staggered at the decision asking, bob anderson said he was staggered at the decision asking: well, we put those points to bbc news and they told us. thank you for all your comments this

week if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us. ore—mail. you can find us on twitter: do have a look at the website. the address for that is: that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. well, for many of us it will be another hot day with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees across the south. we had temperatures up to 3!

on friday, we'll easily make that on saturday. having said that, there will be a little more cloud around during the course of the weekend. some areas may be overcast from time to time. now, the atlantic weather systems away to the north of us, still closer to iceland than the uk so that's why we are still dry. there is no change as far as the eye can see, at least through the weekend into most of next week indeed the whole of next week. bad news for gardens and parks. a lot of scorched grass out there at the moment. these temperatures first thing in the morning. 17 in london, 13 in newcastle. and then the temperatures shoot up rapidly. a lot of sun around but it will be cloudy from time to time, particularly around north—western and eastern areas, picking up cloud, and cloud is also developing across midland. 30 degrees of least in london, i suspect temperatures could reach 3! also. in the north of the country, closer to the mid—teens. high—pressure with us

through the weekend, however, one cool front nudges into scotland and that means basically a little more cloud here for the north—west of scotland, the western isles in general. maybe some spots of rain and these atlantic fresh winds. across the north—west here it will be quite a bit cooler on sunday, temperatures perhaps in the teens, whereas to the south of that it will be hot, very hot in fact. temperatures across the south could peak at around 32 celsius on sunday, reaching 90 fahrenheit. newcastle will be the pleasant 2a celsius. not much change on the way next week, staying dry, but it will not be quite as hot. it looks as though the heat will be pushed back into europe and we will see slightly cooler air riding around this high pressure because the wind around the high—pressure blow in a clockwise direction. this air will be pushed back into the uk which means we will see more and more northern parts of the country

with slightly fresh air. still mostly in the 20s, we're not talking about it necessarily cooling off a great deal. on monday it is still in the high 20s across the south. it is only when we reach tuesday or wednesday that we get back down to the mid—20s. in the north we are closer to the teens. that is it for me. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: a brexit breakthrough. the british prime minster says cabinet ministers are backing her plan for leaving the european union. this is a proposal that i believe will be good for the uk and the eu andi will be good for the uk and the eu and i look forward to it being received positively. divers in thailand succeed in getting an air line to the cave where 12 boys and their football

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