is quite fascinating. the site has been growing its own eucalyptus plants in preparation — all part of the plan with the south australian government to create a new back—up population of southern koalas in this part of the world. to stop the koalas from getting stressed, they'll be kept out of sight from the public for the next six months, to allow them to settle in, and it's hoped that soon they will breed and there will be even more of them hanging about. laura foster, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... an inquest finds the man who carried out the westminster bridge terror attack, khalid masood, was lawfully killed by the security services. a drill music rapper from south london has been jailed for seven years, for his part in a so—called county lines drug operation in cumbria. eurostar rail services could be suspended if a brexit deal with the eu can not be reached — according to the latest government papers released. now it's time for newswatch.

this week samira ahmed examines the bbc‘s climate change coverage. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed. is bbc news denying a voice to climate change deniers, or are they getting too much airtime? and why did fiona bruce have to get a police escort to get to the studio in time to present wednesday's news at six? monday's report from the inter—governmental panel on climate change was the latest in a series of warnings about the risks of rising global temperatures. reflecting the scientific concensus on this controversial issue. among the guests discussing the panel's findings on that evening's newsnight was myron ebell who used to be donald trump's environmental advisor and now runs a think tank which campaigns on behalf of the us energy industry.

he was questioned by evan davis. do you think the scientists, who reviewed these 6,000 papers to produce this latest publication — 86 lead writers — do you literally think they don't believe what they have said? is that your contention? they're climate campaigners first, at the highest level. wow! but you're a climate campaigner more than they are. they're not even paid, these guys. you're paid. they're not paid. it's absolutely... go on. the study says that we've had about one degree of warming already. they don't consider the tremendous benefits that have flowed to humanity. sorry! again, you're trying to show you know more about the science than the scientists! some viewers thought myron ebell had no place as a guest on the programme, with dr mike ward writing... and the author philip pullman

tweeted his agreement. the editor of newsnight, esme wren, took to twitter before the programme aired to say... that charge of false equivalence refers to the bbc‘s perceived practice in the past of balancing the views of the majority of scientists,

that significant, man—made climate change exists, with the minority who challenge that analysis. but achieving a balance of that kind is not now the bbc‘s policy, as was made clear by an internal briefing memo, sent to news staff last month, which found its way into the newspapers. 0ne passage said... but that advice and monday's coverage did not go down well with everyone. and nigel burn—murdoch seconded that.

well, let's discuss how bbc news handles this contentious issue with richard burgess, its uk news editor. thank you for coming to newswatch. can you just sum up what exactly is the policy on giving airtime to climate change deniers now? i think the policy is clear that the science is settled on climate change — it exists, there is no debate around that. so we're not going to create a false balance or a flase equivalence by getting a scientist on and then always getting a denier on. but that doesn't mean that we won't occasionally hear from dissenting voices within this debate, because there's debate beyond the actual science, there's debate around the intensity of climate change and then what to do about climate change. just to be clear —

bbc news regularly did have on more climate change deniers in the supposed interests of balance. are you now admitting that you'd got that wrong? no, i think what we're saying is that the science is really clear and that we do not need to get on a denierjust to give some kind of, what we would describe as false equivalence. so the science is clear, we report the science. but there will be occasions where we get dissenting voices on. we're not going to shut out all viewpoints. there is some dissent on the science and that newsnight programme that viewers were commenting on, the moment you have a denier on — even though it's supposed to be about policy — it always ends up being a debate about the science. so the question comes down to, should the bbc be giving climate change deniers any air time any more? i think that was really interesting that interview, because actually i think it was more interesting around the policy and the politics of the trump administration, which is important in the whole climate change debate. and evan asked him, "actually,

is there anything the scientists can say that will change the opinion of the trump administration?" and he was really clear — "no." and when he tried to get into the scientific debate, evan closed him down really quickly, "you're not a scientist so we're not going to discuss that." so i think we really did gain some insight and some interesting perspective from that interview. the trouble is, some viewers are frustrated because — some of them contacted newswatch — they feel there is scientific doubt and they are unhappy at the assumptions made in the bbc‘s climate change reporting. they were unhappy with the way evan davis was pressing. can you satisfy them? i think the point is, is that the vast majority of scientific... the science is settled over this, the vast majority of scientific opinion admits that climate change is happening, it's a man—made phenomenon. but can we satisfy everybody? no, but are we going to shut out dissenting voices? equally, no. but we're not going to create some kind of false

equivalence between them. you say there's a scientific concensus and we're not going to have a debate about that, but because the effects of it are still being discussed as something that will happen and not something that has happened, necessarily, there are people and there are viewers who say, i'm sorry, i think there's still a legitimate debate about the science. and ijust wonder if the bbc can ever win this? i think we have to reflect the debate around what we're going to do about this and the intensity of it, but when you have the overwhelming majority of scientific opinion being really clear that man—made climate change exists, then i think it's important we relfect that. as we said at the beginning, the bbc has now put out a new memo and there is training guidance happening for news staff. so can you explain what that involves and what difference viewers might see and read in their coverage? i think it's an attempt to explain to staff some of the changes in policy, research, science and to try and counteract some of the misconceptions that can

be made around global warming and climate change. we have offered some guidance, there's some training, as well, and it's just to make sure our staff are making informed decisions on this important issue. would it include things like "these people are not to be booked"? for example? no, no. as i said before, we're not excluding viewpoints from this discussion. what we're also not doing is creating this false balance that i've been talking about. richard burgess, thank you very much. if last week's news was dominated by thersa may's dancing at the conservative party conference, it was two other dancers who hit the headlines this week. i made a mistake. which i'm very sorry for. i'm sorry for the hurt that i caused. you never think about the extent of the damage that you're going to do. strictly come dancing contestant

seann walsh and katya jones were photographed kissing on a night out in london. the attention given to their encounter by bbc news was judged excessive by many viewers. finally, audiences tuning into the news channel on wednesday might have seen this introduction from ben brown. hello, you are watching afternoon live, today at two. the trouble was, it wasn't too, it was three, and as you could see from the caption at the top of the screen, that with the recorded repeat of the

previous entry's output. why wasn't afternoon live actually live? a statement was put out saying... it emerged that the problem lay with the failure of open media, the new softwa re the failure of open media, the new software which was brought in to create scripts and running orders and to generate video clips and camera instructions. although the news channel was back like that for, it became clear as six o'clock approached it would not be possible to broadcast the early evening bulletin from here, new broadcasting house, as normal. fiona bruce along with mark easton hotfooted it to westminster from clear she presented the news that six in an unfamiliar studio with a different backdrop, but not before the two of them had flagged down a passing police car and been given an escort after getting stuck in rush—hour traffic. thank you for all your comments this

week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme, you can call us on... or e—mail us at... you can find us on twitter and have a look at our website. that's all from us, we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. storm can will ease a little overnight but the arena from it will continue on through saturday for some of us, green totals further

increasing, difficult for travelling. the storm is moving away to the north. as those green totals made, it is inside the wheels were focusing, maybe i60 nanometres of rain by the time we finish saturday, a met office amber warning. in com plete a met office amber warning. in complete contrast today in eastern parts of england there has been some sunshine. tomorrow will be even warmer to the east of that rainy weather front, 25 celsius warmer to the east of that rainy weatherfront, 25 celsius is warmer to the east of that rainy weather front, 25 celsius is likely. this is where the rain is heading out this evening from wales, western england, something quieter and a bit, for scotland and northern ireland, and a very warm night with some clear spells down towards the south—east, it could be a record for the time of year with temperatures for some holding up to 19 degrees. that really is something overnight for this time of year. let's focus on the potentially disruptive weather through saturday morning,

look at the black arrows indicating the wind gusts. not very windy, particularly through wales and south—west england, wind arrows for scotla nd south—west england, wind arrows for scotland and northern ireland indicates it is a camera picture here but just breezy. indicates it is a camera picture here butjust breezy. for many of us the day will start dry but it's not going to stay that way. this rain will stick around wales, western england and feed up across scotland and into northern ireland. some difficult travelling conditions, lots of spray on the road and the threat of some flooding in places due to the persistence of the rain. look at eastern england in the sunshine and the warmth could be erected for the time of year at 25 celsius. heading out on saturday evening it's been so very wet, the rain will start to use and move its way eastwards as we go into sunday. clearing from areas which have been so clearing from areas which have been so wet but more arena coming along before it clears bringing the wetter conditions on sunday morning across eastern parts of england and it may be the least are, quite late in the

day, before that rain clears, some to clear from northern scotland but the wettest areas on saturday will have a sunny sunday, much cooler play saturday is very warm. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm... the westminster attacker, khalid masood, who killed 5 people including a police officer outside the palace of westminster last year was lawfully killed, an inquest concludes pc keith palmer was stabbed repeatedly by khalid masood. his colleague pc carlisle ran towards him in a vain attempt to save him. i was almost upon him and he saw me coming, he turned to face me, knives up coming, he turned to face me, knives up andi coming, he turned to face me, knives up and i could veer away to the side. a drill music rapper from south london has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for dealing drugs in cumbria as part of a so—called "county lines" operation. eurostar rail services could be suspended if there