it's now down to the high court whether or not to allow afresh look at all the evidence. claire marshall, bbc news. now it's time for newswatch. this week, samira ahmed discusses whether bbc news should continue to broadcast from college green, outside parliament. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. an outcry from politicians and the public after an mp verbally abused during a live interview. is it time the bbc moved its broadcast back indoors? and question time returns with a new presenter, how did fiona bruce go down with the audience? at the start of a crucial and dramatic week of parliamentary debate, afternoon live decamped on monday, along with some other news channel programmes, to the bbc‘s temporary presentation spot on a patch of grass outside

the palace of westminster. one of simon mccoy's guests there was saffon cordery, deputy chief executive of nhs providers, responding to the government's ten—year plan for the health service. shouting we've got 100,000 vacancies across the nhs, that's notjust nurses, that's doctors, that's health care assistance, that that's health care assistants, that's other health care professionals, we really have to bridge that gap, before we can deliver those services we need to see. i was hoping not to mention the b word but obviously brexit overshadows all of this? absolutely. it's quite... in every way. audibly overshadowing our conversation today. well, some viewers objected to that audible overshadowing, including chris morley, who e—mailed: we discussed on this programme before christmas the noisy

disruptions of live broadcasts outside parliament, but since then, protesters for and against brexit have become more numerous and more distracting, as we saw elsewhere on monday's programme. what does the irish backstop mean? shouting this is central to theresa may's problems, at the moment? it's meant to be an insurance policy. a lot of reassurance in words but it doesn't alter the fact that the backstop is still there in the withdrawal agreement and there is no unilateral exit. i should make the point, they are not shouting at you, they are shouting at colleagues not far away. but, unlike with correspondent chris morris, the offstage comments heard during an interview with anna soubry conservative mp and passionate anti—brexiteer were most definitely directed at her. shouting: soubry is a nazi this could go on for a while?

that's the other thing that now has got to happen. we have to do... absolutely. i do object to being called a nazi, absolutely. right. well, apologies if you were offended. i just think this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country, actually, this is what has happened to our country. anyway, let's try and move on and be positive about things. anna soubry has received death threats, because of her stance on brexit and was laterjostled by protesters, shouting abuse on her way into the house of commons. following the programme, simon mccoy took to twitter, to describe that chanting as disgraceful. but others thought that some of the blame should be laid at the bbc‘s door. donald mccallum contacted us to say: peter atkins wondered: and mick tonks suggested: to discuss this, i'm joined

from the bbc newsroom by sam taylor, executive editor of the news channel. sam, what was your reaction to seeing anna soubry called a nazi live on air? well, let's be clear, no—one working in the media, in politics, members of the public, no—one should be exposed to any kind of abuse or intimidation from people. in that regard, the events of this week were shocking. you know, not something we would support in any way. what i'm pleased to see is the response from parliamentarians and the police has been very clear. there's a clear desire to ensure things like this don't happen again and there have been enhancements made to the policing in moving forward. although it's a tricky incident,

i do think changes are in place now which should allow us to continue with the important work of reporting on parliament from this location. this wasn't an isolated incident, viewers have been complaining for quite some time about protesters on college green really distracting from interviewees. why are you still there? well, look, there's a very clear and simple reason why all the broadcasters, over many years, have interviewed people from that location on big parliamentary occasions. that's because of the access you get to parliamentarians and your ability to interview them. they're in the house during the day, they are not able to travel to studios in the way they might when the house isn't sitting. and there's a long tradition of people coming out and being open and speaking to the media about what's going on. it's also one of the few locations in westminster where you can bring together parliamentarians with people who aren't members of the house, which you can't do inside the palace of westminster itself. and it allows us, therefore, to have a debate and bring different points of view together. from a kind of helping understand what's happening with the story and bringing real—time insights from the guests, it's long been a good place to do that.

having our presenters front and centre on the story and having those discussions also helps them to see where the story is moving. that's been the long term reason for being there. you'll know that there is a real concern, now, about safety, the safety of mps. viewers are worried. could you simply stop this by broadcasting from your millbank studio instead of college green? would you do that? we do carefully consider when to broadcast on location. but in the same way, i think there's a very careful balance to be struck between respecting the rights of peaceful protesters and the approach to policing. it's also very important that the media has a right to report, which is anotherform of freedom of expression is protected as well. we want to be working in an environment in which parliamentarians and the media can talk to each other without disruption. i have some hope that this week's discussion and the changes being made to procedures on the ground will allow us to continue that important work. you know, this could get worse. and some viewers think the bbc has to take some responsibility for allowing the situation to arise,

what's your response? i think we have to be clear that this week's events were very unusual. they have prompted a serious response and a proper response. some of that is still being considered in a legal context. we need to allow that process to continue. we have done many, many hours of broadcasting from that location and it has brought some of the most watched elements of our coverage in recent months. we often gain interviews on location that we simply wouldn't be able to get via other means. so, i would have a reverse concern that viewers may lose out if we're not able to get that first hand—contact with politicians, when it really counts. more generally, there's clearly being a poisoning of the general political discourse. that's fuelled these ugly confrontations. do you think the bbc has a role to play in calming things down again? the bbc is an impartial broadcaster. it's not ourjob to get into policing anything or telling people what to do, that's not the role we play at all, as i am sure your viewers will well recognise.

i think in terms of the style of our programming, we thought quite a lot in recent times of how to bring people together, how to trigger more conversations. 0n the donald trump story, the challenge has been in our beyond 100 days programme, to bring different views together and avoid that polarisation where you're watching a show that gives you potentially one point of view and not the other. that's an example where we try to promote conversation, and to some extent, being at college green is also part of that jigsaw. where simon mccoy, huw, anita, joanna, they are down there and they are trying to bring people together to have to have a discussion, which generates more light than heat. that is one thing that we can do to try and ensure that people get to understand the issues. and some of the stronger views expressed on social media and even on the street on occasions don't dominate the reporting of the news. sam taylor, thank you. just time for a couple more of your reactions

to bbc output this week. on friday morning, andy murray's announcement that he was retiring from tennis drew huge attention on social news media. during the day, bbc news frequently showed clips of the news conference he gave, where murray's raw emotions were clearly apparent. does that mean that this might be your last tournament? andy sniffs. andy exhales deeply. yeah. i think there's a chance of that, for sure. clearly uncomfortable viewing. and some viewers objected to the prominence given to that on bbc news, with lawrence foster wondering: finally, thursday night saw the start of a new era as fiona

bruce kicked off her stint as only the fourth permanent presenter of question time in the programme's ao—year history. among the guests were the deputy chairman of the conservative party, james cleverly. what is your plan b? i'm explaining, i'm explaining. ok, i'm still waiting. the idea that you can magic up some alternative plan is not an option... so, you don't have a plan b! hang on, you said you have got a plan b, but you haven't got but you haven't got a plan b. delaying... to have a second referendum is not an option. what's your plan? my plan... our plan is on the table. no, ijust asked you what is your plan b, and you said, "i'm "i'm going to tell you what my plan b is". have i missed it? no, no. our plan is to deliver the agreement that's been negotiated with the 27... audience groans. do you really think that's going to go through on tuesday? do you really think you're going to win the vote? fiona bruce's performance, stepping

into david dimbleby‘s shoes, shoes, was greeted warmly with steve fuller writing: the left wing uk agreed: and brian phillips also voiced reservations about the programme but not the presenter. well, we hope to raise your thoughts about question time with a representative from the programme at some point over the next few weeks. 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 on: 0re—mail us. have a look at our website, the address for that is: that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week.

goodbye. friday has been a largely dry day with lots of light rain around and the cloud did break up through the day to allow some sunny spells, some blue skies, as you can see from this picture taken by one of our weather watchers in basingstoke in hampshire earlier on. now, through the weekend, a bit of a change in weather type. things are going to be turning milder, windier as well, particularly by sunday, with a mix of sunshine and scattered, blustery showers around, too. now, here's the high pressure that's been in charge, really, since the start of 2019. it starts to squeeze its way towards the south—west as whether fronts topple in from the north—west. we are already seeing that rain arriving across parts of northern and western scotland, this patchy band of rain associated with that cold front moves further southward and eastward tonight. they'll be some light patchy rain through central england and wales first thing tomorrow morning. it is looking frost free. around 3—8 degrees, but you'll notice the strength of the winds tomorrow,

that north—westerly wind packing in further showers, particularly across parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. the further south and east you are, you're more likely to stay dry for much of the day, after the morning rain clears from the south—east. there'll be some sunny spells around, milder than it has been, with temperatures around 9—11 degrees. fairly frequent showers across northern and western scotland into the north—west of england and north wales, too. moving through saturday night, then, into sunday, we've got the next cold front that moves its way in again from the north—west. quite a lot of isobars on the map, showing a windier spell of weather, a blustery—feeling day certainly on sunday with a mix of sunshine and showers. most of the showers across the north west and third of the uk and again further south and east, you're more likely to stay dry with some sunshine. but these are the wind gusts and some of those could reach a5, 50 mph, particularly across exposed coasts and hills in northern and western scotland. but a windy day wherever you are. in the sunny spells it will be mild with temperatures between around 8—11 degrees on sunday afternoon.

but, as we head through next week, that mild air gets pushed away towards the south—west, the winds start to come in from more of a northerly direction, so some colder conditions on the cards. so, here's the outlook for our capital cities from monday to friday and you can see everywhere there is going to be a significant dip in those temperatures as we head through the week. a colder spell of weather on the way, particularly from mid week onwards and a return to overnight frosts and a chance of wintry showers, especially over the hills and in the north. bye bye. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. the row over universal credit, 4 working mothers win the right to a judicial review, into the way they've been paid the benefit. a tearful andy murray announces his retirement from tennis. the former world number one says his bodyjust can't cope. hundreds of thousands of us government workers miss their first pay cheque of the year as a result of a budget row that's led to a federal government shutdown.

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