now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. did sunday's report on spain's election focus too much on the right—wing vox party, who only came fifth, rather than the actual winners? and... what drove this normally garrulous newsreader to silence? first, it's been another big week in politics, with the sacking of the defence secretary, gavin williamson, and thursday's local elections in england and northern ireland. but the way the results of the latter were characterised by the bbc met with the disapproval of some viewers. heather leach e—mailed. ..

and keith russell made this point... spaniards also went to the polls this week, with the country's third general election in four years last sunday. the headline about it on that night's news at ten focused on the high turnout and the bbc‘s expectation that a far right party was expected to perform strongly. later in the programme, that was again the initial focus for huw edwards. our europe editor, katya adler, is in madrid. and katya, let's start by talking about the performance of this far right party. yes, with almost all the votes counted now, huw, it looks like the populist nationalist vox party has performed strongly, winning a bunch of seats in spain's parliament for the very first time.

but what we cannot talk about tonight, huw, is a massive swing to the far right in spain. vox looks set to become spain's fifth—largest party, with the centre—left the largest. so given that the vox party was, as katya adler said, set to become only the fifth biggest party, did it really warrants the attention given to it? the director of the think—tank british future thought not, writing this on twitter... he went on... and another aspect of katya adler's report on that programme also led

to audience objections. vox is extremely spaincentric. it is pro—bullfighting, pro—eu, anti—catalan independence. but in this country, split left and right since the spanish civil war, vox — unlike other populist movements across europe — has failed to attract disaffected workers who traditionally vote for the left. the location of that piece to camera, and a sequence before it, offended louise o'gorman, who e—mailed... at the end of last week, clive myrie, who had been in sri lanka to cover the aftermath of the easter sunday bomb attacks, interviewed the country's prime minister.

what caught the attention of some members of the audience was not so much what the prime minister or clive myrie said, but what the latter was wearing — and his body language. we were given the chance to speak with the prime minister, who says he's grieving, too, despite public perceptions of a lack of empathy for those distressed in this hour of need. charles grisham had this reaction... chris grisham had this reaction... derek appleby was equally unimpressed, asking... ravi chundi agreed...

well, we asked bbc news for their response to those points, and they told us... do let us know your thoughts on any of the subjects we're covering this week, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. last week, we discussed whether bbc news was now giving the subject of climate change the priority it warranted — if it's the urgent, serious problem which most scientists think it is. thursday provided something of a test of the bbc‘s commitment — as on that day, parliament approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency. els sixma thought it failed that test, writing...

one aspect of bbc‘s output relating to the climate that we didn't mention last week is the bit that comes at the end of news bulletins — the weather. here's helen willetts telling us what to expect outside on tuesday's news at one. i have some good news and i have some bad news. today, tale of two halves. so you may have woken up rather misty and rather grey, as it was here in york, but the sun has come out. however, further west, we have quite a bit of cloud and rain. so i'll tell you about that in a moment, but this is how it looks where we've got the sunshine. beautiful, beautiful out there. a fairly typical weather bulletin there, but one that a twitter user called crawford took exception to.

on thursday, the bbc‘s ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reported that police in northern ireland would offer anonymity for witnesses to the dissident republican murder of the journalist lyra mckee if they agreed to give evidence against her killers. a complex and sensitive subject. but when the item ran on the news at six, not everything went according to plan — including the report running without the normal introduction from the presenter, sophie raworth. # we shall live in peace... the spectre of an old conflict still haunts the city. now, derry is trying to heal new wounds. the violence which led to the death of lyra mckee was orchestrated

by so—called dissident republicans. they see themselves as part of a decades—old struggle against british rule in northern ireland. the camera then cut back to emma vardy‘s report, at the end of which sophie raworth apologised for the obvious technical problems. but they also highlight a concern some viewers had about how to describe the city for the murder took place — derry, as emma vardy named it there, or londonderry. mark lake asked... and tom whitmore wrote...

so what is the bbc‘s approach to this, and what happened on thursday? well, part of the answer lies in sophie raworth's missing studio introduction. bbc news told us... those technical problems weren't the only ones apparent on—screen this week. sunday's andrew marr show didn't go on air planned at 9am because of a malfunction in the studio shortly beforehand. while standard presenter mishal husain and the programme team hotfooted it to another studio, bbc one ran ten minutes or so of the news channel instead. but when the programme did start, chris mason —

reading the new summary in salford, but reliant on scripts written in london — was left with no autocue, no hard copies and — after memorising the first item — nothing to say. and i'm afraid, mishal, i'm not seeing any more of this news bulletin. and i'll have to hand back to you. chris, thank you very much indeed. we do have a few technical problems this morning, so apologies for that. chris merriman thought he detected too many issues like that of late, wondering... those involved in sunday's show also took to twitter, with chris mason explaining...

mishal husain added... and andrew marr himself had this to say... thank you for all your comments this week. we do want you to get in touch with your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, and maybe even appear on the programme. that should be about what you see on tv, bbc news online and on social media. so do e—mail newswatch... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on... and watch previous interviews on our website.

that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good evening. there's been quite a lot of cloud around today, and there's also been some showery outbreaks of rain. one from a weather front that's been sinking its way southwards across england and wales. behind it, brighter skies and a rush of showers, and some of these showers falling with a wintry flavour across high ground of scotland. all because this cold arctic air is now starting to flood across the uk. it will take its time in doing so. still ahead of that cold front, in the milder air. that front will continue to go steadily southwards overnight. a steadily southwards overnight. blanket of cloud ne southern a blanket of cloud nestling across southern england. as it does so, clearer skies to the north of that.

we still keep a few showers up in the far northeast of scotland, where elsewhere, we could see a light frost first thing on saturday morning as those temperatures hover around the freezing mark. a chilly start to saturday, perhaps some early morning sunshine but it won't be long before the shower clouds starts to develop. and that brisk northerly wind really is quite a feature. that's going to drive in some showers along that east coast, and with gusts of winds of a5, 50 mph, that's going to exacerbate that cold feel and it will drive some of those showers further inland as we go through the afternoon. the further west you go, perhaps lighter winds here. and as a consequence, fewer showers. certainly, it will feel colder on that east coast, particularly with any significant exposure. high—pressure will start to push its way eastwards overnight, saturday night into sunday. as a consequence, it means fewer showers are largely on sunday.

there will be a fair amount of cloud around. rather a grey, heavy sky on sunday. it should stay dry, light winds with the exception of far north of scotland. highs again of ten to 13 celsius. almost the case of spot the difference, bank holiday monday, really. there is the potentialfor the risk of a few showers into northern england and east anglia. we will need to keep a close eye on that. those temperatures only sitting around 8—13d. there is a change as we move into the majority of the week, but a change to some wet and windy weather, and it will still feel cool at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. voters sent a clear message to westminster as the conservatives and labour lose hundreds of seats in the local election. go next summer local factors and some were probably disagreeing with both parties on attitudes towards the european union. these were always going to be difficult results, difficult elections for us and nine years into a government. it is the added dimension of the fact that we have not got the brexit deal in line. dimension of the fact that we have not got the brexit deal in linem was a great night for the liberal democrats, the green party in over 500 independent candidates who all gained seats. elsewhere, overa

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