and annette gold had this perspective, now it is like waiting to see her humiliated. after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows. thursday was european election day, when political reporting is always rather strange affair, with coverage limited, as the bbc guidelines put it to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather. that is because all broadcasters

have to follow strict laws set out by the regulator which governed the output to avoid any suggestions that might influence the outcome of the election. those restrictions were put to considerable test when the night before uk voters went to the polls, the leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom resigned from the cabinet, prompting renewed speculation about the prime minister's future and the rules governing reporting stay in place until sunday evening when the rest of the european union finishes voting. the dilemma was summed up by a tweet from the former head of the bbc newsroom. we asked bbc news how it was approaching its political

coverage in the light of those rules and the current political turmoil and they told us... of course, a different set of rules have also been applied during the period leading up to the european elections, requiring deal way to be

given to all parties, requiring due weight to be given to all parties, as we have discussed on this programme over the past few weeks. that can be achieved, the bbc says, across one programme, a series of programmes, all over the course of the election campaign. a series of programmes, or over the course of the election campaign. at some of those tuning into the andrew marr show last sunday had questions about the guest list outlined at the top of the programme. in an extended show this morning, i am joined by a whole range of party leaders, labour's jeremy corbyn, the snp leader nicola sturgeon from glasgow and in the studio, the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, change uk spokesman chuka umunna and from the tories, one of the many vying to be the next prime minister. five different parties represented but they all had something in common, according to ian dutton.

and susan hadley left us this message. i wish to complain about the line—up on the andrew marr show on sunday morning. it was completely biased towards remain, as all bbc programmes normally are, but we are standing european elections and this is a totally biased outlook. we asked for a statement in response to those comments and were told...

vince cable was asked about the course word using his party's campaign literature. talking about disrespectful things, this is also the first manifesto whose title i cannot read out on sunday morning television. do you not feel a little embarrassed about the coarseness of your main election slogan? a few people objected to it. vince cable then went on to utter the phrase in question. responses from the audience were divided, with one objecting

before we leave politics this week, this footage of the brexit party leader nigel farage being covered in a milkshake while out campaigning on monday has been widely seen this week. two widely for one viewer, who wrote...

do let us know your thoughts on the issues we are covering this week or on any aspect of bbc news. stay tuned for details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. now for some of your other comments this week, starting with the reaction to the news priorities shown on tuesday's bulletins. simple food but made with love. come and see us. but now, 22 jamie oliver restaurant are to close with the loss of 1000 jobs. british steel workers wait to hear of a government rescue deal can save their company from collapse. edward ashton had this response...

and janice grundy had a similar reaction... on newswatch, we don't only aircrews as about output but also sometimes compliments and there were plenty of those following the panorama special, revealing the abuse of adults at a specialist hospital.

we won't be showing any of the more upsetting footage on the programme, but here is a clip relating to one patient who was scared of men and who would scream in distress when she was left alone with male care staff. it was total intimidation. that is exactly what it was. it was intimidation to make her stop because they are big grown men, it just caused her to act out even more. it was massively distressing for the patient. massively distressing. heidi had this message... finally, this week saw the death of nan winton, the bbc‘s first female newsreader.

thank you for all your comments this week. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or social media, you may even appear on the programme. have a look at previous interviews on our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. well, as you've probably already heard, it's not going to be a heatwave this

bank holiday weekend. it's turning cooler and there is some rain in the forecast, but it's not going to be a washout by any means. there will be some sunshine around. most of the rain is likely to be across more northern and western parts of the uk, but by sunday night it's a bank holiday monday it will be turning cooler for all, with north—westerly winds setting in. this is the pressure chart for this morning. we've got this weak weather front gradually easing into the north—west corner of the country as the day wears on. that will produce thick outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and much of scotland as the day wears on. further south, the best of the sunshine. staying dry for many places, skies turning hazy across the south—west as the cloud begins to build. temperatures reaching maybe 23 degrees in the south—east. a little bit cooler across scotland with all that rain and the breeze. more weather fronts moving in during tonight. it's going to be heavy rain in places and that rain also arriving across northern and western england as well, the south—east continuing to stay dry, with temperatures here around 11—13, actually quite a mild night for many

because of the cloud, the breeze and the rain. low pressure firmly in control as we head into sunday. this cold front is the one that will bring the cooler air to the country as it continues to spread its way south and east. it will do so quite quickly, i think. bursts of rain eventually reaching east anglia under south—east during sunday afternoon. skies brightening up, one or two showers, at least it's an improvement since the afternoon. 20—21 in the south—east early on, but as that cold front moves through, the cooler hour will arrive here as well. it does so during sunday night, opening the floodgates for north—westerly. quite a brisk north—westerly. this next feature will bring more wet weather to northern parts of the country, showers or even longer spells of rain here, but through bank holiday monday it looks like it will be a day of sunshine and showers for northern ireland, england and wales. some of those showers will be happy across western areas and quite blustery too.

the further east you are, the better chance you have of staying dry and seeing sunshine. noticeably cooler for everybody. beyond bank holiday monday to tuesday, a northerly wind for a while, but will feel quite chilly, feeding and further showers at times. again, there will be some sunshine around but it is pretty unsettled for the upcoming week. it is going to feel quite cooler times, most of the showers across northern areas, with some sunshine and signs of things warming up a bit across southern areas the end of the week.

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