sally challen is released after her sentence for killing her husband was reduced to manslaughter after she suffered yea rs of reduced to manslaughter after she suffered years of abuse and coercive control. three deaths into hospitals outbreak ofan three deaths into hospitals outbreak of an infection traced back to food provided to nhs patients, three more are seriously ill. police arrest four after two women are targeted in a homophobic attack ona are targeted in a homophobic attack on a london bus. now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. this week, did bbc news treat president trump this week with the respect owed to his office? hello. welcome to news watch with me samirahmed. in the hello. welcome to news watch with me samir ahmed. in the week of president terms‘s a visit was this an amusing addition to victoria derbyshire studio are just plain offensive? and did the wider coverage of his chip make too much

of those who dislike him rather than shop ago showing the office of president it's due respect? although president trump is like a trip to the uk passed off without major row oi’ the uk passed off without major row or embarrassment, it was to the surprise of no one, not free of controversy. so too, the bbcgood coverage of the visit, starting one hour after air force one landed with this spectacle in victoria derbyshire‘s studios. protests are planned across the uk while he is here tomorrow. an even bigger version of this inflatable marking the present flyover london. in the presence of that inflatable offended a number of viewers including david parry. i was very disappointed when i tuned into victoria derbyshire to see that she had a blimp of the president of the united states, donald trump, in the united states, donald trump, in

the studio. i felt this was totally out of character, and didn't bode well for the bbc 's good reputation for being unbiased. in advance of the visits and politicians had made it clear that they did not consider president trump welcome in the uk, with the london mayor, sadik khan lambasting the president the day before his arrival. mr trump responded by calling mr khan a stone cold loser, in the sporting this war of words some thought the bbc focused only on the insults flying in one direction. suejones the insults flying in one direction. sue jones thought this was the insults flying in one direction. suejones thought this was typical of the bbc manipulation of news coverage. as the president was treated to a ceremonial welcome and private lunch

at buckingham palace their news channel interviewed the historian simon sharma who made his views very clear. i think he is morally degraded, personally. he's an american of the american constitution. —— an enemy of the american constitution. he believes in a bloated version presidential authority. josie added ten objected to the interview and recorded this video to explain why. if he was invited to show his knowledge of such events, then perhaps the bbc with will hold its fee. if he was so anti tramp, and was invited on he should be ashamed. he launched into an insulting diatribe against donald trump which was obviously his own personal views. the language and tone was dreadful. why did the reporter allow him to continue? way was the balance? him to continue? way was the balance ? why him to continue? way was the balance? why did no one give an opposite point of view? this is a state visit of the president of the

united states and i expected a bit more respect. those who felt the president deserved more respect where else are irked by the caption which appeared on screen on monday ‘s good politics lie. the donald has landed. steve davis e—mailed us. mendes ended with a discussion about the state visit on newsnight, in which emily makers put this point to one of her gusts. you've got a president who can't even drive up the mall to buckingham palace without protest, he has to take helicopters everywhere because he is not like, at all here. peter murphy

responded on twitter. on tuesday as the president met the prime minister under the politicians cloud gathered in protest. several karmic versions of donald trump were on display including the blimp anticipated by the victoria derbyshire show and another spotted bya derbyshire show and another spotted by a report on the news at one. it has been a fairly peaceful protest. protesters have called this the carnival of resistance. with costu mes the carnival of resistance. with costumes like this, they've taken the theme rather strongly. david fay about him had this reaction...

and james mason had this to say about the bbc ‘s good coverage of the public reaction to president trump this week and the reporting more generally. when they were covering the protests, i would say, for me, it came over about 80% coverage against president trump, and about 20% for him. ijust thought that could have been more balanced. bearing in mind they were over on a special occasion for a state visit. the news reporting was really negative. it all seemed to be that he was bad. whether you like him or loathe him, i think the reporting should have been more even. with me now to discuss this is james stevenson. a lot of issues raised.

the specific complaints, the blimp in victoria derbyshire, was that disrespectful? no, it was an item about the protests. we knew the protests were going to feature the blimp. the item featured someone organising the protests, and take they had brought that with them. and someone was a supporter of donald trump in the studio. it was part of the production of that item. the war of words with london's a mare caused some concern. this coverage was focused on donald trump has mag a response, the stone cold loser phrase, not on the article the mayor of london wrote. it was a striking phrase, and the timing was pretty remarkable. as we we re timing was pretty remarkable. as we were all preparing to cover the landing ofa were all preparing to cover the landing of a force one into sta nsted, landing of a force one into stansted, both landing of a force one into sta nsted, both came landing of a force one into stansted, both came the street. we are familiar with president trump treating, but perhaps not at that

moment, just before touchdown on a state visit. inevitably, it caused a great deal of attention in the early hours of the coverage. but then we progressed onto other aspects of the state visit, as they developed. was there a context around that tweet? certainly as we into the package form of telling the story we reference the fact that sadik khan had attacked president trump himself, and we know there's been a long—running transatlantic spat between the two of them. the initial use deliver good news reporting was pretty dramatic. and i thought it was fair. we develop the coverage as we went along. we saw a clip of simon sharma who was commentating during the gun salute, viewers complained they were too many anti tramp complained they were too many anti tra m p protesters complained they were too many anti tramp protesters like him holding force during the visit —— were granted donald trump protesters.

force during the visit —— were granted donald trump protesterslj don't granted donald trump protesters.” don't think that was true of the coverage overall. we had the american ambassador to the us on andrew marr‘s a programme on sunday, the day before the visit. simon sharma is a hugely distinguished historian, british historian, he knows about these events and he seemed like the right sort of gas to have on an occasion like that. i think we know that president trump isa think we know that president trump is a hugely controversial and divisive president, both in his own country and here, so i think there was going to be a bit more colour to some of the commentary than you might have on a different occasion with a different president. they were a number of these moments over the course of the state visit, like some of the anti—donald trump placards that the bbc showed, putting the caption that donald has landed which viewers thought added up landed which viewers thought added up to landed which viewers thought added uptoa landed which viewers thought added up to a tone of disrespect. do you think the bbc might have got it

wrong? i don't think we did. i think we had a huge amount of coverage on a range of all platforms between tv, radio, online, the many dimensions of the state visit with the queen and the state banquet, the politics of the second day, the d—day commemorations, in portsmouth and southsea. i think that taken as a whole, i feel we did a very good job. and we've had a lot of reaction to say, yes, that's the case. the occasional moment of levity, or a line or two by members of the audience, i'd hope they won't let that overshadow the general perception of what we thought was a good week of coverage. i suppose what people are wondering is this it all end up with the criticism being too personal, rather than respecting the office of president? there is a little bit of a division in the public, between those who

think that they don't like president trump, and he shouldn't have been afforded the kind of honours that he was. you saw that reflected with the attitudes of the opposition parties in the country. and those who feel that, as your contributor said, whatever people think about present tramp, it's a state visit with a close and important ally and he ought to be treated with, as a representative of america, leaving aside his personality. opinions differ on that. your contributors tend to be people who feel he should have been shown more deference, because of his position. there are many people who are very, genuinely, upset and offended by his views and the stances he has taken. so we are trying to report these things fairly and reflect the wide range of views. james, thank you. thank you for all your comments this week. get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or

social media. you may even get to appear on the programme. the details are on screen appear on the programme. the details are on screen now. you can appear on the programme. the details are on screen now. you can get in touch and a number of different ways. that is all from us, i'm away for the next two weeks, but we will be back with rebecca jones next week. goodbye. all the weather isn't looking ideal on saturday. it does depend whether you are a glass half full or half empty kind of person. blessed are we across southern parts of the uk with gale force winds expected around the coasts and really choppy seas. lots of showers as well. it's all because of showers as well. it's all because of this low—pressure battering parts of this low—pressure battering parts of france, some destructive winds

here. we've got the rain, southern parts of the uk and all of that bad weather shifting towards the north. we have thunderstorms too, and even reports of a funnel cloud in taunton. the low pressure is going to be tracking northwards through the course of the night. in the south we see those strong winds. let's have a look at the forecast through this evening. round about now is that rain wrapping around in the circulation here. some heavy showers around. not so bad across scotland, clearer skies here through the night. when star to strengthen across southern the night. when star to strengthen across southern areas the night. when star to strengthen across southern areas into the early hours of saturday. initially around the coast, and through the morning towards lunch time it will become very blustery across southern parts of england, the midlands, as far north as lincolnshire. the kind of ghosts we are going to get our more reminiscent of autumn. in excess of 50 mph on the south coast itself, a

good a0 or a5 mph in land which is very strong for the time of year. further north, you can see a lot of cloud, occasional showers, the western isles of scotland enjoying some sunshine. temperatures tomorrow averaging around 15 or 16 degrees. it does look as though late on saturday the weather will calm down and for some of us it's going to be and for some of us it's going to be a decent end to the day. here is sunday's weather forecast, low pressure a cross sunday's weather forecast, low pressure across the north sea, into norway, the weather improves, and winds are a lot lighter. it's not going to be perfectly dry. showers in the forecast, rein around scotland, northern ireland and other western parts of the uk. central and eastern areas will be driest and brightest on sunday. next week remains fairly cool with further showers on the way. goodbye.

this is bbc news i'm geeta guru murthy. the headlines at eight. sally challen is released after her sentence for killing her abusive husband was reduced to manslaughter. he had subjected her to years of abuse and coercive control. i like to think my legal team and my family that stood behind me through all of this. thank you. three people have died at hospitals in machester and liverpool after an outbreak of listeria. the infection has been traced back to food provided to nhs patients. three more are seriously ill. labour celebrate a win in the peterborough by election. they narrowly held off the brexit party by fewer than 700 votes. two women subjected to a homomphobic attack on a london bus. but we did, was offered the politics