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hello and welcome to newswatch with me, rebecca jones. boris johnson said there was a risk of a cacophony in televised debates between those wanting to leave the conservative party. did tuesday's programme prove him right? and how come questions we re him right? and how come questions were raised about two members of the public who asked questions on the programme? in the process of whittling down the candidates for the leadership of the conservative party to the two that we have left now, she was the‘s live television debate on bbc one was a significant staging post. it was a chance to see the five contenders debate with each other and answer questions put to them by members of the public. but it resulted in question is being levelled at the bbc itself. would you at that point say, we are almost

there... i share michael's. .. you at that point say, we are almost there... ishare michael's... brexit was top of the agenda but at times, eve ryo ne was top of the agenda but at times, everyone wanted their say at the same time. plenty of questions, white back one of them from a imam who it later emerged had shared anti—semitic tweets allegedly. the bbc said it had only come to light after he had reactivated his twitter profile. another contributor was a solicitor who had previously worked for the labour party —— done some work for the labour party and once stood as a counsellor. both were suspended from theirjobs after counsellor. both were suspended from their jobs after tuesday's broadcast. on the night there was more focus on the look of the programme. why did rory stewart take off his tie? which boy band to defy

politicians most resemble? what was the most elegant way of sitting on those tall stools? more substantial questions were also raised over how much the presenter emily maitlis interrupted her guests, especially borisjohnson, interrupted her guests, especially boris johnson, and whether interrupted her guests, especially borisjohnson, and whether the whole exercise had informed the audience about our potential next prime minister or provided more heat than light. we asked bbc news for someone to come on the programme to discuss those questions but our request was declined. instead we are joined those questions but our request was declined. instead we arejoined by two viewers who contacted us this week. with me is neville and in a cambridge studio is philip, a member of the conservative party who stood this yearfor of the conservative party who stood this year for election to the local council. welcome to you both. philip, because you are a member of the conservative party, you are one of the few people who can actually vote on who our next prime minister

will be so i wondered how much did the programme help you make up your mind? it didn't really add to my knowledge of them because perhaps when you know about them before, the programme seemed so when you know about them before, the programme seemed so awkward. it was sitting on bar stools as if they we re sitting on bar stools as if they were entering a pub quiz. no live audience. emily maitlis was to one side of the stage and i think she should have been in the middle, facing them, looking at each candidate equally. it was quite a strange set up. i wondered if it was fed on the candidates. you raise some interesting points. neville, what did you think? it's difficult to fathom what the answers where that the candidates were given because they didn't have enough time apart from being constantly interrupted by emily maitlis, particularly who seems to have it in for borisjohnson. particularly who seems to have it in for boris johnson. wasn't that because it was the first time that he had been under any kind of public

scrutiny? i don't think that makes any difference whatsoever. what did you learn about the candidates' different policies? not a lot because there wasn't time for them to expand on them. the bbc has given isa to expand on them. the bbc has given is a statement about the programme and told us... philip, more than 5 million people watched this programme. how satisfied are you with that response from the bbc? not really because i've highlighted more than a few exa m ples of i've highlighted more than a few examples of things that weren't mentioned, immigration, a driving factor in the result of the referendum, and business was only

mentioned byjeremy hunt once and it's going to be the driving factor for the prosperity of our country and no mention of what they are going to do with business rates. limited information about the increase in public spending and no mention of the truly terrible levels of mental health care in the national health service. the whole series of things that would interest the whole country, notjust london, perhaps these things were not raised because we were restricted to those questions from people, i don't know how they were chosen, it's since been shown that at least two of them we re been shown that at least two of them were on the dodgy side. neville, what did you think of the choice of questions that were selected and put to the candidates? as philip has said, not wide—ranging enough and also i felt that emily was more concentrating on the candidates' past misdemeanours, so—called

misdemeanours, than what they are going to propose for the country in the future. philip, you mentioned two of the questions. i want to put a statement to you from the bbc, it said... do you accept that the bbc went through a vetting process and at the time the members of the public managed to avoid it and what more could bbc have done?” managed to avoid it and what more could bbc have done? i don't know how they go about fighting but when you've got an individual, i think he

was from bristol, who questioning the misdemeanours of a politician —— of politicians who lead a very public life and scrutinise on everything they do and he is guilty of the same misdemeanours, it's shocking it wasn't picked up. neville, what are your thoughts about the questions in the vetting? i agree with philip, itjust seems ludicrous that they should have somebody accusing boris johnson ludicrous that they should have somebody accusing borisjohnson in effect of the same kind of heat thought that he has professed to have done himself —— hate. whatever you think of boris johnson, at worst he may be flippant. philip, what difference do you think a studio audience might have made to the programme? i think it would have had an immediacy to it, i think people would have probably been shouting from the floor but it's down to the

chairperson to control the audience and the candidates but you could have got a slightly different angle when somebody is rambling on a little bit, and borisjohnson, michael gove particularly, they are masters of the english language but they sometimes abuse it and as we have seen, we want pertinent, releva nt a nswe rs have seen, we want pertinent, releva nt a nswers to have seen, we want pertinent, relevant answers to questions raised and that could be from a live audience orfrom the and that could be from a live audience or from the chairperson. but at the end of the day, isn't it the responsibility of the politicians not to speak over each other and allow each other to make their points? absolutely and they need to understand sitting at home we cannot hear what they are saying when they are all talking together. philip and neville, thank you both very much indeed forjoining us. sunday's late news programme on bbc one told us the day's cricket match between india and pakistan had attracted a global television

audience of more than i billion people. that figure has been disputed but there was no denying the passion and the noise shown by supporters of both teams. some of them made their presence felt during them made their presence felt during the report on the game. all the anticipation, this is pretty much one—sided. if you couldn't work out what was being said there, you are not alone and sarah was prompted to write... before we go, the latest in our

occasional series of technical mishaps on bbc news. not for the first time, simon mccoy was involved presenting on monday when this happens... good afternoon, i think it's still afternoon... responses on twitter we re afternoon... responses on twitter were varied...

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hello. we've got some fine weather to start off the weekend, some sunshine on the way and dry for many of us. this is the weather overnight, clear skies with a bit of patchy cloud in the northwest and passing showers in shetland where it remains quite breezy. overnight lows between six and i2 celsius. as icy, the start of the weekend is looking promising and it's all down to this, an area of high pressure, an area of high pressure we have not seen so far this month and that's what's going to bring us a quiet start to the weekend. england and wales get off toa the weekend. england and wales get off to a fine settled and sunny start and that's the way the weather will stay, just fair weather cloud. a few patches of cloud for northern ireland and scotland but still lengthy spells of sunshine, showers continuing on and off in shetland. it is forecast to get warmer, hides in edinburgh getting up to 19 celsius and across england and wales into the low 20s but on sunday, an area of thundery rain looks set to affect parts of the uk.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the parents of a teenager from oxford who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group are found guilty of funding terrorism. admits he betrayed britain and regrets joining admits he betrayed britain and regrets joining is. i did what i did, i made a big mistake and that's what happened yeah. i regret what i did. the us iran standoff president trump says he changed his mind just ten minutes after ordering military strikes to punish iran for shooting down a us drone. foreign office minister mark field is suspended after being filmed manhandling a climate change protestor at last night's mansion house dinner. a by election is to be held in brecon and radnorshire after more than ten thousand people sign a petition to remove