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have been expecting a busy autumn, but anyone still hoping to have had a holiday this week we will have had their plans scuppered by the announcement that parliament would be suspended early next month. in the hours after the news broke, with government interviews hard to come by, bbc news interviewed a number of opponents of a no—deal brexit. such as anna soubry. one viewer asked: and this phone caller, who rang on monday evening, also felt the decision wasn't quite such a bombshell as was being portrayed. the bbc is still not making it clear that... the political parties, right through this year, and regularly every year, parliament does not operate during political party conferences. the number of extra

days is relatively few. but, as ever with brexit, there was another side to the story. with some people objecting to the opinions on display in vox pops, featured on the bbc news website. and also on television reports, such as this from stratford—upon—avon, on wednesday's news at six. it's sad that these little core of politicians who didn't like what we the public voted for, have thrown their rattles out of the pram and caused all this fuss. and ijust think boris is absolutely right. teresa reynolds had this response.

we will certainly be returning to that argument in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, we also have had some response to coverage of the notting hill carnival, which took place last weekend. this lady felt that bbc news approach the story in the wrong way. e—mailing... now, summer holidays for many people are positively defined

by sunshine, and heat. there was plenty of both around for most of the country on monday. it was the hottest late august bank holiday on record. as the news at six reported. it is a day which ended with sunburn for some and plenty of sand in the car too. but bank holidays don't get much better or hotter than this. richard lister, bbc news. so is it going to last? let us ask philip. more pictures if you can bear them off people enjoying themselves at the seaside. and with the sort of temperatures we are seeing, no wonder so many headed for the coast. but monday paled into insignificance next to july's heatwave which also featured prominently on bbc news at the time. record—breaking temperatures bring intense heat and travel chaos to britain. thousands flocked to the beaches as temperatures peaked at 38.1 celsius, making it the hottest july day since records began.

that day, the 24th ofjuly, was in fact later confirmed as the hottest day ever recorded in the uk. and it had started with a sweet being posted by bbc weather. this person thought the tweet was irresponsible. that opinion was echoed by other viewers. and this week, one lady recorded her thoughts on the bbc weather reporting when the temperatures are escalating. when we see the bbc

weather forecast, so often, we have had three record—breaking days at least this year, one in february, and the hottest ever recorded injuly. and then the hottest august bank holiday recorded just recently. too often, i think these are almost celebrated on the weather forecast. if we're going to reach the hottest day today, is the day. things like this. we can all enjoy a day, but i think some sort of context needs to be shown, or else we'll all be lulled into a sense of complacency that we can just this record—breaking heat without any consequences. as talking about the weather is supposedly a national pastime, it is no surprise that it's long been one of the most watched and scrutinised parts of bbc output. from a fairly basic start, bbc weather has changed significantly over the years in terms of presentation and technological sophistication and accuracy.

with what we know now, about climate change, is it time under a new boss, that its attitude to high—temperature is changed too? and to answer that, let us speak to the recently appointed head of bbc weather, adam. thank you for coming. can we start with a tweet about july the 25th can we start with a tweet aboutjuly the 25th breaking the record in temperatures? "today is the day." did it strike the right one? did it strike the right tone? i think it would be wrong to categorise our coverage of that day just through that tweet. there was extensive coverage from bbc weather on everything from the climate context to the impact on transport and environment, health and so on. so i think it is unfair to look at the coverage just through the tweet. i think there's something about tone, there is an unintended consequence in framing it that way. yes. some viewers are concerned that climate change isn't taken seriously enough. and that a tweet like that appears

to celebrate extreme temperatures. it sounds like you are acknowledging that it could be seen that way? i think there is a real danger in cheerleading extreme events. but the bbc does take climate change very seriously. i have got a team of weather forecasters who are absolute experts in weather and theirjob is to explain the relationship between weather and climate and i think they do a very good job. of giving audiences some context and understanding of the bigger picture. and obviously on that day there was awareness that it was potentially going to break the records, so that it was a sense of acknowledging that. it would be fair to say that in general, bbc news presenters, weather presenters, talk about sun as a good thing, rein as a bad as a good thing, rain as a bad thing, that is certainly the sense we get from the viewers who are

concerned? i think it is about context and i think weather presenters do offer context, they don't simply frame things around good and bad. i think any presenter who does, learns pretty quickly that that's not how the way, that's not how audiences see things. somebody being unhappy about sunshine, there will be somebody who is, so whether presenters do take care so weather presenters do take care around their language. it was interesting seeing that bit of the news report on the august bank holiday, going into the weather report and the whole tone and the handover was presented as brilliant weather. i think we have understand, some viewers see we have to see things in a different way, even if there are equally viewers who just want to know is it going to be a nice august bank holiday. how do you deal with attention? —— tension. -- tension. i think reframing how we make the pieces about whether extremes, i think we do need to think about. whether we structure are pieces in the way that we might traditionally have done, whether we

use the traditional imagery, think about pictures, where we started finish our storytelling. it is something we are reflecting on and where the team will be working on that. so it is something you are thinking about which might be things like do we see people at the beach when we're talking about extreme temperatures being not so much an aberration but potentially part of a pattern. does it imply that you might need to come up with a new language or a new policy? might we see changes in how extreme weather is being reported ? see changes in how extreme weather is being reported? especially in terms of high temperatures. is being reported? especially in terms of high temperatureslj is being reported? especially in terms of high temperatures. i think there is something to think about around heat in particular. yes. whether wing to come up with a more sophisticated way of describing the impact of heat. i think in tv and radio bulletins, presenters can talk around that. perhaps and online and on the app we need to find ways of offering a little bit more detail. it is funny you talk about detail. one thing we do get a lot of from

news watch viewers is when people put a lot of themselves into the report. some people just put a lot of themselves into the report. some peoplejust want put a lot of themselves into the report. some people just want facts. do they want a point? the tv and radio bulletins there is not much time to put a lot of their selves into it. i think in programmes such as breakfast and in the 6:30pm news programmes, those weather presenters are big figures in those shows and i don't think there is anything wrong with, i think the audience expects them to be three—dimensional. but it is all about context and not allowing personality to get in the way of the key information and the key detail we are trying to get across. thank you very much. thank you for all your comments this week, please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc television news on line or bbc social media. you may even appear on the programme. you can e—mail, find

us on the programme. you can e—mail, find us on twitter and you can call us. to have a look at 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. over the next few days, the winds will fluctuate between north—westerly and south—westerly. that will affect the temperatures but otherwise keep this very u nsettled but otherwise keep this very unsettled theme going. this is what we had earlier today. south—westerly winds bringing in a lot of cloud, the weather front focusing the rain, quite steady and heavy across parts of scotland, especially in the hills. also for northern ireland, much of england and wales are dry. rather a lot of high cloud, something has been hazy with the best of the clearances overnight

tonight in the south—east of england where we saw the highest temperatures earlier. the rain is still there for northern ireland, developing more widely in scotland, later on in that night it crosses the i received. it will be dry and fairly crowded for england and wales, quite one temperatures, iz-ilidc. the wales, quite one temperatures, 12—ilidc. the weather front still around, and area of low pressure in scotla nd around, and area of low pressure in scotland on saturday, eventually that cold front takes some rain into england and wales, quickly it will clear away form northern ireland. not before had a lot of rain through friday and overnight, into saturday. could be a couple of inches over the hills. maybe more than that over the higher ground across central and western parts of scotland. could be three orfour western parts of scotland. could be three or four inches of rain here. that rain lingers in scotland especially in the north, soon clears away for sunshine showers for northern ireland. filtering into england wales behind that band of rain becoming lighter as it heads to east anglia. here we have the last of the warmth, temperatures into the

mid 20s. elsewhere clinical and treasure. winds direction changing so moving from a south—westerly to a north—westerly, air is coming all the way from iceland, so this is cooler fresher air. it will feel a little bit more like autumn for the first day of september. those north—westerly winds will blow in a lot of showers for the northern half of the uk, some heavy and thundery. not too many showers were temperatures needed up to 20 degrees, but for the most part with those downpours, sitting at 15 or 16 degrees. it will be a chilly at the monday. the showers will have gone by this stage, and instead of a north—westerly moving back into a south—westerly meaning more cloud coming in from the atlantic and some rainfor coming in from the atlantic and some rain for northern ireland, scotland particularly in western scotland. those temperatures may be a higher degree on monday.

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