it clear 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 daysis conferences. the number of extra days is relatively few. but as ever with brexit, there is another side to the story with some people objecting to the balance of opinions on display in box pops featured on the bbc news website and also on television reports such as this from stratford—upon—avon on wednesday's news. it is sad that this little corps of politicians who didn't like what we, the public, voted for, have thrown their rattles out off the pram and caused all this fuss. i

think boris is absolutely right. teresa reynolds had this response. well, we will certainly be returning to that argument in the next few weeks but in the meantime we have also had some response to the coverage of the notting hill carnival which took place last weekend. doctor childs felt that abc news approach story in the wrong way, e—mailing...

now, summer holidays for many people are positively defined by sunshine and heat and 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. a day which ended for sunburn for some and plenty of sand in the car, too. but rank holidays don't get much better oi’ rank holidays don't get much better or hotter than this. richard lister, bbc news. so, is it going to last? let's ask philip avery. more pictures, if you can bear them, of people enjoying themselves at the seaside and with the sort of temperate as we have been seeing, no wonder people 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 38.1dc, making it the hottestjuly day since records began. that day, the 25th of july, was in fact later confirmed as the hottest day ever recorded in the uk and it had started with this tweet being posted by bbc weather. anticipating the possible breaking of that record. carolyn hite meyer thought the tweet deeply irresponsible, writing...

that opinion was echoed by other viewers and this week, cathy sisters and recorded her thoughts for us on bbc reporting when the temperatures are escalating. when we see the bbc weather forecast so often we have had a three record—breaking days at least this year. one in february and the hottest day ever recorded in july, and then the hottest august bank holiday just recently, july, and then the hottest august bank holidayjust recently, and too often i think these are almost celebrated on the weather forecast. like, you know, if we are going to reach the hottest day, today is the day, things like this. we can all enjoy a summer's day but i think some context needs to be shown as we are all going to be lulled into a sense of complacency that yes, we canjust enjoy sense of complacency that yes, we can just enjoy this record—breaking heat without any consequences. well, is talking about the weather is supposedly a national pastime, it is

no surprise that it is long been one of the most long —— watched and scrutinised bbc output. from the start, bbc weather has turned —— changed significantly over the yea rs. changed significantly over the years. with what we know now about climate change, is it time, under a new boss, that it is attitude to high temperatures changed to? and to a nswer high temperatures changed to? and to answer that, let's speak to the head of bbc weather. can we start with the tweet about july of bbc weather. can we start with the tweet aboutjuly the 25th, today is the day, did it to 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 cup weather on everything from the climate context to the impact on transport and health and so on. i think it is unfair to look at the

coverage just think it is unfair to look at the coveragejust through think it is unfair to look at the coverage just through that tweet. i think there was something about that tone, an unintended consequence of framing it in that way, yes. some viewers are concerned that climate change is not taken seriously enough and that tweet like that appears to celebrate extreme temperatures. it sounds like you are all acknowledging that perhaps 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 a team of weather forecasters who are absolute experts in weather and theirjob who are absolute experts in weather and their job is who are absolute experts in weather and theirjob is to explain the relationship between weather and the climate and i think they do a very good job of giving audiences some context good job of giving audiences some co ntext a nd good job of giving audiences some context and understanding of the bigger picture. obviously on that day, there was awareness that it was potentially going to break the record so there was a sense of acknowledging that. it would be fair to say, though, i think,

acknowledging that. it would be fair to say, though, ithink, that acknowledging that. it would be fair to say, though, i think, that in general, bbc weather presenters talk about sun is a good thing, rain is a bad thing. it is certainly the sense we get from the viewers who are concerned. i think it is about context concerned. i think it is about co ntext a nd 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 doesn't learns pretty quickly thatis who doesn't learns pretty quickly that is not how the way, that is not how audiences see things. somebody being unhappy about sunshine, they will be somebody else who is... so whether presenters certainly do take ca re whether presenters certainly do take care around their language. whether presenters certainly do take care around their languagem whether presenters certainly do take care around their language. it was interesting seeing some of the news reported about august bank holiday and the tan —— handover and tone of it, it was presented as brilliant weather. as we understand, some viewers say that we have to see things ina viewers say that we have to see things in a different way, even if there are equally viewers who just wa nt to 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?” nice august bank holiday? how do you deal with attention? i think there

is something in that and reframing how we make pieces about weather extremes, i think we do need to think about whether we structure our pieces in the way that we might traditionally have done, whether we use the traditional imagery. think about pictures hard and where we start and finish our storytelling. it is something we are reflecting on and the weather team will be working on that. something you are thinking about and that might mean do we cease images of people at at the beach when we see extreme temperatures not something of an aberration but maybe a pattern. might we see changes in policy about how extreme weather is reported? there is something around heat in particular, yes. whether we need 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 an online and in the app, we need to find ways of offering a bit more detail. funny you talk about detail and how whether presenters deal with on television. we see that whether presenters put a lot in to their reports in particular. peoplejust wa nt reports in particular. peoplejust want the facts. —— weather. reports in particular. peoplejust want the facts. -- weather. in the tv bulletins and radio bulletins, there is not much time to put a lot of themselves into it. i think in programmes such as breakfast and in the 630 programmes, those whether presenters are big figures in those shows and i don't think there is anything wrong with, i think the audience expect them to be 3—dimensional. it is all about context 3—dimensional. it is all about co ntext a nd 3—dimensional. it is all about context and not allowing personality to get in the way of the key

information or the key detail you 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 tv news, online or bbc social media. you may even get to appear on the programme. you can e—mail us, you can find us on twitter and you can call us. and 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. once again we saw 25 degrees or so across the south—east of england, plenty of sunshine around, further north and west a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain, in fact the last 2a hours have been very wet across scotland and northern ireland, thanks to this low pressure and this very active weather front which is slowly pushing its way southwards and eastwards all the while, as we head through saturday. so a very wet start in the north and west, temperatures though

for most, even though it will be dryer further east, ranging from 12—15. through saturday this weather front will be slowly slipping its way eastwards like i mentioned, but it will be a dying feature, by the time it reaches the eastern side of the country there will be barely anything on it. but from friday through to saturday, a lot of rainfall across northern ireland and scotland, 20—50 millimetres over the high ground of northern ireland, and 50—80 perhaps across the south—west of scotland, particularly dumfries and galloway. minor flooding will be an issue first thing on saturday, that front continues to journey eastwards, barely anything on it by the time it reaches the south—east. behind it skies brighten up, sunshine, a few showers around, those temperatures will be falling away. the mid teens celsius at best in the north for england and wales, 20—23 or 2a across the south—east.

that is the last of the warmth because as that cold front moves through, it will allow cooler air to spread to all areas. clear skies during saturday night, there will be a few showers packing into northern and western areas, these will be blustery as the wind picks up too, notice the temperatures into single digits, particularly out of town, but even in some of the towns and cities further north. you can see we are into the colder air for sunday, sunday is the first of september, and the first day of meteorological autumn, it will certainly feel like that — you wake up on sunday and it will feel very chilly. lots of sunshine around and showers will get going across scotland, northern ireland into north—west england, perhaps western wales, some could be heavy with a rumble of thunder mixed in, and it will feel quite chilly when the showers turn up. 12—15 in the north, 16—20 in the south. as we head on into monday, high—pressure wants to build in from the south—west, that will settle things down but you notice this weather front pushing into the northern half of scotland, that will bring more cloud to the north and west of scotland, perhaps outbreaks of rain for the northern and western isles, perhaps a few spots of rain for northern ireland

too, but the further south and east you are, because of the high pressure, the winds will be lighter and we should see some sunshine around. so temperatures up a notch on monday, particularly noticeable across the south—east.

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