the bbc knew a new set of does the bbc knew a new set of editorial guidelines? —— does the bbc need a new set button mark since entering ten downing st, boris johnson has been criticised for tending to avoid the scrutiny of in—depth interviews. this week he made up for that with three sit down encounters on bbc television, as well as radio 4's today programme. it all began on sunday morning with andrew marr asking the prime minister, amongst other things, about his use of language.” minister, amongst other things, about his use of language. i think you'll find a species of most politicians... they have been studied... that may be but the language of your government goes to a different place. i don't think thatis a different place. i don't think that is true at all. the front page of the mail on sunday, talking about your opponents, colluding with foreign powers, that sounds very 19305 foreign powers, that sounds very

1930s to me. there is a darkness about the language, you must know it's there. i don't agree with that. there was a big response to that interview and we ask to use watch videos —— viewers to record their actions. he is one. i have to say how disappointed i was with andrew marr today. his interview with boris johnson was absolutely appalling. he asked questions but did not give the prime minister a chance to answer or even finish what he was saying. it seemed all he was interested in was the word humbug. burris was doing his best to explain about brexit and the nhs and other subjects that actually concern the country but andrew wouldn't listen. he continually spoke over burris. isn't andrew marr meant to be the facilitator of the exchange ? andrew marr meant to be the facilitator of the exchange? ask the question, listen attentively to the response, and then for clarity, ask

any follow—up questions. but no, instead mr marr chose to constantly interrupt and talk over the prime ministerand even interrupt and talk over the prime minister and even had the audacity to ask him to hurry up and his response. whereas he actually kept quiet himself, weave the listener could have heard what the prime minister had to say. perhaps the bbc could consider producing an andrew marr monologue show, as he seems to like the sound of his own voice so much. well, 48 hours later, mr johnson was in the hot seat again asking the questions this time, dan walkerfor asking the questions this time, dan walker for breakfast. if you look at the paper this morning, a lot of them are talking about this potential changes to the withdrawal agreement, a lot are still talking about your private life and i know you were asked about this yesterday and you have made a point of not

talk about this in the past... you mustn't be surprised if i continue that line. you are the prime minister. yes, absolutely. the top office in the country. your demeanour, your language, your actions are both past and present are under scrutiny. yes, yes, yes. phil sawyer was watching that and had this to say about dan walker. he kept on dragging the interview back to the allegations made about something that allegedly happened 20 yea rs something that allegedly happened 20 years ago. the subject was done to death yesterday and the pm has com pletely death yesterday and the pm has completely denied the allegations. whilst we must never ignore or trivialise such allegations, it must be for others to prove or disprove what actually happened. ijust be for others to prove or disprove what actually happened. i just want to hear what our pm has in store for the country. but rosemary minute had a more positive response.

the same day, laura kuenssberg also had some face—to—face time with the prime minister. she too pursued a line of questioning that had been come overfamiliar to line of questioning that had been come over familiar to some members of the audience. yesterday you denied you touched a woman inappropriately at a lunch. she said she did. is she lying? i don't want to minimise the importance of this issue or people's concerns about this kind of thing. but in this case, it is simply not true. so, she is lying? look, i'm not going to go into whatever. .. is lying? look, i'm not going to go into whatever... when people make these kinds of evaluations, they must always be taken very, very seriously. and best had this to say.

but again there were compliments, too, with this from barbara noble. well, we asked bbc news for a response to what newswatch viewers have been saying about those three interviews and they told us...

since we explored the subject in depth on last week's programme, the saga of naga munchetty has continued to occupy acres of newsprint and the attention of many newswatch viewers. the ruling against the breakfast presenter for the ruling against the breakfast presenterfor comments the ruling against the breakfast presenter for comments she made about tweets posted by president trump was defended on newswatch by but the bbc‘s director of editorial

policy and standards david jordan. but on monday evening, the corporation director general announced that decision had been reversed. so, where does that leave the bbc guidelines on what presenters can or cannot say on air? the consensus seems to be in confusion. terry pearson wrote of the bbc‘s about turn... but angela saini had a different perspective. now, since ceefax launched 45 years ago, it has been possible to read

news headlines for weather, travel, news headlines for weather, travel, news and more on your tv set. for the past 20 years, with ceefax being phased out, that has been done by the red button. from early next year, text—based content will no longer be accessible by pressing read on your remote control, much to the regret of linda robinson. i'm speechless, no red button? i use it all the time to update myself. i'd far prefer it to the actual news because i can choose which articles i look at. it is more organised than the website news and much more peaceful experience in the 24—hour news channel where there are several banners with different headlines as well as the presenter speaking. have you canvassed your audience about all this or am i the only person in the uk using the red button news?

well, linden, you are certainly not the only one. we have heard similar sentiments from a number of red button uses since the decision was announced a couple of weeks ago. this was the response from a bbc spokesperson. finally, back to borisjohnson who was again at the centre of events on wednesday's news at 6% by george alagiah. in a moment, we will talk to katia adler in brussels but first, emma vardy, our correspondent in stormont. burris said stormont will have a say but it is not even sitting at the moment. that is not the first time in bbc news where the

prime minister has been with —— referred to by his first name. it is a practice that irritates a number of viewers. here is tom young. karen poynton agrees. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear in the programme, do e—mail us. 0ryou can find us on twitter. you can call us.

and you have a look at our website. forwards so mary will be back next week. for me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. goodbye. me and the rest of the team, thank you forwatching. goodbye. —— me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. goodbye. —— samira will be back next week. today, we have watched the remnants of hurricane lorenzo falling apart before our eyes. the cloud is associated with that rapidly —— rapidly weakening area of low pressure and pushing out into the continent. this area of low pressure and a frontal system will bring heavy rain at times through this weekend. they will be some spells of sunshine as well. as we go through it is going to turn increasingly cloudy, misty and murky for the western half of the uk, the odd spot

of drizzle for coasts and hills. further east, some clear spells, the odd fog here and there and temperatures will dip away, particularly across parts of scotla nd particularly across parts of scotland where we could get all the way down to freezing. but in this cool way down to freezing. but in this cool, clear zone in the east, we will have some fog patches to contend with, perhaps most especially across the north—east of england. they should tend to clear. we will see brightness but lateral spread from the west ahead of this band of rain. three tomorrow afternoon, we will see some strong winds across the far west and far north of scotland. these are the average wind speeds but gas could be close to gale force. we will see rain spreading across the north west england, getting down into wales and eventually the south—west of england is where we go on through the afternoon. ahead of that through the midlands into eastern parts of england, some dry weather, perhaps some bright eclipses but increasing amounts of cloud, temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. if you are out and about on saturday night,

watch the band of rain pushing very slowly. some heavy and persistent rain affecting many areas. 0n sunday, that frontal system, instead of clearing away, just hangs back, it holds on, so rain is likely to persist across some parts of southern and central scotland down the eastern side of england. they are met office yellow warnings here in force. we could see a further 40 millimetres of rain or more in some places. after what has been a wet speu places. after what has been a wet spell of rain, any more could cause flooding and travel problems. in the west, things will brighten up. we'll see some sunshine during the day. next week it stays unsettled, more heavy rain at times. it will often be windy.

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm. prince harry starts legal action against owners of the sun and daily mirror newspapers, in relation to alleged phone—hacking. the metropolitan police is heavily criticised for its investigations into false allegations of a vip paedophile ring. i have the utmost contempt for senior officers of the metropolitan police, past and present, for the turmoil that they have put people's lives through. the prime minister insists again tonight that there'll be no delay to brexit. but government papers seen in court today say he will send a letter to the eu asking for an extension, if no deal is agreed