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colluding with foreign powers. that sounds very 19305 to me. there is a darkness about the language, which you must know it is there. well, i don't agree with that. there was a big response to that interview and we asked two viewers to record their reactions. here is susan hobson and first sandra verbate. i have to say, how disappointed i was with andrew marr today. his interview with borisjohnson 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. boris was doing his best to explain about brexit and the nhs and other subjects that actually concern the country. but andrew would not listen and continually spoke over boris. isn't mr marr meant to be the facilitator of the exchange, ask the question, listen attentively
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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 minister. and even had the audacity to ask him to hurry up in his response. whereas, if he actually kept quiet himself, we the listener could have heard what the prime minister had to say. and if i could just come back to the accusation... about your colleagues and one—time friends... perhaps the bbc could consider producing a marrs monologue show. as he seems to like the sound of his own voice so much. well, 48 hours later mrjohnson was in the hot seat again, asking the questions this time dan walker for breakfast. if you look at the papers this morning a lot of them are talking about these potential changes to the withdrawal agreement, a lot are still talking
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about your private life. and i know you were asked about this yesterday and you have made a point of not talking about this in past. yes, you mustn't be surprised if i continue with that line. you are the prime minister, you are the man who has the top office in the country, so your demeanour, your language, your actions both past and present are under scrutiny. yes, yes, yes. phil sawyer was watching that and had this to say about dan walker. but rosemary millet had a more positive response.
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the same day, laura kuenssberg also had some face—to—face time with the prime minister and she too pursued a line of questioning that had become overly familiar to some members of the audience. yesterday that you denied that you touch a woman inappropriately. she said you did. is she lying? i don't want to minimise the importance of this issue all 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. when people make these kinds of allegations they must
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always be ta ken these kinds of allegations 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
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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 new swatch viewers. the ruling against the brea kfast viewers. the ruling against the breakfast presenter for comments she had made about tweets posted by
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president trump was defended on newswatch by the bbc‘s director of editorial standards. but on monday evening the corporation's directed general announced that that decision had been reversed. so where does that leave the bbc‘s 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... angela had a different perspective...
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now, since ceefax launched a 45 yea rs now, since ceefax launched a 45 years ago it has been possible to read news headlines, weather, travel, news and more on your tv set. for the past 20 years with ceefax been phased out that has been done via the red button. but 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 am speechless. control, much to the regret of linda robinson. iam speechless. no control, much to the regret of linda robinson. i am speechless. no red button, i use it all the time to update myself on the news, travel and weather. i 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 a much more peaceful experience than the 24 a much more peaceful experience than the 2a hours news channel, where there are several banners with different headlines as well as the presenter is speaking. have you
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canvassed your audience about all this or am canvassed your audience about all this orami canvassed your audience about all this or am i the only person in the uk using the red button news? well, linda, you are certainly not the only one. we have heard similar sentiments from a number of red button users 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 six presented by george ali guy. in a moment we will speak to our europe editor in brussels but first hour ireland correspondent into stormont. emma, boris says stormont will have a say but it is not even sitting at the
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moment. that is not the first time in bbc news that the prime minister has been referred to just buy his first name. and it is a practice that irritates a number of viewers. here is tom young. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or even appear on the programme do e—mail. 0r
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affairs or even appear on the programme do e—mail. or you can find us on programme do e—mail. or you can find us on twitter. you can call us on... and do have a look at our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts on bbc news coverage next week. from me though and the rest of the team, thanks for watching. goodbye. hello, as one weather system clears, another comes in from the atlantic. it doesn'tjust sum up the weekend weather across the uk, but pretty much the next seven to ten days out there. here is the next weather system coming in. as we go on through saturday into sunday, here is the next one that will come in on monday. so more rain to come this weekend, not a wash—out though. there will be some drier, brighter skies either side of an area of rain that will be quite heavy at times as it spreads its way eastwards.
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now, this is how we start on saturday morning, quite chilly across the eastern side of the uk where we have had clear skies overnight. there may be a touch of frost in the coldest parts of north—east scotland, and where it has been clear, there could be some mist and fog patches, perhaps dense in a few spots, gradually clearing during the morning. any early sunny spells in the east replaced with increasing cloud as that weather system comes in from the atlantic, initially some quite light rain further east but notice how there is some heavier rain coming in toward western parts as we go on through the afternoon. here is a look at things at lipm, you can pick out a temperature near you, the wind speeds as well. there will be a strengthening south—easterly wind. you will also see that the far north—east of scotland is still dry, still some sunny spells around into the northern isles, but a wetter picture through northern ireland, much of western scotland and some outbreaks of rain with some heavier bursts into western parts of england and wales. and again some patchy rain feeding east ahead of that with thickening cloud. and that rain will get heavier still as we go on through saturday night and into sunday. in fact, some brighter
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colours showing up on the rainfall forecast here. so there will be some reasonably high rain totals going into sunday as that turns more widespread, slowly pushing further east on what will be a mild night going into sunday morning. so the big picture then for part two of the weekend shows that frontal system with the rain, heavy at times, right across us and in no hurry to clear away eastwards on sunday. although behind it where it does clear, a little ridge of high pressure briefly coming in, before that next system as it turns wet and windy again on monday. this is how sunday is looking, and the yellow triangles indicating where the met office has yellow warnings for rain. parts of scotland, the eastern side of england. there could be 15 to 30 millimetres, maybe a bit more in the wet spots, the risk of some flooding and some travel disruption in a few places. and this weather system just easing a bit on through sunday afternoon but still giving outbreaks of rain here. most likely to break out into brighter skies on sunday in northern ireland, wales, and south west england. now, i mentioned that next weather system coming in on monday, there will be more to come next week. it will often be windy, wet at times. not all the time, there will be some
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occasional sunshine as well, but basically autumn — full throttle.
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