ithey have with your gp to see if they have got it if they haven't got something related to coronavirus. i think we will be seeing a lot more people not going to see their gp. in your case, you may have coronavirus. at the end of seven days, you should know from when your symptoms started, you should know if you are feeling well and whether the fever has settled. if both of those things apply, you can stop self isolating and go about your normal business. but if you still feel unwell, you need to go back online and complete that tool again to see what to do next. thank you both very much forjoining us. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, rebecca jones, standing inforsamira.

on the programme: more charges this week that the bbc could be inducing panic over coronavirus with its use of language and images. and how bbc news is reaching out to hear from a section of the audience it's finding hard to appeal to, through its young reporter project. as the significant impact of coronavirus on our lives becomes increasingly apparent, bbc news has this week examined how that's manifesting itself notjust in terms of health and the world economy, but in terms of our shopping habits too. footage like this of supermarket shelves empty of loo roll, hand sanitisers and other household essentials has been aired widely over the past few days, prompting some to question the value of such broadcasts. wendy hemsley wrote to us

last sunday: the speed the speed with which the virus has spread in italy and the measures taken as a result by the italian government have been a prominent feature of the week's news agenda, and one word has been widely used to describe the restrictions imposed there on travel and movement. up to 16 million people, a quarter of the population, are effectively under lockdown in the north of the country. italy is at war — that's according to one doctor living through a lockdown. the whole of italy is now under a kind of lockdown with movement severely restricted. tonight at 6:00, day one for italy in lockdown as it struggles with europe's worst coronavirus outbreak.

phil horn wondered: mike wharton thought: and david kelly e—mailed: coronavirus was so pervasive on the news this week that even the budget seemed like something of a side issue. many of the announcements in rishi sunak‘s speech on wednesday

came as a surprise but some, as is normal, had been widely trailed — or at least guessed at — in the days leading up to the budget. and that infuriated andrew lane, who asked: since 2007, the bbc has run a project which gives young people the chance to get involved with media workshops and training, and to tell their own stories online, on radio and on tv. young reporter, which was previously known as school report, works with thousands of ii— to 18—year—olds and this week held its annual festival. part of that was a celebration of those who'd submitted stories they felt the bbc should be covering, with awards

handed out to the winners. here's one of those winners, morgan, with her report on upskirting — the practice of taking images underneath a victim's clothing without permission. i've come to a school to talk to sixth formers about their awareness of upskirting. i'm going to try and share my story to make sure that you know if you are ever put in a situation, how to get out of it, and how police can help you. i walked into my local swimming pool change rooms and had photos taken of my bare body from underneath the wall of the changing room next to me. well, i'm delighted to say we are joined now by morgan and also byjosie verghese, head of young reporter. welcome to you both. morgan, if i can start with you, what made you want to get involved with young reporter? i think it's more when it happened to me, i thought

that he was going to get a slap on the wrist for it. there was a study done and the 100 girls who were asked if they would have reported it, 52% of them said no, which — that has to change. that has to be — all — all of them have to report it now. it's now a crime, which is really good, and people have to know how to report it to police. so this was a story you felt that you wanted to tell, and i suppose what i'm asking is why you thought young reporter was the best way to tell it. i didn't know at first. i had a week left when i saw the tv advert. i thought "why not? i may as well do it. and if it gets there then it gets there." yeah, and what's been the response to the film? amazing. i've had overi million views, something like 500 shares, loads of likes, loads of messages. a lot of people did not think it was a crime and now that they know, i think it was ever to happen to them, they know exactly what to do.

and what if you got, more broadly speaking, out of the whole young reporter experience? confidence. in year ten, i did a presentation at school and i was so nervous, i was shaking and sweating and i actually cried afterwards. this — going on tv — it's out of my comfort zone but it's given me so much confidence to do more things. josie, presumably you'll be delighted to hear that. what are you hoping the scheme will achieve? well, actually, those life skills are one of the things that we know is really valuable for lots of young people that take part and actually, we know that teachers really value getting involved with the project — it's not necessarilyjust about the journalism. but young reporter is an opportunity for young people to learn about media skills, the industry that we work in, but also, as morgan says, for her it was about youth voice, it was about being able to raise an issue that she felt our audiences should be hearing and seeing more about.

in the era of fake news, how do you help these young people distinguish between what is real and what is not? absolutely really important, and part of the news literacy work that we do as part of the project, so we have worked a lot with colleagues in bbc news to try and help explain what we do in our dayjobs. and that actually, everyone has the power and the ability to question sources, to look at a range of sources, to understand where they are getting their news from. and we find that is really valuable — again, particularly in an education context, something that teachers have been telling us that they are crying out for. how do you think the stories that young people want to tell differ from — i put it in inverted commas — the ‘normal‘ bbc output? i think they're much more personal, often. the competition gave young people the opportunity to suggest an idea that was about my life or our world, so they are coming from a unique perspective, being young people. you and i are a lot older than morgan and the other

young people, the 11— to 18—year—olds that are involved in the project and they bring to their stories something that is unique to their generation, unique to their experience and education, all looking ahead to future careers or ambitions, and that really comes across. morgan, be honest — do you watch or listen to bbc news? i do. ido, yeah! 0h! what? we listen to the six 0'clock news, so those, like, leading up to 7 o'clock, and i sometimes watch news in the morning as well whilst i am getting ready for college. and how much do you feel it speaks to you? not a lot, not a lot. i think it's more — there's a lot of issues that would resonate with older people, i think. there is a lot about stock markets, businesses, mortgages. that does not impact on us a lot. i think there should be a segment

during the news that should cover young people's stories, so go out to schools and ask them, involve them, which means you would get more viewers of my age possibly. that's interesting. can you give us a sense of what those sorts of stories would be? i think there's a lot about climate change — i think we have a massive passion for that. i think a lot of stories should be done in communities, so around schools and what the schools are doing. this is a problem, isn't it, for the bbc, encouraging young people to watch and listen to the news? yeah, and that is obviously what young reporter tries to do, is to encourage young people to feel like they have a place within our news agendas and that they can see themselves reflected in the stories that they might be seeing, whether it be on tv or radio, local radio, on their phones and online. and that is why we think it is really important that we empower and give young people the ability to share their own stories so they can see themselves and their peers, and also young people tell us all the time — i don't know what morgan thinks about this — actually,

some more positive news is really important to them, so actually kind of thinking about the news agenda in a different way. morgan, what's your take on that? i think what i like about the news is when it sparks a conversation. i think instead of giving facts and facts and facts, give something that can spark a conversation at home with people, something that has different opinions. and i have to ask you has young reporter whetted your appetite for a career in journalism? i think i'd rather go down the physiotherapy route! 0h! i think that is more for me at the moment. 0k, well, look, morgan and josie verghese, thank you both so much. thank you! thanks. thanks for all of 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 newswatch. or you can find us on twitter. you can call us.

until the next time, from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. the changeable weather is going to continue through the weekend. monday we have some great sunny and crisp weather on the way but a bit of rain in the weather in the short term. this is the satellite picture across the atlantic and you can see the weather systems and the swell of cloud and this is next to the north—west of our neighbourhood parking itself off western scotland and the north of northern ireland

through the early hours of sunday morning. he is the weather front curling across the north sea and then back into scotland as well around this area of low pressure we have some strong wind blowing around. in the north, coming from the norwegian sea, but from the south winds are blowing out of the south—west so there will be quite a contrast in the temperature. there will be a difference in the weather but also the temperatures. four or five for a friend in the northern isles and ten or ii five for a friend in the northern isles and ten or 11 across the south. you can see the rain in the south—east end of the day. on monday, a different story. we still have low pressure in the atlantic but it is pushed further north than this high pressure is trying to build in. for the vast majority of us on build in. for the vast majority of us on monday morning, the skies are going to be clear, there will probably be a widespread frost as well so you can see with the low pressure is because it isjust well so you can see with the low pressure is because it is just above my head and this weather front approaching western scotland.

different picture here, wet and windy with gale force winds, but for much of the country, central and southern areas, it is going to be a different picture. clear skies and temperatures hovering around 10 degrees, but remember it will be a nippy start on monday. a monday night into tuesday, there's weather front sneaks in and tries to squeeze between the high in the south and the low in the north. that means an area of perhaps thick cloud and may be some rain across western and northern areas. it always towards the south and east of the country, the south and east of the country, the weather is going to be dry and mild 15 celsius and i6 the weather is going to be dry and mild 15 celsius and 16 in some areas. but a different story in scotland. towards the second half of the weekend into weekend, things are expected to really, really settle down. goodbye.

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