door to remain said every fire door to remain locked and only be opened on arrival of the fire and rescue services, this is essentially what happens to disabled people. the government have said they are doing everything in their power to implement the phase one recommendations of the grant fell in fiery, —— inquiry. one recommendations of the grant fell in fiery, -- inquiry. it'sjust a great kind of game for everyone, keeping everyone injobs, spending money and nobody listens, really. people's lives remain at risk. i think as a society, we should be ashamed of that for putting disabled people in the corner. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome back to newswatch

with me. coming up... we hear your views on how bbc news has reported on the coronavirus over the past few months. has it done enough to challenge the government's handling of the pandemic? or has it been two critical, scaring the public unnecessarily? hello, we are back after five and a half months off error. as you can see, and a different studio for the time being. that's because fear and members of staff are involved in the set up. i'm operating thought if you myself with my foot, and the bbc has been keeping the number of people coming into its buildings down that the virus struck. that's also why newswatch and some other news programmes have been off your screen since march, to reduce the burden on technical staff and the risk of transmission. not everyone has been happy about it however, with teenage david commenting. —— dean david.

we will be seeking an answer to the into other questions raised in this programme next week. we hope to speak to a senior figure from bbc news. and haven't just speak to a senior figure from bbc news. and haven'tjust been the absence of some programmes which is caught the attention, some programmes have caught the attention, some programmes have stayed on air but looked rather different. now we are doing a very different programme tonight on question time for obvious regions. there is no studio audience for the first time. but we will be hearing from some prerecorded questions. sean k complained about the new format. but other viewers liked the change, including john.

over the following weeks, bbc news bulletins attracted record audiences and plaudits from the lights of mick horner. the bbc‘s coverage of the coronavirus crisis in my mind has been the epitome of whatjournalism should be. but there were also rows, most notably over this introduction to an addition of newsnight in may, which generated tens of thousands of complaints, both for and against. dominic cummings broke the rules. the country can see that and it shocked the government cannot. the ministers and prime minister tell us he worked within him, the more angry the response of the scandal is likely to be. he was a man who a lwa ys likely to be. he was a man who always got the public mood, who tagged the label of a leak on those

who disagreed. he ‘s understand the mood now when eerie, contempt and english. those words ignited quite a controversy with robertjones what is his rough leisure —— displeasure. the day after that newsnight broadcast, the bbc released a statement which read... but that statement offended another group of people, including martin

nixon, who described the climb—down on twitter as... other viewers agreed that, more widely the bbc had failed to challenge the government robustly enough. over its handling of the pandemic. in the same month, this person posted this... injuly, a in july, a twitter user injuly, a twitter user named really frank wrote...

and charlie meli criticised what he it's called the... well, let's get a very different perspective on the bbc‘s coverage of the pandemic from another viewer who contacted us, richard fletcher who joined us from his home in sub six via webcam. richard, as you've heard, lots of viewers untouched we re very heard, lots of viewers untouched were very positive about the bbc needed to be tough. they thought the bbc was too soft on the government. what was your feeling about the coven what was your feeling about the cove n coverage 7 what was your feeling about the coven coverage? it'sjust these responses that people are having to the virus, which have been... not just from the bbc but cup, from a media outlet. that is a remarkable

achievement, notjust from media outlet. that is a remarkable achievement, not just from the government, who put everything in place but the general public as well. the negative outputs from the bbc really just feed well. the negative outputs from the bbc reallyjust feed into these irrational fears. that has bbc reallyjust feed into these irrationalfears. that has made bbc reallyjust feed into these irrational fears. that has made the consequences. so irrational fears. that has made the consequences. so your concern is that now that the death toll has come right down, the bbc is being too negative and it's making people afraid? you mentioned economic impact. what are your concerns if you think the bbc in its news coverage is being negative? it's

also one more... the transport system. i suppose many viewers say there's a big divide in the country between those who feel as you do and those who have had direct experience of loss and those working in the nhs who might say they think the fears are entirely rational? there a lot of people... wherever they may be, i don't believe we are where we are. there were 30 people, that's far less tha n there were 30 people, that's far less than the number does not richard fletcher, thank you. have asked the bbc for an interview on

covid. no one was available this week, we hope to speak to the next week. it's been a big week for the bbc, not just because of it's been a big week for the bbc, notjust because of the return of newswatch. tim davie took up his post at the corporation's 17th director general on tuesday, and his arrival in thejob director general on tuesday, and his arrival in the job was swiftly followed by a shift of policy on a row that's been raging over the past couple weeks and would have been near the top of his intro. the bbc now says rule but cranny i will be sung at the proms after all. —— rule britannia. change of the policy have not been unknown in the part of the government either over the past few months, often described on bbc news using the same phrase. tonight at ten, a major u—turn on a level and

gcse results without pupils across the uk will now get the grade given by their school or college. the prime minister back in the classroom to defend the u—turn on facemasks for some secondary school pupils in england. and government u-turn. people in old trapper will not have their lockdown magicians ease laughter all —— lockdown restrictions. where the the negative co nsta nts restrictions. where the the negative constants justify? john brooks agreed, wondering...

finally, it was back to school this week for millions of pupils in england and wales and education correspondent dan johnson was reporting on that on wednesday. quite a momentous moment, notjust for these kids, it's theirfirst quite a momentous moment, notjust for these kids, it's their first day of school, which is a nervous time for them anyway. but this is the first day back, really, and prosper education for so many kids. valerie halton contacted us with this response. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share opinions about watching —— what you see or hear on bbc news, including social media and online output, e—mail

newswatch or you can find us on twitter. you can call us on the number on your screen. you twitter. you can call us on the number on your screen. you have a look at our website. that's all from us. look at our website. that's all from us. we'll be to exterior thoughts next week. —— hear your thoughts. hello there. our weather is going to stay pretty quiet into the weekend, but it's often going to be quite cloudy, just like it was today for many of us. we had skies like these in herefordshire, but those kind of skies were quite widespread across england and wales today. further north, there is a bit of sunshine from northern ireland, scotland, on the far north of england, where we've also had some passing showers as well. the satellite picture picks up on those shower clouds across the northern half of the country, with that thicker layer of cloud across england and wales. but spitting out into the atlantic, we're looking at the next weather system just upstream. this area of cloud just passing to the south of iceland is racing towards our shores just in time for this weekend. overnight tonight,

we're going to see some cloud and probably some rain for a time, working across east anglia and southeast england. it won't last very long and it will clear out of the way, followed by clear skies. notice those showers will continue across the north and west, particularly for northwest scotland, although there will be a few in northern ireland and the northwest of both england and wales overnight. temperatures 8—12 . heading into the weekend, as i've already hinted at, it looks pretty cloudy, really. there'll be some rain around, likely to be quite patchy, quite light, not really amounting to too much. and it will tend to be biased across northwestern areas initially on saturday, a few sunny spells around as well. for northern scotland, showers from the word go. some of those still quite blustery, quite heavy, but some bright and sunny spells between these. a lot of cloud elsewhere though, particularly for northern ireland and for the northwest of england and wales with patchy outbreaks of rain coming and going here. could turn out to be quite a damp day, although the rain probably not too heavy. and there will be some areas that stay entirely dry. southern wales, parts of southern england, maybe areas of eastern england

and eastern scotland as well having the best of the dry conditions. the second half of the weekend again looks pretty cloudy, and there will be some further patches of rain developing. but notice the rain this time could be a little bit further eastwards. scotland, meanwhile, should have a drier day, particularly through the central belt, with some bright or sunny spells getting through here, and showers becoming increasingly limited to the far north east of scotland. on into next week, we have areas of low pressure passing to the north of the uk with weather front sliding and snaking across central portions of the uk. all in all, it looks like it will be quite cloudy with those weather fronts still bringing the threat of a little bit of rain. it turns a little warmer for a time across the south and east. that's your weather.

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