campaign to get justice for their son. we had so much information that the trust had failed with us in our case, that we couldn't sit silently with that, knowing that if it happened to someone else in the future, we would be partially responsible for not sharing this information. harry richford's death has been the catalyst for an independent inquiry into maternity care at east kent, giving real hope of lasting improvements. michael buchanan, bbc news, east kent. now on bbc news it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed. coming up later in this programme... noise drowns out speaking. sorry, what was that? is the background noise on pieces to camera more important than what's

actually being said? and... it is a way ahead. we are running out of time... interviews often seem to be running out of time, couldn't they just be allocated enough time in the first place? first, president trump has always attracted headlines like no other, both in newsprint and in broadcast media. first, president trump has always attracted headlines like no other, both in newsprint and in broadcast media. and that tendency has been escalating as we approach next month's presidential election in the united states. but the attention of journalists has reached a fever pitch in the past week following shocking news from early last friday that the president had contracted coronavirus. a bombshell like no other, a month before the presidential election donald trump and his wife melania, the first lady, have tested positive for coronavirus. as we came into the weekend there was little let up, and despite the drama, the frequent repetition

of the few known facts irked to some viewers. steve wackett complained of the... and rachel edwards asked... we put those points to bbc news and they told us...

the andrew marr show last weekend featured interviews with the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth, the actress emelda staunton speaking about performing in life theatres again, and the prime minister. when it came to the last encounter, there was a lot to pack into a limited creative time. with only got a certain amount of time... i know, i know. and i know people are furious, and they are furious at me and the government. we must keep carrying on, a lot to talk about. on the other hand what people want to realise there is a way ahead, if we follow these... we are running out of time, we've got to move on, we've only got five minutes left. we are now nearly out of time.

we need to think about this... very last question, we are overtime... tim pilling was watching that and fired off this e—mail. ann sprawls also had that question and it recorded a video for us explaining her thinking. it was clear throughout the interview from andrew's, is that there was a lot of time constraints, and he was constantly moving the agenda on. i wondered why it was felt important to show a segment on the theatre review.

whilst i have no objections at all to that subject, it just seemed that on the rare occasions we actually see the prime minister these kinds of interview situations it would be much better, and much more beneficial to the audience to be able to give as much time to the interview as possible. a bbc spokesperson told us in response those points... the coronavirus pandemic has

an impact on bbc news programmes in a number of different ways as we have explored on newswatch recently. newsnight, for example, moved at the end of march to the studio used by the bbc‘s news at ten. necessitating a swift turnaround between the end of the latter at 10.35, and the new later start of newsnight of 10.45. this week, though, the programme was on the move again. not back to its original studio, but to a new home. studio 5a d, shared this time with bbc persian team and allowing a longer change over time. this is what it looks like. hello, good evening, don't be afraid of covid, don't let it dominate your life. the rallying cry of america's president this evening to a country that has witnessed 200,000 die from the disease under his administration. the bright colours were all a bit much for some viewers, including one twitter user who wrote... but others were more positive with. .. and a viewer called michael asked... well, we posed that question to bbc news. they did not get back to us in time

for this week's programme, but we hope to bring you their response next week. but others were more positive with. .. and a viewer called michael asked... well, we posed that question to bbc news. they did not get back to us in time for this week's programme, but we hope to bring you their response next week. on monday the bbc reported that after a gap of ten years, the royal navy is back in the business of flying fast jets off an aircraft carrier. defence correspondent jonathan beale was the reporter on the spot. the bbc invited on board hms queen elizabeth to witness, for the first time, the carrier launching and landing both british and american f—35jets. noise drowns out speaking.

if you did not quite catch all of that, you are not alone. mike was one of those straining his ears and had this response... at times, audiences have problems notjust with hearing bbc news outlet, but also with seeing it clearly. take the broadcast on monday of the speech by

chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, at the conservative party conference. conducted online this year. it prompted this phone call from an anonymous viewer... i'm disgusted to see that the insert box with the person signing for the hard of hearing has been covered up by one of your banners. i'm not hard of hearing myself, but in this day of equality for the disabled, surely the bbc have more sense. and it's not the first time this sort of thing has happened. you seem too fond of over applying banners over news events. 0bscuring a lot of the information. as that of your suggested, this is not the only occasion we have heard a complaint of this sort. last week, bbc news show to live the presentation by borisjohnson, chris whitty and sir patrick vallance about the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. chris whitty, the chief medical officer for england talk through some graphs which contained quite a lot of information, some of that at the bottom of the screen.

here's the reaction of another viewer, terry stallworthy. i've been disappointed yet again to see that the strap line used at the bottom of the screen often obscures important information. there were several occasions where there was graphs shown, i could see red lines representing what i understood to be age groups, but information at the bottom of the screen to tell me what those colours represented was not available to me. so i would ask that perhaps you consider the use of the strap lines whether it's necessary in such important information needs to come across to the public. consider that plea passed on to the powers that be, terry. finally, back to the us presidential election with apologies to those who, as we heard earlier, have had enough from the united states already. we mentioned last week that some of your reaction to coverage of the first and, as it turns out, possibly last debate

between the two main candidates. but this week the places of president trump and joe biden were taken by mike pence and kamala harris. in the vice presidential debate. it is fair to say it did not attract the same degree of attention, and much of that focused on the fly that landed on mike pence‘s head, staying there for two minutes. there were plaudits on social media for the bbc website headline writer, came up with flight generates most buds from the vp debate, but all the more serious analysis was also available across bbc news, some felt the corporation had jumped too much ona rather trivial bandwagon. greg tweeted. .. and voicem echoed that. but mark disagreed...

and david came out with the inevitable pun... thank you for all your comments this week, if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news come on tv, radio online and social media, e—mail... you can call us on... and do have a look at our website. that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good evening. at the weekend just around the corner the weather is

looking pretty mixed. could it be a little bit colder than it has recently and be seeing in excess of sunshine and some blustery showers around as well. now we have had more presents a ring that snow clearing away from the southeast, so many areas seeing away from the southeast, so many areas seeing some away from the southeast, so many areas seeing some clear skies, particular the further south and east you are. for they heavy showers rattling in from the northwest affecting scotland and northern ireland. the odd rumble of thunder here overnight. clear skies and a cold start to saturday morning in the south. through the day tomorrow more sunshine but plenty of heavy showers on that window. but she south could bring hail and rain later in the day and for the showers across scotland too. 11 to 14 degrees it will feel quite cold particularly in that window. into sunday, less of a breeze was quite blustery around the east coast with one or two isolated showers come up for the rest should stay drier and brighter with temperatures around 11 to 15 degrees. bye—bye.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as europe records over 100,000 new coronavirus cases, spain declares a two—week state of emergency in madrid to contain a covid—19 outbreak. there's fresh confusion over when president trump will return to the campaign trail following his hospital treatment for coronavirus. in the uk, an extension to the country's job support scheme as the government says it will pay two thirds of worker's wages for businesses which are forced to close. we will adapt and evolve our response as the situation on the health side adapts and evolves. that's what's happening. i think that's the pragmatic and the right thing to do to adapt to that, and i believe that the actions today demonstrate that approach.