hello and welcome to the news watch with me at samira ahmed. coming up, covid restrictions to tough are not tough enough? with growing divisions nationwide, how bad is bbc news coverage? and the dilemma of putting anonymous government sources are reporters doing number tens dirty work? since lockdown started in march, there have been voices saying the limits government is imposing on our behaviour are an over reaction. an infringement on our and our mental well—being. those voices became louder than ever this week and among them is that of epidemiologist professor gupta from oxford university. who appeared in a discussion on monday on the news channel. we should try and shield

the vulnerable because we know now, what we do know now is the virus specifically has, because his death ina specifically has, because his death in a segment of the population. we should put all our recesses that we have at our disposal toward shielding them all or allowing them to make the choice to shield themselves. while permitting the general population to conduct their lives as normal. as was the case when professor gupta appeared on question time a few weeks ago. her views proved controversial with the audience will stop caroline ritchie wrote,. but elaine wants to see more of that viewpoint. there is a lot more out

there. well, we hope to explore that debate and other issues around the reporting of covid—19 with the bbc‘s health editor hugh pam in a week or two. on monday evening we had a familiar sight of the prime minister ata familiar sight of the prime minister at a left turn on downing street spelling out the latest measures on to help coronavirus. we are today sympathising, standardising and some cases toughening rules by introducing three levels of covert alert. that news conference was broadcast live on bbc one which involves some alterations to the evenings television schedule. the one show which had been going out in that slot moved to bbc two and the programme that was meant to be shown at that time on bbc two a documentary from the bbc breakfast tea m documentary from the bbc breakfast team on that rugby league player who

has a motor neuron disease was postponed. pollan rice was unhappy with the change writing... back caroline stewart had a different view wondering... that programme about rob borough went out and said the following night. watching it proved a powerful and moving experience for many of our viewers. as rob's condition has deteriorated he's had to lean on lindsay more than ever.

...me me went and made. rob's got to get to a stage where he's probably not going to be able to walk or talk. you know just not going to be able to walk or talk. you knowjust to have his independence taken away from him. steve fox posted this message the following day. back to covid—19. and viewers were divided again on tuesday of the response by labour leaders sir keir starmer to borisjohnson statement the previous day. this time it was shown live on the news channel. the government has not got a credible plan to slow infections. it has lost control of the virus. and it is no

longer following scientific advice. that elicited this reaction from allison simpson. again there was a different perspective with phil green e—mailing us this on wednesday.

so what was the governments response to cirque hears response to the prime ministers announcement? well, not favorable. the note minister or spokesperson was going on the record on tuesday night to say so. instead the bbc‘s political editor lara kunz berg tweeted that... while politicaljournalist from other broadcasters and from newspapers also reported the same anonymous quotation. but the tweet arose the ire of many people including andrew pickering who responded to it like this... and sp asked... well, we put that

question to bbc news and they told us... the statement went on.

we mentioned last week newsnight moved to a new studio and the question at rates for some viewers of whether the programme would be returning to its previous starting time of 1030. now it was no longer sharing the studio with the news at ten. we've now had a response to that question from bbc news which reads... that's a case of watch this space. but in the meantime we received another perspective from mark rucker. sabina ahmed reiterated the original

point. on the campaign trail for next month's us presidential election it was a delay met again president trump was getting the most media attention. here he is in a rally in florida on monday night.” walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in that audience. i'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and everybody, i'll just and the beautiful women and everybody, i'lljust give you a big fat kiss. later in the week accusations were again raised about the family of donald trump supported joe biden in regards to ukraine and alleged wrongdoing by his son hunter. although the story was covered elsewhere on the bbc, that did not feature on thursday nights news at

ten. which aroused the ire of annabelle ward. she e—mailed... finally, the bbc news website has been reporting on a case being heard at salisbury crown court where a policeman is accused of murdering claire perry after she revealed their ten year affair claire perry after she revealed theirten yearaffair in claire perry after she revealed their ten year affair in a text to his wife. he admits manslaughter but denies murder. wednesday's article on the case initially had the headline, a woman strangled by pc lover, plotted his downfall. with a photograph of the victim. and that offended a number of those who read it. for abigail... susie offended a number of those who read it. forabigail... susie thought offended a number of those who read

it. for abigail... susie thought the same. and... we put those points to bbc news and a spokesperson gave us a statement. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, including at social media and online out parent, eveline did not e—mail. oryou canfind media and online out parent, eveline did not e—mail. or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. 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. hello. october has found a spell of quieter weather for the middle of month and although there have been some sunny spells around over the past few days, in fact, for a time it looked very nice on guernsey today, over the weekend, we can expect a lot of cloud and there is a ridge of high pressure that is extended across the uk. again, a lot of cloud around and still producing a bit of patchy rain and drizzle at times, although not amounting very much. a flow of air coming down from the north, so, it is quite cool out there. now, as we look at things as we go through the night, we'll be seeing some breaks in the cloud today, and we are expecting the sky to fill in with cloud, maybe still a few breaks down towards southwest england, so some rural spots in the low single figures but for most of us, cloudy, damp and drizzly night

and temperatures holding a good few degrees above freezing as we start the day tomorrow. but you can see all of the cloud across the uk tomorrow, again, some light rain or drizzle in places and more especially in towards scotland and northern england into the afternoon. only very limited breaks in the cloud so do count yourself lucky if you get to see much in the way of sunshine, and a few heavy showers maybe affecting the channel islands towards cornwall and devon. these temperatures are a bit below average for the time of year, though the winds are very light. here's a picture for saturday evening, still damp in places, especially in parts of scotland and northern england, a few showers into northern ireland and for part two of the weekend on sunday, not much change, probably an area of thicker cloud through parts of england and wales with some light rain associated with that, pushing a bit further north, may allow wales and southern england to brighten up a bit into the afternoon. or at least a bit milder here but a cooler day into scotland and northeast england. some rain maybe to end the day, parts northern ireland was in scotland in northeast england. some rain maybe to end the day, in parts of northern ireland

and western scotland as we go in to going to monday, that's due to the developing area of low pressure, these weather fronts coming our way and a significant change in this weather pattern to something much more active into next week and on monday, bringing rain to parts of northern england, northern ireland and scotland increasing cloud and breeze elsewhere. technically turning a bit milder on monday but then again, i'm not sure if we'll notice particularly in those areas that are seeing the rain. as we go through the rest of the week, low pressure remains close by, won't be rainy all the time but there will be some rain at times and some of that can be quite heavy and windy in places too. so, yes, a quieter spell of weather right now. make the most of that, if that's what you want, because it's all change next week.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a man has been killed in a knife attack in a suburb of paris. the attacker has been shot dead by police. britain's prime minister boris johnson says the uk must prepare to leave the european union at the end of the year — without a deal. europe stands firm. we need to continue negotiations and i hope it will be possible to make progress in the future and we are determined to reach a deal but not at any cost. as the united states passes 8 million covid infections, new restrictions are implimented in areas around the uk and across europe.