have at our disposal towards shielding them or allowing them to make the choice to shield themselves, while permitting themselves, while permitting the general population to conduct their lives as normal. as was the case when the professor appeared on question timea professor appeared on question time a few weeks ago, her views prove controversial with the audience. this is what caroline wrote. last, elaine wants to see more of that viewpoint. well, we hope to explore the debate and other issues around the reporting of covid—19 with

the reporting of covid—19 with the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym ina the bbc‘s health editor hugh pym in a week or two. on monday evening we had the now familiar sight of the prime minister at a lectern in downing street spelling out the latest measures designed to halt the spread of coronavirus. we are today simplifying, standardising and, in some places, toughening local rules in england by introducing three levels of covid alert. that news c0 nfe re nce levels of covid alert. that news conference was broadcast live on bbc one, which involved some alterations to the evening's 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 was meant to be shown at that time on bbc two, a documentary from the bbc brea kfast tea m documentary from the bbc breakfast team on the rugby lea p breakfast team on the rugby leap player rob burrow who has motor neurone disease was postponed. colin wright was unhappy with the change, writing this.

but caroline had a different view, wondering this. that programme about rob burrow went out instead the following night and watching it proved a powerful and moving experience for many viewers. as rob's condition has deteriorated he has had to lean on lindsay more than ever. rob is going to go to a stage where he is probably not going to be able to walk or talk. you

know, just to have his independence taken away from him. steve fox posted this message the following day. back to covid—19. and viewers we re back to covid—19. and viewers were divided again on tuesday of the response by labour leader sir keir starmer to boris johnson's 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 alison simpson.

again, though, there was a different perspective, with phil green e—mailing this on wednesday. so what was the government's response to sir keir starmer‘s response to sir keir starmer‘s response to sir keir starmer‘s response to the prime minister's announcement? well, not favourable. they met —— don't know minister or spokesperson is going on the record on tuesday night you say

so. instead, the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg tweeted that a senior government source had called the opposition leader a "shameless opportunist playing political games in the middle ofa political games in the middle of a global pandemic". legal journals from other broadcasters and newspapers also reported the same anonymous quotation. the tweet aroused the ire of many people, including andrew pickering responded with like this. and sp asked this. 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 it raised for some viewers of whether the programme would be returning to its previous starting time of 10:30pm, now it was no longer

sharing a studio with the news at ten. well, we have now had a response to the question from bbc news, which reads: so that's a case of watch this space. but in the meantime we received another perspective from mark. however, sabena reiterated the original point. on the campaign trailfor on the campaign trail for next month's us presidential election, it was again president trump who's been getting most media attention.

every is at a rally in sanford in florida on monday night. i'll walk in their kiss eve ryo ne i'll walk in their kiss everyone in that audience. i'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and the, everybody, i'll just give you a big fat kiss. later in the week, accusations we re later in the week, accusations were again raised about the family of donald trump's opponent, 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 night's news at ten, which arouse the ire of annabel wood. she e—mailed.

finally, the bbc news website has been reporting on a case being heard at salisbury crown court where a policeman, timothy bremer, is accused of murdering claire perry after she'd revealed that ten year affair ina she'd revealed that 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" 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 this innocent motor victim deserve so much more than to be blamed and trust talked by bbc news. susie thought the same. and moll had this to say.

we put those points to bbc news and a spokesperson gave us this statement. thank you for all your comments this week. if you wa nt to your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, including its social media and online output, e—mail newswatch. or you can find us on twitter. or use the hashtag newswatch bbc. you can call us. and still have a look at our website. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts on bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there, the weather is set to change in a big way next week.

but before then, essentially we've got more of the same. and probably skies looking a bit like this across many parts of the country. there will be a lot of cloud around this weekend. for many places, it may well be dry, but for all of us, it's going to be on the cool side. we've still got this nose of high pressure sitting across the uk. keeping this area of low pressure away, but threatening with some showers in the far south—west. also we've got cooler air coming down from the north, bringing all this cloud into scotland, into northern england and into northern ireland and there may be a bit of drizzle in that quite low cloud as well, so quite grey and gloomy. further south, still fairly cloudy out there but there may be a little sunshine at times, the odd shower more especially towards the far south—west of england. for many of us, temperatures like they were on friday, 12 or 13 degrees. that cloud still around into the evening and the cloudier skies continue to move across the northern half of the uk overnight. and again, a few pockets of light rain or drizzle further south. some breaks in the cloud, perhaps. the cloud certainly thinner here, so temperatures could be

a bit lower than those sort of numbers suggest. but for many, we're looking at sixes and sevens on saturday night into sunday morning and a lot of cloud again on sunday. and again, we've got a few pockets of light rain or drizzle here and there. the showers should be moving away from the south—west over more southern parts of england and wales. there will be a better chance of seeing some sunshine, giving the temperatures a bit of a boost, 14 or 15 degrees, contrast that with the eight or nine that we're struggling up to the north—east of scotland and perhaps the north—east of england. high pressure over the weekend, doesn't last into next week. instead, we've got areas of low pressure coming in steadily from the atlantic, and that means the weather is changing. so, we've got some rain on the way on monday. at the moment, it looks like it's mainly going to be across northern ireland and into scotland, some heavier rain over the hills. england and wales with a little bit of sunshine at times. there will be a stronger wind from the south at this time. and that means temperatures are going to be higher, perhaps as high as 15 or 16 in the south—east of the uk. next week, though, looks very different from what we've seen just recently. it will be a bit milder but the winds will be

strengthening with showers or longer spells of rain.

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