in decades transformation in decades stopping the headline ambition was to move creative and journalistic centre away from london, which means more editions of newsnight and the today programme being presented from around the uk. there also a restructuring and use involving the creation of so—called story teams including climate and science which will move to cardiff, technology which goes to learning and identity which will be based in leeds. and, costs are being cut with 150 jobs being lost in news on top of over 500 post closures

announced last year stopping these results, from a reduction in the bbc�*s income afterlife fee settlements with the government including arrangements for payments by the over 75 is. some of the cuts are in the business unit, prompting: so, what does this mean for news audiences? jonathan, this is all driven by budget cut, isn't it? why insist on calling it modernisation?— it modernisation? it is both, in truth. there _ it modernisation? it is both, in truth. there are _ it modernisation? it is both, in truth. there are some - it modernisation? it is both, | in truth. there are some cuts and we've been very open about that because of licence fee settlements over the years and costs in this industry and many other industries, but it is an organisation of its own time and that is driven by audience behaviour is changing, for example, more people coming to bbc news on digital platforms and online than it used to be the case and fewer people coming to us and what we call

linear platforms, radio and television.— linear platforms, radio and television. ., , , television. however you present it though. _ television. however you present it though. you — television. however you present it though, you are _ television. however you present it though, you are cutting - television. however you present it though, you are cutting the i it though, you are cutting the number of journalists, it though, you are cutting the number ofjournalists, so fewer number of journalists, so fewer business number ofjournalists, so fewer business reporters for example. how can that be better? we have to live within our means and i'd totally agree with the viewer who said business is vital to the bbc�*s editorial mix, he is absolutely right. that is why even after the cuts we are still going to have a very sizeable business unit, about 20 jobs in total coming out of a unit of around 160 but every part of the bbc is being asked to work more efficiently and we can't put a ring around certain areas and say this bit is protect it because that simply means we're going to have to dig even deeper somewhere else so efficiencies do have to apply across the board but we are absolutely committed to business programming and business coverage-— programming and business coveraue. ., ., coverage. if you have got fewer journalists. _ coverage. if you have got fewer journalists, there _ coverage. if you have got fewer journalists, there is _ coverage. if you have got fewer journalists, there is a _ coverage. if you have got fewer journalists, there is a danger i journalists, there is a danger that you might be missing important stories that no—one else would be doing, so that

would be serving licence fee payers less well?— would be serving licence fee payers less well? you can make that argument _ payers less well? you can make that argument of— payers less well? you can make that argument of course, - that argument of course, whatever the size you can always say you need more and from that point of view, you can have an infinite supply of journalism and we've got to make some decisions relative to what we can afford to do within a license fee envelope. we are keen to protect the three guiding principles of what we do well on bbc news, global, because we are in most parts of the world, whether it is in burma at the moment for example or across the americas or in india which is so badly hit by covid. local, local radio, regional television, network correspondence all over the uk and what i'd call knowledgeable, in other words the analysis and expertise to go with those subjects to make sense of them in the modern world. now, those can't be infinite pools of people, infinite pools of people, infinite costs but we are very well resourced, one of the biggest news outlets in the

world, and for your audience who are licence fee payers, a hope that gives them confidence that we are spending public money wisely and that we are conscious that we need to do within the money that has been allocated to us.— allocated to us. this commitment - allocated to us. this commitment to - allocated to us. this | commitment to make allocated to us. this i commitment to make a allocated to us. this _ commitment to make a certain number of the additions of the today programme and newsnight from outside london around the uk, that is sending people outside of london for the day. that is just tourism, isn't it? it is really important that we make sure that it isn'tjust tourism. it is notjust the presenter who goes to anchor a programme, whether it is today or newsnight or pm on radio for which is going to have a role in the. we need to make sure that there is journalism in the. we need to make sure that there isjournalism coming out into the programmes from the area in which they are broadcasting and we are talking to our colleagues for example in local radio across the uk about supporting that journalistic effort on the pm programme when that project get under way. programme when that pro'ect get under wa . ., ., , , under way. you are spending money setting _ under way. you are spending money setting up _ under way. you are spending money setting up these - under way. you are spending money setting up these new|

money setting up these new subject hubs, tech and glasgow and science and cardiff. to viewers, these locations just seem random. viewers, these locations 'ust seem random. they are not random stopping _ seem random. they are not random stopping to - seem random. they are not random stopping to take i seem random. they are not random stopping to take anj random stopping to take an example from outside news, people will know the work of the natural history unit that the natural history unit that the bbc runs in bristol. it is not a random location, it has been there for many many years and works extremely well. and all sorts of departments from the bbc are spread around. a number of years ago now, bbc children moved to salford, cited bbc sport in parts of bbc news, and they build a relationship with audiences in different parts of the uk, and here is a critical point as well, they also encourage people to join the bbc who will turn into our experts in the future who don't want to come to london to pursue their career. they want to have a career. they want to have a career that they can balance their work and family obligations outside london, and at the moment the structures are still too london centric.

you talk about expertise, there are already some very experienced journalists leaving because they cannot relocate, so you are going to lose a lot of this expertise. pare of this expertise. are journalists, _ of this expertise. are journalists, like i of this expertise. are i journalists, like anybody of this expertise. fife: journalists, like anybody else in any business, have big decisions to take if businesses relocate and they are notjust professional decisions, they have got families and we recognise that and we are working through that with the individuals. we very much hope that the vast majority of our experts on these specialist topics will move with us to cardiff, leeds, glasgow, wherever, but i would also expect turnover and i would expect turnover and i would expect that to mean there are some opportunities for new recruits coming in and over time they will become familiar expert. jonathan munroe, thank ou. expert. jonathan munroe, thank you- since _ expert. jonathan munroe, thank you. since 2017, _ expert. jonathan munroe, thank you. since 2017, the _ expert. jonathan munroe, thank you. since 2017, the bbc - expert. jonathan munroe, thank you. since 2017, the bbc has i you. since 2017, the bbc has published each year the salaries of top earning presenters, having resisted the idea at first but being forced

to do so by the government. this week for the first time it revealed which of its net news journalists had been paid by outside organisations for hosting or participating in external events and something about the sums involved stopping the move follows controversies in recent years over a paid beach given by north american editorjohn sobol to the tobacco company philip morris and another given by kamal ahmed at a hedge fund conference for which he received £12,000, a sum he later paid back. then there was the insurance industry event two years ago at which hugh edwards was paid to interview borisjohnson and where the letter said he would stand for the conservative party leadership.— the conservative party leadership. the conservative party leadershi. ., . leadership. you want the 'ob, es? leadership. you want the 'ob, yes? rm fl yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to _ yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go - yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for- yes? i'm going to go for it, of course i'm going to go for it. | course i'm going to go for it. following _ course i'm going to go for it. following those rows, the new external engagements register

will now be published quarterly, listing who has been paid by whom and whether the fee was more or less than £5,000. among those receiving more than that amount in the first three months of the year were the today program'sjustin webb with four such paid engagements, mark easton who chaired a panel for the national housing federation and the presenter of click, spencer kelly, for performing a similar role for the technology company cisco. nick wright wondered, should bbcjournalists take on paid gigs from google, procter & gamble or nat west to pick three examples?

we asked the bbc if someone would address these questions in an interview but our request was declined. we were pointed towards a statement in which the register was described as: thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online or social media, e—mail:

that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello again. friday was all about sunshine and showers. the best of the drier weather and sunshine was across western areas of the uk. but across northern and eastern scotland, eastern areas of england, we did have widespread showers, and some of them really pokey with some hail mixed in as well. at the same time, over the last 2a hours, trouble's been brewing out in the atlantic. look at this area of cloud and how it's rapidly developed into what is quite a beautiful looking area of low pressure. however, this area of low pressure is a loitering low pressure system, a particularly slow moving system that's going to be with us for the next five days or so, bringing rain and showers our way. so, an unsettled spell of weather. the rain is beginning to arrive at the moment and will continue to work its way in across parts of england, wales and northern ireland over the next few hours. but as the rain starts falling,

the mild air starts moving in, so temperatures 10 degrees by dawn across the south—west. cold with a patchy frost in scotland, but at least there'll be a bright start here. it's in wales where the rain is going to be at its heaviest and particularly across the high ground of the brecon beacons. here, through the weekend, we could see over 100 mm of rain, and that could cause some localised flooding issues. after a bright start in scotland, the rain is going to be working in here as we go through the afternoon, but at the same time, the rain should ease off towards south—east england and perhaps northern ireland as well. temperatures higher than they've been for quite a while — 17 degrees or so in london, but it's still cold in scotland. 7 or 8 degrees for many here with that persistent rain, and it'll be windy for many of us as well. indeed, through saturday night, there will be further bursts of rain coming and going, but it will be turning increasingly mild through the night as well. temperatures are staying at around 12 or 13 degrees across england and wales, and a frost free night, something we really haven't seen much of over the last month or so. the low pressure still with us for the second half of the weekend, arguably

the better of the two days. it's a day of sunshine and showers, but those showers slightly to merge together to give some lengthier outbreaks of rain across western areas. we do have some showers pushing their way eastwards across england from a weak cold front, and that front separates really very mild air across eastern areas. with the fresher atlantic air, we have most parts around 15—17 degrees. that area of the pressure is loitering, no surprise to see rain and showers for most of the days next week as well. that's your weather.

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