�* the earned rest on sunday the results and analysis continued then as well.— then as well. and cambridge are. it then as well. and cambridge are- it was — then as well. and cambridge are. it was all _ then as well. and cambridge are. it was all too _ then as well. and cambridge are. it was all too much - then as well. and cambridge are. it was all too much for i are. it was all too much for some viewers such asjulie from lincolnshire who recorded her thoughts on camera for us. last saturday afternoon _ thoughts on camera for us. last saturday afternoon i _ thoughts on camera for us. last saturday afternoon i set up my tv to catch up with the latest news on bbc one only defined the election coverage on yet again. this had been reported in the morning, at lunchtime, and looking at the tv guide it had been all day. i switched to the bbc news teller where the same programme was being shown. while i totally appreciate the news coverage of elections is absolutely essential, having it run all available news channels for over 72 hours is more than excessive and totally unnecessary.- excessive and totally unnecessary. excessive and totally unnecessa . ~ . ., , unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland _ unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland where - unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland where all - unnecessary. much of the focus was on scotland where all of. was on scotland where all of the holyrood seeds were up for grabs and the snp eventually fell one seat short of an overall majority. bbc scotland when its own extensive election

programme which bbc wine and the news channel dipped into, rather too frequently for some viewers, who felt saturation point had been reached by saturday. as they typed the lead story was the ongoing push by nicola sturgeon for an ongoing referendum. this election has notjust been about scotland. the bbc has put out a statement in response to complaints like those.

given that the range of contest, it was always going to be hard to provide a clear overall picture assessing how well each party had performed and what results were particularly newsworthy. for some members of the audience including mick please, the bbc got the emphasis wrong. i have watched the coverage of the resultant bbc wine and i am amazed... in the toolbox bbc news has for conveying election results, graphics have always played an important part, with peter snow and his swing is still casting and his swing is still casting a large shadow. this time around, reset ramadi and lewis got all took on responsibility of displaying interpreting the numbers. �* , of displaying interpreting the numbers. 3 a' of displaying interpreting the numbers. �*, .,

numbers. let's take a look at the egg electoral hell they i the egg electoral hell they have got to climb, a very slim majority here for the conservative former candidates alexander burnett, the former nsp. iii alexander burnett, the former nsp. ., nsp. if labour were progressing, - nsp. if labour were progressing, if- nsp. if labour were progressing, if theyj nsp. if labour were - progressing, if they look like they— progressing, if they look like they were on their way to form a government, they should be doing — a government, they should be doing really well, in somewhere like lancashire._ like lancashire. kathleen e-mailed _ like lancashire. kathleen e-mailed us _ like lancashire. kathleen e-mailed us in _ like lancashire. kathleen e-mailed us in these - like lancashire. kathleen i e-mailed us in these terms. and sue leonard had a similar reaction.

the conservatives victory in the hartlepool by—election set the hartlepool by—election set the tone for much of the election coverage, partly perhaps because of its announcement on friday morning came before almost all of the other results across england, scotland and wales. 2a hours later chris mason was out and about in the town finding out why people had voted the way they had. we why people had voted the way the had. ~ ., ., ., they had. we had enough of labour, they've _ they had. we had enough of labour, they've just - they had. we had enough of labour, they've just direct l they had. we had enough of l labour, they've just direct us, everything. labour, they've 'ust direct us, everything.— everything. wrecked it. totally- _ everything. wrecked it. totally. the _ everything. wrecked it. totally. the hospital, l everything. wrecked it. | totally. the hospital, we haven't even got a cell where we can lock someone up on a night. we haven't got a court where we can take them to court. what's that all about? we are a big town.—

court. what's that all about? we are a big town. you've got to have these _ we are a big town. you've got to have these facilities, - to have these facilities, police. a number of viewers contacted newswatch about| police. a number of viewers - contacted newswatch about this and reactions to that interview for us. here is paul dixon but first ashley tipping. the chan . e first ashley tipping. the change of _ first ashley tipping. the change of voting - first ashley tipping. the change of voting in - first ashley tipping. ti: change of voting in hartlepool and labour having wrecked it, and labour having wrecked it, and cited the town not having a cell to lock people in or a court to try them as examples. this went totally unchallenged. a simple fact check which show the decision to close hartlepool magistrates court was one of many court closures across the uk in 2016 by a conservative ministry of justice. ., ,., , conservative ministry of justice. , ., ., justice. the reasons for voting conservative _ justice. the reasons for voting conservative whether - justice. the reasons for voting conservative whether they - justice. the reasons for voting l conservative whether they had, the labor— conservative whether they had, the labor party had breast wrecked hartlepool over the last ten _ wrecked hartlepool over the last ten years because they now had a _ last ten years because they now had a substandard image and a severe — had a substandard image and a severe lack of police numbers on the — severe lack of police numbers on the beat, and the lack of a court — on the beat, and the lack of a court building and police

cette _ court building and police cells i_ court building and police cells. i really feel that in their— cells. i really feel that in their interests, in an unbiased and fair— their interests, in an unbiased and fairargument, they their interests, in an unbiased and fair argument, they could have — and fair argument, they could have been challenged by putting the claim to the government to fund _ the claim to the government to fund these are not local mps. this_ fund these are not local mps. this was_ fund these are not local mps. this was another example of how unchallenged assertions in the media become alternative facts., democracy relies on voting decisions being informed by truth, and in this regard, bbc news has been found wanting. bbc news has been found wantinu. , bbc news has been found wanting-— wanting. chris mason was also taken to task _ wanting. chris mason was also taken to task along _ wanting. chris mason was also taken to task along those - wanting. chris mason was also | taken to task along those lines on twitter, and he responded to one complaint by saying that the problem with this, ripped out of context is you missed the previous two minutes... as he mentions, many of those commenting on this may not have

seen what preceded the interview, with those conservative voters, namely another vox pop with the voter opposed to the conservatives, and that conversation with david mcmillan, political reporter from the local bbc radio. ., , ., , ., radio. the conservatives are very much — radio. the conservatives are very much in _ radio. the conservatives are very much in ascendance - radio. the conservatives are very much in ascendance inl radio. the conservatives are - very much in ascendance in that sense. labour have got problems that stretch back a long way, notjust that stretch back a long way, not just about keir that stretch back a long way, notjust about keir starmer or not just about keir starmer or jeremy notjust about keir starmer or jeremy corbyn, it goes back a long way, and other things they find it really hard to do with the government's austerity programme affected this region but that people seem to blame the local politicians rather than the government for that. that is the wider context is referred to in the statement we were given. bbc breakfast reflected a wide range of views from voters and politicians to give an insight into the hartlepool by—election. on tuesday lunchtime, restructured party had been speaking to chris mason back on duty again to discuss the queen �*s speech

again, and a problem emerged that we reference back in the days before the pandemic. aha, days before the pandemic. number of economic and announcements were here, plans for a lifetime skills guarantee and as mentioned, new planning reforms to speed up housebuilding and ambition is to encourage greater homeownership. our economics respondent has more.— respondent has more. yes, the return of— respondent has more. yes, the return of protesters _ respondent has more. yes, the return of protesters getting - return of protesters getting their political points across, both vocally and visually by shouting and displaying their banners in the back of shots during live broadcasts. peter mills put the question, why did the bbc�*s...

we have asked bbc managers about that before and we may do so again on a future programme. finally, the week began with a promise that some more physical contact could bejust promise that some more physical contact could be just around the corner. contact could be 'ust around the cornuh the corner. hugging, we are expecting — the corner. hugging, we are expecting the _ the corner. hugging, we are expecting the prime - the corner. hugging, we are| expecting the prime minister given the go—ahead to hug friends and families from next week. sort of, careful cuddling if you will, keeping them short and selective, not hugging lots of people, and avoiding face—to—face contact. of people, and avoiding face-to-face contact. just a - ro er face-to-face contact. just a preper hug. _ face-to-face contact. just a preper hug. is— face-to-face contact. just a proper hug, is not - face-to-face contact. just a proper hug, is not a - face-to-face contact. just a proper hug, is not a hug. i face-to-face contact. just a proper hug, is not a hug. a| face-to-face contact. just a - proper hug, is not a hug. a hug is a _ proper hug, is not a hug. a hug is a hug. — proper hug, is not a hug. a hug is a hug. is— proper hug, is not a hug. a hug is a hug, is not pushing them away— is a hug, is not pushing them away sort _ is a hug, is not pushing them away sort of thing. it is a hug, is not pushing them away sort of thing.— away sort of thing. it was all away sort of thing. it was all a bit much _ away sort of thing. it was all a bit much for _ away sort of thing. it was all a bit much for some, - away sort of thing. it was all. a bit much for some, including liz bailey who asked... the coverage was continuing on friday, prompting carl to bag on twitter. thank you for all

of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear and bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail newswatch or you can find us on twitter. you can call us on our number, 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 there. if you're waiting for a prolonged, dry, warm spell of weather, you'll have to keep on waiting because this weekend it is going to stay cool and there will be plenty more heavy, thundery downpours. now, on the atlantic satellite picture, you can see this big pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way from west to east. you can think of this line of cloud as something

of a barrier. it's keeping the warm air away from our shores. that warm air will lift temperatures across parts of southern spain this weekend into the low to mid 30s. but for us, we are stuck in cool air and we are stuck under the influence of low pressure. this will bring showers or longer spells of rain through the weekend. a band of cloud with outbreaks of rain drifting north—eastwards across england and wales, clipping into northern ireland as we head through saturday morning. behind that, well, we revert to that mix of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. not too many showers across scotland, certainly across the northern half of scotland as we go through the day, although for shetland, it will stay pretty grey and damp all day long. temperatures struggling for north—eastern areas — just 11 degrees. but even in the best of the sunshine, 15 or 16 — that is it. and then through saturday evening, the showers will try to fade but actually, i think through the early hours of sunday morning, the showers will pep up again down towards the south—west. that is the first sign of what is going to be quite a turbulent day of weather

on sunday as this area of low pressure moves right on top of the uk. that means the air will be very, very unstable. so while most places will start with some dry weather and some sunshine, keep an eye on the skies — you will see big thunder clouds developing. some really intense downpours with frequent lightning, some hail, some very squally, gusty wind and some particularly strong winds down towards the channel islands. there will be some sunshine between the showers but temperatures below par, 11 to 15 degrees. and as we head in to the start of next week, low pressure will still be close by. that means we will see further showers or longer spells of rain through the week ahead. some of those showers always with the potential to be heavy, possibly thundery. some sunshine in between, but no sign of anything warm on the horizon.

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