hours of testimony, with elisabeth blandon wondering... and glenn thirlby similarly asked... but yadwiga billewicz disagreed... one part of the session which caught the attention of bbc—watchers was when the prime minister's former chief adviser described how, over the course of last year, he largely stopped speaking to journalists — with one exception. the main person, really, though, that i spoke to in the whole of 2020 was laura kuenssberg of the bbc, because the bbc has a special position

in the country, obviously, during the crisis. and because i was in the room for certain crucial things, i could give guidance to her on certain very big stories. the use of anonymous sources in political reporting has long been a concern among some newswatch viewers, and that "outing" of himself by dominic cummings as one of those sources led valerie ching—dolling, among others, to question how reliable and credible he was. she wrote... and someone tweeting as murf�*s mum posted this...

but graham king had a different perspective... we asked bbc news about this, and they told us... matt hancock came in for a particular tongue—lashing from dominic cummings, so it was no surprise that

when the health secretary appeared the next day at the downing street briefing, laura kuenssberg put one of mr cummings�* allegations to him. can you still stand there today and say it's true that you protected care homes from the start? and did you or did you not tell downing street that people leaving care homes would be tested before...? sorry, people leaving hospitals would be tested before? the health secretary's answer clearly didn't satisfy laura kuenssberg, as she tried to get in with a follow—up question, but it seemed her microphone was swiftly muted and the press conference moved on to another question. thanks very much, laura. next question's from carl dinnen from itv. the reaction from an m lloyd? as we saw on last week's newswatch, the recent hostilities in israel and gaza have been accompanied

by a passionate debate about how fairly the media, including the bbc, have reported the conflict. that debate was reignited last weekend, when a series of tweets emerged written by tala halawa, a journalist working for bbc monitoring. they were posted in 2014 when she was working for a palestinian radio station, and one made offensive comments about israel and hitler. jane habib wrote that she was... well, last autumn, the bbc issued new guidance for staff on their use of social media, and we wanted to talk to someone about this case in that context. they told us that wasn't possible, as there was an investigation ongoing, and gave us this statement...

now, we're sometimes asked what dictates which items make it onto television news bulletins, while others — apparently equally important — don't. one of our viewers, richard spooner, contacted us recently about this and recorded this video with his thoughts. recently, bbc news has headlined tragic events with substantial loss of life — the jewish festival and the mexico city metro disaster, for example. over the same period, civilian deaths of the same magnitude have occurred in the caucasus, burkina faso and the death of the chadean president. none of these get any further than the news website. so death is news, but not always. a similar approach appears to pertain to uk murders. some cases catch the imagination of the news editors

whilst the majority don't apparently merit a mention, so what is the difference? it's probably the availability of validated video. television news seems to demand obligatory video footage, plus a correspondent, often superfluous. lost lives have the same value, so if it's newsworthy, they should have equal footing and not be squeezed by the schedule, geographic location or video availability. news is ephemeral, but its consequences can be long—lasting. do let us know your thoughts on what we're covering in this programme, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. now, for some of your other comments this week. prince harry featured on bbc news again on friday — just the latest of many recent stories on the bbc about an increasingly divisive figure.

the next episode of prince harry's new mental health series has been released on apple tv. the latest instalment, called the me you can't see: a path forward, sees prince henry and oprah winfrey reunited. a path forward, sees prince harry and oprah winfrey reunited. in his written statement last night, prince harry said the media's culture of exploitation and unethical practices had ultimately killed his mother. harry continues to be open about his own mental health, issues which have their roots in the events of the '905. back in the states, - on a podcast, he has again made his own tracks. when it comes to parenting, if i've expressed some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or parents had suffered, i'm going to make sure that i break that cycle, so i don't pass it on, basically. moira merryweather spoke for a number of viewers when she recorded these thoughts for us. every time he opened his mouth

to vilify his family, i can almost hear the collective groan from the british public. please, prince harry, stop your horrific outbursts. and please, bbc, stop giving him a platform for his unpleasant and ludicrous comments. others, of course, are more sympathetic to the duke of sussex, and one viewer picked up on a word used by royal correspondent sarah campbell in a discussion last friday about prince harry's tv series. kate, this documentary series was first mooted two years ago, this collaboration between him and oprah winfrey, so that was before megxit but perhaps an early sign that he wasn't happy, that he saw himself doing something outside of the royal confines. kate richardson was watching that at the end of last week and had this response...

finally, another of our viewers has detected what he sees as a trend in the way bbc reporters deliver their pieces to camera. take a look at this. questions will continue, though, whether in the commons or at the department of health., especially around what happened in our care homes behind closed doors. keir starmer says a labour government would actively support the economy. the conservatives point out they've just spent almost £300 billion doing just that. this crisis has seen criticism. of the leadership of a number of scotland's institutions, from the government - to the civil service. nick delahaye was prompted to get in touch with us. here's his video. i've noticed recently that bbc political correspondents, when delivering their piece to camera, can often be seen nonchalantly leaning up against either a wall or a lamp post.

and i was just wondering, why do they do this? and i'm also wondering whether we, the viewers, can gain any insight into their own political views by whether they lean to the left... ..or the right? i think we'll leave that question hanging in the air. 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 and social media, e—mail newswatch@bbc.co.uk, or you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676, and do have a look at our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. friday was a bit of a disappointing day thanks to a weak weather front

which brought more cloud around and also some light and patchy rain. but for the weekend, as high pressure builds in, conditions will improve. we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine, and it will turn warmer as well. so, here's our building area of high pressure today. it'll be pushing these weather fronts out into the atlantic, so we'll see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. because we will start off rather grey through this morning thanks to the legacy of yesterday's weather front. a little bit of drizzle here and there close to the west coast. but increasing amounts of sunshine into the afternoon, and that could set off an isolated heavy shower here and there, particularly across the higher ground in the north. and there could be a little bit of low cloud and mist affecting north sea coasts. but with more sunshine around, we could make 19—20 degrees, maybe even warmer than that in one or two spots. now, as we head through saturday night, any showers will fade away. we'll see some low cloud and mist rolling into eastern scotland and eastern england, but further west, skies should remain clear. those temperatures will range from around 7—ii degrees. so, on into sunday, then,

our big area of high pressure�*s dominating the scene, slowly pushing out into the north sea. that's going to bring a lot of dry weather around. it will start quite grey and cool across eastern scotland and eastern england, but that low cloud and mist will burn back to the coast thanks to the strong late may sunshine. many places will be dry with widespread sunshine around, so it's going to be warmer. temperatures reaching 22 degrees there for glasgow, 21 or 22 or 23 degrees in parts of england and wales. now, as we head on into bank holiday monday, our area of high pressure will be out in the north sea, and that's going to draw some warm air up from the south or the south—east off the near continent. so, combine that with the strong late may sunshine, it's going to feel even warmer. 23, 2a, maybe even 25 degrees somewhere, so that will be challenging the warmest day of the year so far, which was set back in late march. tuesday, we do it all again. south—southeasterly winds, plenty of sunshine around. it's going to be another very warm day. a bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up into the afternoon. those temperatures ranging

from low to mid—20s celsius. always a little bit fresher along some southern and eastern coasts. now, as we head through the week, there isjust the chance at the moment that we could see some thundery showers moving up from the south, particularly through wednesday and thursday. otherwise, we should continue to see quite a bit of sunshine.

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