�* we re were given on news they were given on news bulletins with terry pearson addressing the bbc�*s director—general as follows. meanwhile, it is clear that this anonymous caller to our phone line is not a glastonbury fine. i, ,, phone line is not a glastonbury fine. a, ,, a , fine. for goodness sake, every time i television _ fine. for goodness sake, every time i television on, _ fine. for goodness sake, every time i television on, there - fine. for goodness sake, every time i television on, there is i time i television on, there is this rubbish stuff about glastonbury. it is not news. you have got loads of programmes about it, it is all through the news. it looks like an absolute hellhole. the people cannot string two words together, they cannot string two musical notes together. it is awful. don't want to know it. thank you so much. get it off! ~ , . , , it. thank you so much. get it off! ~ ,. , , ., , it. thank you so much. get it off! ~ ,. , , . , ~' it. thank you so much. get it off! ,. ,, ~' off! we discussed last week was an abuse of— off! we discussed last week was an abuse of language _ off! we discussed last week was an abuse of language around - an abuse of language around asylum and terminology is an

equally delicate issue in regard to abortion which has of course been prominent in the news since last friday's decision by the us supreme court. that overturned the roe versus wade ruling which made abortion legal across the us, and on saturday morning on radio today, they were discussing the subject with a busy north america editor sarah smith. figs busy north america editor sarah smith. ~ , , ., busy north america editor sarah smith. a i. busy north america editor sarah smith. a ., smith. as you say, for the pro-life — smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups _ smith. as you say, for the pro-life groups for - smith. as you say, for the | pro-life groups for pro-life pro—life groups for pro—life coalition who have been campaigning for this for many years since roe versus wade actually, they are very ambitious. there is still a lot more they want to achieve. the hrase more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life _ more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life is _ more they want to achieve. the phrase pro-life is a _ phrase pro—life is a controversial one and its usage there was resized by women's organisations with kerry able, chair of the group abortion chemical rights, pro—life or who? the term recommended for use by bbcjournalists is actually neither of those, rather, and

elaboration, as this report from sarah smith last friday of as i hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti—abortionists. but anti—abortionists. but anti—abortionist or anti—abortionists is not a popular description of those on the other side of this debate. a conservative mp peter bohn told a radio station this week that he was disappointed the bbc are using anti—abortionist rather than pro—life. above busy spokesperson had this to say. as of friday you may have noticed you are no longer able to watch this or any other programme in high definition on the bbc news channel via free view because of a reduction in

3—view public broadcast capacity and the bbc has advised viewers that if they want to watch the news channel in h d, they have to do so on the iplayer. that doesn't satisfy paul hetherington. here is a video he recorded for us. i have recently started getting p°p�*up5 i have recently started getting pop—ups from the bbc on the news channel telling me that bbc news hd is soon being removed to be replaced by a standard definition, although i can watch it on the iplayer if i wish in high definition. this does seem a retrograde step to me. so to get my hd news, i will need to go into the apps, open bbc i, find the news channel, select live news, wait for a while for it to load up, assuming i have internet speed fast enough, and then get my news a couple of minutes after everybody else. imagine if this were a sports channel and the world cup winning goal had just

been scored and you found out about two minutes after the rest of the world. by the way, i am filming this in hd on my phone, but of course if you are watching it on the bbc, you won't be able to watch it hd unless of course you are watching on iplayer. those in charge of the bbc often speak about impartiality being one of the corporation �*s chief qualities. the perception has grown recently that it is not fulfilling its remit in this regard. when he took up his post in 2020, director—general tim davies spoke of the need to restore trust in the bbc�*s impartiality. last month the culture secretary nadeem doris launched a review into the subject and last week the regulator ofcom published its reviews which found audiences rate the bbc less favourably for impartiality than they do for impartiality than they do for truth and accuracy. on friday the director—general told staff it was making progress on its impartiality

plan, but news what viewers have expressed their own concerns with john have expressed their own concerns withjohn hugh have expressed their own concerns with john hugh jones writing... ofcom also said too many people lacked confidence in the bbc�*s complaints process and that it needed improvement, and again, thatis needed improvement, and again, that is something we have also heard from members of the audience such as james mays. we were told no—one from the bbc was available to discuss thoseissues bbc was available to discuss those issues this week, and i

am joined by the former bbc executive mark, whose roles included deputy director of bbc news and control of radio 4. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. this debate feels as old as the hills. does the bbc really have a problem with impartiality? i really have a problem with impartiality?— really have a problem with imartiali ? ., �* ~' impartiality? i don't think the bbc even _ impartiality? i don't think the bbc even the _ impartiality? i don't think the bbc even the volume - impartiality? i don't think the bbc even the volume of - impartiality? i don't think the bbc even the volume of its i bbc even the volume of its output on any given day can claim to be 100% successful even on a given date nevermind across a year. but if you take across a year. but if you take a more practical view of it, which is measured bbc�*s impartiality rep would all the trustworthiness of its journalism against the sheer volume of the output and look at the size of mistakes, it makes in the number of mistakes it makes, i would contend that overall the bbc does an extremely good and effective job of being a trustworthy and impartial broadcaster, and in doing that, serves british democracy extraordinarily well. it is fair to say we are living ina it is fair to say we are living in a much more polarised politically polarised time, in

the news media landscape has changed with much more commentator led coverage, radio and tv. our people just wanting the bbc to represent their points of view on issues? i points of view on issues? i think that is acute and is the key point, which is the extent to which people recognise that the bbc is not there to make their own personal worldview feel reinforced or better, and the bbc is not there to attack, deride or belittle your opponent, and the bbc does something completely different which is to present a big range of views and to have effectively both reflected and challenged by qualified journalists and presenters who know their business. and you don't end up, you're not supposed to end up with a warm, cuddly feeling inside. the bbc has endorsed your view. many eo - le has endorsed your view. many people impartiality _ has endorsed your view. many people impartiality means - has endorsed your view. many people impartiality means equal time. we heard a view of their containing about needing a stopwatch to measure abortion

coverage. as at the right way to measure it?— to measure it? no, and the technical— to measure it? no, and the technical term _ to measure it? no, and the technical term for- to measure it? no, and the technical term for this, - to measure it? no, and the| technical term for this, both from the bbc and ofcom and other service broadcasters is due impartiality, and that means precisely is not equal time, and the bbc should not be giving equal time to people who believe that there is no such thing as global warming as opposed to people who believe that there is such a thing called global warming, and the reason for that is because there is a body of factual evidence which makes it clear that giving somebody equal time on that is giving equal time to nonsense. d0 on that is giving equal time to nonsense-— nonsense. do you think that social media _ nonsense. do you think that social media has _ nonsense. do you think that social media has changed i nonsense. do you think that i social media has changed both the way people think about impartiality and also the way bbc police is it?— bbc police is it? that is absolutely _ bbc police is it? that is absolutely right. - bbc police is it? that is absolutely right. in - bbc police is it? that is| absolutely right. in each bbc police is it? that is i absolutely right. in each of the respect that you mention. first of all, the pressure on all broadcasters, the bbc is the biggest and so feels the most pressure, but i don't think that others from feeling the pressure as well. if you make a mistake or even if you don't make a mistake and you broadcast something that a social media group doesn't like, the multiplier effect of

spreading that around can be corrosive. sometimes idsa can be helpful because it correct that error made on screen, but very often what is generating the social media outcry is simple disagreement with something that you have heard orseen something that you have heard or seen because itjust doesn't correspond with your view and take on the issue.— take on the issue. three also criticised _ take on the issue. three also criticised the _ take on the issue. three also criticised the bbc's _ take on the issue. three also criticised the bbc's system i take on the issue. three also | criticised the bbc's system of handling complaints. what can be done improve that?- handling complaints. what can be done improve that? ofcom has a oint, be done improve that? ofcom has a point. and _ be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some _ be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some of— be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some of this - be done improve that? ofcom has a point, and some of this is - a point, and some of this is administrative and institutional. it is about the resources you put in a number of people you have, the training you give them to make sure they can handle better, more quickly and more deftly the volume of complaints, and there are a loss that come in, there are a loss that come in, the bbc big beast. the extent to which the bbc feels inhibited i think too often from thinking out loud about how it has made particular judgements, and very often, and i say this is someone who makes decisions and whojudges i say this is someone who makes decisions and who judges them when i was on the governing body, our whole number of

factors and you try to weigh up what the right answer is. i don't think it is an embarrassment to say it is a fine balance decision. this is what we decided in the way that gives the complainant and the wider public some assurance that the bbc has considered all the factors even if you don't agree with the conclusion. mark, thank you. pleasure. thank you _ mark, thank you. pleasure. thank you for _ mark, thank you. pleasure. thank you for all _ mark, thank you. pleasure. thank you for all your - mark, thank you. pleasure. - 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 us. oryou radio, online and social media, e—mail us. or you can find us on twitter, you can call us, and to have a look at previous interviews on our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. july has got under way

just wherejune left off with lots of heavy showers around. this was one of the showers crossing the skies in aboyne, aberdeenshire, and if we take a look at the radar and lightning detector, you'll see today's biggest storms have been across eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england as well. but already, our attention is turning to this next area of rain moving in from the west, and over the next few hours, that is going to extend from northern ireland across scotland, good part of northern england, wales, eventually reaching the south—west as well. now, temperatures, as we start off saturday morning, well up into double figures, like they have been for the last few days, and as far as saturday's forecast goes, this area of low pressure is dominating the weather picture. a band of rain pushes eastwards, followed by lots of showers. now, as far as the wimbledon forecast goes, might actually miss out on the rain here. fingers crossed. some sunshine in the morning and the cloud will tend to build, but it's not until the evening time that we are expecting some rain. the rain will come courtesy of this weather front that

will continue to push its way eastwards across england. behind that, we see the showers packing in, some heavy ones in the north—west of scotland, that's probably where we'll see the day's thunderstorms break out. but with some sunny spells around, temperatures will be in the high teens across western areas, typically about 18 or so, about 21 or 22 in the sunshine further east. now, sunday, we've got further showers to come, probably not quite so many, and into the afternoon, wales and south—west england, a decent shower and becoming dry here. quite a lot of cloud for scotland again, breezy and cool, just 14 in stornoway, otherwise temperatures again high teens to low 20s. monday's forecast — a little bit more rain to come across the north—west of scotland. that looks like it's going to be heavy here. the rain pushes eastwards and southwards during the day. across wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south, probably staying predominantly dry, a touch warmer in places, highs up to 23 in london. but as we dive deeper into

next week, this area of high pressure very gradually is going to exert a bit more of an influence on our weather, some warmer air toppling around the top side of that, but it looks like we could see quite a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, still with the threat of a few showers. sunnier and warmer further south.

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