and it's predicted that prices will rise even further next year. annual bills could exceed £5,000 from january 2023 and then more than £6,000 from april. worrying figures for many people, but some felt the bbc was adding to that worry with the tone and extent of its reporting on what might happen, but hasn't happened yet. stuart luck was one of them, writing: as we saw in that clip we played, the bbc has been reporting the future average cap on bills, but some viewers think that's not the most useful measure to employ. sue clark made this request:

and peter coleman had this suggestion: the ongoing debate about how the bbc should interpret and demonstrate impartiality flared up again last week when emily matliss, who recently left the bbc after 20 years, gave a lecture at the edinburgh television festival. she questioned the bbc�*s decision to apologise for comments she made on newsnight in 2020 about dominic cummings breaking lockdown rules during the pandemic, which had prompted a complaint from downing street.

why had the bbc immediately and publicly sought to confirm the government spokesman�*s opinion, without any kind of due process? it makes no sense for an organisation that is admirably, famously rigorous about procedure, unless it was perhaps sending a message of reassurance directly to the government itself. put this in the context of the bbc board where another active agent of the conservative party, a former downing street spin doctor and former adviser to bbc rival gb news now sits, acting as the arbiter of bbc impartiality. it's thought that was a reference to sir robbie gibb, a former bbc editor who went to work as theresa may's director of communications and was appointed to the bbc board last year. there was both criticism

and approval of emily matliss�*s comments with a friend of sir robbie gibb telling newspapers he is committed to delivering change, to making impartiality the genuine priority. meanwhile, keith russell felt the speech didn't receive enough attention on bbc news. the bbc did put out a statement in response to the speech, which reads like this: the extent to which impartiality has become a fraught issue for the bbc

was reinforced this week by a bbc ruling against radio two presenter and safe cycling advocate jeremy vine. an internal investigation found he had reached impartiality rules, by expressing his support for low traffic neighbourhoods. a decision that had a mixed response. david harrington thought: but maria david disagrees. well, we hoped to discuss the bbc�*s approach to impartiality over the next four weeks with a bbc executive. u nfortu nately, no—one was available to do so this week.

do let us know your thoughts on any of the issues we're covering in this programme or any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us are at the end of the programme. but now, for some of your other concerns this week. wednesday's news at six led with a special investigation by ed thomas into a distressing subject. for months, the bbc has been hearing about people's experiences reporting crime. this is the story of mums in chorley, whose children have been attacked by a group of teenagers. what followed showed children being beaten and bruised and though the images were blurred and a warning had been given beforehand, a viewer called julie thought the footage was too explicit for pre—watershed viewing. this is a first time i've ever complained, but as a public health professional, i was so shocked by the clips you showed of the violence of children abusing children on the 6:00 news.

this is the time when children could be easily present. it was so horrific, even for adults to see and hear. young children could be traumatised by seeing this. i was so shocked and couldn't understand how this had passed through the threshold. is there no such thing as the watershed anymore? this would have been more appropriate for the 10:00 news or newsnight. please could you be more aware and more sensitive ensuring that clips you show are age appropriate for the time of day. another viewer who wanted to remain anonymous had a different view, e—mailing: 0ne staple of news coverage in august is exam results day, whether it's gcses or a—levels.

typically, tv reports on the subject start something like this: she's done it. i've done it! the tense wait over, so relieved. - mum is going to be so proud of me and i've got to tell her. and notjust for the students. whether a—level. .. i needed three bs and i got three bs. distinction. 0h, fantastic. this is the passport to their adult lives. i got a, b, b, so i feel relieved. jamie thornton was watching that and had this question: and mike agreed:

finally, most of us have been enjoying or suffering some very hot weather this summer, confirmed this week to have been the joint hottest record in england. and that's featured prominently in many news bulletins over the past few weeks. here's a couple of examples. it is about to get much hotter. it is about to get much hotter. it is about to get much hotter. it is not welcomed by all. keeping cool by any way possible. normal life had its challenges today. in central london, some still braved an open bus stop to r. —— tour. 0n bournemouth beach this weekend, they are expecting 100,000 visitors, with people

here seeming unconcerned about the extreme heat forecast in the coming days. peter donaldson contacted us injuly with his response to the bbc�*s coverage of the heatwave. yes, we had a heatwave, and i know there's a met office forecast of record—breaking temperatures in a few days' time, but why does that dominate the news? your newscast cross both radio and television while leading with the same news day after day. it is hot and it will get hotter. we all know this. we don't need endless vox pops of random people around the country saying how hot they are. and more pictures of hot people. this, before the record has been broken. then there is regularly repeated advice from the experts about the importance of staying in the shade, wearing sunscreen and drinking lots of water. there are important things happening around our world but hot weather has swept aside most of the news. i know as a nation, we are meant to be obsessed with the weather, but this

really is out of proportion. thank you for all your comments. the next few days, we'll see plenty of new starts, laura kuenssberg taking over bbc 0ne�*s sunday morning interview programme, followed on monday by the arrival of the new ceo of bbc news, deborah turness. oh, and our next prime minister starts in the job on tuesday. we're keen to hear your reactions to any of those new beginnings or anything you see or hear on bbc news and we'll do our best to get editors on to respond. you can e—mail newswatch at bbc.code.uk or you can find us on twitter at newswatch bbc. you can call us on 03700106676 and do have a look at our website for previous interviews — bbc.co.uk/newswatch. we will be back to hear your thoughts. goodbye. hello there. september can often be a contrasting month

as the battle between summer and autumn really takes shape. in fact, on friday, we saw a high of 27 celsius — 80 fahrenheit — in suffolk. it was pretty humid as well. but out to the west was a different story and as we head through the weekend, we will see heavy, thundery rain with the wettest of the weather continuing out to the west and the winds, well, strengthening to gusts in excess of 40mph at times. so this low pressure not really going very far, very fast, and it will flick these frontal systems in an anti—clockwise direction around that low — that's where the heaviest of the rain is likely to be. take a look at the accumulation totals as we go through the weekend. take a look at northern ireland and parts of south—west scotland — the darker blues, the brighter greens suggest that we could potentially see as much as 50—100mm of rain before the weekend is through. so that's where this relentless wet weather is likely to be, but elsewhere,

we will see some sunshine. and if you dodge any showers and keep that sunshine, once again, you could get some warmth. some of the showers merging together in sort of organised bands up through parts of east anglia towards north—east england, but with the sunshine, we could see highs of 2a degrees. through saturday night, into the early hours of sunday morning, as the low shifts position a little, we might see a squeeze in the isobars with this next pulse of wetter weather — that suggests that we could see those winds gusting in excess of 40mph. and some of that rain, again, quite heavy — the brighter greens suggesting that, across northwest england, south—west scotland and, at times, parts of northern ireland. there will be showers elsewhere, but not everyone will see the showers. it'll be a slightly windier day generally, but the wind direction still coming from the south, we could see some more persistent showers arriving across the channel coast by the end of the day. but again, those temperatures may well peak at 2a or 25 degrees — that's still

into the high 70s. early into next week, that low pressure really stays with us, so we will continue to see frontal systems moving in across the country. it's not going to be consistent in terms of where the showers are likely to be, but some of us will see showers on and off throughout the week, and some of them could be heavy.

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