are england and wales. if we do win, we'll be on... we might be on to the knockout rounds, and that will make history for all of wales. so, come on! come on! i think we knew how the first half was going to go, but then we knew wales would really have to go for it, the game would open up. we could then use our players with pace — the likes of rashford and foden. you know, it was... you know, from there on, i was never in any doubt. well, here's what some of you had to say about all that, starting with a sarcastic ian frost last friday. stephen russell contacted us later that evening about the news at ten.

on tuesday evening at 7pm alan driver tuned into outside source, which we saw a clip of there. kath eyre was interested in the world cup, but wrote... meanwhile, mike willmont had another concern.

well, let's address some of those reactions with richard burgess, who's the director of news content for bbc news. i have to say, richard, i feel we have spoken about this issue before — possibly more than once. what can you say to viewers who feel there's just too much coverage of the men's world cup on the news, and it displaces the most important stories? well, look, i know there is a section of the audience that does feel this way, because, as you rightly say, samira, we've had this conversation before. look, the world cup is a major event, it's a global event watched by millions with a real commercial value to it. and that forms part of the news, and we have to reflect that. you know, when a third of the nation is following the england—wales match, that is the news of that day and so we reflect the match and also the activity around the match. and i think that's the right thing for the news to do,

while accepting, you know, there are other stories in the world, as well. 50, following up on that, 7pm on tuesday evening, there were matches on bbc one and bbc two at the same time. 50 viewers turn on the news channel looking, clearly, for something else — possibly news. and what do they get? they get chat about the matches. it is a bit of a bizarre decision. well, look, i can see where you're coming from with that one, absolutely, and i think we do need to be careful when there's football on bbc one and bbc two that we offer something alternative on the news channel. but the news channel is going to reflect the world cup and what's going on around the world cup and the stories around the world cup. and we also know that audiences do come to the news sometimes for a summary of what's happened. so they don't want to watch the whole match, but they do want to find out what the news is around the world cup. but you know what the point is that viewers are making. so we also had a lot of complaints last week about half the bulletins being taken up with pre—match build—up. now, that can't be news if nothing's happened yet — not to the extent it runs.

well, i think... we've got a news environment at the moment which is quite gloomy at times, i would say, so i am quite unapologetic about us trying to reflect some of the joy in the nation and the excitement in the nation building up to a big football match, and that's exactly what we were doing. 0k. speaking ofjoy... he laughs. it's the tone that some viewers find problematic — a bitjingoistic about national teams, all these intoxicated fans being interviewed, rather than reporting objectively. oh, no, i think we do report objectively, absolutely. we've got highly experienced kind of sports news correspondents and a sports editor in dan roan, you know, who will analyse the sport itself. but at the same time, that reporting will reflect some of the joy and some of the support that's going on around this world cup. i have noticed in recent weeks that the world service in particular, and some domestic radio bulletins, now refer to "the men's world cup" at first reference. but very often it's referred to just as "the world cup". given it was the women's

team who won the euros, is it time to have consistency about how you describe the men's and women's tournaments? at first reference. yes, it could be. i mean, we do tend to refer to women's sport as "the women's football team" and often just the men's football team as "the football team", as it were, so it's probably one where we do need a greater amount of consistency. i'd accept that. excellent, glad to hear it. now, there's been a lot of criticism of the bbc, as we've established — very extensive coverage of the tournament focusing on qatar's human rights record. when you've covered, say, the olympics in beijing, the previous men's world cup in russia without such an emphasis, is it hypocritical? no, i think we did have an emphasis on those issues in russia and in china, but i don't deny that it has been high up the agenda with qatar. i mean, it's partly because the world cup is being played there, and that has put an immense attention on those issues. you know, and some of those issues are directly related to the world cup —

if you think about migrant workers dying in the construction of some of the stadia. and also some of the other issues, like lgbt rights, has been really put on the agenda by the players themselves and the supporters. so i think it's right that we've covered those. 0k. will the bbc take away some of the comments, what newswatch viewers have said about too much football, getting too big a proportion — not any mention, but too big a proportion — of news bulletins. he stammers. of course. you have to make a judgement, bulletin to bulletin, story to story, and i don't think there's a one—size—fits—all with this. and as i said right at the start, samira, we recognise that for some viewers this can be a frustration. but, equally, i don't want to apologise for us covering what is a major event that is of huge interest to millions of people in this country. richard burgess, thank you. for the past two weeks,

we've featured complaints about the use of graphs and statistics on bbc news, and this week there was another example. tuesday saw the publication of last year's census, which found that less than half the population of england and wales now identify as christians. the office for national statistics says 46.2% describe themselves as christian in 2021 — a fall from 58% a decade ago. those who said they had no religion increased to 37.2%, while the number of people identifying as muslim increased by 1.2 million. graham hepburn was watching that and sent us this response. ray bradley had a theory.

we put those points to bbc news, and they told us... finally, although the series attracted millions of viewers on itv, quite a few newswatch viewers will not be mourning the end of "i'm a celebrity... get me out of here!" and, in particular, the mention on news programs of matt hancock's participation in the show. sunday's finale saw the former health secretary finishing third, and that was the headline online — not the victory of ex—england footballerjill scott — at least until it was changed later in the day. adam stockford emailed...

gareth waterhouse agreed with that, and recorded this video for us. after watching i'm a celebrity on sunday night, my family and i were delighted that jill scott won i'm a celebrity. when i went on to the bbc news website on monday morning, however, i was disappointed to see the top news article not around jill scott winning i'm a celebrity, but around matt hancock — a male politician — coming third. in a world where we need to be championing women's successes, i found it disappointing that the bbc news were showcasing matt hancock coming third overjill scott winning it. 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 — email newswatch@bbc.co.uk

or you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 0106 676. and do have a look at previous interviews on 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. well, i think most of us will need our thick coats, hats and gloves as well this weekend. it's the wind more than anything that's going to make it feel particularly chilly, and also the lack of sunshine — it will be quite cloudy at times. this is the satellite picture, and weather fronts are stalling in the atlantic. they're not making much progress towards the east — the weather fronts that normally bring the mild weather and the rain — and the reason for that is this area of high pressure, very intense area of high pressure that's

established itself over russia and basically, it's pushing all the air from east towards the west and it keeps the weather fronts at bay. so, there will be one very close to the north—west of the uk, to the hebrides there, ithink, through the course of the night and into tomorrow but for many of us, it is that easterly breeze. occasional showers, variable amounts of cloud and not particularly cold — at least not on the thermometer. it's the breeze that stops the temperatures from falling too low. and i don't think there'll be much mist orfog around, either — maybe local mist or fog. so, variable amounts of cloud for many of us tomorrow, occasional showers and, i think, some cloudier, more damp weather here in the north—west. and also, it will be a little bit milder in the western isles — ten degrees. for most of us, around, say, six or seven degrees celsius. now, let's have a look at saturday night into sunday. you can see that easterly wind pushes out these weather fronts out into the atlantic. they actually fizzle away as we go through the course of sunday. so, apart from some showers which form over the north sea and get pushed in, no weather fronts about, but very cloudy, i think,

in the south of england and wales on sunday — really low, grey skies. it'll feel quite raw in those easterly winds. so sure, the temperatures may reach briefly around five or six degrees celsius but, as you can imagine, the wind chill will make it feel quite a bit colder — say, a couple of degrees above freezing. how about next week? it is going to turn colder still, maybe cold enough for some wintry showers in northern parts of the uk. nothing spectacularly cold. you know, four orfive degrees celsius happens this time of the year, of course, but we are going to lose the easterly and the cold air this time is actually — will be plummeting from the from the north, so from the more arctic regions. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. our top stories: the g7 and australia join europe's plan to cap the price of russian oil, reducing the revenues that help moscow fund its war in ukraine. prince william awards the earthshot prize, recognising those working to address climate change. we have a special report on the victims of drugs gangs in the uk, hearing from one woman who was abused and exploited from the age of ii. i had to do ihad to doa i had to do a lot of things that i didn't want to do to get out of the situation alive. more drama at the world cup as the group stage comes to an end: south korea grab a late winner to reach the knockout rounds

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