as for the brazilian footballer pele, widely hailed as the greatest ever to play the game, his death last week and funeral this tuesday were widely covered across bbc news. the finaljourney now complete — and what a journey it was. laid to rest in his beloved city of santos. not a block of flats, but a necropolis fit for a king. ken drew recorded his thoughts for us on video. whilst the death of footballing legend pele is undoubtedly sad and certainly very newsworthy, to have six days of continual

updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick... now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review — both reported on this programme — a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off by david eades, who himself left the bbc this week. just to say that tonight has been the final edition of the papers, here on bbc news channel. all i can say now is thanks for watching. the papers theme plays. but many people had plenty to say about the dropping of the papers — a nightly

review of the next day's newspapers featuring two guests, normallyjournalists. one of its original presenters, clive myrie, described it as "the end of an era," tweeting... and we've heard from a number of fans, including helen murphy... muriel crane added... well, the move comes ahead of the planned bringing—together of the domestic news channel and the international world news channel, expected in the spring.

and we will be exploring the wider implications of that merger in a future edition of newswatch. but in the meantime, this is what the bbc had to say... the rhetoric from the powers—that—be at the bbc talks more and more these days of the need to become a digital—first organisation. amongst other things, this means a greater emphasis on news delivered online — and increasingly, via the bbc news app. if you have that installed on your phone, you can choose whether to receive breaking news alerts — and if you do so, you'll have noticed it ping with greater frequency of late. that's annoyed carolyn harris, who wrote to us...

and dr stevejohnson asked... stephen blakemore also got in touch with us about this, and this week, spotted this breaking news alert, pointing him to an article by the bbc�*s royal correspondent. he recorded this video for us. so here's the thing — - you're at work, you're out and about, you're relaxingl at home and you hear this. breaking news chime. so you reach for your phone, you think, .

"what's happened now? " but no, it's not breaking news — it's a plug for comment - ianalysis, an article on the bbci news app or website, or there's coverage about to start on the news channel. i sometimes it's an open question and you have to click _ to find the answer — some people call. that "clickbait". so what is the editorial guidance on the use i and abuse of news alerts? well, to answer that very question, i'm joined by stuart miller, the digital news editorfor bbc news. thank you for coming on newswatch. so, has there been a decision to put out more alerts than you used to, and what is the guidance? yeah, so we're definitely alerting more. not every news alert is a breaking news alert, we do it for all sorts of different... so it doesn't always say "breaking"? doesn't always say breaking news, and it doesn't always have the sound there, as well. but as well as the biggest news moments, we also want to alert people when to follow live when there's a big news event —

like pmqs was mentioned there, which has been contentious week in, week out for some time. and live is a big component of what we do now, and the audience wants to follow along. and we see that when we alert those things for follow live, the audience comes in millions and they stick with the live page, as well. so it's very much not a clickbait thing. one of the viewers there was saying, shouldn't it be for specific events, and shouldn't you have the option to say, "i just want breaking news alerts," like a courtjudgment or a major incident? yeah, and i think that's a really good piece of feedback, and that's something we're working on just now. at the moment, getting the best bbc content to people across the board is a really important part of our public service mission. at the moment, it's a bit one—size—fits—all, though, because, you know, because of the way our apps work. so we're working just now to build more opportunities for people, people to tailor what they get to their own needs and for personalisation.

but fundamentally, we want people to get the biggest stories and the best bbc content and analysis to their phones without them having to go and looking for it. i suppose what some of the viewers feel, which is coming across, is they don't like the idea ofjust getting adverts for bbc news content, because that's not what they signed up for, it's not an alert. yeah, and i think what alerts are has evolved a lot over the last few years, not just for the bbc but for every news organisation — from the days when it was just straightforward breaking news text messages, to much more of a richer content mix. but we find that because live and people are having the chance to follow live — if it's a laura kuenssberg interview with rishi sunak, for example, people want to know that they can follow that live. that's a news event of itself. and that's more than just advertising, that's part of the news conversation that's happening online. you see, you can get a dozen a day sometimes — i've gone through my phone at the end of the day when i've not been looking at it, and i've been stunned by how

many alerts there are. i have to say, bbcjournalists have been among the people who said to me, they think it's just too much, their phone's pinging all the time and theyjust want the big breaking stories. do you actually set a limit on how many you might send out in a day? well, you know, we're always aware of how many we're sending. sometimes there are just a lot — you know, there's been a lot of news over the last year, and that's been a driver of how many times we're sending news alerts each day. we don't have an upper limit, we just want to get the best content to people. but i think it's really important for us to hear this and calibrate it, because we're having these conversations every day. we sanonny dymond's opinion piece on prince harry's book was sent as an alert. isn't there a dangerous erosion of the boundary between news fact and comment when you send out alerts for things like that? so, you know, i would call that an analysis piece based onjonny dymond's expertise as a royal correspondent, and his assessment of the royal family and the impact of the book. that's very different from an opinion piece, where he expresses his personal view on it.

and contextualising the biggest stories is a big part of our public service mission, as well, helping our audiences understand the currents and context around this biggest news. and with bbc experts likejonny or chris mason, that's important for our public service mission, as well. so, in concluding, then, it sounds like you're considering whether you can offer a more tailored approach to alerts, possibly the option that people could get fewer alerts focused on actual facts, which is what i think newswatch viewers are asking for? yeah, i mean, yes, we are doing that. we want people to be able to tailor the experience for themselves, and we also want to build products that learn what people are interested in and do it for them. we're working just now on being able to sign up, opt in, opt out of news alerts, newsletters so that the news comes to people. but i wouldn't draw this distinction between "the facts", and then, everything else — we also send push alerts around big

investigative features, the best bbcjournalism from, say, panorama or newsnight. and that's not traditional breaking news — but it's factual and accurate, and it's trusted, and we're not going to stop doing that. stuart miller, thank you so much. thank you. 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 at @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 03700106676. and do you have a look at our website — bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts next week when we'll be interviewing the editor of breakfast, richard frediani. but for now, goodbye. hello there. friday was a calm and settled

day, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. fine end to the working week, however. into the weekend, low pressure firmly in control. it's going to be windy with gales, certainly around the coast, and there will be some rain followed by bands of heavy showers. that's the early rain that will move through today, and that will be followed for the rest of saturday and sunday with blustery showers, strong winds and some sunny spells in between. most of the showers in the south and west. you can see the rainfall accumulations over the next couple of days, where most of those showers will be falling. a very wet start for saturday across more central and western areas. that rain band gradually pushing eastwards, affecting eastern england during the latter part of the morning. by around lunchtime, it should clear out into the north sea. all areas are brighter with sunny spells, scattered showers, some heavy ones across southern and western areas, and it will be windy with gales around coasts. you can see the wind speeds even further east, but touching gale force around southern and western coasts. some huge waves crashing

onshore as well. temperatures starting mild and dropping back into the afternoon, highs of 8—11 degrees. it stays blustery overnight saturday night, windy gales in the north and west, plenty of showers in southern and western areas, drier interludes further east, and temperatures falling to lows of 5—8 degrees — that's pretty typical. then for sunday, an area of low pressure to the north of scotland, lots of isobars on the charts, not quite as many as saturday. so it's still going to be windy, not as windy, and weather fronts towards the south will enhance the shower activity. so it could be southern and western parts of england and wales seeing the heaviest of the showers through the day. some heavy, some rumbles of thunder, some hail mixed in as well, but there will be some sunshine around too. it's going to be a chillier day across the board, highs of 7—10 degrees in the south. monday is a little bit quieter, we are in between weather systems. still quite blustery in the north and west. here's where we will see most of the showers — northern ireland and scotland, could be a wintry element to some of these over the high

ground, as the air will be cooler on monday. highs of 5—8 degrees here, up to around 10 degrees in the south. this is a little closer to the seasonal norm. so, the weather's up and down as we head through the new week. tuesday's mild, wet, windy again. followed by some slightly cooler weather on wednesday.

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