neil mckay contacted us to say...njustin appeared on this programme a couple of years ago i asked him what the justification was for a correspondent covering climate in the environment to be flying to far—flung places for hisjob, and this is what he had to say. i'll be travelling by plane not for leisure, but for work. i think it's important in my work as an environment correspondent that i do travel around the world and seal the world is changing and bring home to the audiences that bbc has around the world the changes made. if you want to know, over the next couple months i'm going to india, ethiopia and antarctica. which means going to new zealand. huge journeys around the world, but i would say they're justified because we have to report this crucial subject. and if i do it all from the uk it simply isn't can have the impact. the lgbtq+ charity stonewall runs a diversity champion programme whose members pay for advice and assessments of creating inclusive workplaces. up until this week the bbc was signed up to the

neil mckay contacted us to say...long those raising these questions is stephen nolan, the bbc northern ireland and radio five live presenter who puts out a podcast series on the subject. on wednesday the bbc became the latest high profile employer to announce it was leaving the scheme. a move applauded by lisa buchanan... but cj murumbeena disagreed... we asked to talk to someone from the bbc about this decision, but no—one was available. we hope to have that discussion on the programme at some point in the next few weeks. in the meantime, here's part of the statement the bbc put out... do let us know your thoughts on any of the topics we covered in today's programme. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. and if you'd like to record a video or come on newswatch to make your point, so much the better. now for some of your other comments this week. at 11:00 on the 11th day on the 11th month, the end of the first world war is commemorated with two minutes of silence. and the bbc marked that silence on