we spoke to a 13-year-old from aylesbury, abigail. this could applyj aylesbury, abigail.she says that a lot of people are confused by it. also it scares a lot of them and they worry they are going into another war. it hasn't been very well communicated. the policy hasn't been well communicated. i will communicate it again and that what this is about is giving young people the opportunity to work in their local areas and to benefit society, civic society and make sure that all of us in this country together are all contributing to the general well—being of our areas. that is it. we are hoping that by working with charities or education bodies, or health bodies or whatever it baby, that career path, life skills, resilience, all of these things which are really important and somebodymy development as they go through their teams will be by this experience. i think people will really, really enjoy being even further embedded in their local areas. i further embedded in their local areas. ., further embedded in their local areas. . , ., , . areas. i will read you, the defence mi

bbc news has instead used a formulation picked up on by a viewer named mark, from aylesbury, who askedte prasher observed recently... well, we'll be exploring that question in a moment — but it's not the only use of terminology in this area which has caused concern among newswatch viewers. the bbc regularly describes the conflict as the israel—gaza war — unlike other organisations such as sky news, who refer to it as the israel—hamas war. anthonyjones asked... another use of language which has proved controversial is the frequent reference to the "hamas—run health ministry" as a source of statistics quoted on the news. jack berger wrote to us, saying... well, let's discuss those questions with richard burgess, the director of news content for bbc news. thank you, richard, for coming on the programme. now, we've discussed the way the bbc describes hamas at the very start of this conflict. can you see why people like the foreign secretary are thinking the bbc needs to think again now? well, we've always understood that many people don't agree or necessarily understand this policy, but we

you've got aylesbury, you've got, milton wendover , but i think, milton wendover, but i think, i thinke biggest metropolis, but it was commuter belt city. i think buckinghamshire is relatively sleepy and people delight in that. but, but i'm also delighted that our very own political editor seems to be better for prepared weather and the glories of british. it's still may. it's the last day of may and the glories of british spring. the glories of british spring, british spring. >> anyway , coming up, we'll be >> anyway, coming up, we'll be getting all the very latest on the shocking drive by shooting in hackney, which has left a nine year old girl in a critical condition in hospital. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:27. now. a nine year old girl remains in a critical condition in hospital following a shooting in hospital following a shooting in east london last night. >> yes. three men who were sitting outside a restaurant in hackney are also being treated with gunshot wounds . with gunshot wounds. >> well, a stolen motorbike, believed to have been used in the drive by shooting has si

bbc news has instead used a formulation picked up on by a viewer named mark, from aylesbury, who askedtart of this conflict. can you see why people like the foreign secretary are thinking the bbc needs to think again now? well, we've always understood that many people don't agree or necessarily understand this policy, but we think it's an important one. it's in our editorial guidelines, and we think it's an important point of principle, and let me explain why. you'll have heard hamas referred to as terrorists on many occasions on the bbc, but that we attribute that, we say who is calling them terrorists. and the reason why we don't do it as the bbc labelling them is if we start to label one group and make a valuejudgment about them as terrorists, we would then have to do exactly the same for every armed group, every army, every government, every violent act across the world. and that's not a position that we, as an impartial broadcaster think we should be in, we don't think it's an appropriate position to be in. so we think it's an important principle. ok, now, you always used to use t