angus foster, thank you so much. you. angus foster, thank you so much- last _ you.. last week _ you. angus foster, thank you so much. last week the _ you. angus foster, thank you so much. last week the bbc - much. last week the bbc published a piece on its news website which sparked a backlash among some readers. the article included quotes from some lesbian women who said that they are increasingly being pressured and coerced into accepting trans women as partners, it mentioned the survey and with the majority of the 80 who responded reported having been pressured in this way and that this sample may not be representative. chloe rogers was one of those who objected. chris morris agreed. but the bbc also received plenty of support for the article with carol hayden contacting us to say as a lifelong feminist i thought at last, the bbc is taking this issue seriously and presenting the variety of viewpoints needed. the views of some or many women have been drowned out by a powerful lobby group who don't seem to care that their demands are in conflict with women's right

of the conference: the iamjoined i am joined now from the climate conference in glasgow by angus fox ? fosterhe team for bbc news. thank you for coming onions watch. that start with how much coverage. there's been a lot of coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it? i coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it?— coverage, did you overestimate public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences _ public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are _ public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are increased - public interest in it? i don't think so. audiences are increased and | so. audiences are increased and interested in the story. we measure audience interest every months. the climate change consistently this year has been building up and up in the ranking and yes we absolutely do have a lot of coverage on monday and tuesday with about a hundred world leaders in glasgow which is the biggest meeting of world leaders in history but as soon as that was over on wednesday we switched away and many of our bulletins with the covid—19 situation. many of our bulletins wi

angus foster, thank you so much. - the story to sell it for you. angus foster, thank you so much.c also received plenty of support for the article, with with carol hayden contacting us to say: with feelings running high online, the bbc responded on monday by putting out a statement, which included these points: that, though, was not the end of the matter. after the article was published, one of those quoted in it, billy cade, posted a description of trans women as being "vile, weak and disgusting" and it had previously accused ——it emerged she had previously been accused of sexual misconduct, so the bbc editor the piece, saying: finally, back to the climate conference in glasgow and one of the biggest names attending is a certain teenage activist from sweden. her name has been on plenty of lips this week. late name has been on plenty of lips this week. ~ .., name has been on plenty of lips this week. . ., ,, name has been on plenty of lips this week. ., , , week. we can always prevent things from getting — week. we can always prevent things from getting worse. _ week. we can alway