bruce white picked up on that analogy made by nicholas witchell, writing: more widely, carolyn clay thought: and brownwyn benham felt: bushfires have been raging in australia since september and this week, the crisis developed with fires out of control across large swathes of the country. the story featured in the headlines of sunday's news at ten. australians are warned of the bushfires emergency could last for months as more homes are destroyed. the fire season here is the worst of modern times, killing more than 20 people, forcing thousands to flee their homes and traumatising a whole nation. the presence on location there of clive myrie, who continued to present and report from australia throughout the week, raised objections of a nature which will be familiar to any regular newswatch viewers. here's brian chambers and first, hugh robson. so i'm baffled why suddenly i see clive myrie being parachuted in to report on this. it's a real slap in the face for the local reporters. a sort of "move over. serious talent coming in." but it's worse than that, because what does it add and what cost

more widely, carolyn clay thought. the media are behaving like wolves tearing into a vulnerable young deer. i would have expected the bbc to have been a lot stronger in supporting harry. but from another — gossip mavens, spokesmen for the palace sycophants outraged fellow authority figures, news reporters. what are the bbc exactly when it comes to harry and meghan? time for some objectivity. and brownwyn benham felt harry and meghan stepping down should not be a lead story in a bulletin, especially on the day of iranian missile strikes in iraq and a plane crash in iran. they should be treated like any other celebrities. bushfires have been raging in australia since september, and this week the crisis developed with fires out of control across large swathes of the country. the story featured in the headlines of sunday's news at ten. australians are warned of the bushfires emergency could last for months as more homes are destroyed. the fire season here is the worst of modern times, killing more than 20 people, forcing t

bruce white picked up on that analogy made by nicholas witchell, writing: more widely, carolyn clay thoughtt on this. it‘s a real slap in the face for the local reporters. a sort of "move over, serious talent coming in." but it‘s worse than that, because what does it add and what cost financially to get clive and whatever team supports him across the world and back again is extraordinary when the bbc budgets are so tight. but in the story itself, it‘s about climate change and how the conditions that are leading to this are seriously affected by carbon in the atmosphere. and here we have reporters being jetted halfway around the world and back again. so it doesn‘t make sense. come on, bbc. let‘s have responsible news—gathering. i feel that is a complete waste of time and money when there are already correspondents within those countries covering the same news items and doing exactly the same job in an equally professional manner as the news readers would be doing. well, we put those points to bbc news. they told us that clive myrie was sent to australia to support the team based there locall