i'll be putting those questions and more to the bbc‘s head of news output, gavin allen.n the early stages of covid—19, we became used to the daily sight of boris johnson appearing at a lectern at number ten flanked by chris whitty and sir patrick vallance. he was back there on wednesday for the first time sincejuly to imprint this message in the nations‘ minds. in england from monday, we are introducing the rule of six. you must not meet socially in groups of more than six, and if you do, you will be breaking the law. press conferences like that took place daily untiljune and have been broadcast live on bbc television as have nicola sturgeon‘s daily briefings on bbc scotland. but that's led to criticisms that the broadcasts have handed both the uk and the scottish governments a political advantage. a twitter user called ‘crystal moth' commented in may... and helen greig from edinburgh wrote to us... well, on thursday bbc scotland said it will no longer be providing live coverage of every coronavirus briefing from the scottish government but there was a backlash to that d

gavin allen, thank you. thanks. thank you for all your comments this week.at you see or what you hear on bbc news, including its social media and online output e—mail... or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us on... and do have a look at our website... that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. some of us will get a reminder of summer early next week but before then, there's a bit more rain to come and it's mainly for scotland and northern ireland. you can see this ribbon of cloud stretching right the way across the atlantic. that's been bringing some rain down across scotland, northern ireland into parts of england and north wales as well. it's on that weather front there. but that weather front is moving into higher pressure so, it is weakening and the rain is becoming lighter it is weakening and the rain is becoming lighter and more patchy — narrower line of rain moving further south overnight. behind it to the north, clearer skies. quite a few blustery showers coming

first minister nicola sturgeon's coronavirus briefings, a decision defended by head of news 0utput gavin allenwith him. but objections to that decision continued to pour into the bbc, along lines expressed here to us by carolyn o'hara and, first, jean hall. the message is different in the different parts of united kingdom, including the four nations and even regions within these nations. it is really important to have a scottish specific message to the of scotland. especially those for whom, for a numberof especially those for whom, for a number of reasons, do not have access to other means of technology to get the message, and rely on the tv for this. this decision is deeply worrying, and i'm just at a time when new measures are being brought in regularly to address the increase in outbreaks. by which you alienate vast numbers of elderly people across scotland ? vast numbers of elderly people across scotland? please, reassess this decision. well, on thursday, the day we received that video, bbc scotland did reassess their decision, with a spokesperson saying the corporation would... we'll kee

i'll be putting those questions and more to the bbc‘s head of news output, gavin allen. daily sight of boris johnson appearing at a lectern at number ten flanked by chris whitty and sir patrick vallance. he was back there on wednesday for the first time sincejuly to imprint this message in the nations‘ minds. in england from monday, we are introducing the rule of six. you must not meet socially in groups of more than six, and if you do, you will be breaking the law. press conferences like that took place daily untiljune and have been broadcast live on bbc television as have nicola sturgeon‘s daily briefings on bbc scotland. but that's led to criticisms that the broadcasts have handed both the uk and the scottish governments a political advantage. a twitter user called ‘crystal moth‘ commented

i'll be putting those questions and more to the bbc‘s head of news output, gavin allen.n at number ten flanked by chris whitty and sir patrick vallance. he was back there on thursday for the first time sincejuly to imprint this message in the nations' minds. —— back there on wednesday. in england from monday, we are introducing the rule of six.

gavin allen, thank you. thanks. thank you for all your comments this week.stayt. our headlines today. a sharp rise in coronavirus cases — the r number goes above one for the first time since march, with infections now doubling every 7—10 days, in birmingham and parts of the west midlands, more than one and a half million people face stricter measures to contain the spread of the virus. dozens of people are missing as devastating wildfires spread across the us state of oregon. many more evacuation orders have been put in place, including right here, so that now, more than half a billion people in this state have been told to leave their homes. after the shortest of breaks, the premier league is back today, and the new season begins, with the champions liverpool hosting leeds united, who are back after an absence of 16 years. blackbeard, final answer. you have just won £1 million. for the first time in 1a years, a contestant on who wants to be a millionaire walks away with the jackpot. the further south you are, expect a largely dry and increasingly in one wee

i'll be putting those questions and more to the bbc‘s head of news output, gavin allen.aring at a lectern at number ten flanked by chris whitty and sir patrick vallance. he was back there on wednesday for the first time sincejuly to imprint this message in the nations' minds. in england from monday, we are introducing the rule of six. you must not meet socially in groups of more than six, and if you do, you will be breaking the law. press conferences like that took place daily untiljune and have been broadcast live on bbc television as have nicola sturgeon's daily briefings on bbc scotland. but that's led to criticisms that the broadcasts have handed both the uk and the scottish governments a political advantage. a twitter user called ‘crystal moth' commented in may... and helen greig from edinburgh wrote to us: well, on thursday, bbc scotland said it will no longer be providing live coverage of every coronavirus briefing from the scottish government, but there was a backlash to that decision too summed up by this caller to our phone line. we are in the middle of an epid