now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. did sunday's report on spain's election focus too much on the right—wing vox party, who only came fifth, rather than the actual winners? and... what drove this normally garrulous newsreader to silence? first, it's been another big week in politics, with the sacking of the defence secretary, gavin williamson, and thursday's local elections in england and northern ireland. but the way the results of the latter were characterised by the bbc met with the disapproval of some viewers. heather leach e—mailed. .. and keith russell made this point... spaniards also went to the polls this week, with the country's third general election in four years last sunday. the headline about it on that night's news at ten focused on the high turnout and the bbc‘s expectation that a far right party was expected to perform strongly. later in the programme, that was again the initial focus for huw edwards. our europe editor, katya adler, is in madrid. and katya, let's start by talking about the performance o

but now it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch.a week of high political drama, including resignations and an election, how well has bbc news managed the journalistic challenge? and with celebrity chef jamie oliver's business going into administration, is that really more important than the fate of british steel? the most dramatic moment of television news this week came on friday morning, but had been much anticipated. for a good hour or more, before the speech announcing the date of theresa may's resignation, bbc news was broadcasting live from downing street, often showing nothing more than the closed door of number ten. while waiting for the period is of the prime minister, wayne fish took exception to the banner at the bottom of the screen. how is this breaking news? it has not happened. it is purely speculative until theresa may addresses the nation. and annette gold had this perspective, now it is like waiting to see her humiliated. after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows. thursday was european election

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmend. was andrew marr out to get nigel farage with him last sunday. and do his brexit a party and the other part competing next week in elections for the european parliament receive a fair and proportionate airtime on the bbc? one of andrew's and on his programme last sunday was nigel farage from the leader of the brakes brexit party polls for the elections to the european parliament. he was not happy with the line of questioning. here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics at ever occurred and you are not even interested what is wrong with the bbc? do you still want to roll back on controls and add guns to this country? i've been going around the country speaking at rallies every night, and you know who is not there? the bbc and from this line of questioning i can see why. you are just not interested. we were just not interested. let's talk about democracy and trust and competence in politics. this is ludicrous. do you still feel that people with hiv should not be allowed in th

in a few minutes, it'll be time for newswatch, but first, here's click.you're out and about, your mobile phone communicates with the rest of the world through these. calls, messages and data are sent from masts like this to hundreds of phones within a few kilometres and each of those phones send calls and data back again. it's a lot of work for one mast to do and it kind of explains why if there are too many phones in any one area, things start to slow down. but it won't always be like this. our next mobile network will be the fifth generation, called sg. and it will be very different to what's come before. 16 was about the analogue phone, allowing us to make calls to one another. zg allowed us to do things like send sms text messages and do voice recording. 36 was about the promise of the smartphone, allowing us to access digital broadband services. and ag, which is what we've had since 2009, allowed us to do all those first three things but faster. 56 is like going from earth to mars. it's not a faster world, it's a different world. it's going to be a w

hello and welcome to newswatch. drama, including resignations and an election, how well has bbc news managed the journalistic challenge? and with celebrity chef jamie 0liver‘s business going into administration, is that really more important than the fate of british steel? the most dramatic moment of television news this week came on friday morning, but had been much anticipated. for a good hour or more, before the speech announcing the date of theresa may's resignation, bbc news was broadcasting live from downing street, often showing nothing more than the closed door of number ten. while waiting for the period is of the prime minister, wayne fish took exception to the banner at the bottom of the screen. and annette gold had this perspective, now it is like waiting to see her humiliated. after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows. thursday was european election day, when political reporting is always rather strange affair, with coverage limited, as the bbc guidelines put it to uncontroversial fac

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. this week, was there just too much about the royal baby on bbc news? hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. a cause for celebration for the duke and duchess of sussex, but the queue for complaints from some. that bbc coverage of the new baby was excessive and sycophantic. and did bbc news give too much currency to the tweet sent by danny baker which resulted in his being sacked by radio five live? this time there were no cameras waiting for days outside a hospital, as there had been for the birth of the duke and duchess of cambridges‘ three children. by the time the media were reporting that the duchess of sussex had gone into labour early on monday afternoon, her much anticipated child was already a few hours old and it was his father who broke the news live on television. i'm very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning. a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it's been the most amazing experience i could eve

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmend. last sunday. and do his brexit a party and the other part competing next week in elections for the european parliament receive a fair and proportionate airtime on the bbc?

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. duchess of sussex, but the cue for complaints from some. that bbc coverage of the new baby was excessive and sycophantic. and did bbc news give too much currency to the tweet sent by danny baker which resulted in his being sacked by radio five live? this time there were no cameras waiting for days outside a hospital, as there had been for the birth of the duke and duchess of cambridges' three children. by the time the media were reporting that the duchess of sussex had gone into labour early on monday afternoon, her much anticipated child was already a few hours old and it was his father who broke the news live on television. i'm very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning. a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it's been the most amazing experience i could ever have possibly imagined. bbc news caught up quickly, devoting much of its output on monday afternoon to the new arrival. david buckton turned on the news channel at

now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmend.nd proportionate airtime on the bbc? one of andrew marr‘s guests on his programme last sunday was nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party in polls for the elections to the european parliament. he was not happy with the line of questioning. here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics at ever occurred and you are not even interested what is wrong with the bbc? do you still want to roll back on controls and add guns to this country? i've been going around the country speaking at rallies every night, and you know who is not there? the bbc and from this line of questioning i can see why. you are just not interested. we were just not interested. let's talk about democracy and trust and competence in politics. this is ludicrous. do you still feel that people with hiv should not be allowed in this country? do i think the national health service is there for british people, yes i do. this is absolutely ludicrous, i've never in my life seen a more ridiculous interview. some view

on newswatch, we don't only aircrews as about output but also sometimes compliments and there were plentythose following the panorama special, revealing the abuse of adults at a specialist hospital. we won't be showing any of the more upsetting footage on the programme, but here is a clip relating to one patient who was scared of men and who would scream in distress when she was left alone with male care staff. it was total intimidation. that is exactly what it was. it was intimidation to make her stop because they are big grown men, it just caused her to act out even more. it was massively distressing for the patient. massively distressing. heidi had this message... finally, this week saw the death of nan winton, the bbc‘s first female newsreader. thank you for all your comments this week. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news, online or social media, you may even appear on the programme. have a look at previous interviews on our website. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hell

now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.inners? and... what drove this normally garrulous newsreader to silence? first, it's been another big week in politics, with the sacking of the defence secretary, gavin williamson, and thursday's local elections in england and northern ireland. but the way the results of the latter were characterised by the bbc met with the disapproval of some viewers. heather leach e—mailed. .. and keith russell made this point... spaniards also went to the polls this week, with the country's third general election in four years last sunday. the headline about it on that night's news at ten focused on the high turnout and the bbc‘s expectation that a far right party was expected to perform strongly. later in the programme, that was again the initial focus for huw edwards. our europe editor, katya adler, is in madrid. and katya, let's start by talking about the performance of this far right party. yes, with almost all the votes counted now, huw, it looks like the populist nationalist vox party has perf

so do e—mail newswatch... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on...s. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it feels like our weather has gone a bit weird, what with the 21 celsius we had in february, and now snow in may. yeah, that's what we've seen over the last 2a hours. some wintry showers in scotland, snow settling on some of the northern hills. you see those wintry showers feeding in behind this line of rain, which is a cold front heading south across england and wales. don't be surprised over the next few hours if we see some of that rain get a bit heavier and perhaps turn to snow over the hills of wales, even. wintry showers continue to feed in further north in scotland, with further snow to be spotted here. it is the brisk winds which will prevent a frost from falling for most of us, but where those winds fall off in the countryside, the odd patch of frost is possible. and for the weekend, big, dramatic skies like these. sunshine and cumulonimbus clouds. when the clouds come across

now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. celebrity chef jamie oliver's restaurant business going into administration really more important than the fate of british steel? the most dramatic moment of television news this week came on friday morning, but had been much anticipated. for a good hour or more, before theresa may's speech announcing the date of her resignation, bbc news was broadcasting live from downing street, often showing nothing more than the closed door of number ten. while waiting for the appearance of the prime minister, wayne fish took exception to the banner at the bottom of the screen... after the statement itself, angela rowley e—mailed as follows... thursday was european election day, when political reporting is always rather a strange affair, with coverage limited, as the bbc guidelines put it, "to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather." that is because all broadcasters have to follow strict laws set out by the regulator, ofcom, which

you can e—mail it newswatch or you can find us on twitter. you can call us as well.at is all from us. back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello again. we had some big weather contracts across the uk during the day today. it was the far north of england and scotland and northern ireland having the thickest and outbreaks of rain but a particularly wet and western scotland today. you can see how that rain has been pretty slow moving, is beginning to push his way eastwards now. into the south of this, although the day started off on a rather cloudy know, that cloud broke up to the afternoon and come across much of england and wealthy skies got much brighter, later in the day, for example, over here. for england and wales, we will keep those clear skies overnight as well, a few exceptions, the cloud could be thick enough for an hotspot across the late night and over the hills of northwest england, rain clearing away from scotland and northern ireland, a few patches left over northern ireland, a few patches left over towards the wes

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.ch with me, samira ahmed. a cause for celebration for the duke and duchess of sussex, but the queue for complaints from some. that bbc coverage of the new baby was excessive and sycophantic. and did bbc news give too much currency to the tweet sent by danny baker which resulted in his being sacked by

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ly garrulous newsreader to silence? first, it's been another big week in politics, with the sacking of the defence secretary, gavin williamson, and thursday's local elections in england and northern ireland. but the way the results of the latter were characterised by the bbc met with the disapproval of some viewers. heather leach e—mailed. ..

now it‘s time for newswatch.party receiving too much attention. 0n election night. it was the eu vote that was never meant to happen here. but when the results came in on sunday evening, the bbc election night machine swung into action. 0ver night machine swung into action. over the next two hours, there was plenty of analysis and interpretation of the results. at a quarter past one in the morning, huw edwards asked laura kuenssberg where she thought things stood. laura, so far, what are headline stocks? brexit party the clear winners. maximising the inheritance they got from ukip. they have been outperforming ukip in these elections. really squeezing the tories. terrible result for them as a governing party. in fact right now. no doubt about the big losers on the night, but the emphasis on the brexit party st clear winners annoyed some of their opponents. susan thought there was a another fair way of looking at the outcome. and recorded this video of her thoughts when watching on monday morning. four parties wer

now newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. his being sacked by radio five live? this time there were no cameras waiting for days outside a hospital, as there had been for the birth of the duke and duchess of cambridges‘ three children. by the time the media were reporting that the duchess of sussex had gone into labour early on monday afternoon, her much anticipated child was already a few hours old and it was his father who broke the news live on television. i‘m very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy early this morning. a very healthy boy. mother and baby are doing incredibly well. it‘s been the most amazing experience i could ever have possibly imagined. bbc news caught up quickly, devoting much of its output on monday afternoon to the new arrival. david buckton turned on the news channel at 6:00pm. the lead item, lasting, i think about 35 minutes was a report on the birth of a royal baby. and the next item was also about a report, this time on the urgent need for action on climate change. ijust wonde

now on bbc news, it's time for samira ahmed and newswatch.with andrew up to get nigel for rides with him last sunday. and do his praise a party and the other pa rt his praise a party and the other part competing next week in elections for the european parliament receive a fair and proportionate airtime on the bbc? one of andrew's and guests on his programme last sunday the money was nigel faraj from the leader of the bra kes nigel faraj from the leader of the brakes a party polls for the elections to the european parliament. he was not happy with the line of questioning. here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics at ever occurred and you are not even interested what is wrong with the bbc? do you still wa nt to wrong with the bbc? do you still want to roll back on controls and add guns to this country? i've been going around the country speaking at rallies every night, and you know who is not there? the bbc and from this line of questioning i can see why. you are just not interested. we we re why. you are just not interested. we w

you can e—mail us on newswatch@bbc.co.uk. or find us on twitter at bbc news watch. you can call us.nd you can have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us, we will be back to have your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. bye bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast. our headlines today: the brexit blame game — after cross— party talks colla pse, party leaders accuse each other for the failure. the duke of cambridge urges more of us to open up about grief. when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really, but particularly at a young age, you feel pain like no other pain. australians are at the polls voting in one of the most tightly—fought elections in years. good morning from wembley on fa cup final day as manchester city try to become the first english men's team to the domestic treble, while watford hope there will be a sting in the tail from the underdog like there was in 2013. downpours are part of the weekend weather story, but not the whole story. there will be some warm sunshine as well. all the details coming up on breakfast. i