hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed., furious about sending newsreaders abroad to read the intros. was it bbc news money well spent? sending clive myrie to france on tuesday? and the women's world cup semifinal he was there for may have attracted the crowds, but did it warrant the time it got on news bulletins? it has been a week when the bbc annual report prompted newspaper front pages about the corporation's expenditure on presenter salaries. many older viewers have been contacting newswatch unhappy with the salaries, given that recent announcement of the withdrawal of the universal free licence fee for the over 755. in that context, one spending decision by the bbc news in particular came under focus. here is tuesday's news at six with clive myrie co—presenting from lyon in france in advance of england's football world cup semifinal there. in two hours' time, the lionesses take on the usa in the most important match in english women's football. victory would mean a place in the final of a major tournament for a senior

coming up in about 10 minutes, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. jump on in. thank you.o you are not using the steering wheel at all, you are using...screams. wow! laughs. which way are we going?! i'm at nasa in houston, where lucienjunkin is taking me for a spin. using both a steering wheel and a joystick, you can point this vehicle in one direction and drive it in another. you can feel the forces is in your tailbone. oh, i can feel the forces in my tailbone. laughs. and if that seems really confusing, well, it is. but this is drive—by—wire technology, which means the on—board computer works out which way you want to go and then calculates what to do with the wheels. all right, so we'll just go this way. this is just one of many experiments into how we might live, work and drive on the moon or mars. although this vehicle may also pave the way for smarter cars in smarter cities back down here on earth where, i have to say, parking may be one of the coolest things you get to do. no way! no way. come on, man. but, before we start driving around celestial bodies, we need to

time to the last programme in this series of news watch. series of newswatch, with samira ahmed.lo and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. getting away from the westminster village. i'll be asking the bbc‘s new political correspondent based outside london about her role and... it really is the end of an era. ofan era. thanks! ..it‘s farewell to this week with andrew neil, viewers vent their feelings about the axing of the late—night politics show. first, you may have noticed a different look to bbc news programmes this week with new on—screen graphics rolled out on all programmes, including, as you can see, newswatch. the corporations own typeface named reith after its first director general has been used online for a couple of years and now appears on air too. the aim is to make the information on—screen clearer, easier to read and better suited to the digital age, with many more people consuming news on small, mobile and tablet screens. but not everyone thinks that is being achieved. some object to the prominence of the breaking news others object to the new headline fo

deja vu for newswatch viewers, furious about sending newsreaders abroad to read the intros. was it bbc news money well spent? sending clive myrie to france on tuesday? and world cup semifinal he was there for may have attracted the crowds, but did it warrant the time it got on news bulletins? it has been a week when the bbc annual report prompted newspaper front pages about the corporation's expenditure on presenter salaries. many older viewers have been contacting newswatch unhappy with the salaries given that recent announcement of the withdrawal of the universal free licence fee for the over 75. in that context, one spending decision by the bbc news in particular came under focus. here is tuesday's news at six with clive myrie co—presenting in france in advance of england's football world cup semifinal there. in two hours‘ time, the lionesses take on the usa in the most important match in english women's football. victory would mean a place in the final of a major tournament for a senior english side. for the first time since 1966. some viewers wondered about the added va

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.er question time, has the programme become more of a shouting match? and that is why we devoted all of the shirt of examining the state of bbc 0ne‘s flagship today programme. the faces around the table have changed but the music and the format are changed but the music and the format a re pretty changed but the music and the format are pretty much same, it will be a0 yea rs are pretty much same, it will be a0 years this september since robin day presented the first edition of the show and in that time controversy has never been far away. arguments have cropped up notjust around the table what about the programme itself, now amplified by social media. take fiona bruce's second show in january when the media. take fiona bruce's second show injanuary when the labour party complained that diane abbott had been interrupted more than other panellists and that the audience had been wound up against her. we are happy to talk to the government about some sort of movement... and a couple of occa

now on breakfast it's time for newswatch. -- 7:47.role. and... it really is the end of an error... ..ofan era. thanks! it's farewell to this week with andrew neil, viewers vent their feelings about the axing of the late—night politics show. first, you may have noticed a different look to bbc news programmes this week, with new on—screen graphics rolled out on all programmes, including, as you can see, newswatch. the corporation—own typeface named reith, named after its first director general, has been used online for a couple of years and now appears on air too. the aim is to make the information on—screen clearer, easier to read and better suited to the digital age, with many more people consuming news on small, mobile and tablet screens. but not everyone thinks that is being achieved. some object to the prominence of the "breaking "news banner. others object to the new headline font. some viewers have been complaining that there's just too much text and the location, reporters name and title, bbc news branding, programme name, time

time now for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.oad to read the intros. was it bbc money well spent sending clive to france on tuesday? and world cup semifinal viewers may have attracted the crowds, in devoting all of this show to examine the state of bbc one's flagship today programme. it will be 40 yea rs flagship today programme. it will be 40 years this september since robin day presented the first edition of the show. in that time controversy has never been far away. arguments have cropped up, notjust around the table, but about the programme itself. now amplified by social media. take fiona bruce's second show in january. in media. take fiona bruce's second show injanuary. in the labour party complained that diane abbott had been interrupted more than other panellists. and that the audience had been wound up against her. we are happy to talk to the government about some sort of movement. on a couple of occasions since then we have had other complaints about the audience stop in february, the make up audience stop in february,

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.l spent sending clive myrie to france on tuesday? and the women's world cup semifinal he was there for may have attracted the crowds, but did it warrant the air time it got on news bulletins? it has been a week when the bbc‘s annual report prompted newspaper front pages about the corporation's expenditure on presenter salaries. many older viewers have been contacting newswatch unhappy about those salaries, given that recent announcement of the withdrawal of the universal free licence fee for the over—755. in that context, one spending decision by the bbc news this week came under particular focus. here is tuesday's news at six, with clive myrie co—presenting from lyon in france in advance of england's football world cup semifinal there. in two hours' time, the lionesses take on the usa in the most important match in english women's football. victory would mean a place in the final of a major tournament for a senior english side for the first time since 1966. some viewers wondered about

now it's time for newswatch.o news watch with me,. deja vu for newswatch viewers, furious about sending newsreaders abroad to read the intros. was it bbc news money well spent? sending clive myrie to france on tuesday? and world cup semifinal he was there for may have attracted the crowds, but did it warrant the time it got on news bulletins? it has been a week when the bbc annual report prompted newspaper front pages about the corporation's expenditure on presenter salaries. many older viewers have been contacting newswatch unhappy with the salaries given that recent announcement of the withdrawal of the universal free licence fee for the over 75. in that context, one spending decision by the bbc news in particular came under focus.

time to the last programme in this series of news watch. series of newswatch, with samira ahmed.age. i'll be asking the bbc‘s new political correspondent based outside london about her role and... it really is the end of an era. ofan era. thanks! ..it‘s farewell to this week with andrew neil, viewers vent their feelings about the axing of the late—night politics show. first, you may have noticed a different look to bbc news programmes this week with new on—screen graphics rolled out on all programmes, including, as you can see, newswatch. the corporations own typeface named reith after its

this is the last programme of this series of newswatch, we'll be back at the end of august with the new minister. no doubt brexit was to be dominating the news but let us know your views on what you see on bbc tv news or on social media you can e—mail news watch a bbc dot could not find us on twitter. you can call us and we do have a look at the website. thank you for watching. we'll be back with more news on bbc coverage. hello there. it felt as if summer had taken a break on friday. it will return though as i'll show you later in this forecast. but over the last 2a hours we have seen some really heavy downpours, that picture came from a weather watcher in staffordshire, late on friday afternoon. the radar picture shows the way in which these pulses of very heavy rain flung themselves across the british isles, with some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder, and the last vestiges of this wet weather still with us as we start off saturday morning. some heavy rain still across the far south—east. some patches of rain elsewhere as well. all tied in with this frontal system which i

many newswatch viewers will remember the bbc seeing on this programme a couple years ago that what witht cuts and all, they would no longer be sending out newsreaders to simply be there abroad. so why did this happen? with clive? first of all, i would say that clive is first and foremost a journalist. he is notjust a presenter and doesn'tjust read the autocue, he goes out and get in amongst the stories and we felt that this was a story of national significance. people felt he did not add anything. he had to hand over to dan roan who then handed over to someone else. he didn't need to be there, did he? we think really long and hard about when to send presenters and we do it very rarely. and only when it's a story of enormous national significance. something that really resonates with people across the country. and we had good evidence that the story of this incredible achievement by the women's football team did. but what what did he add? what did he add? when we send our presenter it gives the signal that we are giving the story real prominence and taking it seriously. clive is a very e

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.and panelists and audience chose in a fair and balanced manner. question time, finished its current run last week, the first series presented by fiona, it‘s one of the programmes that news like to be a risk comment ona that news like to be a risk comment on a weekly basis, and that‘s why we are devoting all of the show to examining the state of bbc one black ship debate programme. —— black ship. the pace of change but music apartment are the same. it‘ll be a0 yea rs apartment are the same. it‘ll be a0 years this september since robin presented the first edition of the shell, and that time, controversy has never been far away. arguments have cropped up, notjust around

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