hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.votes came in at last week's local elections, did bbc news provide an accurate picture of how the conservatives and labour performed? and it's the return of wagatha christie. is the libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy suitable fare for news bulletins? some elections produce a clear winner and a clear loser, but the results of last week's polls across the uk were much more complex and therefore harder to analyse and summarise. votes were cast for local councils and some mayoralties in england, councils in scotland and wales and for the northern ireland assembly, but what would constitute success or failure for the two main parties, taking into account politicians' tendency to try and manage expectations in advance? this is how things looked to the bbc news channel on friday morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in local elections in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making mod

ed, thanks for coming on newswatch. talk us through the process, then, of how the government tried to prevent you running the story? sure. so, with all our stories where we allege that some wrongdoing has taken place, we offer a right of reply to the person or the organisation concerned. and in this case, we offered a right to reply to mi5, and we told them the details of the story, not the whole story, but the details of everything that we proposed to say in the story and asked them to respond. essentially, when they did respond, it was to say that they were not going to allow the story to go out and they were going to bring an injunction against us unless we agreed to effectively hold the story. we had some discussions behind the scenes, which i can't really go into, but essentially we came to the point where we decided we had to run the story. we felt it was in the public interest to name the person responsible and identify them. and at that point, an injunction was taken out against us. so, clearly the government fe

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.the tim westwood allegations too lurid to broadcast before the watershed? translation: with me, - you've chosen an ambitious plan for france and for europe. and praise for the bbc�*s coverage of the french election — but should we use subtitles instead of voice—overs? the announcement that the former radio i dj tim westwood had been accused of sexual misconduct by seven women provoked outrage and a lot of questions. he denies the allegations, which were the subject of a bbc documentary tim westwood: abuse of trust, which aired on tuesday. it was previewed in a report on the news at six. in london, alone, with this guy who's a lot older than me. now, if i tried to get out of it, who's to say how he's going to react? so i just submit to it. traumatic — that's how i describe it. although many viewers praised the investigation, there were also concerns, with hazel murie complaining about the amount of what she thought was lurid detail in the bbc�*s tv news reporting of the story. maggie pa

in a very familiar newswatch complaint, some viewers told us they could have done with less chat andemonial. as laurie palmer put it... does the term "wagatha christie" mean anything to you? if not, suffice it to say that it refers to a dispute between rebekah vardy and coleen rooney, the wives of two footballers, which this week came to trial in the high court in london. here's a bit more background on the case from colin paterson, on tuesday's news at one. once, they were friends, cheering on england together from the stands at the 2016 euros, but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales, including returning to tv and their basement flooding, on her instagram stories to see if they would end up in the papers — and they did. only then, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen reveal that the one account she'd allowed to read them was rebekah vardy�*s. mrs vardy denies being the source of the leak. as we found a couple of

this hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.ions, did bbc news provide an accurate picture of how the conservatives and labour performed? and it's the return of "wagatha christie". is the libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy suitable fare for news bulletins? some elections produce a clear winner and a clear loser, but the results of last week's polls across the uk were much more complex and therefore harder to analyse and summarise. votes were cast for local councils and some mayoralties in england, councils in scotland and wales and for the northern ireland assembly, but what would constitute success or failure for the two main parties, taking into account politicians' tendency to try and manage expectations in advance? this is how things looked to the bbc news channel on friday morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in local elections in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making modest gains. results continued to come i

coming up shortly on bbc news — newswatch. but first here's click.o, this isn't some kind of sea monster. but an autonomous machine that aims perhaps to make working and see that little bit safer. with an ever—growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers working in challenging and hazardous conditions. but here at heriot watt university they are developing underwater robotic solutions to help take the strain. and if come up with this, the walker autonomous drone. ~ �* ., this, the walker autonomous drone. �* ., ., drone. we've got our scanning sauna, drone. we've got our scanning sauna. a _ drone. we've got our scanning sauna, a mechanical— drone. we've got our scanning sauna, a mechanical scanningl sauna, a mechanical scanning sauna, a mechanical scanning sauna, they can see all of these structures and items along the vehicle —— orca. we have an acoustic modem. this means that when we

.— hello and welcome to newswatch with me commerce marama.ces? and what happens when some text being written for a training exercise accidentally makes it onto air. since sue gray's investigation into possible lockdown breaches at downing street was announced in december, politicians and the news media have been wondering what it would reveal. on wednesday, the weight was finally over. shy, on wednesday, the weight was finally over-— finally over. a failure of leadership _ finally over. a failure of leadership at _ finally over. a failure of leadership at number. finally over. a failure of| leadership at number 10 finally over. a failure of- leadership at number 10 and in the cabinet office. the sue gray report into cabinet lockdown parties has just been published. the senior civil servant finds many of the events shouldn't have been allowed to go ahead. public reactions — allowed to go ahead. public reactions to _ allowed to go ahead. public reactions to the _ allowed to go ahead. public reactions to the saga - allowed to go ahead. public re

newswatch of correspondence to newswatch with damning to the world of journals, specifically those of the bbc. julie baker's e—mail was typical. —— journalists. and cath roberts asked: sue gray's report dominated much of the output on the news channel. she interviewed down the line the former head of the home civil service, the former head of the home civilservice, lord the former head of the home civil service, lord kerslake. civil service, lord kersla ke. as civil service, lord kerslake. as you've seen before news was, though standing outside number 10 can get distracted in the middle of interviews. its middle of interviews. its conclusions _ middle of interviews. its conclusions are - middle of interviews. its conclusions are absolutely damning, in my view, and, for me, the issue was never about fines, it was about... me, the issue was never about fines, it was about. . ._ fines, it was about... lord kerslake. _ fines, it was about... lord kerslake, just _ fines, it was about... lord kerslake, just want - fines, it was about... lord kerslake, just want to - kerslake, just want to i

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now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.footballer coming out as gay? first, for some people, the eurovision song contest is the highlight of their television—watching year, and they will have been among the millions glued to their screens last saturday night. others would do almost anything to avoid four hours of kitsch, pop, soaring power ballads and a whole lot of sequins. if the latter group were watching bbc news on sunday, they may have found there was no escape.

at newswatch@bbc.co.uk.t? former us president donald trump joins the debate over gun rules — criticising those calling for tighter restrictions. easyjet cancels more than 200 flights from gatwick putting half—term holidays at risk for thousands of travellers. good morning from paris — could this be the city where livepool clinch their third cup of the season by winning the champions league final against real madrid? around 60,000 liverpool fans are expected here to be part of it, and with just hours to go you can feel the excitement mounting. and it's rugby league's challenge cup final. look ahead to that, as well. morning all, not a bad start at the weekend for most of us. it will be largely fine and dry with some sunny spells and just a small chance of a few isolated showers. it's saturday the 28th of may. our main story. the families of those killed in tuesday's mass shooting at a primary school in texas have expressed outrage at the police response, after authorities admitted they waited too long to stor

ed, thanks for coming on newswatch. were going to bring an injunction against us, unless we agreed to effectively hold the story. we had some discussions behind the scenes which i can't really go into but essentially, we came to the point where we decided we had to run the story, we felt it was in the public interest to name the person responsible and identify them and at that point, an injunction was taken out against us. 50, clearly the government felt that there wasn't a public interest in broadcasting the story. why do you insist there is? well, i think it's a question of what the balance of the public interest is. so the government felt that the public interest weighed on national security and the potential threat to the agent concerned. we felt that the public interest was served by identifying the man concerned, who had used his status as an m15 agent to terrorise and coerce his partner and to carry out a violent attack. and we felt in the light, particularly, of the wayne couzens case, that this was so serious..

it's time now for newswatch with samira ahmed.s in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making modest gains. results continued to come in during the day and into saturday, and as they did, the overall picture evolved. by the end of friday, it was clear that the conservatives had lost nearly 500 council seats, as was mentioned in an online article, headlined like this, which drew the ire ofjac freeman: we asked bbc news for a response to that point, and they told us: it“s fair to say not everyone is so concerned about the outcome of local elections, which often struggle to enthuse large parts of the electorate. those who are politically engaged were well served by bbc news, which ran through—the—night programmes on both television and radio, as well as extensive coverage through the day on friday. it was all too much, though, for dawn cannell: one way of trying to attract audiences to a topic like local elections is to go beyond those well—worn shots of

now, it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.ds took a trip to cardiff, this week on tuesday, so wright was in belfast. we are in belfast. a big moment on thursday for northern ireland that these elections. but what chances are there that the elections will result in a fully functioning government? at the moment, the chances are pretty slim here in northern ireland... has pretty slim here in northern ireland---— pretty slim here in northern ireland... �* , ., .,, ~ ireland... as we heard last week, there were _ ireland... as we heard last week, there were again _ ireland... as we heard last week, there were again concerned - ireland... as we heard last week, | there were again concerned about ireland... as we heard last week, - there were again concerned about the cost of taking bbc one news on the road with jeff cost of taking bbc one news on the road withjeff hardy asking... giles duffy agreed. let's talk about this paul, the editor of the bbc news that six and news at ten. this came out of a management strategy a year ago to g