and rosemary hutton agreed: "while this is a very important subject, i do not think it was appropriate news item on the main evening news. it would be a more appropriate item for panorama." a different complaint was raised about pictures of drug—taking which, although we haven't repeated here on newswatch, were contained in the report. when a shorter version was shown the following day on the victoria derbyshire show, it was with an on—screen warning — but that didn't appear on the news at ten. here's a viewer called b hobson: "i have been totally shocked at the film accompanying the headline report on drugs. must such graphic images be used? they have just shown people injecting, showing innocent young people what to do. please, we know it goes on, but must this be shown?" and a twitter used called db echoed that: "mortified that the bbc feel the need to show people getting heroin ready to inject. not what i need to see on a tuesday night." well, with me now is paul royall, editor of the bbc‘s news at six and news at ten. hard—hitting, lots of viewers agree, but ten minutes at the top

tim sansom asked: and rosemary hutton agreed: a different complaint was raised about pictures of drug—takingthough we haven't repeated here on newswatch, were contained in the report. when a shorter version was shown the following day on the victoria derbyshire show, it was with an on—screen warning — but that didn't appear on the news at ten. here's a viewer called b hobson: and a twitter used called db echoed that: well, with me now is paul royall, editor of the bbc‘s news at six and news at ten. which ran that special report. hard—hitting, lots of viewers agree, but ten minutes at the top of the bulletin? yes, it was a 7.5—minute report, and there was a live interview with ed thomas off the back. there are certain stories where there is perhaps more depth, analysis and explanation, and sort of a solution to the problem that we want to get into, so we felt this was one of these occasions where it justified a longer piece. we don't do it every week. we don't do it every month, we perhaps do it six or seven times a year, where we have those slightly longer, deeper, more analytical pieces. a

and rosemary hutton agreed: "while this is a very important subject, i do not think it was appropriatet was raised about pictures of drug—taking, which, although we haven't repeated here on newswatch, were contained in the report. when a shorter version was shown the following day on the victoria derbyshire show, it was with an on—screen warning — but that didn't appear on the news at ten. here's a viewer called b hobson: "i have been totally shocked at the film accompanying the headline report on drugs. must such graphic images be used? they have just shown people injecting, showing innocent young people what to do. please, we know it goes on, but must this be shown?" and a twitter used called db echoed that: "mortified that the bbc feel the need to show people getting heroin ready to inject. not what i need to see on a tuesday night." well, with me now is paul royall, editor of the bbc‘s news at six and news at ten. which ran that special report. hard—hitting, lots of viewers agree, but ten minutes at the top of the bulletin? yes, it was a 7.5—minute report, and there was a live inte