what i done hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. samira ahmed.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

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 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

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, 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

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

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 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

this week samira ahmed hears reactions to coverage of the european elections. 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 were leading with a pro—eu anti—brexit message. the dems, the greens, change uk,

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

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