sophie rayworth was on the spot for the news at six. the moment has come.ut to take on croatia in the world cup semi—final here in moscow. their biggest match in more than a quarter of a century. scores of viewers wondered what sophie rayworth, with no previously disclosed expertise in either football or russia, was doing in moscow. here‘s nick blandford: paul stafford and first andy brushet recorded their reactions for us on camera. seems all too common practice now that when a major incident occurs around the world, a bbc news anchor goes on site to report against a blackend skyline. it adds very little value, probably a lot of technical complication and often smacks to me of being a jolly. i switched on the 6pm news and who should i say presenting from moscow but sophie rayworth! i was astonished. all she did was introduced other bbc reporters. she added nothing herself. this was repeated again on the 10pm broadcast after england had lost. why oh why oh why, bbc, did you think it necessary to send sophie rayworth all the way to moscow? surely one of the

sophie rayworth was on the spot for the news at six. the moment has come.ll or russia, was doing in moscow. here's nick blandford: paul stafford and first andy brushet recorded their reactions for us on camera. seems all too common practice now that when a major incident occurs around the world, a bbc news anchor goes on site to report against a blackend skyline. it adds very little value, probably a lot of technical complication and often smacks to me of being a jolly. i switched on the 6pm news and who should i see presenting from moscow but sophie rayworth! i was astonished. all she did was introduce other bbc reporters. she added nothing herself. this was repeated again on the 10pm broadcast after england had lost. why oh why oh why, bbc, did you think it necessary to send sophie rayworth all the way to moscow? surely one of the other reporters could have done the broadcast. we asked bbc news for their response, and they told us: finally, back to those brexit related resignations and simon mccoy was conducting an interview on the subject on monday while

did the bbc really need to fly sophie rayworth to moscow to present news bulletins on the night of theresident trump's much—anticipated trip to the uk is in full swing and it's proving predictably controversial. for some viewers, too much of the buildup coverage focused on the protests planned for the president, such as the row over the trump baby blimp to be flown over central london. chris steel was one of them, asking: and after air force one landed at stansted airport and the demonstrations started, the complaints continued along similar lines, with dawn rosher asking: gaynor yeates agreed. president trump arrived in a country he had described just before leaving washington as being in turmoil, a reference presumably to those two cabinet resignations within 24 hours, reported here on monday's news at six. the foreign secretary went this afternoon. he disagreed with the prime minister's latest brexit plan. and earlier, the brexit secratary said he was resigning as he didn't believe in theresa may's exit strategy. big political news no doubt, but two newswatch viewers objected to the

surely one of the other reporters could have done the broadcast —— sophie rayworth.nd they told us: finally, back to those brexit related resignations and there was an interview on the subject on monday while the breaking news banner on monday read: underneath that, apparently a lab rating on the headline, we were told a fifth person has been rescued from the flooded cave, that more ambulances had been seen going into the operation area and that the mission had been paused jew depleting oxygen levels. that accidental mash up with the rescue of 12 schoolboys and never will coach from a flooded cave in thailand seemed particularly apt to some. thank you for all your comments this week. you can call us with your opinions on bbc news on: ore—mail: you can find us on twitter: do have a look at our website: that‘s all from us. we‘ll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. they‘ve let me back a second time! i‘m very glad.