tim davies also said he didn't wa nt to tim davies also said he didn't want to be busy to go to a subscription his hands. that will be a negotiated —— negotiation and the government in a few years time. he did make that point quite early on when he stood up and addressed all of staff. there were two things that really struck me about what he said, tim davies, and one was about making decisions, and making them quite quickly. so he said there won't be any short—term cut two channels, short—term cut two channels, short term. i don't know what short—term means in terms of years. but, beyond that, there could be. if channels hadn't prove n could be. if channels hadn't proven themselves to be universally popular or appealing to audiences or good value for money, and the other thing was about impartiality. now, you and i know it has been sort of embedded into the core of our systems, because we were political correspondence and rep porters and presenters that of course, impartiality is what we are about. —— reporters. but we are about. —— reporters. but we have to absently restate and reinforce this

the daily telegraph reports that new director general of the bbc tim davies will crack down on what iter warriors, who share vocal opinions on social media. the new york times highlights what it calls a ‘lack of foresight‘ from the spanish government which has led to confusion about the reopening of schools despite nightlife venues reopening following the coronavirus lockdown. and the gulf news marks the death toll from coronavirus passing 50,000 in the middle east, but warns poor testing in yemen and libya could hide the real situation. so those are some of the front pages we have an already. let's start with the daily telegraph, which looks at the bbc. in that case, we will start with you, claire. the headline... we have a new director general. some of the journalists and better—known stars of the bbc from using twitter to voice their opinion. talk us through your paper. in the first week of any big job, obviously you want to make a statement. you want to set out your manifesto. it's not surprising that ten davey has a strong stance on this, and i'm suppose it's even better if you ca

the daily telegraph reports that new director general of the bbc tim davie will crackdown on staff whopinions on social media and the times also features comments from the new bbc chief on the corporation's future — as well as a picture of actors lotte verbeek and charles dance at the venice film festival, which is currently under way. so, let's begin... we are going to start this time with the daily mail and this is the call for borisjohnson to get britain flying again. claire, this is an interesting one, because, of course, we know the aviation industry has been usually impacted, but we have got this divide across the uk over how different nations are dealing with this, this travel corridor, but in terms of getting britain flying again, this is, yeah, the industry calling on boris johnson again, this is, yeah, the industry calling on borisjohnson to do something about it. and very strong words in this article. i mean, the government, as you say, is under increasing pressure from many quarters now to get britain flying again. in the times article, tony blair is quoted as saying, "inab

tim davie took up his post at the corporation's 17th director general on tuesday, and his arrival ineral on tuesday, and his arrival in the job was swiftly followed by a shift of policy on a row that's been raging over the past couple weeks and would have been near the top of his intro. the bbc now says rule but cranny i will be sung at the proms after all. —— rule britannia. change of the policy have not been unknown in the part of the government either over the past few months, often described on bbc news using the same phrase. tonight at ten, a major u—turn on a level and gcse results without pupils across the uk will now get the grade given by their school or college. the prime minister back in the classroom to defend the u—turn on facemasks for some secondary school pupils in england. and government u-turn. people in old trapper will not have their lockdown magicians ease laughter all —— lockdown restrictions. where the the negative co nsta nts restrictions. where the the negative constants justify? john brooks agreed, wondering... finally, it was back to school this week for mi

the new director—general tim davie has implied that bbc news needs to win back a reputation for impartialitynk i'm not sure we have to win it back. we are by far and away viewed as the most trusted and impartial source of news — not just broadcast source but source of news. i think what we all have to do is acknowledge that is central to what makes us a broadcaster of use to audiences. impartiality is pivotal to what we do. it is about the perspectives that we get and give to audiences, it's about our own staff making sure we're having the input that's impartial as well, but it is about remembering that every single time we come to a story and how we treat it and how we broadcast that to audiences. gavin allen, thank you. thanks. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, including its social media and online output e—mail... or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us on... and 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. goo

bbc director general tim davie has said he would be prepared to sack presenters who make major breaches stars such as gary lineker, who has courted controversy in the past for sharing his political views on twitter. responding to mr davie's comments mr lineker said: "i think only twitter can take people off twitter." donald trump and joe biden go head to head in just a few hours in the first us presidential tv debate — and it could be lively. the president's on the back foot — after revelations in the new york times about his business losses and tax affairs.. it's likely to come up. our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghe reports. the stage is almost set, the actors soon to be in place and america is about to get its first head—to—head show in this battle for the white house. the president has reportedly done little formal preparation, instead questioning his opponent's mental capacity, repeatedly calling him sleepyjoe, and going further. i always joke, but it's true, he was no winston churchill in debating, but he was fine. and people say he was on performance enhancing drugs. and

the newly appointed director general of the bbc, tim davie has been questioned by mps on the house ofy the conservative mp philip davies about the corporation's coverage of brexit, mr davie defended the bbc‘s impartiality. i have said there are plenty of areas where we need to reach out, connect, this is true of all institutions, reach out to people who feel that the metropolitan media elite do not represent their view. i'm not self flagellating here because the bbc has got a better record than that. if you listen to the 6:30 shows, the idea that that we didn't connect with people around the country, 29 local radio stations, and finally there is no one'sjob in the bbc, to be clear, to toe the government's line. the government's line. everyone'sjob is to impartially represent the situation across all the lines. that is ourjob. so, what is it that, what are these metropolitan views that people out in the sticks, so to speak, that people feel so sidelined by? if brexit is absolutely not one of them. there might be all kinds of areas like rural affairs, economic and social mobility, conce

the new bbc director—general tim davie has said he would be prepared to sack presenters who make majors courted controversy in the past for signalling his political views on twitter. responding to mr davie‘s comments mr lineker said: "i think only twitter can take people off twitter." premier league clubs have held talks about a possible bail out for the football league after plans for fans to return to football grounds were scrapped. without the income, there is a real threat that many clubs could go out of business, but no agreement has been reached. there are nontheless signs this evening of a possible lifeline for the national league with talk of a grant from the government as our sports editor dan roan explains. business as usual for the champions. liverpool‘s perfect start to the season continuing, but off the field things are more complicated. the premier league is under mounting pressure to provide a quarter of a billion pound bailout for cash—strapped lower league clubs, after plans to reopen turnstiles next month were scrapped. today, the top flight discussed a rescue package

bbc director general tim davie has said he would be prepared to sack presenters who make major breachesas gary lineker, who has courted controversy in the past for sharing his political views on twitter. responding to mr davie's comments, mr lineker said: "i think only twitter can take people off twitter." will covid change our towns and cities forever? during lockdown and with all the social distancing rules, many councils introduced restrictions on how we move around in cars. now, across the country, there are plans to make some of the changes permanent. mark easton reports. in the south of norfolk, there is a power struggle going on. amid the strangeness of the pandemic, the motorcar is having its dominance challenged. so what's the situation here? they pedestrianised the road due to the virus. the thoroughfare of the ancient market town of harleston has provided almost free access to wheeled vehicles for over 1,000 years. what now? the need for social distancing has seen the council divert all but essential traffic around the high street, giving control of the public realm to pedest

the bbc has a new director general tim davies and he is making his presence felt. service in touch with every part of the country. he will be sensitive to the fact that bbc has had a week of damaging headlines from this slightly bizarre saga. 0ne sunday newspaper front page lambasted the bbc as being wet and woke in the bbc itself got into something of a tangle of a weather to sing the lyrics of this song which mentions slavery. the bbc avoided the question of principle, whether it was correct in principle to sing those lyrics. the director—general has taken a stance and this i think is relatively easy when for him, it will be seen as a decisive intervention underlined the bbc along with the opinion of the majority of people in the country. but there is the licence fee payers who fund the bbc and the one hand and then the enemies and critics of the bbc in westminster and in number ten with the director—general is about to have a fraught and difficult negotiation over the future of the bbc. so i think this is his way of saying to both these audiences listen and i ge

the newly—appointed director—general of the bbc, tim davie has been questioned by mps on the house ofd the bbc‘s impartiality. i have said there are plenty of areas where we need to reach out, and this is true of all institutions, reach out to people who feel that the metropolitan media elite do not represent their view. i'm not self flagellating here because the bbc has got a better record of that if you listen to the 6.30 shows, the idea that we didn't connect with people around the country, 29 local radio stations, and finally it is no—one's job in the bbc to be clear, to directly answer, which is to toe the government's line. everyone's job is to represent impartially the situation across all the lines. that's ourjob. so, what is it that metropolitan... what are these metropolitan views that people out in the sticks so to speak feel so sidelined about if brexit is absolutely not one of them? there might be all kinds of areas like rural affairs, economic social mobility, concerns around... basically, housing. all those kinds of issues that a re reflected differently. you and i know

said he‘s about money, —— tim davie said he‘s concerned about money.and north—east england on those exposed coasts. chili with some rain. the best of the sunshine further south. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a warning that nhs staff are having to stay off work because they can‘t get coronavirus tests. the government says it‘s dealing with the issues. unemployment hits a two year high, with young people especially badly hit by the pandemic‘s economic fallout. a lifeline for some small businesses, as the high court rules insurers should have paid out over lockdown. an urgent warning for humanity to slow what‘s called an accelerating decline in nature with species heading towards extinction. a new chapter for the middle east. the united arab emirates and bahrain prepare to sign a peace deal with israel at the white house. radio 2‘s zoe ball is set to become the highest paid bbc presenter, as gary lineker accepts a pay cut. that and more in the bbc‘s annual report. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has posted a picture on his instagram

the times leads on comments from the bbc‘s new director general, tim davie, that the corporation needst, including the closure of some channels if necessary. the guardian reports that boris johnson is facing "mounting pressure" over the appointment of the controversial former australian prime minister, tony abbott, as a post—brexit trade adviser. and wales 0nline reports on the changes to quarantine rules that come into effect today. it points out that the rule change signifies the first time wales has diverged from the quarantine rules set out by the uk government in london. a few things on the inside. in the express, talking about a hair salon in gloucestershire who put an advert in the paper looking for a new employee and what they specifically asked for was a happy stylist to work in their happy salon and a p pa re ntly work in their happy salon and apparently they got a phone call from the localjob centre saying you cannot ask for a happy stylist because that is discriminatory against people who is not happy. they have been trying to think of other words but every other word would

the new director—general tim davie has implied that bbc news needs to win back a reputation for impartialitywe get and give to audiences, it's about our own staff making sure we're having the input that's impartial as well, but it is about remembering that every single time we come to a story and how we treat it and how we broadcast that to audiences. gavin allen, thank you. thanks. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, including its social media and online output e—mail... or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us on... and 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. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. a sharp rise in coronavirus cases — the r number goes above one for the first time since march, with infections now doubling every 7—10 days, in birmingham and parts of the west midlands, more than one and a half million people face stricter measures to

tim davie took up his post at the corporation's 17th director general on tuesday, and his arrival inr school or college. the prime minister back in the classroom to defend the u—turn on face masks for some secondary school pupils in england. another government u—turn. people in old trafford will not have their lockdown restrictions eased after all. so, were those uses of the phrase laced with negative connotations justified? john brooks agreed, wondering... finally, it was back to school this week for millions of pupils in england and wales and education correspondent dan johnson was reporting on that on wednesday. quite a momentous moment, not just for these kids, it's their first day of big school, which is a nervous, exciting time for them anyway. but this is the first day back, really, a proper education for so many kids. valerie houghton contacted us with this response. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, including social media and online output, e—mail newswatch or you can find us on twitter. you can c

britain's tim henman had to say sorry with flowers after hitting a ball girl at wimbledon in 1995. and canada's denis shapovalov forfeited a davisvak djokovic said he was "so sorry about what had happened, but was grateful the line judge was ok." he was red—hot favourite for this event, desperate for another grand slam. but after this unfortunate accident he will have to wait. tim allman, bbc news. a short time ago, i asked sports journalist reem abulleil if disqualification was the right decision. yes, i definitely think it was, and i think that is the general reaction from all the pundits as well. they went by the book. the rule says that, if a player hits a linejudge or an umpire or a ball kid, with a racket or a ball, that is a straight default. and, if anything, i applaud them for doing that, and not thinking or worrying that it is novak djokovic — he's the top contender for the tournament and actually the tournament's referee later said that we would have made that call if anyone was on court, whether it's novak or not and, yeah, it was definitely the right call. in the list of tennis crimes, is accidentally hitting a line

britain's tim henman had to say sorry with flowers after hitting a ball girl at wimbledon in 1995. and canada's denis shapovalov forfeited a davis statement, novak djokovic said he was, "so sorry about what had happened, but was grateful the line judge was ok." he was red—hot favourite for this event, desperate for another grand slam. but after this unfortunate accident he will have to wait. tim allman, bbc news. the sri lankan navy says the fire on a huge oil—tanker off the east coas has been extinguished greatly reducing fears of an environmental disaster. sri lankan and indian naval vessels have been battling for the past four days to douse the flames aboard the tanker which is carrying nearly a quarter of a million tonnes of crude oil to india. the annual regata storica has been held on the waterways of venice. despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of people turned out to watch the boats move through the grand canal. gail maclellan reports. had you been on the grand canal 600 years ago, you might have seen this. the boat is not nearly as great as the original the typical 16th century boat commemorate how the doug and hi

tim henman to apologise with flowers of hitting a ball girl at wimbledon in 1995. in canada's denis at wimbledon in 1995. in ca nada's denis shapovalov forfeited a davisout what had happened, but was great for the line judge was great for the line judge was ok. he was red—hot favourite for this event, desperate for another grand slam. but after this u nfortu nate slam. but after this unfortunate accident he will have to wait stop tim allman, bbc news. if you tune in with us in the next hour we will be chatting toa next hour we will be chatting to a guest live about novak djokovic and what happened there. and finally, this. hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the grand canal in venice to watch the annual regata storica, that's the traditional venetian rowing competition, dating back hundreds of years. covid restrictions didn't stop this spectacular historical procession that filled the grand canal with typical 16th century boats, gondoliers and costumed figures. how i wish i could have been there. we will have the headlines in a moment. first of all, a reminder that you can see all our main story ‘s on oui’ see all our main story ‘s on our webs

britain's tim henman had to say sorry with flowers after hitting a ball girl at wimbledon in 1995. and canada's denis shapovalov forfeited a davis. in a statement, novak djokovic said he was... "so sorry about what had happened, but was grateful the line judge was ok." he was red—hot favourite for this event, desperate for another grand slam. but after this unfortunate accident he will have to wait. tim allman, bbc news. john horn is a wta world feed commentator, grand slam commentator and tennis analyst, based in canada. hejoins me now from toronto. will come to the programme. —— welcome. it is very shocking. i think a lot of people did not expect this. obviously. it has been an odd year and these compounds it. the fact that novak djokovic, in a moment of emotion, he was disappointed with the way he was playing, he got broken after having the chance to win the first set and was facing the possibility of losing that first set. he got upset and hit a ball and it landed on the throat of lance person. —— lines. you could tell from his reaction, there was no intent but the rules say that, if you hit somebody with a ball intentionall

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the new director—general, tim davie, has implied that bbc news needs to win back a reputation for impartiality we are by far and away 2147483051:51:27,660 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 viewed as the most trusted we will be back to hear your thoughts again next week. goodbye. good morning. this is breakfast. with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: more than 3000 cases recorded of new coronavirus. new restrictions limiting the number of people who can meet outdoors and indoors come into force tomorrow in the latest effort to stem the spread of the virus. sirjohn major and tony blair have joined forces to criticise boris johnson's plan to override part of the brexit withdrawal agreement. writing in the sunday times, the former conservative and labour prime ministers say his move is "shocking" and "irresponsible". mrjohnson says new legislation is necessary to protect the unity of the uk, as the eu could impose a full trade border in the irish sea. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who is serving a five—year sentence in iran, is due in court later today to face a new charge. she was arrested