This week samira ahmed hears your views on this weeks bbc news output. Welcome to newswatch. The bbcs china editor accuses her employer of unlawful pay descript gs. What do fewers zrum nation what do viewers think . Patients arent being seen within the target of four hours, but do the bbc know what number that is . It was one of those weeks when the bbc itself became the story. Presenting radio 4s today programme on monday morning withjohn humphreys was carry gracie who until the day before had been the china editor. Her resignation from that post appeared on the front pages of several ever that days newspapers and led to discussions in parliament, as well as throughout the media. How did it come to this . The row stems from the publication last summer of the salaries of the bbcs best paid on air employees. Carrie gracie with £135,000 did not appear on that list, but she noticed that two other international on air editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150,000 editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150 , 000 and editors did, jermey bowen, earning between £150,000 and £200,000 and jon sopel with 200,000 to £250,000. Having thought she had secured pay parity with men on equivalent roles when she took up the post, she initiated a grievance procedure against her employer. Frustrated with the lack of progress, on sunday said she would leave china and return to the london newsroom. Bbc management refused our request for someone management refused our request for someone to discuss this on the programme, pointing us no this statement Carrie Gracie was not satisfied with the bbcs response. Heres what she had to say. The bbc talks about a gender pay gap, but what im talking about is not a gender pay gap, where sometimes men and women are in different roles, which explains the differences in pay. What im talking about is pay discrimination, which is when men are paid more for doing the samejob is when men are paid more for doing the same job or a job is when men are paid more for doing the samejob or a job of is when men are paid more for doing the same job or a job of equal value. That is illegal. What do newswatch viewers think . Michelle gross e mailed Colin Robertson agreed but for peter stuart, it wasnt the gap in salaries that was the issue, but their level. Why such amazing high salaries to people the British Public have no particular attachment to or afghanistan for which is affection for, which is key to their market value, be they male or female . More people leaving at westminster this week as theresa may made changes to her ministerial team. On tuesday the bbcs deputy Political Editor had a glimpse of the new cabinet. Allowed through the door at number ten today, for a quick peak at the new look cabinet. Nobody move, almost nobody moved yesterday because theresa may couldnt make them. Where is she . There she is, jeremy hunt the Health Secretary was in the way and wouldnt budge, just like yesterday. It appears not everything went entirely to plan with the reshuffle. Did bbc news unfairly portray it as a shambles when it was nothing a kind its its no secret that the nhs is under pressure at the moment. Butjust how bad are things in our hospitals . Well, it can help to get some statistics, for instance on waiting times, but only if those statistics are accurate. Twice this week on bbc news, they werent. Heres sarah smith reporting on the difficulties faced by a e departments in scotland for tuesdays news at 6pm. Departments in scotland for tuesdays news at 6pm. Busy accident Emergency Departments in scotland mean patients are facing their longest recorded waiting times. Last week, over 100,000 patients waited more than four hours to be seen, nearly 300 waited longer than 12 hours. Scott is one of a number of viewers who pointed out what he called quite a huge error bbc news confirmed that. Sarah smith mistakenly used an annual figure rather than a weekly time for waiting times in a e departments in scotland. The weekly figure was 5,686. We used the weekly stats in all subsequent bulletins and coverage. But that wasnt the end of the matter, on thursday, Katherine Burns was reporting about problems in hospitals in england. To add to this, more statistics, showing that december was the worst month for a e waiting times since records began in 200a. 3,000 patients in england were not seen within the four hour waiting target. Viewer scott wrote do let us know your thoughts on thoseissues do let us know your thoughts on those issues or anything else that catches your eye on bbc news. Details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. Before that, the bbcs foreign coverage was the subject of a comment this week. He recorded on camera the thoughts of relative attention given to two Different International leaders. Angela merkel is the most important european politician and in germany, in the elections in september she lost her majority and since then, shes been fighting to create a coalition. But almost nothing at all is heard about this on the bbc news, especially the six 0clock news. Jenny hill, the fine berlin correspondent, is virtually never heard. The person who is heard and is seen almost all the time, especially in the first week of january is donald trump. In that week it was virtually wall to wall donald trump. The reason why merkel is virtually ignored and donald trump is featured so heavily is quite obvious one is zen trick, interesting eccentric, interesting, the other is probably fairly dull. But on the six 0clock news, and in the bbc charter, their purpose should surely be to inform rather than to entertain. I feel that in featuring donald trump so much and mrs merkel hardly at all the balance has been lost completely. Thanks to brian watson for that. 0thers for that. Others feel its notjust President Trump whos getting too much air time on the bbc, but the country he leads and anything that happens there. One example came on wednesday, where news came of the destruction caused by mudslides in southern california. At least 17 people died and more than 100 homes we re people died and more than 100 homes were swept away, after heavy rainfall hit an area of Santa Barbara county. After that led the news at 6pm, similaron wondered simon. Backin back in the uk, the parole board decided at the end of last week that john wallboys, thought to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on women in london, will be released after completing his minimum term of eight years in jail. Mark easton reported on the case last friday. The london cabi, who drugged and raped or sexually assaulted numerous women in the back of his taxi, is to be released after nine years, a parole board decision thats prompted fury and questions. Not least were victims ignored . Sarah had this comment to make finally, videos without any commentary where information is presented on screen in text form are being seen increasingly on bbc news, not just being seen increasingly on bbc news, notjust on output tailored for watching on mobile phones, where people tend to watch rather than listen, but also on television. Heres an example from the news channel last week. Bill e mailed us to make this point well, well leave that one with the powers that be. Thank you for all your comments this week. If you want to share your opinions on bbc news and Current Affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us 0re mail us find us on the programme, you can call us 0r e mail us find us on twitter as well. Look at our website for previous discussions. Bbc. Co. Uk newswatch. Thats all from us. Bbc. Co. Uk newswatch. Thats all from us. Well be back to hear your thoughts about bbc News Coverage again next week. Goodbye. Its its been a fairly quiet day across many parts of the british isles. Thats stillness captured by a weather watcher in shropshire. Still a lot of cloud around. That will thicken up later tonight, across the western side of the british isles. New weather front coming in from the atlantic, wet and windy fare here. A run of showers pushing into the Northern Isles as well. In between a quiet night, not a particularly cold one either. For saturday, well, this front makes very slow progress into these western areas. 0nce front makes very slow progress into these western areas. Once you get it, youll probably keep it. Further ahead of that, enough cloud over the Higher Ground of Northern England for there to be the odd passing shower and plenty of showers again running up on a noticeable south easterly wind towards the Northern Isles. Temperatures, where weve had them, of late. This is sunday, that front rather dying a death. A band of cloud, the odd bit of rain associated with that. Brighter skies behind. Then a new weather front with more wet and windy weather into the north west to finish the day. The temperatures close to where weve been of late. This is bbc news. The headlines at 8pm mr president , are are a racist . International outrage facing the president , over remarks hes said to have made about african nations and haiti. Amongst others. These are shocking and shamful comments from the president of the united states. Im sorry but there is no other word one can use but racist. Meanwhile, donald trump says he wont come to the uk to officially open a new us embassy here, because he doesnt like the look of it or the location. A fine of £10,000 for the surgeon who branded his initials onto his patients livers. A report into the Manchester Bombing finds some relatives of the victims suffered from media intrusion. Also in the next hour the new research on Breast Cancer survival rates