Tackling the competing demands of religious groups, and the non believing majority. First, the new year brought with it some distressing news, including the deaths of six people, including british businessman richard cousins, in a seaplane accident in australia. The crash was reported extensively on bbc news, too much so for several viewers, including alan winn. He wrote to us on tuesday. Youve been sending us your comments on bbc news output over the christmas and new year period, and one concern thats been voiced was the contrast some perceived in the coverage of two fires that took place on december 29th one in an Apartment Building in the bronx, new york, which killed 12 people, and one in a restaurant in mumbai, where at least 15 people died. Imtiyaz ansari rang that day identifying a discrepancy in the news reporting of the two incidents. It obviously showed a great deal of the fire that took place in the bronx. Where 12 people had died. But the same incident of fire has taken pl
For instance, david parry wrote to us recently to ask about the bbc news website. And when Sarah Mullally was appointed the first female bishop of london last month, the news was mentioned only briefly on that nights evening bulletins, to the disgruntlement of gareth jones, as he explains here. This was an important story for the established church and for womens equality. Even if you had run this story earlier, surely it warranted a regular slot throughout the day, particularly at a time when the role of women in society is at the forefront of our thinking. Others, though, regret the proposal for more religious coverage with some suspicious that the bbc is proselytising. Sue nelson tweeted this week a tough task, then, to satisfy conflicting demands, and the main person responsible is Martin Bashir, whos just become the bbcs first religion editor. He became a household name when his interview with diana, princess of wales, for panorama in 1995 made international headlines. After other
Temperatures in parts of the us are predicted to fall to minus 29, as a record breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused by the so called bomb cyclone. Not quite so cold here. Stav has the details. Thank you, good morning to you. Well, it is turning much colder for all of us this weekend. But on the plus side we should see some sunshine, particularly tomorrow, but a return to overnight frost, as well. I will have all the details for you very shortly. Look forward to it. First, our main story a lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender john worboys says some of her clients whose cases werent taken to trial want to give evidence. The former black cab driver is being freed from jail after ten yea rs. He was convicted of 19 offences, although Police Believe he carried out more than 100 attacks. Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony wasnt required to put worboys behind bars for a longer period of time. Tom burridge reports. The decision to release
See some ice on area roads and sidewalks especially. So, were going to have much more on this. Were going to take you hour by hour. Something we havent seen in close to three weeks, guys. Were going to like this one. Boy, all right. Might be flipflop weather. Lots of schools in our area decided to let the kids out early so they could get home safely. Big changes today and perhaps tomorrow morning. News4s amee cho continues our Team Coverage now in aspen hill. She talked to parents and administrators about the days tough call. Hey, amee. Reporter hi, jim and wendy. It was tough because they had to make that call early in the morning when they still werent sure what was going to happen. Its looking okay out here. It was sleeting a little bit on and off earlier. Roads are looking good. We did see a lot of early school closures. As you can imagine that made for some very happy kids and their parents took the news in stride, too. As buses loaded up and kids headed home, one student had a ve
Reach their children after the school was placed on lockdown. Obviously there is no longer a threat because the person was apprehended. Communicate with the parents by way of text message, email, something. Let us know something. The situation is stable. The students have been returned to their classrooms. There are not fights. There are not people wandering the halls. Reporter police say the incident began with a fight between three male students. Why and how it escalated to the point of a double stabbing is still under investigation. All of the kids involved are expected to be okay. This student wants better security inside of his school. The school doesnt really take a proper precaution of making sure what happens in the school who has what, whats being brought into the school. Its real a school thing they have to get under control. Reporter at the entrance to or every entrance inside of this or any of the Prince Georges County schools, he is saying that there may be some additional