what we were shown this morning was completely unnecessary. we do not need to see those poor children shaking with fear. it is just too much." and c hancock echoing that asked: do we really need such excessive coverage of the latest shooting atrocity? does the bbc not realise that by providing such coverage we are giving the perpetrator the publicity he craves? there has also been harrowing news leading the six o'clock bulletin earlier this evening after mujahid arshid had been found guilty of murdering his neice celine dookhran last summer, and the attempted murder of a second woman. denise morley thought some of the description provided was inappropriate for an early evening broadcast. "you have just given a graphic description of a murder and rape, filling in all the details including a throat being cut. this is a family time and it appears it is totally appropriate in the bbc‘s judgment for children to get a detailed account of a rape and murder. is it me?" also on wednesday, the bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed wrote online about the economic performance of the european union, pointing out that growth in the region was at levels not seen since 2007. initially, the article had the headline, "uk no longer shackled to a corpse," a reference of kamal ahmed later pointed out on twitter, to a comment once made by the eurosceptic mp douglas carswell, that britain's membership of the eu came at a significant financial cost. the headline was later changed, but not before several readers had tweeted their objections. "scandalous", once said. "we were never shackled to a corpse as you well know, so why use this misleading headline? the only court in question will be the uk economy of brexit goes ahead." and others wondered why the phrase didn't have quotation marks around it. here is andrew mell. "the headline implies that the uk economy was at one point shackled to a corpse. many more people will read the headline than the whole article, even with the quote marks. someone glancing at the headline is likely to read it as an endorsement of that position." we put those points to bbc news and they told us: the headline has been taken out of context. the article made clear that eu growth was strong and any previous criticisms that the eu was economically underperforming was no longer correct. in 2012, the eurozone was in recession which led to the criticism that it was economically a corpse, a basket case and a failure. that is what the headline was referring to. it was changed the following day as the surrounding material had been taken of the business front page online whereas the blog was still available. we needed to make it clearer what the blog was referring to." a couple of weeks ago viewer russell moore contacted us on his thoughts on a practice he and others have observed on bbc news. here is the interview he recorded for us. i would like to share my frustration at what i call suggestive reporting. the increasingly used bbc technique of shouting accusing questions at politicians as they walk in and out of meetings. are you still in control of your party, prime minister? of course the person has no intention of answering or maybe has not heard the question but that does not matter. we see the pictures, we heard the accusation and that is what sticks. and in itself becomes the news and a new truth to be repeated. do you want to be the chancellor, foreign secretary? at best this is cheap, lazy, sensationalist and of the tabloids. at best this is cheap, lazy, sensationalist and worthy only of the tabloids. at worst it can feel like a deliberate technique, using suggestion to plant ideas into our subconscious and to get the public to think and believe in a particular way. are you confident of staying in government? it is the bbc‘s job to report news, not to create it and to reflect opinion, not to deliberately manipulate it. so please, bbc news, stop doing this. at the end of last week it emerged that two british men believed to be part of an islamic state group cell had been captured by syrian kurdish fighters. andy moore reported on the story for bbc news. alexanda kotey and el shafee elssheikh, the two britons captured by kurdish forces last month and questioned by the americans. together with aine davis and mohammed emwazi they they formed the kidnap gang that became known as the beatles, because they were usually masked and their captors could hear only their british accents. the reference to the gangs nickname the beatles annoyed some viewers. "why does the bbc insist on glorifying the story regarding the islamic state fighters, highlighting their infamy as the beatles gang just cements them as gang members that young troubled men may connect with. they have been caught and will spend a long time behind bars when convicted, end of story." and clive shaw agreed. "this totally misrepresents a cell of evil murderers and gives the impression as a group of dashing heroes while denigrating of one of our most famous and loved bands." over the past two years, reports of sexual exploitation and abuse by those in powerful positions have hit institutions such as parliament, the church, the film industry, the world of sport and the bbc. on saturday, the headlines in the times newspaper focused on the charity sector. their investigation found that in 2011, four members of staff at 0xfam had been sacked and three others resigned over charges of using local women, some underage for sex, after the earthquake in haiti. further revelations followed and the bbc has been following up the story with angus crawford reporting on sunday evening. the government is now demanding every charity receiving taxpayers money disclose all past and current cases of sexual misconduct. a scandal affecting one charity is now threatening to engulf the entire sector. the government has always defended its budget by saying look, we are spending it better, we are making less fraud, less waste, all those kind of things. i think it is harder for the government to make that argument we have some 0xfam worker spending taxpayers' money on caligula style orgies with young prostitutes. james landale in the studio there. some viewers took exception to the way the story was covered, with one viewer, who preferred to remain anonymous writing: the fact that 0xfam dealt with the case at the time was not portrayed clearly at all by the bbc, which also conveyed the message about the 87 allegations of sexual assault at 0xfam itself reported in its annual report, out of context. it did not make clear that because 0xfam has transparency and safeguarding policy in place, it voluntarily published this figure. instead, it conveyed it as if the media discovered these allegations. anzac rose made this point. "a tiny number of 0xfam staff behaved inappropriately in the past. from this minuscule molehill, and everest has been made by the populist press. it is disappointing that the bbc has joined the witchhunt. a more balanced approach would have pointed out the outstanding work done by thousands of 0xfam staff and volunteers. " and grace dalton echoed that in this telephone message she left us. i really feel that the bbc was not anywhere careful enough to make clear that this scandal relates to a small number of people who no longer work for 0xfam. the report that was aired last night said this one scandal was threatening to engulf the whole sector. it is only threatening to engulf the whole sector because the way that media outlets like yourself are reporting it. i would not mind at all of the government would stop giving money to 0xfam, but if people give less to all foreign aid charities, because the bbc makes it seem as though foreign aid is now to be associated with sex scandals like this, people will die. less aid money will be given and people will die. there was no one available from bbc news to discuss those concerns, but instead they gave us this statement in response. "this is a significant story with disturbing revelations about one of the most recognised aid organisations in the world. 0xfam international‘s executive director has herself called for those affected to come forward to a new independent commission and said the charity needs to atone for the past. 0ur coverage has reflected the seriousness of the allegations and examined the likely extent of the problem in and examined the likely extent of the problem in a responsible manner." finally, we discussed on maastricht‘s programme, finally, we discussed on last week's programme, the changes introduced to the bbc television weather forecast. ahead of the bbc whether the sophisticated new graphics in operation. so it was something of a surprise for those watching bbc one on saturday evening seeing this following the end of the news bulletin. now we are going to take a look at the weekend's weather. there will be some heavy rain. it will move eastwards this evening bringing snow to northern hills. after the rain clears there will be strong winds which will sweep in from the west, bringing wintry showers. and so it continued, leaving julie juniper to ask, where is the weather? just a picture of the uk and a woman's voice for a minute. sian evans was confused. "just watched the new bbc weather forecast or was it a joke? no presenter or map. better to listen to the radio." and sarah horsley wondered has somebody broken the new bbc graphics already? was this decidedly low—tech approach to deliver deliberate reversion a 50—year—old style. the bbc press tam tweeted this explanation. this was simply a case of human error due to the earlier than normal bbc news. nothing to do with the new graphics or any forecasting issues. thank you for your comments this week. we always welcome your comments on bbc news. if you would like them to be heard or even to appear yourself, you can telephone us or send us an e—mail. you can also post your thoughts on twitter. do have a look at our website where you can watch previous interviews and discussions we have recorded. that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts next week. hello, the last thing we want is all the sunshine on friday and none over the sunshine on friday and none over the weekend. there will be increasing blue skies. it did turn haze this afternoon. as we look ahead, there will be sunny spells around tomorrow. a much cloudy day on sunday with outbreaks of rain spreading east. it will feel milder. this area of cloud is heading in from the west. that goes on in scotland, eventually to north—west england and wales. some hills no wonder tops of the hills. more cloud around. temperatures not as low as last night. still a frost through central and eastern parts of england. here is this weather system just weakening. a damp start for some in northern england and north wales. the odd shower left behind us. wales. the odd shower left behind us. following on behind, sunny spells, a few showers dotted about in the west. there will be some more snow and temperatures on saturday around seven, it could be as high as ten or 11 degrees. through saturday night, some clear whether at first. notice as the night goes on, we bring some cloud and outbreaks of rain from the west leaving the clearest skies in the east. sunday will be a much cloudy a fad. even if you start with some sunshine across eastern parts of the uk, this weather front coming in eastern parts of the uk, this weatherfront coming in is going eastern parts of the uk, this weather front coming in is going to change that. but is a warm front leading to less cold air. plenty of cloud moving in. the possibility of heavy bursts of rain in the west. most of us will see rain at some stage of the day, maybe if you sunny spells in the far north—east of scotland. temperatures on the up. you see belfast by sunday afternoon getting up to 12 degrees. as we look ahead to next week, it will be a mild start but then changes as the week goes on. it looks like it will turn colder. this is bbc news. the headlines: 13 russian nationals and three russian companies have been charged by the fbi, with interfering in the us 2016 presidential election. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states the stated goal, spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. the fbi has admitted it failed to act, after receiving a warning last month from someone "close to" florida school gunman, that he was a danger. 0xfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the government is satisfied it can meet the expected standards. the number of young people in the uk who own their own home has fallen dramatically over the last 20 yea rs.

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