the duke and duchess of cambridge arrive at the new environmental award the earthshot prize — which prince william is awarding tonight. newcastle lose to tottenham 3—2 in the first game after the club's take over. i think some of that may feature on sports day. before that... before that... it's newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. is it still important to broadcast daily the official statistics on covid cases, deaths and vaccinations? and for the second time in a fortnight, bbc news is accused of encouraging panic buying, this time over a logjam at ports. first, on wednesday, the star trek actor william shatner became the oldest person to go to space as he blasted off aboard the blue origin sub—orbital capsule. the 90—year—old, who played captainjames t kirk in the original series, took off from the texas desert with three other individuals. mr shatner�*s trip on the rocket system — developed by amazon founderjeff bezos — lasted about ten minutes. spectacular pictures, but bellerophon thought the bbc was... and dennis ess had another objection... on thursday, prince william spoke to newscast�*s adam fleming and expressed the view that saving the earth should be a higher priority than travelling into space. the idea this space race is on at the moment, we have been seeing people try to get the space race going. the idea that we need some of the world's greatest brains and minds fixed on this purpose, not trying to find the next place to go. the interview took place to mark this weekend's awarding of the first earthshot prize, which the prince has launched to find solutions to climate change, and that timing prompted mcguinn to ask... but forjahnavi... that wasn't the only significant royal interview on the bbc this week. on monday, prince charles spoke tojustin rowlatt, newly appointed as the corporation's first climate editor, about how to effect changes in behaviour that will help the environment. is our government doing enough to make these things happen? i couldn't possibly comment. look, it's true to say that you've got a pretty hefty carbon footprint. it must take a lot of gas to heat a palace. yes, yes, but i have tried for a very long time to make sure that the heating is done in a way that is as sustainable as possible. so i've got electric cars, like my old aston martin, which i've had for 51 years, it runs on, can you believe this, surplus english white wine. the interview brought this response from a former bbc royal correspondent, peter hunt... we put that point to bbc news, and they told us... a fortnight ago, we discussed the charge made by many of you that the bbc, and other news media, had created queues at the petrol pumps by excessive reporting of fuel shortages — an accusation rejected on this programme by the bbc�*s deputy director of news, jonathan munro. now a similar criticism is being made, following broadcasts such as this on wednesday's news at six. don't panic buy, but do plan ahead for christmas, that is the message to shoppers from a global shipping boss who has warned that a shortage of hgv drivers is having a knock—on effect on ports around the uk. felixstowe is the biggest — it has 50,000 containers waiting to be collected, and ships are having to wait for up to ten days to unload. several viewers contacted us about that, and similar coverage elsewhere on bbc news, and two of those viewers recorded videos for us — terry miles and, first, julie nash. once again, the bbc is reporting of shortages, specifically this time that we're going to be short of things at christmas. you're repeating this over and every day this week. have you learned nothing from the fuel shortage situation you created by overreporting on this little localised temporary disruption? you started your wednesday 6pm news bulletin about the container hold—ups at felixstowe with the words don't panic buy. now we all know how well that worked when you used those words during the recent fuel shortages, so either the bbc news is incredibly naive, or it's being really irresponsible. well, i'm joined now by paul royall, editor of bbc one's news bulletins. and paul, what is the response to those viewers? first of all, just to reassure viewers, that we do take a lot of care and pay a lot of attention to what we put in our programmes, and we make judgements about what we believe is newsworthy and what crosses the bar in terms of getting into those programmes, and in the case of wednesday, we had a series of quite significant figures from the shipping industry and also from the retail industry who were beginning to say things about the situation regarding the movement of goods and the supply of goods in shops, and we reported that. those words aren't our words, they're attributed to those who say them, and of course we make a judgement on whether we think they are newsworthy, and in this case we thought they were. paul, it's fair to assume that there are likely to be more supply chain news stories like this in the coming weeks so does the bbc need to rethink how you cover them and if you might be contributing to panic? i think we've seen from what's going on at the international monetary fund in washington in the united states this week, the shortage and supply chain issues is a global issue and a global problem, and i don't think bbc news or other major news organisations can ignore that, this is, as a economics editor said, the plumbing of the world economy is not quite working at the moment, and what we have to do is report responsibly, assess statements that are made, claims that are made, and put them in the appropriate context, at the same time on wednesday, we reported very clearly, a carry on as normal from the government, a similar thing was said by the chancellor from washington, dc yesterday as well. paul, thank you for that. we also want to talk to you about the daily reporting of covid statistics. here was thursday's on the news at six. the latest official coronavirus figures show there were 45,066 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, the highest since the middle ofjuly. the average number of cases per day in the past week stands atjust under 40,000. more than 7,024 people were in hospital with covid yesterday and another 157 deaths have been recorded, that the people who died within 28 days of a positive test. so, paul, we've been getting some very specific complaints about the daily use of these official covid statistics on a graphic. let's take the complaints one by one. this is ian service, he e—mailed... paul, has the bbc considered when you might no longer report that figure? yeah, no, we have, and what we're trying to do with the daily data is give audiences in news programmes that are half—an—hour long, a sort of relatively time efficient picture of what the current state of covid is across the uk, and we're making judgements the whole time about what is in and out of that data, but as we're seeing at the moment cases are going up again, and probably that will be followed, if similar patterns are followed, that deaths and hospitalisations will rise as well, so i don't think we're at the point yet where we dispense with the daily data, but we keep under review what we put in it. ok, ian made the point as well that we don't give daily statistics on other conditions such as cancer, one might talk about flu as we go into the winter season. yeah, and that's a fair point and that's something we have discussed. again, i guess the difference with this is obviously covid—i9 is something new that we have all been having to deal with, and make judgements about, and hence why we still do the data for that, but we do periodically do pieces where, for example, we might say that covid, deaths from covid or involving covid weren't the biggest cause of death in the uk over the previous week, or previous time period, and so we do try and give that wider context, but it's a fair point and it's one we do discuss and try and keep in context. 0k. another e—mail now, this is from david greenwood. that's quite an important point, isn't it, paul? because some of those infections, thanks to vaccinations, might be mild, and isn't the significant stat the number of people in icus? it is a significant stat but it's not one we necessarily get on a daily basis, and so again, we will periodically, when we get reliable information about things like that we will put it into pieces that we do, but we don't necessarily get that on a daily basis from the government dashboard. 0k. one more concern related here about whether we need more detail about vaccinations to interpret the official covid statistics. so, robin petherbridge e—mailed to say... i was thinking, is there a public service argument for what robin is proposing? there is, and again, we don't get that on a daily basis, and so even if we really wanted to, i don't think we could. we do, when we get reliable information about these sort of things, and there was a piece a few weeks ago where we included that in a piece by our health editor to demonstrate how effective the vaccines are at preventing hospitalisation and death, so when we get it, we use it. paul, thank you so much for coming on newswatch. thanks for all your comments this week. hello, and this is sports today, live from the bbc sport centre. new owners but a familiar story as newcastle united's lose again — heavily delayed after fans suffered a emergency. the worst start to the permit sheep season for 20 years. and scotland have caused an upset in the cricket t20 world cup beating bangladesh by six runs. the big news was supposed to be newcastle's new owners watching their first game at stjames's park, but the match was overshadowed by a medical emergency in the crowd. play was suspended towards the end of the first half to allow medics to rush into the crowd to treat a supporter who had collapsed. on the pitch, the new saudi—backed consortium could only watch as their side conceeded three goals against tottenham. michael redford reports. a new era at saint chase's part, a new wave of optimism. match day one under the new owners in occasion everyone wanted to remember. and if there was a buzz outside it was nothing compared to what was to come. it was an atmosphere like no other. raucous, roaring, reverberating an introduction for newcastle zoo chairman one he will never forget. newcastle zoo chairman one he will neverforget. looking newcastle zoo chairman one he will never forget. looking after have a ticket, i'm a celebrity, get me in there. but while they are change at there. but while they are change at the top there was no change in the data, steve bruce still in charge is one thousandths game in management. his milestone match couldn't begin any better less than two minutes had gone with the noise reached new levels. what a start! bands and owners on cloud nine

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