Speculation itself, notjust online, but across newspapers and broadcast media, too. It was back at the top of bbc ones headlines throughout the following day. Last night, the first of five News Agencies issued dramatically worded kill notices withdrawing the photo due to what the agency said were inconsistencies in the image. Then this morning, a social media post from the princess of wales herself, where she admitted altering the image. She said. Since Kensington Palace announced in january that the princess had undergone Abdominal Surgery providing no further details and asking for privacy theres been a growing tide of online rumours and Conspiracy Theories about her. But did the bbc this week abide by that request for privacy, or did it fuel the fire of those rumours . Hundreds of people sent us their views on this, including julie northeast, who wrote. And john stokes asked. Well, another viewer who got in touch with us this week was david force, and he joins us now down the line.
things that were £1 are now £1.10. it adds to the panic as well and you are just thinking, how am i going to get through this month? the average price of petrol reaches a record high amid new sanctions on russian oil. one week after the school shooting in texas, sir andy murray, who survived the dunblane massacre as a child, calls for changes to america s gun laws. surely at some stage you do something different, like, you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another senior conservative mp dame andrea leadsome blames the prime minister for lockdown parties in downing street. and customers from all over the world flock to a chippy in coventry that s become a social media sensation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. liverpool have demanded an apology from the french sports minister following comments suggesting fans were to blame for problems at the champions final on saturday. good afternoon, and
From theresa mays cabinet. Pressure had been building on priti patel since the emergence last friday of her undisclosed meetings while on holiday in israel. But was some of that pressure imposed in an unwarranted way by the media, particularly the bbc, which broke the story . Yes, according to andy ramsbottom, who asked and keith brown thought the long predicted end came for priti patel after her hastily arranged journey home from africa, monitored at one point by 22,000 people on a flight tracking website, as shown on the bbc news channel. That prompted ian miller to tweet while a user called kubricks lens cap thought when the soon to be ex International Development secretary reached heathrow airport, the coverage switched from flight tracker to helicopter camera, and the complaints continued. Heres roy ramm it was a huge information dump, the leak of over 13 million documents, worked on for a year by almost 100 different media organisations. A lot of work clearly went into the so cal
And more than half of the news at ten was dedicated to the subject, pushing a report of the texas shooting and new allegations against damian green down the running order. On monday, there was another hour long panorama special, watched by neil spellings immediatedly following panorama was the bbc news at ten oclock. This dedicated the first half of the show, so 15 minutes, covering exactly the same topics that had just been shown immediately previous to the news by panorama. I thought it was a strange editorial decision to repeat so much content immediately adjacent to programmes, especially when the news were using the same clips of Richard Bilton doorstepping celebrities outside the studios, and with the same infographics and pretty much everything. It was like a panorama lite for 15 minutes. The Paradise Papers also led bbc one bulletins for a third night on tuesday, ahead of the death of welsh politician carl sargea nt and the ongoing travails of borisjohnson and priti patel. So w
The weekend across the southern half of the uk. Clear and bright conditions spreading from the north. Good morning. First our main story. Millions of people will fall silent today, on Armistice Day, to remember those who have lost their lives while serving in the armed forces. Its the 99th anniversary of the end of the first world war. Alexandra mackenzie is outside westminster abbey. Alexandra, whats happening today . Well, it is a rather soggy start to arms sisters Armistice Day. I am outside westminster abbey, outside the field of remembrance, where many people have brought wooden crosses and poppies, and have laid them there just outside westminster abbey. A temporary garden, where people have been able to come to remember and honour those who have died. Just about a quarter of a mile from here we have be cenotaph, which will be a real focus of the commemorations today and tomorrow. We also saw other commemorations yesterday, a commemoration of the battle of passing bell. Passchend