:00:00. > :00:10.head home. This week, did BBC News focus too
:00:11. > :00:17.much on the Madeleine McCann case? Welcome to Newswatch. New images are
:00:18. > :00:23.released of a man seen carrying a child on the night Madeleine McCann
:00:24. > :00:28.went missing. Why does her disappearance over six years ago
:00:29. > :00:33.continue to dominate the news? And what should the BBC call the
:00:34. > :00:37.latest change in housing benefit rules?
:00:38. > :00:40.And after the Cookie Monster last week, this week The Clangers or on
:00:41. > :00:53.the news. A child disappears in the UK every
:00:54. > :00:58.three minutes and though the vast majority are found within a few
:00:59. > :01:06.hours or days, hundreds of and 18th are still missing one year later.
:01:07. > :01:14.One has come to the attention of the public more than any other.
:01:15. > :01:20.Madeleine McCann. On Monday the BBC News at six lead on the latest on
:01:21. > :01:23.the case. Police say it is vitally important that they seek to a man
:01:24. > :01:29.seen by eyewitnesses at the time. They have issued to images of the
:01:30. > :01:37.suspect. But this police are still looking for 41 people. They are
:01:38. > :01:45.still working to track these people down. They do not expect an imminent
:01:46. > :01:52.conclusion. The word today was that investigations like this are a long
:01:53. > :02:00.slog. And you can see the fool Crimewatch appeal on BBC One tonight
:02:01. > :02:46.at 9pm. `` see the complete Crimewatch appeal.
:02:47. > :03:01.Another viewer went into our studio in Hull. They have been successful
:03:02. > :03:14.in getting the exposure. The BBC and other media take this up. I admire
:03:15. > :03:17.the persistence and enterprise. It is unfortunate for other people who
:03:18. > :03:29.do not have that drive. There must be hundreds of cases where children
:03:30. > :03:35.have disappeared. Concentrating on one case draws resources away from
:03:36. > :03:44.other cases which are probably just as important. To respond to these
:03:45. > :03:54.points is the head of the BBC newsroom. Many people sympathise
:03:55. > :04:01.with their family. But many viewers think four days of
:04:02. > :04:10.stories and a trail for a nap coming programme is not really news `` a
:04:11. > :04:16.trail for a forthcoming programme. There is a lot of interest. There
:04:17. > :04:24.are audiences for whom this story does not engage them. We are making
:04:25. > :04:31.a judgement in news terms. We felt very clearly that some of the new
:04:32. > :04:37.developments that where emerging through the Crimewatch programme
:04:38. > :04:40.were important and significant. The police were saying they did not
:04:41. > :04:52.expect anything to change magically in the next few days or weeks. `` to
:04:53. > :04:57.change dramatically. People felt it was excessive. Police
:04:58. > :05:16.were giving new information based on the recent work I do London Met.
:05:17. > :05:19.There was a different timeline. We judged that there were significant
:05:20. > :05:33.developments in a case which has been going on for a long time. It
:05:34. > :05:40.has been dramatic. It has been lengthy. There was a long periods
:05:41. > :05:43.where we have not been doing much coverage. This was a moment when we
:05:44. > :05:58.felt there were new things to report. Some viewers expressed
:05:59. > :06:03.concern that the focus on one case. We make our own judgements about
:06:04. > :06:14.which cases to follow. I can point to many other cases that we have
:06:15. > :06:18.reported. There are particular reasons why this story has had a
:06:19. > :06:25.salience over the years. Not least the nature of the original
:06:26. > :06:34.investigation. The subsequent involvement of the net. `` the
:06:35. > :06:38.Metropolitan Police. And the fact that a lot of British public money
:06:39. > :06:45.has been put into this case. It is important for us to track. Who knows
:06:46. > :06:52.where that these latest developments will lead to arrests or
:06:53. > :06:56.prosecutions. But it is significant. There are a lot of resources and it
:06:57. > :07:05.seemed important that we should track this case.
:07:06. > :07:11.Please do let us know about the way the BBC covers the news. There are
:07:12. > :07:20.details of how to contact us at the end of the programme.
:07:21. > :07:47.The last`minute bill to end the US shutdown elicited this response.
:07:48. > :07:57.In this country the word Democrat might not be seen as an insult.
:07:58. > :08:01.But there is controversy over how to describe housing benefit changes.
:08:02. > :08:08.The spear room subsidies which was introduced, which is also called the
:08:09. > :08:14.bedroom tax, was intended to save ?500 million. A study indicates that
:08:15. > :08:20.?160 million of expected savings may not be realised.
:08:21. > :08:28.That qualification of the term bedroom tax is normally used on BBC
:08:29. > :08:36.News, that's not always. This weekend many policies have been
:08:37. > :08:45.brought out. A pledge to reverse the bedroom tax. What is the best and
:08:46. > :09:10.most neutral way to describe this change in housing benefit rules?
:09:11. > :10:17.But it is also true that this is not actually a tax at all.
:10:18. > :10:29.Echoes the of the poll tax, or should I say the community charge?
:10:30. > :10:36.Also give us your views on the return of The Clangers.
:10:37. > :11:02.This has worked one of the viewers who wrote?
:11:03. > :11:11.Thank you for all your comments this week. You can share your opinions or
:11:12. > :11:29.volunteer to appear on the programme by contacting us.
:11:30. > :11:30.That is all for now. We will be back next