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between environmentalists and the oil industry. At 10pm we will have a

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full round-up of the news today. Now on BBC News, it is time for

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Newswatch. Hello and welcome to Newswatch,

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with me Samira Ahmed. The annual scrutiny of who wears

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a poppy on BBC News and when. What are

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the rules governing presenters First, though, the crash last

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Saturday of a Russian aircraft flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to St

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Petersburg, which killed all of the 224 people on board, has dominated

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the news agenda this week, with the emphasis midweek shifting to

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the fate of British holiday-makers Their plight was described

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on Thursday's News at 6 as follows: British tourists remain stranded

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in Sharm el-Sheikh, as the Prime Minister points towards

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a terror attack having brought One word in that headline, also used

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widely elsewhere, was picked up on And Leslie Carter

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from Suffolk had this to say: Reporting

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from Sharm el-Sheikh airport on Thursday evening, was Mark, who was

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filming himself on a mobile phone. This is the scene today from Sharm

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el-Sheikh International Airport. The flight behind me, people waiting

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to go through security We are filming fairly discreetly

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because the authorities don't want We saw one journalist team have

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their cameras for over an hour while police

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checked our phones documents. Well, having watched that, Rob

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Robinson e-mailed us as follows: One of the difficult issues

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in covering such a distressing story is the use of photographs posted

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on social media, often only hours before the moment of death and early

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on in the week the focus of some Newswatch viewers was on

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the pictures used in the aftermath of the plane crash, with Constance

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objecting to the use of photographs of two children taken just

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before they boarded the flight: Pam Young's concern was about the

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shot of one particular image seen We put those points to BBC News

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and they told us: Elsewhere this week, we

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heard criticism of this. You are talking about the Burberry

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campaign, which is their Christmas The item on Wednesday's Breakfast on

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BBC One was described by Michael as: We put that point to Breakfast

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and they told us: On the same programme, there was

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a discussion about pancreatic cancer I am sorry we are right out of time,

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thank you. The Victoria Derbyshire programme is

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on at 9.15am this morning and Richard from Salisbury reacted

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as follows: This is the response to

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that point from Breakfast: As we approach Remembrance Sunday

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this weekend, the question of who does, or does

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not, wear a poppy to commemorate soldiers who have died in war is

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creating its annual controversy. This year, politicians have come

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under particular scrutiny. Just after he was elected Labour

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leader, Jeremy Corbyn found himself in a row over whether he would wear

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a red or a pacifist white poppy This week David Cameron was

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ridiculed after his office admitted it had photoshopped an image of

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a poppy onto the Prime Minister's Those appearing on television come

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under particular scrutiny with the actress Serena Miller facing

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criticism on social media after featuring poppyless as a guest

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on last week's Graham Norton show. Nearly all BBC News presenters and

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reporters and most interviewees wear poppies on air and when they don't

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viewers are quick to complain. But others, such as Grant Buckley,

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object to what they see as To explain and discuss the BBC's

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policy on poppies, I am joined by the corporation's

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director of editorial policy Anyone may wear a poppy if they wish

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to, but we denote a time during which poppies can be worn because we

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noticed a few years ago that people were beginning to wear poppies

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earlier in the year and in order to control that we decided that we

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would set dates during which poppies can be worn and it is to two to two

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and a half weeks before Is there a requirement or

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an expectation that presenters and guests should wear a poppy on

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air? There is no requirement,

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no one is required to wear one, no one who works for

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the BBC is required to wear one and Expectations depend on the

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individuals concerned and what they feel are the expectations on them,

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but no one is told in the BBC that If you are relaxed about poppies,

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which some people say are a political statement,

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where is the line on things like AIDS ribbons or charity wristbands

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or even something like a CND badge? I don't think we would agree that

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these are a political statement. The reason why the BBC allows

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poppies to be worn and has since the 1920s is because they are an act

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of remembrance for those who died initially in the First World War and

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those who've died in subsequent wars or sacrificed in some way

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in those world wars. At the same time, because of our

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partnership with the Royal British L it means the money donated

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for the purchase of poppies is used to support service men and women who

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may have fallen on hard times or may need support in some other way or

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form. I don't think we can say it is

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a political statement, We have certain partner charities in

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the BBC, like Children in Need or Comic Relief or the Royal British

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Legion, who we permit to be promoted on our airwaves and a lot of others

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that we don't, simply because if we allowed everybody to wear charitable

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insignia and to promote their charities on-air we would

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have unfairness developing between charities and we try to sponsor

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charities, by and large, they make donations to other charities in

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grants and so forth, like Children in Need, so we support as broad a

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range of charities as possible, Some viewers say that you could be

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forgiven for thinking there is a rule on wearing poppies because how

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often do we ever see a presenter or a guest without one and indeed in

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every studio, including this one, we have a box with poppies in case

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you have forgotten to buy one. That is part of our partnership with

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the British Royal Legion and we allow poppies to be sold on our

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premises and we do not allow that to We do allow them to be sold but it

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still is an individual decision. These days, people get very

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exercised about the details, like which side you pin it on

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and how you wear it, even the angle of it, left or right for women,

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does the BBC worry about that? We have never issued any

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instructions about how to do it, it is up to each individual how

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they wear the poppy. I think the important thing,

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and everyone would agree on this, is that if you are wearing one you

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are showing respect to people who have made the ultimate sacrifice

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in defence of this country or have suffered in some other way in doing

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that and that is what it is about. Precisely how you wear it,

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I suspect, for most people is not Finally, the BBC assistant political

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editor, Norman Smith, sometimes has a colourful turn of phrase and he

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deployed it on Wednesday after what he saw as a successful statement

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from the Home Secretary, Theresa May, on the Government's draft

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Investigatory Powers Bill. The Home Secretary can properly

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afford to go back to her office, kick off her kitten heels, pour

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yourself a large cup of tea and maybe help herself to a Jammy Dodger

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or something, because she seemed to fairly successfully diffuse what was

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potentially going to be an extraordinarily difficult

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parliamentary moment. Do is tell us your thoughts

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about that and all you heard We would also welcome your views

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on BBC News and current affairs output and volunteers to appear

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on the programme. Our telephone number

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and email address are on screen. You can find us on Twitter

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and do look at our website. That is all from us, we will be back

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to hear your thoughts about BBC News We will have tonight's FA Cup

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opening tie result between

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