:00:00. > :00:00.That's it from me. At ten o'clock, and Fiona Bruce will be here with a
:00:00. > :00:11.round-up of the day before the news. But first, it's time for Newswatch.
:00:12. > :00:15.Hello, welcome to Newswatch with me, Paddy O'Connell
:00:16. > :00:25.Coming up: Diane Abbott got her maths in a muddle but did
:00:26. > :00:31.BBC News get their sums wrong too and make too much f it?
:00:32. > :00:34.And Madeline McCann is a tragic case, but is the BBC
:00:35. > :00:40.Brexit was always going to loom large over this election
:00:41. > :00:42.campaign and this week, it took centre stage.
:00:43. > :00:54.Theresa May describes the reports of a fractious
:00:55. > :00:58.dinner with her and urban the European Union
:00:59. > :01:03.She was reporting to use the kinds of sharp disagreements with Juncker
:01:04. > :01:07.over how quickly a deal could be done.
:01:08. > :01:09.Maxine Edmonds was one of the number of viewers are surprised
:01:10. > :01:11.at the prominence being given to a second-hand anonymous
:01:12. > :01:55.On Tuesday, the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg try to nail
:01:56. > :02:01.that down with the Prime Minister on a campaign trip to Cornwall.
:02:02. > :02:06.Did Juncker say Brexit cannot be the success?
:02:07. > :02:08.I don't recall the account that is being given
:02:09. > :02:19.I think a lot of this is Brussels gossip.
:02:20. > :02:25.The account that I have seen, a lot of that is Brussels gossip.
:02:26. > :02:29.Later in the week, that line changed, the Prime Minister attacked
:02:30. > :02:35.European politicians and officials, who she said had issued threats
:02:36. > :02:38.the book against Britain timed to affect the election result.
:02:39. > :02:40.At a press conference hosted by Davis and Hammond,
:02:41. > :02:43.Laura Kuenssberg tried again to get clarity on the state of discussions
:02:44. > :02:49.Can I ask you not to hide behind the fact that there
:02:50. > :03:00.will be with negotiations, in this election, don't voters
:03:01. > :03:06.they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million
:03:07. > :03:10.they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million or zero?
:03:11. > :03:14.the BBC's political editor faced questions from viewers.
:03:15. > :03:44.It's not just the Conservatives who have been under scrutiny in this
:03:45. > :03:56.On Tuesday, the Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott
:03:57. > :04:00.Labour's plans to recruit 10,000 more police officers and how
:04:01. > :04:03.Among a round of interviews, one with Nick Ferrari on LBC
:04:04. > :04:07.And later, Jo Coburn played it to her again
:04:08. > :04:15.How much would 10,000 police officers cost?
:04:16. > :04:19.Well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four-year
:04:20. > :04:21.period, we believe it will be about ?300,000.
:04:22. > :04:32.For 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them?
:04:33. > :04:52.Diane Abbott, that is hugely embarrassing.
:04:53. > :04:55.It's not just misspeaking, to quote you, a bit earlier,
:04:56. > :04:59.you just don't know your figures and you're not on top of your brief?
:05:00. > :05:05.If I didn't know my figures, why was I able to do six
:05:06. > :05:07.other interviews and give the figures correctly?
:05:08. > :05:09.Despite the defence, the blunder was replayed
:05:10. > :05:12.and discussed all day on many BBC outlets, which displeased
:05:13. > :05:19.He recorded this video on Thursday to explain his objection.
:05:20. > :05:28.I was really concerned with the way this whole thing that Diane Abbott
:05:29. > :05:30.actually got wrong yesterday, the way it actually
:05:31. > :05:36.People make mistakes, she got the figures wrong at that point,
:05:37. > :05:41.she was put on the spot, I believe people who have made
:05:42. > :05:44.mistakes more than that, to the way it was taken
:05:45. > :05:52.At the end of the day, everything will be clarified in the manifesto.
:05:53. > :05:54.The views of our viewer Llewellyn Samuels.
:05:55. > :05:57.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have made it clear that they won't take
:05:58. > :06:00.part in any TV leaders debates during the campaign.
:06:01. > :06:01.But the French presidential candidates have shown
:06:02. > :06:09.Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen were slugging it out again this
:06:10. > :06:13.week, in advance of Sunday's second round of voting.
:06:14. > :06:15.TRANSLATION: Against terrorism we have to close our borders.
:06:16. > :06:22.And that is what I will do the moment I take power.
:06:23. > :06:24.TRANSLATION: Closing borders achieves nothing.
:06:25. > :06:27.There are many countries outside the Schengen area that have been
:06:28. > :06:31.hard hit as hard as us with terrorist attacks.
:06:32. > :06:35.We heard what the candidates had to say, but not in a way that
:06:36. > :06:47.Why oh why when the British so bad and foreign languages,
:06:48. > :06:49.does the BBC appear to collude with this by dubbing
:06:50. > :06:55.over any conversations that aren't in English,
:06:56. > :06:59.French is taught in most of our schools and yet,
:07:00. > :07:05.when a political debate is the lead story, children are
:07:06. > :07:07.prevented from hearing this from native speakers.
:07:08. > :07:10.I would love to have heard exactly what Emmanuel Macron
:07:11. > :07:11.and Marine Le Pen said to one another.
:07:12. > :07:20.And our children could have heard an emotional and relevant debate
:07:21. > :07:25.instead of a supply teacher with an English accent.
:07:26. > :07:27.Many of us will require these languages in future.
:07:28. > :07:35.The BBC charter promises to promote education and learning.
:07:36. > :07:41.It's not just election coverage that has attracted your
:07:42. > :07:55.Wednesday marked ten years since Madeline McCann disappeared
:07:56. > :08:04.from a holiday apartment in Portugal.
:08:05. > :08:06.The BBC marked the anniversary with a Panorama special and another
:08:07. > :08:09.of news reports with John K reporting live from Portugal
:08:10. > :08:13.Since that night we don't know much more, we don't know despite,
:08:14. > :08:15.despite everything written and said, all the money spent
:08:16. > :08:17.on investigations, and that's the most extraordinary part
:08:18. > :08:26.We don't know how Madeline left and who she was and was with,
:08:27. > :08:29.the only thing we know for certain is that she is still missing.
:08:30. > :08:32.Given the sad fact of any major developments in the search
:08:33. > :08:34.for Madeline, some viewers were wondered whether
:08:35. > :08:37.the anniversary and the case itself over the past decade had received
:08:38. > :08:40.After all, 100,000 children go missing in the UK each year.
:08:41. > :08:43.And around 40 have been missing now for more than ten years.
:08:44. > :08:48.We've had not only constant repetition on the news,
:08:49. > :08:53.but reporters sent to Portugal, interviews with celebrity
:08:54. > :08:56.presenters, and to cap it all off, the whole Panorama episode
:08:57. > :09:03.All for something that is really no more newsworthy than 100 other
:09:04. > :09:05.stories of similar nature that we have never heard
:09:06. > :09:45.We put that point to BBC News, and they told us:
:09:46. > :09:55.News reported on someone who planted a bomb on a tube train.
:09:56. > :10:06.Damon Smith was caught on CCTV leaving a bag with exposure
:10:07. > :10:09.--exposure on one of the carriages, the train was evacuated minutes
:10:10. > :10:13.This was Damon Smith in a police interview.
:10:14. > :10:14.He has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
:10:15. > :10:18.When I was on the tube, I realise I was going to Stratford,
:10:19. > :10:21.and I thought it would be a good time to leave my bag for a prank.
:10:22. > :10:24.Colin Minto was one of several she was concerned about those
:10:25. > :10:32.He recorded his thoughts for us on camera.
:10:33. > :10:34.What does the BBC and other news agencies continuously impact
:10:35. > :10:36.on the demonstrable progress made by attributing someone's proven
:10:37. > :10:39.or potential mental or ill-health to criminal acts they have committed
:10:40. > :10:41.or national security issues they have been involved in.
:10:42. > :10:50.Is it absolutely necessary, has it been proven that they're mental
:10:51. > :10:51.ill-health is relevant and a contributory
:10:52. > :11:04.You would not accuse someone who was a woman or someone
:11:05. > :11:06.who is black or someone who is homosexual or disabled
:11:07. > :11:08.or sight impaired who has been arrested or charged for,
:11:09. > :11:11.without any further detail around why it is potentially relevant.
:11:12. > :11:13.BBC News gives us a statement in response.
:11:14. > :11:38.Thanks very much to you if you sent us something on tape or your view
:11:39. > :11:41.by e-mail on what you have seen on BBC News this week.
:11:42. > :11:44.If you'd like to put your views across, show off your sofa
:11:45. > :11:46.and appear on the programme, call this number or
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:12:01. > :12:20.Samira will be back next week with your thoughts
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