by davis and hammond, laura kuenssberg tried again to get clarity on the state of discussions between the uk and eu. can i ask you not to hide behind the fact that there will be with negotiations, in this election, don't voters are allowed to know how much taxpayers‘ cash they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million or zero? the bbc‘s political editor faced questions from viewers. and one of you called jim asked: it's notjust the conservatives who have been under scrutiny in this week before the election coverage. on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour's plans to recruit 10,000 more police officers and how much that would cost. among a round of interviews, one with nick ferrari on lbc was probably not her finest hour. and later, jo coburn played it to her again on the daily politics show. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period, we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? for 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? they will cost... it will cost... about... about £80 million. about £80 million? diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing. it's not just misspeaking, to quote you, a bit earlier, you just don't know your figures and you're not on top of your brief? if i didn't know my figures, why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figures correctly? despite the defence, the blunder was replayed and discussed all day on many bbc outlets, which displeased llewellyn samuels. he recorded this video on thursday to explain his objection. i was really concerned with the way this whole thing that diane abbott actually got wrong yesterday, the way it actually was being escalated. diane abbott is not a maths teacher. people make mistakes, she got the figures wrong at that point, she was put on the spot, i believe people who have made mistakes more than that, to the way it was taken out of context. at the end of the day, everything will be clarified in the manifesto. the views of our viewer llewellyn samuels. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have made it clear that they won't take part in any tv leaders debates during the campaign. but the french presidential candidates have shown no such reluctance. emmanuel macron and marine le pen were slugging it out again this week, in advance of sunday's second round of voting. translation: against terrorism we have to close our borders. straightaway, immediately. and that is what i will do the moment i take power. translation: closing borders achieves nothing. there are many countries outside the schengen area that have been hard hit as hard as us with terrorist attacks. we heard what the candidates had to say, but not in a way that satisfied our viewer elizabeth kay. here, she explains why. why oh why when the british so bad and foreign languages, does the bbc appear to collude with this by dubbing over any conversations that aren't in english, instead of using subtitles. french is taught in most of our schools and yet, when a political debate is the lead story, children are prevented from hearing this from native speakers. i would love to have heard exactly what emmanuel macron and marine le pen said to one another. and our children could have heard an emotional and relevant debate instead of a supply teacher with an english accent. many of us will require these languages in future. we need all the help we can get. the bbc charter promises to promote education and learning. this falls within that category. it's notjust election coverage that has attracted your attention this week. wednesday marked ten years since madeline mccann disappeared from a holiday apartment in portugal. the bbc marked the anniversary with a panorama special and another of news reports withjohn k reporting live from portugal on wednesday night. since that night we don't know much more, we don't know despite, despite everything written and said, all the money spent on investigations, and that's the most extraordinary part of this story. we don't know how madeline left and who she was and was with, the only thing we know for certain is that she is still missing. given the sad fact of any major developments in the search for madeline, some viewers were wondered whether the anniversary and the case itself over the past decade had received too much attention. after all, 100,000 children go missing in the uk each year. and around a0 have been missing now for more than ten years. here is derek peters. we've had not only constant repetition on the news, but reporters sent to portugal, interviews with celebrity presenters, and to cap it all off, the whole panorama episode dedicated to the story. all for something that is really no more newsworthy than 100 other stories of similar nature that we have never heard of that is never had a mention. we put that point to bbc news, and they told us: on wednesday, bbc news reported on someone who planted a bomb on a tube train. damon smith was caught on cctv leaving a bag with explosives on one of the carriages, the train was evacuated minutes before it was due to its bow. —— to explode. this was damon smith in a police interview. he has asperger‘s syndrome, a form of autism. when i was on the tube, i realise i was going to stratford, right. and i thought it would be a good time to leave my bag for a prank. colin minto was one of several viewers concerned about those references to asperger‘s syndrome. he recorded his thoughts for us on camera. what does the bbc and other news agencies continuously impact on the demonstrable progress that's being made by attributing someone‘s proven or potential mental or ill—health to criminal acts they have committed or any national security issues they have been involved in or being investigated for? is it absolutely necessary, has it been proven that their mental ill—health is relevant and a contributory factorfor their acts? if not, why report it? you wouldn't accuse x, who is a woman, or x who is black or someone who is homosexual or disabled or sight impaired who has been arrested or charged for, without any further detail around why it is potentially relevant. bbc news gives us a statement in response. thanks very much to you if you sent us something on tape or your view by e—mail on what you have seen on bbc news this week. if you'd like to put your views across, show off your sofa and appear on the programme, call this number or e—mail newswatch. you can also find us on twitter. and look at our website to. samira will be back next week with your thoughts on bbc news coverage. goodbye. hello. this sunshine makes all the difference at this time of year. we have an abundance of sunshine across the northern half of the uk. this was sent in from highland scotland, where we saw temperatures soaring into the high teens, 20 in a few spots, in contrast with the chilly breeze off the sea. and the cloud in clacton—on—sea, in essex, just about 11 degrees. and those are the contrasts which will continue through the weekend — where we see the cloud and where we don't. and of course, we've got this rather cool breeze as well, which is starting to pick up further northwards, dragging the cloud north. so a few drizzly showers are out there, as well, for the likes of east wales, the peaks and the pennines. this weather front, as well, to complicate our weather picture. so we've more cloud across the southern half of the uk, so not as chilly. but again, where we have that clear airfurther north, the clear skies, it'll be a frosty start in a few places, and there could even be the odd pocket of fog first thing. but it's here we'll see the sunshine once again, but probably not as much for some central areas as we've had. and also this weather front does complicate the picture across he south—west, particularly cornwall, some parts of devon. for those out on the moors, not great news, obviously, because we could have some low cloud shrouding the hills here, and some drizzly rain. we've got, of course, a little bit of football taking place, and many of the matches across england in particular are quite cloudy. much cloudier in leicester, for example, than we had during the day on friday. but head up into scotland, there's an abundance of sunshine still. so there's the cut—off. we're seeing that change, if you like, for parts of the midlands and for parts of northern england. but for scotland, lots of sunshine. i do think there'll be rather more around for the northern isles, and again around the murray firth. it hangs around potentially for the northern isles through the day. plenty of sunshine for the central lowlands, across northern ireland. some parts of northern england still enjoying the sunshine, and it will be warm, but we'll have more cloud here than we've seen in recent days. similar so for wales and the midlands. we've got the breeze with us, not as windy as it was during the day on friday, but nevertheless still quite a keen breeze, and still that weather front lingering close to the south coast. starting to pull away into the afternoon. there will be some sunshine. i'm not saying there won't be sunshine elsewhere, i'm just saying it will be more limited in places, and therefore feel quite cool in the breeze. and the breeze switches direction on sunday. it's coming down more from a northerly direction. so again, the east coast quite chilly. northern ireland, parts of western wales, north—west england seeing the best or the highest temperatures, best of the sunshine. but actually, near the north sea coast, quite a change, actually, for parts of western scotland, here, because of that breeze coming in. but we could see 18, a little bit higherfurther south, with a few more breaks in the cloud. and as for next week, it looks set to stay dry, and the east should enjoy some sunshine as well. hello and welcome to bbc news, my name's tom donkin, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: the campaign team for the french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says it's the victim of a massive and co—ordinated hacking attack. mr macron and marine le pen go head—to—head on sunday as voters go to the polls in the run—off. russia's military sets up four safe zones in syria but some rebel groups have rejected the plans. big gains for the conservative party in british local elections with just five weeks before the main general election. the campaign of the french presidential candidate

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