BBC Newswatch, the segment that gives viewers a voice on the broadcaster's news coverage, is going off air until September, Samira Ahmed has disclosed. The feature, which is a staple of BBC Breakfast and other channels, allows audiences to share their thoughts on the BBC News' recent event reporting. On the morning of Saturday, July 20, Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were back on our screens, presenting BBC Breakfast.
They brought the latest global news stories to the nation's breakfast tables. Later in the show, Naga introduced Newswatch and told viewers: "We will be back with the headlines at 8 now it's time for this week's episode of Newswatch." READ MORE: Nadia Sawalha admits 'I'm not very good at this' as she's forced to host Loose Women Samira Ahmed, the host of Newswatch, was joined by Deborah Turness, head of BBC News, to tackle topics such as impartiality, budget cuts, the merging of news channels, and dwindling TV viewership", reports the Express .
Addressing the audience, Samira stated: "On today's program we hear from the woman leading BBC news. Welcome to Newswatch, I'm Samira Ahmed." At the conclusion of the segment, Samira announced the hiatus, saying: "Thank you from us.
Thank you for joining us. We are off the air now until the first week of September but do continue to send us your views and join us again then." In the discussion, Samira informed viewers about one of Deborah's significant challenges: "One of Deborah's biggest challenges has been to ensure the impartiality of the BBC news output as identified by the Director-General as the corporation's number one priority.
" Deborah expressed her gratitude for the invitation to speak, saying: "Thank you for inviting me on. When I came to the BBC understanding of impartiality, we did a really big piece of work asking audiences across the UK and world what they needed today to trust us and they told us that they wanted fairness and respect." She further elaborated: "Fairness and respect really came together to form impartiality.
Fairness is reflecting the fullness of the political conversations and respect is showing that we are listening to them because they pay for us and the BBC is here for everyone." The news follows the announcement by BBC Morning Live presenter Gethin Jones last week that the show would be taking a temporary hiatus, with Rip Off Britain set to fill its slot in next week's TV schedule. BBC Breakfast will continue to air at 6am on BBC One and can also be streamed via BBC iPlayer .
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