this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm: record numbers of top grades for a—level students in england, wales and northern ireland after exams were cancelled for a second year in a row because of the pandemic. i think we've experienced things that others years haven't, we've had a lot of uncertainty. and at the end of the day, our results came from tests that were done under exam conditions. in scotland, a record number have achieved a grades in highers and advanced highers, though the overall pass rate has dropped slightly. prince andrew declines to comment after an american woman files a civil case in new york claiming he sexually assaulted her when she was 17. new york governor andrew cuomo