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More evidence of the economic damage being wreaked by the pandemic as employment in the uk sees its largest fall in over a decade. Making history Sentor Kamala Harris is chosen as the running mate for the Us Democratic president ial candidate, joe biden. The Stephen Lawrence Murder Investigation after more than 25 years, police say they have no further lines of inquiry and the case will now be classed as inactive. Turning red tonight venues all over the uk change colour to show support for the live Events Industry hit hard by covid. Lightning in the Lake District tonight. As some parts of england begin another tropical night, the met office warns Climate Change will mean more heatwaves. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, defending champion no longer, asjudd trump is knocked out of the World Snooker championship in sheffield. Good evening. Around 75,000 students in scotland have had their exam results upgraded after an outcry over the way they were awarded. Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, apologised for the debacle and the feeling of unfairness saying it was deeply regrettable that the government had got it wrong. With no exams this year because of coronavirus, teachers were left to estimate pupils grades. But more than 124,000 of those estimates were downgraded after the exam board took into account every schools past performance. It meant that pass rates for pupils in deprived areas were reduced by more than 15 , in comparison to just under 7 for those from affluent areas. It sparked a flood of appeals. But a week later, theres been a major u turn, as our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports. In the seven days since she got her downgraded awards, 17 year old drew has written a letter to the minister in charge, met politicians, signed petitions, taken part in a demonstration, to push for the grades to be reversed. Today, an apology and a result. Speaking to the young people directly affected by the downgrading of awards, the 75,000 pupils whose teacher estimates were higher than theirfinal award, i want to say this im sorry. Drew stays in what is described as a deprived area. She believes she was marked down because of where she lives. I was left feeling quite doubtful and quite discouraged, just because the area i live in was a great impact in the exams that i got. I felt as if i was being treated as a second class citizen, not as good as schools in affluent areas. And now . I am a lot more relieved now, especially when it comes to moving on with my career. Hopefully i can get into university and things like that now with the teacher estimates. That is because of a u turn, a rather large one, from scotlands education secretary, under pressure from disappointed pupils, parents and political opponents. I can conform to Parliament Today that all downgraded awards will be withdrawn. Using powers available to meet education scotland act 1996, i am today directing the sqa to reissue those awards based solely teacher or lecturerjudgment. But for opposition parties, this may not be enough. He promised dialogue, openness and fairness for all, but what did we get instead . A methodology clouded in secret, a lack of transparency and engagement, teachers who were ignored. Why was there no contrition, no apology, no u turn until now . Why did he leave these young people twisting in the wind for a week, hopes and aspirations in shreds . As well as withdrawing all downgraded results, those pupils who got higher grades through moderation will keep them. The Scottish Government also promised to make sure there were enough places in universities and colleges for all applicants and the plans to handle a large number of will be scaled back, although there are still likely to be some. Large number of appeals. But there are those who warn this is not a perfect fix. Mr swinney today solved a political problem but created new educational problems in its place. By sweeping away the decisions of last week, which were the political problem, he has created new educational problems to do with the validity of the entire system of assessment. Pupils in the borders and shetland headed back to school today, others return from tomorrow. The man at the helm of scotlands Education System will himself be back in parliament on thursday, facing a vote of no confidence in his handling of this crisis. Lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. All eyes will now be on the rest of the uk as hundreds of thousands of students get their a level and btec results on thursday, and gcse results next week. There are now similar concerns about the system used to calculate their grades. The Prime Minister says the government will do its best to ensure the hard work of pupils is reflected. 0ur education editor, branwenjeffreys, has been talking to a group of students about their hopes and fears. My biggest worry is that all the hard work that ive put in over the last two years is going to be underestimated by the standardisation process. That my hard work and achievement throughout the two years wont be acknowledged. All the work ive done will be for nothing, especially for my art a level. Their future rests on their results, but with exams cancelled, grades will be awarded in a system never tried before. How is my grade calculated . Your teachers have estimated your grades in each subject, a level or btec, and then ranked students in each subject from top to bottom. But your schools past results could lead to grades being moved up or down. How can i appeal . In england, wales and Northern Ireland, you cant appeal if you think your grades are simply unfair. Your college can challenge, but only if it can show there are exceptional reasons why recent results shouldnt be taken into account. In england, you do get the chance to resit this autumn. I would like to be able, as an individual, to appeal my own grade if i think that i was capable of doing something higher. But i would understand the concept behind it, because there is no other way to calculate it. What will happen to my uni place . The good news is that universities could have more places because fewer International Students will start studying in the uk this autumn. So, they might be very flexible about grades. And, in england, theyve been asked to keep places open for any students caught up in an appeal. The fact that i dont know that im going to get the grades that were put forward as a requirement does make me nervous, because theres two sides to that the side that there are not going to be those International Students, perhaps until january, but then youve got the fact that i dont know if ill get a place. When exams were cancelled, teachers got a key role. I wanted to hear what Research Tells Us about their estimates. One study found less than 20 of a level predictions were right. We found that only 16 of students received accurate predictions based on their best three a levels. We also found that 75 of students received predictions that were too optimistic, compared to what they went on to actually perform. After years of study, some will be disappointed, but ministers insist this is the fairest system overall. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason is at westminster. Its going to be quite a moment this thursday and next thursday for stu d e nts thursday and next thursday for students and people coming up with these great . Yes, one big question, given the system in scotland didnt really survive contact with reality, what are the chances of something similar happening in england, wales and Northern Ireland . I think what we can guarantee is that politicians in cardiff and belfast and here in westminster will face sharp questions come thursday. As far as the government he is concerned, with responsibility for english schools, they seem to be aware of trying to dampen down a row before the row here has properly got going but dont they say their system is fundamentally fairer than the one in scotland. They also say that it is a possibility as we heard that stu d e nts possibility as we heard that students could sit an exam in the autumn but of course that would be potentially writing off a year in order to do so. I expect as soon as tomorrow morning further reassuring noises from englands schools minister. Add to that of the universities ministerfor minister. Add to that of the universities minister for england writing to University Vice chancellors saying, please give stu d e nts chancellors saying, please give students a chance to appeal if they decide to do that, hold open their place until that is complete. And an explicit acknowledgement from that minister that outstanding students in poorer schools could find themselves feeling they are cheated by these results. Bluntly, this is farfrom idealfor a whole generation of students. Plenty tonight very nervous about what the next few days will bring. Chris mason, thank you. The Prime Minister says the uk economy is going to face some bumpy months ahead and has a long, long way to go, after employment fell by the largest amount for over a decade between april and june. In that time, the number of people in work fell by 220,000, with the youngest and oldest workers and those in manualjobs worst hit. The figures dont include more than 9 Million People who were furloughed. When the final picture emerges, its thought it will show that more than 730,000 people lost theirjobs between march, when lockdown began, and july, while the worst could be still to come. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity has the details. Coventry, in the midlands, a city struggling like many others, where stadiums welcome no fans for matches, night clubs have been closed down, and there are now well over 10,000 people unemployed and few jobs to apply for. After being made redundant last year as a graphic designer, sally had finally found work in march, but relief turned to anger at her situation when her new employer shut its doors and told her, as a recentjoiner, she couldnt be furloughed. Now, after months out of work, shes worried about losing her home. I dont know what would happen with my mortgage, whether id lose my flat. And as someone who saved a long time just to buy that flat, and to gain my independence, and then someone to say, no, you cant have it any more, its horrible. Now on benefits, sallys income is barely £400 a month, a quarter of what she used to earn. And four months of fruitless job searching takes its toll. I try not to think about it too much. The trouble is, its impossible, because i have to wake up every day and think, oh, im here, because this is whats happened to me. I couldnt be furloughed, so im now having to job search in middle of a pandemic and i could never have imagined Something Like this would happened. Its still incredibly hard, and i wouldnt wish anyone to be having to go through what im going through right now. All over the country now, there are businesses like this that havent reopened since the lockdown restrictions eased. And theyre making a calculation now, can they cover their costs or do they have to let people go . Before the crisis, there were fewer than two people claiming unemployment benefit for every vacancy. Now, its seven people for eachjob on offer. The number claiming out of work benefits, which includes some who have modest earnings, got above 1. 5 million after the financial crisis, before dropping below a million. But since march, its more than doubled, to 2. 7 Million People. This indian pub and restaurant is among firms advertising vacancies, which are up nationally by 10 from their record lows, but for each vacancy, theres strong competition. Under normal circumstances, if we put a job up for, lets say, a bar role or a waitressing role, wed expect Something Like 150 or so applicants. But under the current climate, were seeing applicants above 500, 550, even sometimes up to 600. Analysis by the 0ns shows the young, the old, and those in manual occupations were the most likely to be away from work in the pandemic. More than half those furloughed have now gone back to work, but many more are joining the countrys growing ranks ofjob seekers. Andy verity, bbc news, coventry. More job losses have been announced on the high street this time at debenhams. 2,500 jobs are being cut. The retailer says its looking to slash costs after sales slumped during the coronavirus lockdown. It comes four months after debenhams went in to administration, but the firm says it has no plans to close any Additional Stores as part of the restructure. The Us Democratic president ial Candidatejoe Biden has chosen senator Kamala Harris as his running mate the first African American woman on a major president ial ticket in us history. If hes successful, shell join him in the white house as his vice president. 0ur north america editor jon sopel is in washington. So, shes making history who is Kamala Harris . Yes, well Kamala Harris is the senator from california. Yes, well Kamala Harris is the senatorfrom california. Before that she was the states attorney general, the most senior law officer. Before that, District Attorney foster she has a storied success and she is tough. Joe biden knows that because in the debates for who should be the in. The debates fer lethe 91 lee tee candidate if; the debates fer edge 91 lee the candidate for ih the debates fer elhe 91 he the candidate for gave candidate for president , she gave him hell during the early candidate for president , she gave him hell during the e after tbates candidate for president , she gave him hell during the e after him as when she really went after him on aspects of his record. But i think joe biden calculated that she was what he needed in this running november 2020. It will remain to be seen how good the chemistry is between them. She is much more on the centrist win of the Democratic Party and that may annoy the Bernie Sanders left the party who wanted someone more sanders left the party who wanted someone more radical but it should appeal to more centrists are more independent minded republican to the democrats need to win over if they are going to win. Donald trump has welcomed her to the race by calling her phony kamala but when you think of what he called hillary clinton, cricket hillary, it seems mild by comparison. Thank you. The head of the metropolitan police has said the investigation into the racist murder of the black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, 27 years ago is to be declared inactive. Dame Cressida Dick said all lines of inquiry had been exhausted. Stephens parents, baroness Doreen Lawrence and neville lawrence, say they will never give up hope of getting justice. Our home editor mark easton reports. It was a crime that changed the police. Stephen lawrences racist murder at a bus stop in south london and the determination of his parents, doreen and neville, with the support of nelson mandela, forced the establishment to accept that the metropolitan police was an institutionally racist organisation. The original Murder Investigation in 1993 had been deeply flawed and since 1999, when the macpherson inquiry highlighted the appalling failings of detectives and senior officers, Scotland Yard has been trying to make amends. What do we want . Justice when do we wanted . Now police achieved two murder convictions in 2012, but its accepted that there were others involved that night and now, after another eight years of further inquiries, the metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, has announced that the investigation has run out of leads and is moving to an inactive phase. Its a matter of huge regret to me that there are still people out there who were part of that horrible, horrible racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. Weve convicted, as you know, two people in 2012, but there are still people free. This is a full stop in this long story, a full stop that is a mark of shame for the police, who let the lawrence family down and let the black community down. Their hope forjustice will never move to an inactive phase. Ive done a lot of things to try and help the police from start to finish, to try and bring these people tojustice and im not giving up. My son is laying in the ground injamaica. Theyre just walking around, having theirfamilies and having kids. I would have loved for a grandchild from my son. It was the crime that changed the police but as the black lives Matter Campaign has revealed in the last few months and weeks, there are still many who would argue it didnt change the police enough. Mark easton, bbc news. Here, the latest coronavirus figures show there were 1,148 new cases recorded today in the uk. 102 more deaths with coronavirus have been reported in the uk in the last 24 hours. That brings the total to 46,628. President putin says russia has approved a vaccine for coronavirus which been tested on humans for less than two months. He says one of his daughters has had it and is fine. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh is here. A world first says putin but some concern over the speed of this . Russia has simply sidestepped the established procedures for testing vaccines fewer than 100 volunteers in moscow have received and yet masthay me a immunisation are set to begin 0ctober. Contrast that with multiple other vaccines produced elsewhere, china, the us and the uk, which began their trials earlier, have recruited thousands of volu nteers have recruited thousands of volunteers and are recruiting thousands more because it is only through those large scale trials you can be sure whether a vaccine is effective and perhaps has any rare side effects. Russia hasnt produced any Scientific Data from its trials. President putin said this morning that one of his daughters had received two doses of the jab, got a slight temperature after each dose but is doing well and now has a high level of antibodies but there is a politics at play. Its called sputnik five, politics at play. Its called sputnikfive, a reference politics at play. Its called sputnik five, a reference to the early satellites and cold war. Russia says this is a sign of its scientific prowess but we dont know whether it works. Fergus, thank you. Celtic and aberdeen have had their next two scottish premiership matches postponed after their players broke lockdown rules. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, demanded the cancellation after celtic defender Boli Bolingoli flew to spain, failed to quarantine, then played in a match. A japanese ship carrying thousands of tonnes of oil, which has run aground off the coast of mauritus, is starting to break apart according to officials on the island. The mv wakashio hit a coral reef last month and started leaking fuel onto the islands beaches and mangroves, threatening its delicate ecosystems. Volunteers have been trying to clean up the fuel. The governments been criticised for not acting fast enough. Ceremonies have been held in the lebanese capital tonight, as beirut marks the moment a week ago when the city was hit by a devastating blast. There was a moments silence at the port, which was the at the centre of the explosion. There have also been further protests this evening. From there, tom bateman reports. Here, there is faith in god. But none in their countrys leaders. The living paid tribute. They believe the dead paid for lebanons problems with their lives. I want to pay a tribute to all the victims. I would not call them martyrs, never, they are not martyrs. A martyr chooses to die. We did not choose to die. A week ago, the moment when nothing would be the same. Explosion. A city shattered, a country brought closer to collapse. Theres no help at the hospital, says yara, its wrecked too. Shocked and bloodied, she filmed the scenes of destruction. Scenes shell never forget. Her husband comforts her. Their home was destroyed, their neighbours below, killed. But she vows to rebuild her home and their country. We will raise our kids here and no one is going anywhere, and were going to be stronger than ever. And nothing like this will ever happen again. Nothing nothing should ever happen again because no one should live what we lived and what we witnessed. These sisters have stuck together for a lifetime in beirut. Theyve seen disasters and war, but now theyre leaving. Lebanon was already on its knees. Now, some warn it may never recover from this. Beirut is a broken city. People want change but they know with the system in place here, theyve got to do it for themselves. And they continue to remember their dead. For yara, a sign of theirfaith in each other in a crumbling country, where the future seems more uncertain than ever. Tom bateman, bbc news, beirut. The met office is warning of continued extreme weather including thunderstorms, flooding and high temperatures over the next few days. Meterologists are also warning that because of Climate Change, 20 degrees celsius. Three have been recorded already this month. 0ur science editor David Shukman has more. A spectacular barrage of lightning in the Lake District

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