from francis. here is the news. top a level results in england, wales and northern ireland have fallen substantially for a second year running with 27.2% of all grades marked at a or a, close to where it was in 2019 in line with the government was back plan to bring grades back down to pre pandemic levels. the government has confirmed that nhs england will cut the number of targets on waiting times for cancer patients from october next year. it will replace the two week target for patients to see a specialist after a gp referral. the equality and human rights commission has accused the government of making slow progress in improving the lives of disabled people. ministers say they have invested £2 billion to get sick and disabled people back into work. all residents in one of the largest cities in canada s foreigners have been asked to evacuate because wildfires. people in yellowknife, the capital of the northwest territories, have been told to relocate to alberta by
translation: it comes with a lot of pain, yes, i but we know that immigration issues are global issues which require international cooperation, a lot of discussion and a global strategy. until such a solution is found, young people like mahmoud says he will keep trying to reach europe despite the risks. myenijones, lagos. the proportion of students getting top a level grades in england, wales and northern ireland has fallen sharply from 12 months ago, but remains higher than pre pandemic levels. today s results show 27.2% of exams were given an a or an a star, down more than 9 percentage points on last year. the biggest fall was in england, where ministers had said they wanted to return to pre pandemic marking standards more quickly. frances read has more details. for the students opening their exam results today, this has been a long road.
days after the fire. the fire is being treated as arson. you re live with bbc news. the proportion of students getting top a level grades in england, wales and northern ireland has fallen sharply from 12 months ago but remains higher than pre pandemic levels. today s results show 27.2% of exams were given an a or an a star down more than nine percentage points on last year. the biggest fall was in england, where ministers had said they wanted to return to pre pandemic marking standards more quickly. frances read has more details. for the students opening their exam results today, this has been a long road. having received teacher assets grades for their gcses in the pandemic. it was quite tough.
michael parkinson. please hang on for us and we will come back to you. well, it s that time of year when there are trials, tribulations and of course, celebrations as a level results were opened by thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland. the proportion of a or a grades is 27.2% down from a peak of 44.8% during the pandemic. vocational t level results are also being released, along with many as and btec level 3 grades. and across the uk, 79% of those receiving results gained a place at their first choice university. live now to our reporter, nicky schiller, who s at a college in leeds for us. where are you, and what is the feeling like there? i where are you, and what is the feeling like there? where are you, and what is the feeling like there? i am at leeds sixth form
well, it s that time of year when there are trials, tribulations and, of course, celebrations as a level results were opened by thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland. the proportion of a or a grades is 27.2%, down from a peak of 44.8% during the pandemic. vocational t level results are also being released, along with many as and btec level 3 grades. and across the uk, 79% of those receiving results gained a place at their first choice university. our reporter nicky schiller spoke to some of those getting their results earlier today. here at leeds sixth form college, students have been coming in throughout the morning to collect their results, and i m lucky enough to have been joined by two of them who have both done btec courses here at the college. and first question, of course, has to be did you get what you wanted and what have you been studying here? music production. and what does this result mean for you? well, it means that i get to go to uni. and where a