been a manager and promoter. that s all the sport for now. gcse pupils in england, wales and northern ireland have received another crop of record grades, in the second year of covid disruption to exams. those getting the top grades rose by 2.7% to 28.9% while passes rose by just under 1% to 76.3%. it s a smaller rise than last year which as u know was the first time exams were cancelled and teacher assessed grades were used. the grades were calculated by teachers from a combination of mock exams, course work and tests. let s speak to our education correspondent sean dilley. what has been some of the reaction
new zealand says it will keep its border closed until at least the end of the year to keep covid out. and the dangerous dogs act. campaigners call for reform, but the government insists it protects the public. welcome to gcse students have received another set of record grades following a year of covid disruption to exams in england, wales and northern ireland. the government cancelled exams for a second consecutive year, meaning pupils grades are based on their teachers judgement. top grades that s grade 7 or above rose 2.7 percentage points to 28.9%, while those graded a and above seen as good passes
breaking news to bring you. it is good news. we mention an hour or so ago that a british vessel had sunk off the island of milos in the cyclades, a greek island, and 17 passengers were hopefully being rescued by the greek coastguard. they have rescued them all. that is the news just in. they have rescued them all. that is the newsjust in. all 17 passengers from that british flagged vessel that sank in greece have been rescued. that from the greek coastguard. that from the greek coastguard. here in the uk, gcse students have received another grades following a year of covid disruption to exams in england, wales and northern ireland. the government cancelled exams for a second consecutive year, meaning pupils grades are based on their teachers judgment. top grades that s grade seven or above rose 2.7% to 28.9%, while those graded four and above, seen as good passes rose 0.8% to 76.3%.
about bruce springsteen. can i say one thing, though. what i was shocked by is when he played thunder road and did it in a dull sullen tone. i thought he would have at least tried to energized the crowd. all right, preston, don t go after bruce, i draw the line on that. such a debbie downer there, mark preston. let s get mark off the screen and talk to dan rather. colin campbell tweeted out this press release from the north carolina gop today. he said north carolina trump coalition crumbling. caucasian voters early voting is up 22.5% this time. as a share of early voters, african-americans are down, 6.0%, 2012. 28.9%. i know that s a lot of numbers confusing, basically, caucasians are up. he s saying, they re crowing really about the
diversity? i think it s pretty much conventional knowledge that there is. it tends to be left of center particularly at more elite law schools like harvard law school. joel alicia is a law student. people who suffer are the student who share that perspective. they will not be exposed to contrary views and, therefore, their own standing of their views and contrary views is woefulfully insufficient and inadequate. a study published in 2005, in the georgetown law journal annualized 11 years of records exploring the political contributions of law faculty. the top 21 law schools were surveyed. 28.9% of faculty members, roughly one third made contributions totaling more than $200. of that group roughly 76% contributed solely to democrats. 12.8% contributed solely to republicans. that s an imbalance of