Theyll face wolves next, if they beat sevilla tonight. Its National Allotment weekend we have come to dorset road allotments, where the temperature is currently around 22 celsius. For those of us in the heatwave, it will continue for another two days but there is also the risk of heavy thundery downpours, which could lead to flash flooding. Details coming up. Its tuesday, 11th august. Our top story. Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will explain today how he will address problems with the way School Pupils were awarded grades this year, in the absence of exams. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has apologised after the marks given to pupils were based partly on the past performance of their schools. The process meant that 125,000 results were downgraded. Alexandra mackenzie reports. 16 year old 0livia thought she was on track to study medicine. She got five as in her higher prelims, but those were not the results awarded by the sqa. Instead she received two as and three b
In england, the government is urging universities to hold open places for students who appeal against their a level results when theyre released on thursday. The government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6,000 contact tracers by the end of the month. Excuse me . 0h. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. And a bbc survey finds that nearly four in five elite sportswomen say theyre concerned about their body image, with some even using Skin Lightening Products as a result suffering from of online abuse. Id wake up every day and i would just be like, oh, its not working and i would end up putting more and more on my skin because i wanted to become really light quickly. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the off
Without the right experience. The prospect of a vaccine brings renewed hope that fans might return to watch live sport. For now, the government says there isnt a time scale on getting spectators back into stadiums. Good morning. Today we start with a lot of cloud, some mist and fog, and some showers. It should give way to sunshine and a dry afternoon. Detailed in ten minutes. Good morning. Its tuesday, the 10th of november. Our top story. Millions of doses of a highly effective new vaccine could be in use in the uk by the end of this year, but the Prime Minister has warned against any easing of social distancing measures for the time being. The pharmaceutical firms pfizer and biontech said their vaccine which is not yet licensed appears to protect nine in ten people from covid 19, but borisjohnson insists it is too early to start slackening our resolve. John mcmanus reports. Is it a game changer, or is it too early to be optimistic . The announcement by pfizer yesterday was greeted wit
Now, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The Chinese Government began this year by intensifying its crackdown on the pro democracy opposition in hong kong. Beijing seems determined to snuff out organised dissent in the territory in 2021. Amid the mass arrests, the surveillance of the media and academia, is there any safe space left for those fighting for hong kongs political autonomy . My guest is kenneth chan, a founder of hong kongs civic party and a former member of the Legislative Council. Is the fight for freedom in hong kong lost . Professor chan, in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Pleasure to be here. Professor chan, right now in hong kong, is it possible to operate as a pro democracy political activist . It is increasingly difficult because of the introduction of the National Security law and the arbitrary implementation of the law that we have seen so far. So, a lot of people are very concerned. I would say we increasingly succum
And its hard sometimes to remember. All around allaround him, in all around him, in the capital, though, is unprecedented security, following the attack on the home of congress a fortnight ago. Hello and welcome to bbc news with me, tim willcox, whether youre watching in the uk or around the world. Stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start in washington, where Donald Trumps final day as american president has been an eventful one. Today saw the us death toll from coronavirus pass a00,000, while politically, Mitch Mcconnell the Senate Republican majority leader directly blamed mr trump for the storming of capitol hill two weeks ago. The outgoing president released a farewell address, in which he claimed, we did what we came here to do and so much more. On wednesday, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president , amid the tightest security in recent memory. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. Where once a sea of faces would greet th