Urged to walk faster. Officials at Public Health england say high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. Good morning. Its thursday the 24th of august welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a fall in the number of pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland passing their gcses. Overall, the percentage of passes fell to 66. 3 a decline ofjust over half a percentage point from the previous year. The fall follows big changes in the testing and grading of gcses, especially in england where, to replace the traditional system, maths and english papers are being given a numerical mark on a scale from nine to one. The highest grade is nine, and will be awarded to fewer pupils than the a star is currently. The bottom of the old grade c, the lowest pass at the old o level, is equivalent to the bottom of the new grade four. Changes have also been made to make the exams more challenging. Not only are the questions set out in a different way, but the way the qualifications are taken
Common but with the filtration of cooler air to the valley, high temperatures will range between 70 and 75 degrees valley wide. Winds will be mild for the most part; hold between 5 and 15 mph through the day. As we move into the workweek, 70s. Friday and saturday yield an interesting forecast though. Partly cloudy skies will be common along with mild winds but rain chances have been hard to pin point. Some models say a 25 rain chance andot chance at all. Breaking overnight. A man is in the hospital after being stabbed near Charleston Police say this happened around 1 a m. When the victim got into a fight with someone. Police are still looking for the suspect. New this morning metro is releasing more details on the two people who were hit by cars. In two sp just hours apart. The latest crash happened around 7 oclock near sunset and bermuda. Detectives say a truck was driving down sunset when the car in front of them swerved to the left revealing a woman standing in the road. The truck c
Interesting forecast though. Partly cloudy skies will be common along with mild winds chance at all. It will interact. For now, rain chances will be mainly sunny skies return and arguments from bill cosbys lawyers and its the case that centers on allegations made by andrea constand. The former director of operations for temple universitys womens basketball. Temple is also cosbys alma mater. Famed Attorney Gloria Allred represents some of the women who have accused him of Sexual Assault over the years. Gloria allred attorney i hope some or all will be allowed to testify because i think they would show cosbys common plan it shows that cosby knew they could not and would not consent if drugged. So its relevant. The former cosby show star of drugging and or sexual misconduct. When the criminal trial begins. Prosecutors hope to show that the 79yearold had a pattern. Baltimore this morning. Police say at least six people died after a school bus and a Maryland Transit Administration bus colli
closed captioning will resume shortly a completely unrelated situation happened near tropicana and jones. A person was rushed to umc in serious condition after a possible hit and run. Incident. The roads have reopened in that area, as police finish up their investigation. To update you this information becomes available. Cassandra jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. The strong winds will decrease to 10with mostly clear skies a high of 71 degrees on friday. For the weekend well see sunny skies with highs at 72 on saturday, then 76 on sunday. Into next week we continue to see sunny skies with warmer highs into the upper70s. Average high for next week is 65 degrees. Your drive here are the accidents to watch routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. A head on collision between
Strong winds whipped across the valley, causing some major delays at mccarran airport. It was definitely a White Knuckle ride for people flying in and out of town. The faa says the strong winds delayed arriving flights by about an hour on average. Some winds in the northwest valley were recorded as high as 63 miles an hour. The winds are expected to be Cassandra Jones. Looks like weve weather on the way, right cass . good morning im Cassandra Jones strong winds will decrease to 10with a high of 71 degrees weekend well see sunny skies with highs at 72 on saturday, then 76 on week we continue to see sunny skies with warmer highs average high for next week is 65 degrees. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 traffic lets begin with here are the out and alternate routes you can use here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes desk dead. Police say he shouldnt have been on the road in the first place the facts of the matter of this is we have two people who shouldn