and we will find you. joy and relief for some but on gcse results day, there are major regional differences in how pupils performed. and back from extinction the blue butterfly has its best summer for 150 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel: james anderson proves life very much begins at a0. he s among the wickets, as england seek revenge against south africa. good evening. pressure is growing on the government for action to be taken to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs, with calls from a think tank for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses saying ministers should bring in covid style emergency grants to help firms. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales called the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. take a look at how things have changed injust 12 months. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200. it s now about £2,000 an
disadvantaged and have been disadvantaged throughout their entire school career. and when you look at that and you add to that the fact we ve had a pandemic, there is a lot of work that is needed to support those young people. and, you know, that s absolutely right that we do that, but it s very easy and it s very convenient sometimes just to look at those headline figures. the pandemic has led to more disruption, more lost learning in the north, on top of a gap that already existed. to understand the difference in results, you ve really got to look outside schools. of course, there are wealthy people in the north, but there are also communities where childhood is spent mainly in poverty, where poor housing and a lack of money limits children s sense of opportunity. but this is a time for many to celebrate. whether collecting results in northern ireland. i did not expect to get what i did get, considering the year we ve all had. ..or in wales, most 16 year olds were firmly focused
those young people. and, you know, that s absolutely right that we do that, but it s very easy and it s very convenient sometimes just to look at those headline figures. the pandemic has led to more disruption, more lost learning in the north, on top of a gap that already existed. to understand the difference in results, you ve really got to look outside schools. of course, there are wealthy people in the north, but there are also communities where childhood is spent mainly in poverty, where poor housing and a lack of money limits children s sense of opportunity. but this is a time for many to celebrate. whether collecting results in northern ireland. i did not expect to get what i did get, considering the year we ve all had. ..or in wales, most 16 year olds were firmly focused on their next steps. what we ve got to do is, fill out the application form, just answer a few really easy questions. at newcastle college, grace was using her gcses to sign up for a btec, with others getting