the right thing to do and something that most singaporeans will accept. the law dates back to when singapore was a british colony and has effectively been seen as a ban on homosexuality, though it is not enforced. some students are still waiting for their vocational exam results this morning three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and ocr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. its left some unable to confirm their university places. simon jones reports. hundreds of thousands of students received their exam results on thursday, allowing them to sort out their university places. but some btec students are still waiting to see how they did in their vocational courses. the exam board pearson won t reveal how many are affected, but says it s a very small percentage. the association of colleges isn t impressed. pearson won t tell us the numbers, but i know in some colleges there are several hundred students who haven t got their results from pears
the exam boards pearson and ocr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. it s left some unable to confirm their university places. simon jones reports. hundreds of thousands of students received their exam results on thursday, allowing them to sort out their university places. but some btec students are still waiting to see how they did in their vocational courses. the exam board, pearson, won t reveal how many are affected, but says it s a very small percentage. the association of colleges isn t impressed. pearson won t tell us the numbers, but i know in some colleges there are several hundred students who haven t got their results from pearson. in any normal year there is a handful, perhaps, in a college. but hundreds is unprecedented. so we absolutely need pearson to openly investigate what went wrong, publish the findings and make sure this doesn t happen again. in a statement, pearson said.
of gay people and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists, although many more conservative citizens still support it. some students are still waiting for their vocational exam results this morning, three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and 0cr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. it s left some unable to confirm their university places. simonjones reports. hundreds of thousands of students received their exam results on thursday, allowing them to sort out their university places. but some btec students are still waiting to see how they did in their vocational courses. the exam board pearson won t reveal how many are affected, but says it s a very small percentage. the association of colleges isn t impressed. pearson won t tell us the numbers, but i know in some colleges there are several hundred students who haven t got their results from pea
the specifics until she has got all the information to hand. so the other thing you might be thinking is the uk does have a government even though this contest is going on at the moment, and why isn t the existing governmentjust clapping on and doing things? the answer to that is that it has promised that it will not make any big spending commitments or policy commitments before the new prime minister is in place. oui’ our political correspondent helen catt and talking to me a little earlier. staying here in the uk. some students are still waiting for their vocational exam results this morning three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and 0cr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. it s left some unable to confirm their university places. she confronted the soviet threat during the cold war and took part in the mission to defend the falklands. but now, more than 60 years after she first took to the skies, the uk s last airworthy vulcan is looking
this is bbc news. the headlines. security forces say they ve ended a siege carried out by islamist gunmen at a hotel in the somali capital. the unite union has announced eight days of strike action by staff at the uk s largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. darya dugina, the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, dies after her car exploded as she was driving home. some students are still waiting for their vocational exam results this morning three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and ocr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. it s left some unable to confirm their university places. simon jones reports.