afghanistan. the government is introducing legislation which would allow ministers to ignore european court rulings such as the decision to stop asylum seekers going to rwanda. facebook s removes a large number of accounts posting pictures and videos of upskirting following an investigation by bbc news. a warning from charities that thousands of children in england are being moved each week from one foster placement to another. we ll speak to someone brought up in care to find out what impact that can have. up in care to find out and after a break of three years, glastonbury opens its gates this morning. good morning and welcome to bbc news. prices are continuing to rise at their fastest rate for a0 years, as food, energy and fuel costs continue to climb. uk inflation, the rate at which prices rise, edged up to 9.1% in the 12 months to may, up from 9% in april, the office for national statistics has said. the figure is now at the highest level since march 1982. the bank of
This is the first year since 2019, before the pandemic, that traditional exams have taken place. fewer have achieved top marks compared with the previous two years when teacher assessments determined grades but that, says the government, was the plan. what we are seeing these results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher assessed grades in 2021. while some may look enviously at those receiving higher teacher assessed grades in 2020 and 2021, additional help was given this year as well. grade boundaries were set more generously than in 2019 and advanced exam content information sheets were available for some subjects to compensate for disruption. here is what this year s gcse figures look like. 73.2% of gcses were marked at grade four or above in england, the broad equiva