and calls for the dangerous dogs act to be reviewed. critics say the 30 year old law doesn t work, and dog attacks are up we ll hearfrom one of them gcse students in england, wales and northern ireland have received another set of record grades, after exams were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. top grades rose by 2.7% to almost 29%, while the pass rate is also slightly up. the government had to cancel exams for a second consecutive year, so pupils grades have been based on teacher assessment, drawing some criticism of grade inflation. with the latest, here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley.
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than half a million gcse students in england, wales and northern ireland have achieved another set of record results, with both the proportion of students getting top grades and those achieving pass rates rising slightly from last year. it follows a second year in which exams were replaced with the assessments of teachers. as with a levels a couple of days ago the numbers offer new insights into secondary education. girls moved further ahead of boys, with a third of them scoring top grades, while for boys it was roughly a quarter achieving the same grades. there were also some clear regional differences. in london over a third of results were top grades. while in yorkshire and the humber, for example, it was more like a quarter. from leeds, our eduction editor branwen jeffreys reports on the results and the implications going forward. a
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines. record grades for gcse students in england, wales or northern ireland after exams were cancelled for a second year. some teachers say the assessments are more accurate than exams. they have been assessed and awarded results on the merits of what they have produced and that can t be taken away from them. the nhs waiting list in england hits a record high, of almost 5.5 million. the uk economy grows by nearly 5% between april and june following the easing of restrictions. the un warns of an unfolding humanitarian disaster in afghanistan, as the taliban appear to be on the verge of capturing the country s second and third biggest cities, kandahar and herat.
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