And coming up at 7. 30, its the film review with anna smith. Good evening. Theres more uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of a level students, and those waiting for gcse results in a few days time. The exams regulator, quual, has withdrawn its advice on how pupils can appeal their allocated grades, just hours after making the advice public. The government has been under fire since thursday, when a level results were awarded and nearly 40 of teacher assessments were downgraded. Now, a former conservative education secretary, says the government should stop digging itself a hole and postpone this weeks gcse results. With the latest, heres s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. Outraged, disappointed by their a levels. The common theme is anger. A lot of people are really sad and stressed. It is a very stressful time. Your future is uncertain. Students brought their protest to westminster today. I was predicted aaa, and i got given bcc. And ijust think its unfair that we got given t
This is bbc news. The headlines at 6. As students protest against the downgrading of a level results in england, more confusion as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, just hours after publishing it. The common theme is anger. A lot of people are really sad and the stress, it is a really stressful time. Like, yourfuture is uncertain. I think the general attitude is, people want change. People want the government to be held accountable. Its about time that Boris Johnson takes personal responsibility for this and stops making it up as he goes along, because its far too serious for that, and i think in the next 24 hours hes got to come and explain to students, parents and teachers, how he will address this historic injustice. The coastguard says two bodies have been found after two teenage brothers went missing in the sea near Lytham St Annes in lancashire. A huge crowd of opposition more confusion over a level results, supporters gathers in the centre of
And im George Howell from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Cnn newsroom starts right now. A good day. We begin this hour with the breaking news were following. An american student arrested in north korea. The state run media say the student from a university in virginia was taken into custody while in the midst of a, quote, hostile act against north korea. The report says the student is currently under investigation. Cnns Paula Hancocks is following this developing story in north korea. She joins me live now from seoul with more. Anything to expand as far as this alleged hostile act . Well, natalie, the facts we have at this point is the information is from staterun media. A u. S. Student has been detained, is under investigation. It says that he went and entered into north korea on a tourist visa. And he was trying to effectively topple the regime, according to this kcna report, saying also it was quite at the tacit connivence of the u. S. Saying that this student is under investiga
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