Also coming up, most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of Britain Memorial flight have been grounded. One display has already been cancelled. And production was halted on the 6th of march Mission Impossible film, because its star tom cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt while filming in london. This is bbc news and these are the top good morning. Its thursday 17th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Thousands of teenagers across england, wales and Northern Ireland have received their a level results this morning. In england, the results marked a major reform to the exams introduced by the government, including a move away from coursework and modular exams in 13 subjects and a decision to separate as levels to form stand alone qualifications. There was a fall of 0. 2 in the overall pass rate which was down to 97. 9 . But there was an increase in the number of students awarded the top grades with 26. 3 of entries receiving either an
News, the fa facing questions after england head coach mark sampson is cleared of making racist remarks about one of his players. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The wait for a level results is over for Hundreds Of Thousands of young people in england, wales and northern ireland. This years results show a slight rise in a and a star grades, for the first time in six years. The results in england are the first since major changes were made to the qualifications, which mean students now sit their exams at the end of two years of study, instead of taking modules halfway through. In top grades, boys have moved ahead of girls. Our reporter Chi Chi Izundu has been with students opening their results at a college in east london. Results day. Years of studying and nervous expectation even to find out what you have got. For the first time in six years those getting top marks at a level has increased and thatis marks at a level has increased and that is despite reforming the s
Its newsday. Welcome to newsday. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in seoul where the ousted south Korean Leader Park Geun Hye has vowed that the truth will out after leaving office Days Afterjudges upheld a Parliament Decision to impeach her. Massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president s official residence, the blue house. Her departure means she no longer has president ial immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president parks first public appearance since leaving the president ial palace. There was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. She had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. That statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she di
Its newsday. Welcome to newsday. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in seoul where the ousted south Korean Leader Park Geun Hye has vowed that the truth will out after leaving office Days Afterjudges upheld a Parliament Decision to impeach her. Massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president s official residence, the blue house. Her departure means she no longer has president ial immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president parks first public appearance since leaving the president ial palace. There was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. She had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. That statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she di
Lighter from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and two in the morning in St Petersburg where an explosion on the metro in the russian city has killed 11 people and injured at least 15 more. The blast coincided with a visit by President Putin to the city. The Prime Minister has condemned the incident as a Terrorist Attack but other possible causes are being investigated. The explosion happened ina train investigated. The explosion happened in a train travelling between the Technology Institute stations. Another device was found and made safe at a nearby station. We have this report. A woman is shouting, are there any children . A Train Carriage torn to shreds and a desperate effort to pull people from the wreckage. From the safety of a passing train, a hint of the devastation it is leaving behind. At least ten passengers were killed today and dozens more wounded. The blast occurred in the