Government of a fiasco. Also this evening in belarus, more protests and strikes against its president of 26 years after his disputed re election. How the lockdown has widened the gap between the richest and poorest Primary School children. And the winners and losers from the governments second and final support grant. And we ask pupils in bristol how the uncertainty over exam results has affected them and coming up on bbc news delays to the start of the final day in southampton between england and pakistan, but could they salvage anything after a rain ravaged second test . Good evening. In a huge policy reversal, affecting hundreds of thousands of pupils, a level and gsce results across the uk will now be based on Teacher Assessments, rather than grades generated by computer analysis. The education secretary Gavin Williamson apologised this afternoon for the distress caused and the chairman of the exams regulator quual acknowledged the real anguish and the damage to public confidence.
Tuesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up on this programme the government sets out new plans to protect children from online harms. A 13 year old should no longer be able to access pornographic images on twitter. Mps hear from the senior midwife who led an inquiry into britains worst maternity scandal. There was also a culture of well, this is your fault to the mother, if you had not done x, then your baby may have lived. And theres a call for the uk to take action against china over claims its using forced labour to produce cotton. The National Legislation to ensure that uk companies are not profiting from uighur forced labour. But first, new laws to protect children and clamp down on fake news, harmful content and abusive behaviour online will be brought in next year. The government says its aim is to keep youngsters away from harmful content while allowing free speech. Under the plans social Media Companies will face massive fines and potentially
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We remember Robin Williams this evening. He was my friend and he was a friend of this program. He came to this table often. Nobody on the planet could be so spontaneous, so improvisational, so smart as Robin Williams. Simply stated, there was no one like him. In a league of giants like letterman and carson and so many more in television and standup and film, he was a unique giant. So talented it took your breath away. He was the guaranteed laugh, so smart and so quick, but impossible to define. If you are in journalism, your instinct is not to praise but simply to state he was brilliant. He was the brightest star who fell to earth and is now among the stars. Officials will answer the question why he died and how he died. The rest of us simply say, thanks for coming to the table. We will never forget you. The first time he came to this table was 16 years ago. 1998 was the year he would win the Academy Award for his performance in
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We remember Robin Williams this evening. He was my friend and he was a friend of this program. He came to this table often. Nobody on the planet could be so spontaneous, so improvisational, so smart as Robin Williams. Simply stated, there was no one like him. In a league of giants like letterman and carson and so many more in television and standup and film, he was a unique giant. So talented it took your breath away. He was the guaranteed laugh, so smart and so quick, but impossible to define. If you are in journalism, your instinct is not to praise but simply to state he was brilliant. He was the brightest star who fell to earth and is now among the stars. Officials will answer the question why he died and how he died. The rest of us simply say, thanks for coming to the table. We will never forget you. The first time he came to this table was 16 years ago. 1998 was the year he would win the Academy Award for his performance in
Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin Scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. To his right is Joan Micklin Silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. To my immediate left is james toback. His credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for screenplay. And in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pickup artist. To his left is Whit Stillman whose first feature, me