bid to host euro 2028, after abandoning plans to host the 2030 football world cup good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. gcse and a level pupils in england will be given advance information today about the topics that will appear on their exam papers this summer. the government has confirmed that, for the first time in three years, public exams will go ahead, despite a high number of teacher absences due to covid. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. can you just line up as well, please? thank you. it s a busy timetable for the pupils at ellesmere port church of england college. how do you feel you did on that maths test this morning? i think i did ok. i didn t do as great on my last one, but i m trying to improve.
convoy. the truckers have paralysed the centre of ottawa with vehicles and tents blocking roads. aru na iyengar reports. horns blare honking horns at a blockade of streets around parliament hill in the capital 0ttowa. protests dubbed the freedom convoy began over a week ago, its aim to reverse the government s vaccine requirement for cross border truckers. but it s turned into a rallying point against all covid measures and prime ministerjustin trudeau s government. the city s mayor, jim watson, said the city was completely out of control, with protesters outnumbering police. he said. many ottawa residents object to the demonstrations. patience is definitely running out for the folks
but i m trying to improve. it s all about exam practice. the next few weeks will be serious revision for mocks, and for the first time in three years, this summer, they are expected to sit external exams. i had to be off with covid. i didn t get to sit my full mock exams, so i wasn t, like, mentally fully prepared. nicole is doing a levels and wants to go to university. she s worried about exams because of the ongoing disruption. there s a lot of teachers off in this school due to, like, covid reasons, so they re finding it quite difficult for us to get supply for everyone. still quite nervous. yeah. here, they welcome the return of exams. for the past two years, gcses and a levels have been awarded using teacher assessed grades. last year was difficult for teachers, as well. there was a huge amount of work to ensure that students were given the grades that were fair. huge amounts of work from students
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this is bbc news, i m tim wilcox. the headlines: exam boards say gcse and a level students will be graded more generously this year to account for covid. hospital chiefs speak of their frustation at delays to a plan to tackle the nhs waiting list backlog in england. the 15 year old killed at a holiday park on the north wales coast. amanda selby s19 year old brother admits her manslaughter. the defence secretary holds a press conference with his polish counterpart to discuss what the western allies can do about the ongoing crisis in ukraine. medical pioneer the spinal implant that has helped a paralysed man become a dad. also coming up, the uk and republic of ireland will focus on a joint