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
An officer fatally shot. And the couple stealing a car. You can see their excitement when the car suddenly shuts down. The doors lock on their own. They have been caught. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night, and we begin tonight with the horrific scene playing out in barcelona in an historic shopping district where many tourists visit. A driver jumping the curb and his van barrelling through the crowd. Children believed to be among the victims tonight. So many images we cannot show here. The death toll, more than a dozen people dead, can the authorities warning that could go higher. More than 100 injured at this hour, and heres the van afterwards. It was going at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. One suspect dead, two in custody, and the urgent manhunt for others. Abcs James Longman leading us off from barcelona. [ sirens ] reporter tonight, a trail of in the heart of barcelona. The dead and injured lining the streets. First responders racin
The eclipts is a big business story. Dozens of companies with offers. And if ever a die to buy solar stocks, buy. All of the angles covered for you coming up. Plus, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin making a tax for tax reform tim pawlenty head of the Financial Services roundtable. What he wants to see in that plan coming up. And to our reporters covering the Solar Eclipse. Contessa brewer is in columbia, South Carolina and jane wells joins us as well but first to contessa. Reporter people are reacting now by leaving i can still see the sun partially occluded here. Its still a crescent as the moon moves out of its path and people are like, okay, been there, done that its hot outside, feels like its 15, 98 degrees with the humidity so theres been a lot of people taking a move on, but ill tell you what people paid a premium to be here i talked to people who have driven down from new york and people who drove over from macon, j. , ageorgia and all of were paying a higher price for hotels,
An officer fatally shot. And the couple stealing a car. You can see their excitement when the car suddenly shuts down. The doors lock on their own. They have been caught. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night, and we begin tonight with the horrific scene playing out in barcelona in an historic shopping district where many tourists visit. A driver jumping the curb and his van barrelling through the crowd. Children believed to be among the victims tonight. So many images we cannot show here. The death toll, more than a dozen people dead, can the authorities warning that could go higher. More than 100 injured at this hour, and heres the van afterwards. It was going at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. One suspect dead, two in custody, and the urgent manhunt for others. Abcs James Longman leading us off from barcelona. [ sirens ] reporter tonight, a trail of in the heart of barcelona. The dead and injured lining the streets. First responders racin
And the couple stealing a car. You can see their excitement when the car suddenly shuts down. The doors lock on their own. They had been caught. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night, and we begin tonight with the horrific scene playing out in barcelona in an historic shopping district where many tourists visit. A deadly terror attack, a driver jumping the curb and his van barrelling through the crowd. Children believed to be among the victims tonight. So many images we cannot show here. The death toll, more than a dozen people dead, and authorities warning that could go higher. More than 100 injured at this hour, and this is the van afterward. You can see the front end smashed after going at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. Tonight, one suspect is dead. There have been arrests and the you werent manhunt. We have breaking developments as we come on the air, and we have abcs James Longman off from barcelonbarcelona. [ sirens ] reporter toni