The education secretary Gavin Williams apologises for disruption to exams as the government makes last minute changes to the way stu d e nts last minute changes to the way students are graded. A big fall in the uks coronavirus death toll after england changes the way it calculates the daily figures theyve fallen by more than 5,000. And weather extremes from six days of scorching temperatures for some to lightning strikes and flooding for others. And coming up on bbc news. Super league is forced to postpone two matches due to an outbreak of coronavirus at hull fc following their opening game of the season. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three people have died after a passenger train derailed near stonehaven in aberdeenshire this morning. Six others have been taken to hospital. The train was on its way from aberdeen to glasgow when it left the line. 0ne carriage slid down an embankment. Its thought the train may have hit a landslip following bad weather overnight. 0ur
Dropped again. But any professional would class that chance as gettable, even simple. Rory burns was left rehearsing, empty handed. Survey englands team, youll noticed no ben stokes, attending to family matters, jofra archer, rested, mark wood, not picked. Anderson kept trying. But pakistan were past 50. Tough session, but they were starting to thrive, starting to make england chase and regret those missed opportunities. The cloud on the horizon was always the cloud on the horizon. Rain came at 12 50pm, with pakistan 62 1. In terms of the play so far, they had won. Joe wilson, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. Hello there. Still very humid today, not quite as hot, but we have had them earlier storms leaving behind some local flooding. That has since moved on into the midlands. Over the next couple of days, the southern half of the uk will see more torrential rain, thunderstorms and a very muddy field, as well. Further north across the uk, much quieter, some s
Coronavirus in england, according to a major new antibody study. The train driver and conductor killed in the derailment in aberdeenshire have been named they were Brett Mccullough and Donald Dinnie. Thunderstorms and heavy rain sweep across parts of the uk and theres more to come following the record breaking hot weather. Hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and Northern Ireland have received a level and btec grades, after the huge uncertainty caused by coronavirus. They didnt sit exams because of lockdown, so marks have been awarded using teacher estimates, standardised by exam boards headteachers say the results show a great deal of volatility. In england, more than a third of a level results were one grade lower than teachers had submitted, and 3 of results were down by two grades. Overall, the number of a to c a level grades rose by 2. 6 , compared to last year. In a moment, well get reaction from Northern Ireland and wales, but our first report comes from our educa
The us democrats formally choose joe biden as their president ial candidate at the partys online convention. And hands free driving could arrive on uk roads by spring next year as the government launches a consultation on the technology. Theres going to be a big expansion in free coronavirus testing to help monitor the spread of covid 19 across the uk. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fornight as part of the 0ns household survey. The health secretary, matt hancock, has said the expansion of testing in the community will give the government a better understanding of where the virus is spreading. To be more accurate, to get more localised information, to have more nuance in the information we get, we are going to expand it, essentially by almost ten times, so that we get more detailed information about where the virus is taking root, about whether thats men or women, about which parts of the country, so that we can better manage in a more targeted way the measures that w
Withdrawal agreement. A month on from the derailment in stonehaven in aberdeenshire, a report by network rail says there needs to be better use of technology to predict heavy rain on railways. Wildlife populations are plummeting across the world according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Tax frequent flyers and ban cars from city centres. Just two ideas from the public to tackle Climate Change in the uks First Citizens assembly on the environment. Government plans for a huge increase in coronavirus testing could cost tens of billions of pounds, according to leaked whitehall documents. The papers set out how borisjohnsons so called Moonshot Programme could work with an aim of 3 million coronavirus tests per day available by december, and up to 10 million early next year. The details of the project emerged yesterday as the Prime Minister set out a ban on gatherings of more than six people in england. The restrictions, he says, break his heart to enforce, but ins