A scramble for university places after the governments u turn over a level and gcse grades. Pupils who were initially downgraded and missed out on their preferred university now face an anxious wait as they try to trade up. Im very pleased about the u turn the government has made, i feel more secure about my future, but its been a very stressful couple of days because i thought i hadnt got into university. As ministers say they will help universities who fear they dont have room for all potential students, well be asking whether the government has failed its own a level test. Also this evening. 7,000 jobs to go at marks and spencer, as the pandemic makes customers move from shopping in store to online. The widow of pc Andrew Harper tells the bbc of her heartbreak over the sentences handed out
to her husbands killers. Hes never coming back, were never going to have him back. But at the very least we wanted some kind ofjustice for him. How researchers have uncovered the unseen scale of p
This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 7 police are dealing with an ongoing incident aboard an oil tanker near the coast of the isle of wight, and have now made a request for military support. More pressure on the government, as thousands of doctors back the footballer Marcus Rashfords campaign for Free School Meals during the school holidays. After a public backlash, the welsh goverment says it will review its ban on supermarkets selling non essential items during the countrys two week lockdown. The new well being hubs, designed to help nhs staff cope with the stress of battling covid, as fears grow of a Mental Health crisis amongst health workers. And Lewis Hamilton makes history, as he breaks the record for the most
formula 1 wins ever at the grand prix in portugal. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Police are continuing to investigate an incident on board an oil tanker the nave andromeda in waters off the isle of wight. Its thought stowaways may be causing problem
Get time, back in time as to how we get to where we are, you could go all the way back to january. I would like to go back to the ebola crisis. This is bbc news. The headlines in the ebola west african crisis the Prime Minister will fly to brussels later in what could be which i was heavily involved in as the final attempt to salvage talks pa rt of on a post brexit trade deal. Which i was heavily involved in as part of the department of international, one of the things cabinet minister michael gove says that was clear was that there were the government wants a deal but the eu would need to temper its demands. Vaccines that had not been properly we are going to maintain high progressed, and therefore we had to standards in this country but we are manage the ebola crisis in west also going to be a sovereign country africa in support of the government and we need to be in control of our of sierra leone, very much entirely own rules and regulations, our laws and ways of doing things. The r
This is bbc news. The headlines further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus this is bbc news with the latest in both england and scotland. Headlines for viewers in the uk in england, the Prime Minister has and around the world. Warned of tough weeks to come. Im rebecca jones. What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus. The roll out of the oxford it is a bit unclear at the moment, astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning but if you look at the numbers the government describes it as a Pivotal Moment in the pandemic. There is no question that we are going to have to take the vaccine means everything to me. Tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. I mean, to my mind, its the roll out of the the only way of getting back Oxford Astrazeneca jab has begun to a bit of normal life. The Prime Minister says tens you know, this virus of millions of doses will have been is terrible, isnt it . Administe
Hello, youre watching afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Today at 2. Released days after serving half his sentence and under surveillance, as questions are asked about why a terrorist was free to stab victims in london. The government says it will act. The anomaly we need to clear up is the process by which some people are still coming out under automatic Early Release without any kind of scrutiny or parole system. Borisjohnson says the uk wont bind itself to eu rules in order to get a trade deal by the end of the year. Built in just eight days a 1000 bed hospital opens in wuhan for coronavirus patitents as one of the passengers who landed in the uk from wuhan is taken ill and escorted to hospital. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Everyone is still talking about the super bowl and how the Kansas City Chiefs produced such an outrageous comeback to the biggest prize in the sport for the first time. And we have news of wind . Yes, you can see the choppy seas and we have some sever