Will keep happening. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News celtic try to make the Champions League group stage for a Second Season in a row. Good evening. After britain leaves the eu, people and goods should be able to move freely across the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, much as they do today. Thats the governments ambition outlined in a paper published today. Ministers says they want no return to checkpoints and border posts. At the moment there are about 110 million border crossings every year. Northern ireland exports £21; billion worth of goods south of the border, thats nearly a third of all its exports, and imports £2. 7 billion worth. Critics of todays proposals say they lack credible detail and have raised concerns that an open border could become a back doorfor immigration from the eu. Our ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports from the border, in narrow water. For more than 300 miles, Crossing Fields and bridges, roads and rivers, there is a
Nationals will still need permission to settle here after brexit. Good morning. How quickly do you expect to get your online groceries . Well, ill be finding out about a new click and collect service in half an hour. In sport, its sensational celtic. The scottish champions almost guarantee their place in the Champions League group stages, thanks to a 5 0 home win over astana. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Currently we have rain pushing off in the direction of the north sea. As that clears we are into sunshine and showers, but parts of Southern Scotland and Northern England will miss those showers altogether. I will have the details inis altogether. I will have the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Students across england, wales and Northern Ireland will receive their a level results today, determining their admission into higher education. In england, its the first year that students will get results after major reforms to a levels, including a move
Wee. And the high court in belfast will issue a Landmark Ruling today on whether the current ban on Same Sex Marriage in Northern Ireland should be overturned. Northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same sex couples are restricted to Civil Partnerships rather than marriages. We talk to the couples who have mounted the legal challenge. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Obviously a Level Results dontjust affect the students, its a big day for parents and carers too, so do get in touch if youve been caught up in the stresses of results day too. We love this, from paris, mother, what were your results, the important thing is, i am what were your results, the important thing is, iam healthy what were your results, the important thing is, i am healthy and alive. You can get in touch on that and any of the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victoria live, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. As level no lo
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
American peoples money on this impeachment, theres so many other important things that are going undone. Within this committees own jurisdiction, we should be addressing the opioid epidemic. We could be working together to find a solution to our immigration and asylum challenges on our southern border. We could be protecting americans from having their intellectual property and jobs stolen by chinese companies. And we could be enhancing Election Security just to name a few things. And congress as a whole could be working on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. Providing additional tax relief to the nations middleclass families and providing additional security to our people here at home and abroad. Instead, here we are spinning our wheels once again on impeachment. What a waste. The American People deserve so much better. I yield back. Gentleman yields back. Mr. Cohen. Thank you, mr. Chair. I take no pleasure in the fact that were here today. As a patriot who loves america, it pain