The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
Before we get to your morning brief, would you explain to our american audience on radio and this great ruler in britain . Great uproar in britain. Just in 20 seconds, what happened . So a levels are the exams you do that get you into the school or university of your choice if you do well. Nobody took exams this year of course, which meant the government had to put in place a system. People didnt like being downgraded by an algorithm and the process is in chaos. It has caused a huge political storm here. It shows the competitive column of the u. S. Education system as we stagger back to school. Its a jumble. You know where you were on friday, where you were on thursday. I am watching turkish lira with further depreciation. You have a look at the things to come here. My mind skips to nightclubs and air travel this morning. Those are things that are really driving European Equity markets now. Brief,s of the morning there manufacturing data, estimate is supposed to be around 15. How will
You inspire many young people, one is here with me, if it is ok, he would like to ask you a question. You inspire me every single day, your message has spread all around the world. What advice would you give to someone like me who is trying to make an impact but once their voice to be louder . I dont, its, idont, its, in i dont, its, in the beginning i, i mean, my voice wasnt heard at all, as so many others, and ijust tried different ways until i found some kind of method, and that made my voice heard. So i think of course it is individually for everyone, and you just have to be creative and come up with may be something new to do. There are so incredibly many things you can do, and since this is such an incredibly big and global problem, it needs to be tackled from every possible angle. So, i mean, you can do so much. What im thinking now is that im only going to take it step by step, andi only going to take it step by step, and i will have to do is i feel, of course. I dont have anyt
and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18 year olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 year old thomas o halloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa take a lead in the first test as engalnd desperately try to limit their advantage on day two at lord s. good afternoon. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year and the proportion of top grades fell compared with the last two years, although they are still higher than before the pandemic. these pupils w
assessment grade boundaries. a bombing at a mosque in kabul during evening prayers has killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33. warnings of a near critical situation at ukraine s zaporhizia nuclear plant under russian control as ukrainian officials plan for a worst case scenario. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. japanese tax authorities have launched a new campaign to encourage young people to drink more alcohol to boost the economy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. students across england, wales and northern ireland are getting exam results this morning. a level students, t level students and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared to 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in st