The government says standards will go up because the content is more rigorous, and that bright pupils will have a better chance to shine. Our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports. The new system has more grades and replaces letters with the numbers nine to one, with nine being the highest grade. Its all change for gcse maths and english this year. Numbers, not letters, for grades and new, tougher content for the exams. Would that be ok, to do that . So, umi is getting extra help from her tutor, something many families cant afford. Even so, shes anxious about the exams. Its quite daunting, because lots of my teachers dont. Theyve never taught it before, so theyre not used to the new syllabus thats coming in. Her mum, kelly, is trying to get her head round it all. A grade 4 will be the same as a c or above. And a top grade of 9 will be higher than an a. She doesnt mind the exams Content Being made harder. But to bring in a new Grading System and make the whole Exam Structure toug
In the hands of the people if he becomes Prime Minister. He presented himself as the anti establishment candidate, taking on what he called a system rigged against working people, and he told his supporters that the outcome of the Snap Election was not a foregone conclusion. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has restated her commitment to cutting annual net migration to a sustainable level, in the tens of thousands. Here is our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. No one is going to say they are all the same, not in this election. And not the admirers of the labour leader, who queue round the block to hear him. We need Something Different, not more of the same. I really enjoy seeing him speak. This is a man who should be leading the country, and should be our Prime Minister, because hes offering a real alternative. The left waited a long time for a leader likejeremy corbyn, but will the rest of the country rush towards him . He is their star. But what about you . The labour party thats stand
A morning newscast featuring breaking news and weather reports. And we now understand its burned 83,000 acres. Something at play for firefighters, you can almost not get your head around what its like to battle a blaze like this burning so hot here. You can see that firefighters, some of them working 24hour shifts have been grabbing sleep any way they can. Thats what they are up against. Not only are they fighting it in terms of fatigue, but in these conditions, there is a problem with equipment as well. We are used to hot but, you know, 116, 117 degrees on the fire line, humidity is hovering around 10 or less during the day, which is critical Fuel Moisture for us, which means that we have 100 probability of ignition. So we are just battling those two things right there, just the fatigue on the firefighters putting out fires is horrendous, let alone the Equipment Fatigue because the fire is causing the
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A roundtable ensemble discusses and debates the days news. It. But by then, its already taken us back. Thats what troubles me with how theyre doing this. Dana juan, do you want to weigh in . Juan i would love to. First and foremost, there is no deal. Cohen spoke in open court and said what he said. He has no deal with mueller. He has no deal with the Southern District of new yorks federal prosecutors. He made a plea deal because he understood and said he was guilty of having committed these crimes. And then named the president as someone who had directed him to make these payments. What we have learned today in terms of what american media, the National Inquirer has done, that he was involved in an effort to cover up these things, jesse, in advance of the campaign, that these payments were made in cooperation with the Media Company to protect the president. Interesting language in there. They said this was basically a tripwire so that they would learn of anybody who was coming to poten
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