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art in the united states. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. tonight, we are taking a look at what is its own country, central park. theye were wondering why put central park but it is its own country in a way. it s amazing, a book that came out a few years ago, a book by miller gave us a new view of central park. central park was and still is the first rate civic work of art here in this country. europeans had hoped we would fail. we did not. we were succeeding. they said you may succeed economically but you will never really put anything out culturally that is interesting. you re nothing but a bunch of carpenters and bricklayers forget what do you know? we fold them. we put out central park that would be from 1858-1859. the city had grown from being practically nothing in 1800. we had 60,000 people in a city that barely stretched from the battery down to city hall park that was new york in 1800. by 1860 or so, the city had stretched up to 5 ....
they can t now pass man city s total of 100 points. and it is another great start to the day, but a greater chance of sunshine coming through and for all, it should feel a bit warmer. the full forecast is right here on brea kfast. it s thursdayjuly 16th. our top story. twitter has been the subject of a massive hack targeting some of the biggest names in the united states including prominent figures in business and politics as well as celebrities. the list includes bill gates, kanye west, as well as barack obama and joe biden. as part of the scam, fake tweets were posted from verified accounts, asking people to make donations to a bitcoin cryptocurrency account.. alanna petroff has the details. famous tech billionaires can buy themselves almost anything, but it seems no amount of money will help with cyber security. elon musk, jeff bezos, and bill gates were all victims of a major hack on twitter. their popular accounts were used to promote a cryptocurrency scam, sendi ....
government of a fiasco. also this evening: in belarus, more protests and strikes against its president of 26 years after his disputed re election. how the lockdown has widened the gap between the richest and poorest primary school children. and the winners and losers from the government s second and final support grant. and we ask pupils in bristol how the uncertainty over exam results has affected them and coming up on bbc news: delays to the start of the final day in southampton between england and pakistan, but could they salvage anything after a rain ravaged second test? good evening. in a huge policy reversal, affecting hundreds of thousands of pupils, a level and gsce results across the uk will now be based on teacher assessments, rather than grades generated by computer analysis. the education secretary gavin williamson apologised this afternoon for the distress caused and the chairman of the exams regulator quual acknowledged the real anguish and the damage to ....
now let s turn to the uk, and the impact of the pandemic on young people s education. in a huge policy reversal, affecting hundreds of thousands of pupils, england, wales, and northern ireland have all announced that a level and gsce results will now be based on teacher assessments rather than grades generated by computer modelling. the education secretary gavin williamson, who last week said the system was robust and fair, apologised for the distress caused. our education editor branwenjeffreys has more. i m steph, i was predicted a and two as by my teachers and i was given a , b, b on results day. steph has lost a place at cambridge, first from her family in birkenhead to go to uni. this morning, she told me teacher grades should stand. and we have to work extra hard for where we are and we still haven t got anything out of it. i know obviously my grades are still very good, but i ve still missed out on brilliant opportunities. out of anyone in this, we should just b ....
president trump declares deadly wildfires in california a major disaster and releases federal aid to help the state. thousands have been forced from their homes. england will look to secure a series victory against pakistan this morning after a record breaking day. zak crawley‘s 267 and jos buttler‘s century helping the hosts take control heading into day three. good morning. recent gusty winds slowly easing today, but it s still a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. i will have all the details throughout the morning. it s sunday the 23rd of august. our top story: children are more likely to be harmed by not returning to school next month than if they catch coronavirus that s according to the uk s chief medical adviser. professor chris whitty also said it s unlikely that a coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of this winter. millions of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are due to return to school within weeks. schools in scotland hav ....