Good morning. Last year was the hottest Late August Bank Holiday on record. This year, it could well be the coolest. The forecast is a largely dry one. After a bright start, more cloud develops, but i will have all the details coming up. Good morning. Its monday august 31st. Our top story labour is calling for next years gcse and a level exams to be delayed to give pupils more time to catch up on the work theyve missed during the pandemic. Teaching unions say the idea is worth considering, but warned that it could cause problems for University Admissions. Our Political Correspondent, helen catt, has more. It has only been a few weeks since this years students got their final grades, but what to do about next yea rs grades, but what to do about next years exams grades, but what to do about next yea rs exams is grades, but what to do about next years exams is a question thats already testing politicians, and it is 1 dayer under pressure not to flunk. Labours answer, delay gcses and a lev
Also going into local lockdown tomorrow evening. Police investigating the murder of Sergeant Matt ratana at croydon in south london on friday have arrested a man on suspicion of supplying a firearm. President trump nominates the conservative judge, Amy Coney Barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. More arrests at an Anti Government protests in belarus, as protest leaders claim they will succeed in replacing alexander lu kashenko. And in half an hour here on bbc news, as fresh protests take place. Global questions takes a look at the belarus crisis, where the stakes are high for president putin as well. Good afternoon. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students to return to university. Thats despite several outbreaks of coronavirus which have seen many students confined to their rooms on campuses. The culture secretary Oliver Dowden said today its important that students didnt give up a year of their lives by not returning to th
Public Health Wales have, this afternoon, issued a statement concerning the long-term problem air quality problems at the Withyhedge landfill site in Pembrokeshire. What began as an environmental problem for the community last September, turned into a political one for Wales’ first minster Vaughan Gething, when it emerged that the…