82 of students have successfully got into their first Choice University an increase of 3 from last year. Top a level results have risen for the first time since 2021 with just under 28 of all grades marked at a Star Or A. Thats up from 27. 2 last year. Our correspondent Nicky Schiller is live at Burnley College as students receive their results the excitement has been compelling this morning. Welcome to Burnley College. You can see behind me, it is sending out a bit at the moment, but there are still some students coming in. Tell tale signs on the floor, there is a lot of confetti, blue and white confetti that is still on the floor and that was because hundreds of students were here at eight oclock this morning. I arrived just after seven oclock, they were all here, the college had given them breakfast, they were having Coffee And Chatting, it was at eight oclock we were allowed to open those envelopes to find out what their results are. Of course, all of us who have been through any s
Statistics based on this Years Exam results. 82 of students have successfully gotten their first choice of university. At 3 from last year. Top a rare a level results have risen for the first time. Just under 28 mark does a Star Or A. Ad from 28 last year. It isa it is a lot quiet to hear at burnley couege it is a lot quiet to hear at Burnley College than it was at eight oclock this morning. There were hundreds of students and their families coming in to collect their results. It is a massive day for hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland. It is a level results. We must not forget that there also the newer T Level results in england and the btec national results which are the vocational qualifications. There is still quite a bit of blue and white confetti. That is because there was quite a scene here at eight oclock this morning. Ijust want quite a scene here at eight oclock this morning. I just want to show you what happened when at eight those hu
It is relief. And some have even done better than they hoped. It feels great, i only thought i would get aid, b, feels great, i only thought i would getaid, b, b so i feels great, i only thought i would get aid, b, b so i was a bit worried but i got what i need so i am happy. Overall, the number of top grades are still slightly above what it was before the pandemic. There has been a phased effort to bring them back down after a spate of top results when exams were cancelled. In down after a spate of top results when exams were cancelled. In wales and northern when exams were cancelled. In wales and Northern Ireland, when exams were cancelled. In wales and Northern Ireland, theyre and Northern Ireland, theyre returning and Northern Ireland, theyre returning to pre Pandemic Grading for the returning to pre Pandemic Grading for the first time this year. So you are seeing for the first time this year. So you are seeing a for the first time this year. So you are seeing a drop in both wales
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Who already have a presence in doha. To gaza, then, where more than 40,000 people have been killed in the war, according to figures from the hamas run Health Ministry. The figures dont differentiate between civilians and fighters. The Ministrys Breakdown of identified reported fatalities says a majority are children, women or elderly people. The un has found the figures from gaza in previous conflicts reliable. This month, israels military told the bbc that more than 15,000 hamas fighters had been killed during the war. Israel is not allowing internationaljournalists from media organisations, including the bbc, independent access to gaza, so we are not able to independently verify figures. The war began after hamas fighters stormed into southern israel on october the seventh, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. Israel says more than 300 of its soldiers have been killed in the fighting since. Barbara Plett Usher reports now and a warning you may find some details upset