To him by the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, and then sexually abused. An apology from the greek prime minister, for failures in tackling widlfires, which continue to burn across parts of the country. Lionel messi has agreed a two year deal tojoin paris st germain, following his shock exit from barcelona. And could dementia be diagnosed in just one day? scientists begin trials of an artificial intelligence system that could lead to that breakthrough. Good afternoon and welcome. More a grades have been awarded for a levels this year, after exams were cancelled for a second year because of the pandemic. Nearly 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded an a or a star that s an all time record, and much much higher than when exams were last held in 2019. Students work was assessed and graded by their teachers in place of exams. This year, no algorithm was used to moderate grades, after a backlash to last year s results led to a u turn from the government
Latest figures show more than 4,000 new cases of coronavirus reported in the uk, ministers are still considering the further easing of restrictions due next month. Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs to be set up in england to tackle what they say is a colossal backlog of non urgent operations, caused by covid 19. Chelsea and manchester city fans arrive in porto in portugal ahead of tomorrow s champions league final. And coming up on the film review, mark kermode gives his views on the latest film releases including cruella 7 disney s new 101 dalmations prequel. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An inquestjury has found that two graduates jack merritt and saskia jones were unlawfully killed by the convicted terrorist usman khan, at fishmongers hall in 2019. The jury found that a catalogue of failings led to the deaths of the cambridge university graduates. They said unacceptable management and a lack of accountability among the agencies responsible for usman khan had l
And australia s government lashes out, as a united nations report claims it hasn t done enough to protect the great barrier reef from climate change. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. England and scotland are preparing for crucial games at the euros tonight, but coronavirus is casting a major shadow. England s mason mount and ben chilwell will miss the clash with the czech republic because they re self isolating, after being in close contact with scotland s billy gilmour. He s already tested positive for covid, ruling him out of his country s must win game against croatia. We ll be live at hampden park and wembley shortly, but first here s our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. It was an innocuous enough scene, chelsea team mates sharing a special moment after the match on friday but the contact continued into the tunnel in a chat that lasted around 25 minutes and that, not the on pitch hug, is what has caused this problem for both scotland and england. In a statement, the footbal
iam going i am going to tell you how bitterly cold it is going to be all week. wintry weather set to stay with us right throughout the week this week, all due to a biting easterly wind thatis all due to a biting easterly wind that is going to dry and plenty of snow showers for some of us. a number weather warning, continues and will stay us until monday lunchtime across parts of east anglia and the south east or some significant accumulations of snow. it isjust driving significant accumulations of snow. it is just driving and the south east corner as we speak, and as we go through monday, we ll see further snow showers pushing and across eastern england and eastern scotland. it will be hla start to a monday morning, icy stretches bursting in the morning as well. the feet of snow showers stays whether is is a threat on monday, and there will be some fairly organised bands of shower and snow going through the day, accompanied by some blustery, strong and cool easterly winds. it
matthew wilson his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that has come from everyone who knew him around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was but he truly was a joy to be around. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four year old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour. the first british woman to swim the channel. mercedes gleitze set a series of records for endurance swimming in the 1920 and 30s we ll speak to the director of a new film about her exploits. there is growing pressure on the prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. this morning, number ten has announced that there will be a cabinet office inquiry into claims from conservative mp nus ghani she was sacked as a minister partly because of her muslim faith. in the last hour, ms ghani has tweeted saying all she wants is for this to be taken seriously ,