also coming up, most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of britain memorial flight have been grounded. one display has already been cancelled. and production was halted on the 6th of march mission impossible film, because its star tom cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt while filming in london. this is bbc news and these are the top good morning. it s thursday 17th august. i m rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland have received their a level results this morning. in england, the results marked a major reform to the exams introduced by the government, including a move away from coursework and modular exams in 13 subjects and a decision to separate as levels to form stand alone qualifications. there was a fall of 0.2% in the overall pass rate which was down to 97.9%. but there was an increase in the number of students awarded the top grades with 26.3% of entries
the wait for a level results is over for hundreds of thousands of young people in england, wales and northern ireland. this year s results show a slight rise in a and a star grades, for the first time in six years. the results in england are the first since major changes were made to the qualifications, which mean students now sit their exams at the end of two years of study, instead of taking modules halfway through. in top grades, boys have moved ahead of girls. the first time that has happened in many years. the first time that has happened in many years. our reporter chi chi izundu has been with students opening their results at a college in east london. results day. years of studying and nervous expectation even to find out what you have got. for the first time in six years those getting top marks at a level has increased and that marks at a level has increased and that is despite reforming the system. really, really good. hopefully going on to studying accounting. are y
and the west indies continuing well into the evening. and how many carrots in this diamond ring? the woman who waited 13 years to find her lost engagement ring, in a very strange place. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the wait for a level results is over for hundreds of thousands of young people in england, wales and northern ireland. this year s results show a slight rise in a and a star grades, for the first time in six years. the results in england are the first since major changes were made to the qualifications, which mean students now sit their exams at the end of two years of study, instead of taking modules halfway through. in top grades, boys have moved ahead of girls. the first time that has happened in many years. our reporter chi chi izundu has been with students opening their results at a college in east london. results day. years of studying and nervous expectation even to find out what you have got. for the first time in six years those getti
it ll be a day/night encounter, with play between england and the west indies continuing well into the evening. and how many carrots in this diamond ring? the woman who waited 13 years to find her lost engagement ring in a very strange place. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the wait for a level results is over for hundreds of thousands of young people in england, wales and northern ireland. overall this year s results show a slight rise in a and a star grades, for the first time in six years. but the results in england were down slightly, where major changes were made to the qualifications meaning students now sit all their exams at the end of two years of study, instead of taking modules half way through. in the top grades boys have moved ahead of girls, the first time that has happened in many years. our reporter chi chi izundu has been with students opening their results at a college in east london. results day. years of studying and nervous expectation even to fin
you are watching bbc news, let s get more reaction to martyn mcguinness‘s decision that he is go to step down from front line politics. let s talk to the journalist and author david mckittrick. i spoke to you last week after the colla pse i spoke to you last week after the collapse of the power sharing executive and martyn mcguinness standing down there. today, he is citing ill health, but does the events of last week, do you think, play into some of this, to? just a little bit. as you have seen him, looking at the guy, he is in a bad way. his appearance deteriorated within a month or two. it was a bit ofa within a month or two. it was a bit of a shock when we turned on the tv sets a few weeks ago, and there was martyn mag mcguinness, so martyn mcguinness, so 2 ’ 2-35 554.“ ate $2.55 9;%;5§ z=2:2;; 5: “z as 2-224 2.4.“ £22432 92225252222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to 222 222 £22432 222252422222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to say that he comes as no surprise to say