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. Its thursday 17th august. Im 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 receiving either an
News, the fa facing questions after england head coach mark sampson is cleared of making racist remarks about one of his players. 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 years 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. 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 thatis marks at a level has increased and that is despite reforming the s
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A message to the British Public to stay indoors this weekend i fed the British Public to stay indoors this weekend ifed the uks highest daily death tolls so far in the coronavirus pandemic. We all share a responsibility to tackle this virus, first and foremost by staying at home. After weeks of criticism over a shortage of personal Protection Equipment the uk government says there should be enough. In new york, a mass grave as the city tries to deal with the rapidly growing number of dead. Queuing forfood in calais we report on the migrants in camp
there searching for supplies. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. We are covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. We will go first of all to the white house because there is talk at the moment of a meeting g20 nations are having over oil production. We expect some news on the discussions in the la
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were focusing on the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. And new figures show that the United States has suffered its largest one day death toll. According to numbers compiled byjohns hopkins university, 2,108 people died in the past 2a hours. The United States has the highest number of cases this is bbc news. In the world nearly half a million. The headlines it has also suffered the second highest number of deaths 18,500. New york starts to bury some its onlyjust behind italy. Of the dead in a mass grave, as the city tries to deal new york state alone now with the rapidly growing has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any single number of deceased. Country in the world. Pictures have now emerged of a mass grave being used in new york city as the death toll there the state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country. Continues to rise. Latest figures record that over 7,000 have died fro
Measures put in place by National Governments to fight the pandemic signal the end for globalisation . Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. We are covering the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. The uk has recorded its highest daily increase in deaths due to coronavirus at the end of another week of tragic news for thousands of families. Today is the third day in a row in which the British Government has announced close to a thousand deaths reported in a day. The Daily Briefing today was led by Health Secretary matt hancock who confirmed there had been 980 reported coronavirus deaths in the last day, the biggest daily increase so last day, the biggest daily increase so far. It takes the total number of deaths in the country to 8958. Globally, there have been around 1. 6 million recorded cases of coronavirus. More than 100,000 people are reported to have died, according tojohns people are reported to have died, according to Johns Hopkins u