lost the risk of shop thundery downpours, still the risk of a few isolated showers in east anglia, its frontal rain at the moment, fairly light and patchy, and we could see some heavy bursts and whisk facing cuts of wales and north west england this afternoon for up the cloud should remain broken in the south east, still quite warm out there and we are likely to see temperatures peaking at 25 or 26, the high 70s. a bit fresherfurther north and west, with a brisk wind, costing in excess of 35 mph. that frontal rain will sink steadily south and east this evening and overnight but getting weak considerably, with no considerable rain for the south east this evening at overnight, in fact, with the cloud around, it will stay quite muqqy cloud around, it will stay quite muggy through the night, 17 or 18, uncomfortable for a good night sleep. first thing, the isobars open up, the winds will fall lighter, which means any showers in north west scotland and northern ireland could be slo
with ukraine s president zelensky and turkey s recep tayyip erdogan. leeds university has expressed dismay after one of its phd students was jailed for 3h years after tweets criticising the regime. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. around 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements the overall pass rate is 92%. our education corres
we begin with more on twitter and the latest security concerns. as you ve been hearing, the company s former head of security alleges the social media giant has hidden negligent security practices, misled federal regulators about its safety, and failed to properly estimate the number of bots on its platform. twitter has denied the allegations saying they contain many inaccuracies and inconsistencies, but the revelations could have huge consequences for twitter, including possible fines and the potential unravelling of elon musk s bid to buy the company. joseph menn, from the washington post, was one of the reporters who broke the story. he explained what motivated peiter zatco to file this whistleblower complaint. peiter zatco is an unusual person, one of the most famous actors in america and has pioneered and co ordinated disclosure where security researchers find flaws in programmes and work with the vendors to establish fixes for the problems before going public. he led cy
were facing unacceptable stress . the letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. mark lobel reports. there have been days of disorder at prisons wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. this past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of prison officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. now the president of prison governors‘ association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. in an open letter to prison governors, andrea albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with population pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. ms albutt says the government s decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the prison system from respon
there s blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it and you don t have no doubt about it and you don t have any doubt about it either. rising pressure on care homes the number of places in england for people with substantial needs will need to rise by a third in ten years, a study warns. also the royal navy s new flagship arrives home. the 65,000 tonne hms queen elizabeth the navy‘s biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. britain truly has the best sailors, marines and officers in the world andi marines and officers in the world and i believe you deserve the very best equipment. that is what we have with hms queen elizabeth. and the name is great, daniel craig. the actor confirms he will return as james bond for a fifth and final time. good morning. it s wednesday 16th august. i m rebecca jones. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government has said it does not want border posts between northern ireland and the republic after brexit. a docu