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 maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 heavy rain moves through the area during the early morning hours, primarily impacting commuters between 3am and 6am. after that, rain should become lighter and more scattered. this will be the first of several storm system to impact us over the next 7 days. the next round of rain starts friday morning with showers lingering into saturday. then, a brief dry spell through sunday. next front arrives sunday night into monday with rain lasting through wednesday. we can expect anywhere from 3 to 4 inches of rain between now and next wednesday. highs today will reach the low 60s in most locations. the rain is causing major traffic problems this morning. kron four s averi harper is live in oakland where a big rig overturned on interstate 8-80. averi? thanks averi. we will check back with
a fight inside a manhattan bodega that ended in a stabbing. that fight began inside a bodega on west 179th street and ends with two people with stab wounds. kimberly richardson has exclusive surveillance video of the fight. she is live in washington heights with the details. reporter: well, joe, its not clear what sparked this heated fight and violent stabbing, but one witness tells me it was a crazy scene. it involved at least three people, one throwing blows and grabbing a huge kitchen knife and going after two others. the bloody crime scene stretched along audubon avenue to nearly 180th street. this is where things came to a violent end but this is where it all began. this surveillance video obtained eyewitness news shows a fight breaking out around 1:30 this morning. the owner rushes and ducks behind the counter. in a split second, he grabs a phone to call 911. on the other side, you see a man with a black hoodie fighting with a woman, pushing and shoving her. a secon
now, new york s number one news, channel 7 eye witness news. he escaped nazi germany during world war ii. tonight missing in manhattan and his family is desperate to track him down. first, an elderly woman smashed in the face by a stranger at her front door. she talks about the terrifying incident to eye witness news. good evening i m joe torres. i m lauren glassburg in for sandra. the suspects is linked to four other violent robberies throughout brooklyn and queens and almost all the victims are elderly women. they re looking for. sefan kim has the story. joe and lauren, this 84-year-old victim says she barely remembers what happened. this massive man hit her so hard he broke her nose. she s never felt unsafe in her own home until now. i don t know if he hit me with something. actually, i think there was something in his hands and it was larger than his hand and i just got it right here. what does it feel like now? awful. she heard a knock at her door and s
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