Are receiving their exam results this morning. Grades for a levels, btec nationals and t levels are released at eight o clock and will help students to progress on to university, an apprenticeship or employment. Our reporter kate mcgough has more. There have been many challenges for the class of 202a. Secondary school life dominated by a pandemic, a cost of living crisis and teacher strikes. Today, thousands of pupils will find out if they ve got the results they need. Despite all the disruption over the past four years, rebecca feels she s been able to focus on her a levels and btecs. When it came to gcses, it kind of impacted us, but i feel like with the support from teachers and things like that, i feel like we re able to get back on track and now i feel like we have overcome it in a way. This year group is the first since the pandemic to have no exam concessions. It marks a return to normal. At ashlawn school in rugby, they say they are still dealing with the impact it s had on men
Is becoming a saga of mixed messaging. We don t have a role in preventing flights from taking off. A number of these planes, they may have a handful of american citizens, will be allowed plane with hundreds of people, we don t know who they are to land on the us military base? it is worth remembering the vast majority of americans were unfettered, 41 congressman raise flags about the rushed and incomplete vetting of evacuees, not only are many of them now in america but it is reported they have free reign at fort pickett, virginia. Letting them leave, they can catch and uber and leave the base, they don t know exactly how many are even there s a they can t account for someone if they don t return. Reporter: the past few are the taliban said they would allow 200 americans to leave from kabul. A week ago the senate gave the administrative time and deadlines, how many afghan allies were left in afghanistan. The deadline came and went on tuesday. Jillian: hours from now president biden wil
Sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic this afternoon. 140,000 fans head to the track for the british grand prix, as lewis hamilton looks to keep his title hopes alive! the man hoping to circumnavigate mainland britain on a paddle board reaches the halfway point. We ll catch up with him as he rounds the top of scotland. And the uk makes the most of the sunny weather, as the hottest temperatures of the year are recorded. And there is more hot weather on the way for today. Sunshine is expected to last a few more days yet. Good morning to you. It s sunday the 18th ofjuly. Our top story: senior government ministers are waiting to hear if they will have to quarantine after the health secretary, sajid javid, confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus. Mrjavid held a meeting with the prime minister on friday, shortly before experiencing symptoms. It comes ahead of most legal covid restrictions being lifted in england tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley has this r
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hello and welcome to bbc news. face masks are to be worn in secondary school classrooms in england, to reduce the spread of the omicron variant. until now, england was the only one of the four uk nations where face masks were not recommended for pupils in class. six teaching unions have demanded urgent action to limit the spread of the virus. the government has also announced that 7,000 air cleaning units are to be made available to early years settings, schools and colleges to improve ventilation in classrooms. there s concern that rising cases will continue to impact staffing across vital services. public sector leaders have been asked to prepare for worst case scenarios of up to 25% staff absence rates. in europe, france has cut its self isolation period. fully vaccinated people who test positive will only have to isolate for seven days regardless of the coronavirus variant they are infected with, and can leave quarantine after five days if they show a negative pcr test.