nationals will still need permission to settle here after brexit. good morning. how quickly do you expect to get your online groceries? well, i ll be finding out about a new click and collect service in half an hour. in sport, it s sensational celtic. the scottish champions almost guarantee their place in the champions league group stages, thanks to a 5 0 home win over astana. and carol has the weather. good morning. currently we have rain pushing off in the direction of the north sea. as that clears we are into sunshine and showers, but parts of southern scotland and northern england will miss those showers altogether. i will have the details inis altogether. i will have the details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. students across england, wales and northern ireland will receive their a level results today, determining their admission into higher education. in england, it s the first year that students will get results after major reforms to a levels, incl
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
in the day, across wide parts of the british isles. a closer look at the afternoons whether, if you thunderstorms working across lincolnshire, and a fair few downpours expected today across northern ireland, western scotland, away from these areas, showers relatively few and far between, sunshine compared with yesterday, 25 degrees in london, if we get that, we have equalled the highest temperature we have got since august, not that that is particularly high for august. overnight, heavy downpours, scale and under is a possibility, and it will be a cool night. hailstones and thunder is a possibility. with a difference tomorrow, cold blustery wind blowing showers through, more prolonged rain across north east scotland, localised surface water flooding possible, wind becoming very gusty, across a swathe of northern ireland, gusts could reach about 50 mph around the coastal districts, that could be enough to bring down one or two tree branches, some localised disruption, tempe