that a way that northern ireland may go as well do you think?” that a way that northern ireland may go as well do you think? i think the whole face covering situation has been quite difficult. i am not a huge supporter of face covering all day. at the 13 children older and above. it feels to me that this compromise solution about communal areas and corridors will reduce the time that the young people have two wear them but also protect them in the spaces where social distance, it may not be able to social distance. it certainly is an initiative we are considering and one that i would encourage our schools in northern ireland to think about. in the message we've heard in the last few days from downing street, boris johnson, has been very much that it's more harmful to children to stay away from school dan to go back to school. is that something you would go along with? absolutely. there is a balance to be struck. young people have been saying this for quite a few months now. the balance have ticked away from keeping a physically saved to the ha

a visionary through some of northern ireland's darkest days. john hume was an enduring advocate of peace. ..shot them with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd is marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. driven by a belief that negotiation and democracy was the alternative to bullets and bombs, he took on the army, the police, and the ira paramilitaries, who tried to bring about a united ireland by force. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. if i were to lead a civil rights campaign in northern ireland today, the major target of that campaign would be the ira. and as a protest against... a career in politics had not been his earliest calling. he trained as a priest and then a teacher. but, galvanised by the injustice of discrimination against catholic communities in the 1960s, he became a leading campaigner for housing and employment rights. as a catholic who refused to support the ira, after the troubles broke out,

a visionary through some of northern ireland's darkest days. john hume was an enduring advocate of peace. ..shot them with rubber bullets and gas. the crowd is marching over there. the leaders were going to speak to you. before we even got there, you opened fire. driven by a belief that negotiation and democracy was the alternative to bullets and bombs, he took on the army, the police and the ira paramilitaries who tried to bring about a united ireland by force. there is not a single injustice in northern ireland today that justifies the taking of a single human life. if i were to lead a civil rights campaign in northern ireland today, a major target of that campaign would be the ira. and as a protest against... a career in politics had not been his earliest calling. he trained as a priest and then a teacher. but, galvanised by the injustice of discrimination against catholic communities in the 1960s, he became a leading campaigner for housing and employment rights. as a catholic who refused to support the ira, after the troubles broke out, joh

he is an iconic figure of northern ireland. seen by many as an absolute hero of the peace process , an absolute hero of the peace process, central to creating the conditions during some dark and violent times for northern ireland that paved the way for that good friday agreement in 1998. now, he was a continual advocate of peace. he missed no opportunity to speak out against the violence of the ira, a lwa ys out against the violence of the ira, always underlining his commitment to creating a united ireland through consent. you very much hated the violence of the ira, presented their actions while speaking on behalf of nationalist communities and being the rhythmic starting of his political career as a leading figure in the civil rights movement. in history, he has a place that will never be forgotten. bill clinton, the former us president called him the former us president called him the nelson mandela of northern ireland. his loss will be felt very deeply here today. he is an inspirational figure for many and i think your stor

let us start in northern ireland. boris johnson has been in belfast for his first face—to—face meeting with the irish taoisearch micheal martin since mrmartin got the job in june. the prime minister is also holding talks with the northern ireland first minister arlene foster and the deputy first minister michelle o'neill. the discussions will focus on northern ireland's response to covid—i9 and the uk's ongoing negotiations with the eu to reach a trade deal. mrjohnson will also announce plans to mark northern ireland's centenary year in 2021. arlene foster described the talks with the prime minister as constructive. let's listen to some of what she had to say. we have had a good engagement with the prime minister this morning. we covered a wide—range of issues. obviously we talked about brexit and the need for those promises in the command paper and protocol to be followed through on relation to unfettered access for northern ireland business services into great britain and in terms of goods coming from great

northern ireland. by friday we could see temperatures climbing up to 30 celsius and it looks like one will continue into the weekend, where it will be dry for most. a reminder of our top story... a warning that the uk's test and trace programmes need to be scaled up if schools are to reopen safely. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news. expect plenty of drama later in the championship play off final. notjust because of the huge sums on offerfor the winner and the promise of premier league football next season, testing yourself against the world's best, but the fact that just four miles separate west london rivals brentford and fulham at wembley. so as you can imagine a huge amount at stake. here's patrick gearey. looking forward to what is billed as the richest game in football. of course at stake is a place in the premier league. beyond wembley, it's su

the vast majority of gcses in northern ireland, 97%, are set by the northern ireland exams board over which the devolved government has authority but it is different with a—levels. 0f government has authority but it is different with a—levels. of all the a—level is taken in northern ireland every year about one in five is actually set by an english exam board. so if there is a change announced in england as regards a—level and as—level results, that could affect out of attitude the stormont executive takes as regards its next steps in this issue. chris, thank you very much. tomos morgan, what is the situation in wales this morning? there is mounting pressure on kirsty williams, the welsh education minister, here after what happened in northern ireland. what happened in northern ireland. what happened on thursday last week. the situation in wales last week was that pupils were going to get their predicted grades but then qualifications wales, wales' equivalent of 0fqual in wales, said the teachers had been overly generous, so the teachers had been overly generous, so they dow

hello, another warm if not hot day for england and wales, a bit cool across northern ireland, scotland on the north of england. sunshine around for most of the rest of the day, but there will be more cloud feeding in to eastern and north—eastern coasts of england, parts of cornwall as well hanging on to more cloud. highest temperatures across central and southern england, up to 35 or 3a celsius across south—east england, the high teens or low 20s further north. this area of low cloud in the north sea starts to push its way westwards, some misty and murky conditions, perhaps some showers late in the night, another very muggy night for many, away from scotland and northern ireland, temperatures across southern england may not drop much below 20 celsius. for many of us tomorrow, we may start with a lot of cloud, misty and murky conditions, a few showers cropping up through parts of the midlands and northern england. for most, a mainly dry day, the cloud will thin and break so we will see some sunshine again, the highest ten bridges across central and southern england. hello this is bb

the peace deal was a defining moment for northern ireland and forjohn hume. he was lauded as a visionary and heralded as a hero by pop stars and by presidents. mr president and mrs clinton, as you can see from the people of derry, you are very, very welcome here today. after he was awarded the nobel prize, mr hume maintained his international friendships and statesman—like reputation but he gradually stepped down from his elected roles at stormont, westminster, and brussels as his health declined. in his later years he was always greeted with admiration when he appeared at events in his home city of derry. perhaps more than anyone else, john hume was recognised as the father of the peace process. john hume who has died at the age of 83. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — joe biden is expected to announce his vice presidential pick soon. we'll look at the runners and riders. the question was whether we wanted to save our people and japanese as well and win the war or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our

ireland said it was completely unacceptable and her deputy, the sinn fein leader in northern ireland, michelle o'neill, she says, she should not have been there and it was entirely wrong that people like you and she flouted the rules. i do not believe i am above the law. farfrom it and, as to the virus itself, i actually have been sick myself with the virus. i was really quite ill so i better than anybody understand the value and necessity for public health restrictions and for respecting them and, for what it's worth, as you asked, on the down question, the cortege was limited to 30, as per regulations, and i was asked to read at the chapel at the requiem mass. i was happy to do so. we were masked and we were socially distanced. the difficulty arose was because bobby was a political figure, a huge number of people came out onto the streets and that was to be anticipated. in fact, the organisers of the funeral, at the family's request, live—streamed the event and it was watched by a 250,000 people. so, the numbers were big but they were potentially much bigger and i happen to think

notice frontal systems just fringing to the west of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, so cooler here, some showers. but elsewhere, we are pulling up this warm air, and it's going to stay with us as we head into the weekend. now, on friday, we'll have more sunshine than we did on thursday. away from northern ireland, perhaps north wales, western scotland, more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain here. but for many on friday, it'll be dry, very warm — if not hot. once again, we could see temperatures across central, southern and eastern england in the high 20s, low 30s celsius, maybe up to around 35 celsius around london. as we head into the weekend, we do hold onto that warmth, the temperatures ease slightly. but notice it's high pressure which is the dominant feature across much of the uk through the weekend, so we're looking at some dry weather, maybe a few showers across eastern counties as we had through sunday. counties as we head through sunday. still very warm, but the temperatures easing slightly. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to outside source.

northern ireland will see a solicitor showers. england and wales, intense little spots are at their behind me and there will be their behind me and there will be the risk of some intense thunderstorms. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure mounts over england's exam results fiasco, as the welsh government announces that a level and gcse students will now be awarded the grades predicted by their teachers. here we are the monday after a level results worrying there isn't a proper appeals process in place and that there is an confidence in the system frankly is not acceptable. northern ireland has also scrapped plans to take into account schools' past performances and instead will award gcse grades based solely on teacher estimates. and instead will award gcse grades anger on the streets of belarus — and instead will award gcse grades with a new wave of strikes to try to force president alexander lukashenko to step down. millions of self—employed workers in the uk can apply for a second coronavirus support grant, but fo

and her deputy, the sinn fein leader in northern ireland, michelle o'neill, she says should not have been there. "it is entirely wrong that people like you and she flouted the rules." well, i don't believe that i'm above the law. far from it. and as to the virus itself, i actually had been sick myself with the virus. i was really quite ill. so i, better than anybody, understand the value and the necessity for public health restrictions and for respecting them. and for what it's worth, as you ask, on the day in question, the cortege was limited to 30, as per the regulations. i was asked to read in the chapel at the requiem mass. i was happy to do so. we were masked. we were socially distanced. the difficulty arose, because bobby was a public figure, that a huge number of people came out onto the streets. and that was to be anticipated. in fact, the organisers of the funeral, at the family's request, live—streamed the event and it was watched by a quarter of a million people. so the numbers were big, but they were potentially much bigger. and i happen to think that the organisers of

it will be cooler, fresher across scotland and northern ireland. so, the threat of some very heavy rain and a lot of thunder and lightning over the next few days. gradually, the temperatures will get back to near normal by the end of the week and continue that way into the weekend. this is bbc news. i'm james reynolds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. anger on the streets of beirut. protesters call for reform as donors pledge $300 million to rebuild the lebanese capital. for years, lebanon has been buffeted by political corruption and mismanagement. but it's this catastrophe that has brought the country to its knees. aides of the hong kong media tycoon jimmy lai say he's been arrested for suspected collusion with foreign forces. clashes in belarus after pro—government exit polls suggest another landslide win for president lukashenko. australia's victoria state reports 19 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours — the country's deadliest day of the pandemic so far. hundreds of volunteers in mauritius are franti

of northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland for the day but it will be drier the further south and east you are with more sunshine and it will feel warmer too. this is the culprit this area of low pressure moving in off the atlantic, brings the rain initially to northern ireland and in scotland. quite a few isobars on the chart so it would be pretty windy. heavy rain with brighter colours for northern ireland pushing across the irish sea into the far north of england but mainly into scotland and it is western scotland, the western highlands which was see the rain really piling up by the end of the day. a windy day to come as well, for chi, maybe 50 mile power costs across the north—west. the further south you are, better chance of staying dry and feeling warmer, 23, 204 staying dry and feeling warmer, 23, 20 4 degrees and disappointing in the mid to upper teens celsius for the mid to upper teens celsius for the north. that rain slipped its way south into northern england and north wales as well. further spots of rain further north but drier across s

after days of controversy about grading, students across england, wales and northern ireland are getting their a—level and vocational results. it means my uni place is secure at northumbria. very happy, yeah. we will see what the royal navy says first, whether or not it is good enough, but hopefully yeah. if you've just got or are about to get your results we'd love to hear from you. are you happy or not with your grades? are you going to appeal based on your mocks results or do you think you might need to take the exams in the autumn? do get in touch at annita—mcveigh on twitter or use #bbcyourquestions. in other news — investigators are working to identify what caused a train derailment in aberdeenshire in which three people died. coronavirus cases surge gci’oss much of europe, with germany, france and spain all registering a record number of infections. a major study suggests that almost 3.5 million people in england may have already had covid—19 — far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk — after recor

ireland is, will this bea and northern ireland is, will this be a balanced playing field now that the devolved governments are doing slightly different things when it comes to the estimated grades at a—level, and they haven't even had the chance to work for a take those final exams. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, is in belfast. what's the picture there? some 28,000 students here in northern ireland were receiving their results today, and similar to elsewhere, they were based on predicted grades from teachers, then moderated and standardised by northern ireland to‘s exam body, and there has been widespread dismay and disappointment for some schools, is more than a third of results, 37%, we re more than a third of results, 37%, were lowered from the grades that we re were lowered from the grades that were predicted by teachers. northern ireland's exam body has explained this to some degree, saying it believes teachers can sometimes be overconfident when predicting results and if they had just taken the predicted grades from teachers there would have been a significant jump t

ireland and northern england. warmer still across the south—eastern corner, up to 26, 20 seven celsius. and temperatures rising further into friday. this frontal system keeping things fresh across northern ireland, north and west scotland but elsewhere temperatures building as the heat rises. on friday morning the heat rises. on friday morning the way of sunshine, a sunny day for many the way of sunshine, a sunny day for a the way of sunshine, a sunny day for many away from northern ireland and the west of scotland. we could see some heavy showers through the afternoon. but temperatures again the story on friday, up to around 34, 35 the story on friday, up to around 3a, 35 five celsius across south—east england. moving into the weekend high—pressure building so most of us have a dry weekend with some spells of sunshine but we are likely to hold onto the heat across a large swathes of england and wales, turning a bit cooler in the north and east. a reminder of our top story: the grim search for victims in bei

possibly fewer showers than sunday in northern ireland. and, again, just a scattering for england and wales, but by the afternoon, particularly in eastern areas, they are likely to turn heavy with some thunder around, slow—moving downpours. but away from the showers in the sunshine, feeling pleasantly warm, but the wind will be picking up in the north west of scotland. why? because we've got our next weather front on its way in. so, through the course of the night, it's likely to turn quite wet through northern ireland and also quite mild with lots of low cloud around, so a very different feel to our weather, i think, across north—western areas as we head into tuesday. in fact, through tuesday and wednesday, it does look wetterfor a time, some significant rain around and some stronger winds. but, again, it doesn't last. so, this is the low pressure which will be responsible for that rain, 50—60 mm over the highlands of scotland, tightly packed isobars denoting some stronger winds for many through tuesday and wednesday further south a

northern ireland is getting a special deal and the right to decide their own future. the prime minister offers scotland nothing. the lib dems, the most avowedly anti—leave party accepted it was time to move on. my passionate belief that the uk is better off as a proud member of the eu rather than being an irrelevant outsider has not melted away overnight. i will not cease to voice this opinion here and outside parliament, but i understand now the battle to stop brexit is over. the bill passed its first commons vote fulfilling borisjohnson's christmas lunch pledge. but when it got to the lord, the peers inflicted defeats. but the biggest row was over unaccompanied child refugees. a labour peer who himself came to britain as a child fleeing the nazis was unhappy that it would no longer allow children to come to the uk to be reunited with their families. the minister said the child refugees would be protected by other legislation. lord dubs was not satisfied. by giving young people legal routes to safety we are thwarting the traffickers as well as being humane in terms

england, wales, scotland and northern ireland all entered lockdown together in march. there was much talk of a four nations approach. but, with different parties in charge of the lockdown rules in the four different nations, the uk began to look like a federal state. some of the issues were familiar, wherever you live. in scotland, more people died from the virus in care homes than in hospitals. mistakes were made at the start, and they have led to the excess deaths we see today. first minister, in light of the tragedy in uddingston and others, do you agree that when it comes to testing in care homes that by any standards, this is a failure? first minister. no, i don't. let me say, i'm not even speaking as first minister here, i'm speaking as a human being. i deeply regret every single death from this virus, and i think all of us are in that position. but i also know, and i said, i think the very first time i stood in this chamber and talked about what we were dealing with, i said that mistakes would be made. i said i would make mistakes, the government would make mist

notice frontal systems just fringing to the west of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, so cooler here, some showers. but elsewhere, we are pulling up this warm air, and it's going to stay with us as we head into the weekend. now, on friday, we'll have more sunshine than we did on thursday. away from northern ireland, perhaps north wales, western scotland, more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain here. but for many on friday, it'll be dry, very warm — if not hot. once again, we could see temperatures across central, southern and eastern england in the high 20s, low 30s celsius, maybe up to around 35 celsius around london. as we head into the weekend, we do hold onto that warmth, the temperatures ease slightly. but notice it's high pressure which is the dominant feature across much of the uk through the weekend, so we're looking at some dry weather, maybe a few showers across eastern counties as we head through sunday. still very warm, but the temperatures easing slightly. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a two�

infections in northern ireland have risen three—fold since earlyjuly. stormont says it wants enforcement to be light—touch but warns fines of up to £60 are possible. the home secretary priti patel has been out with the coastguard in dover as pressure grows to reduce the number of migrants crossing the channel from france. a boat of 20 syrian migrants was intercepted by border force this morning and 4,000 migrants have successfully crossed the channel in small boats this year alone. our home editor mark easton reports. on land. at sea. and in the air. today the government sought to reassure its citizens that it can control britain's borders. the home secretary here in the blue dress boarded a police patrol boat with a personal photographer to underline her determination to stop the dinghy is breaching uk sovereignty. she was unavailable for interview. where are you from? syria. the political persuasion is evident. today the prime minister suggested he might sound government lawyers into the maze of international laws and conventions that structures br

a bit cooler and fresher both scotland and northern ireland. for sunday we start off on a bit ofa ireland. for sunday we start off on a bit of a grey note. may be a few spots of drizzle around but it looks as if that cloud willjust melt away as if that cloud willjust melt away as the sun gets going on it and much of the country will be dry and sunny into cloud lingering on across the north—east coast weather we'll be that cool breeze. another warm day for many. again, the heatwave in the south—east. temperatures of 33 degrees or so for the london area. as you move into next week we start to see their sundry low move up from the continent which is going to produce some intense showers and thunderstorms across the uk through next week. there will be hit and mist showers. not everyone will get them and there will be warm sunshine in between but humidity will be quite high as well. a greater threat of thundery showers will be across england and wales and you will notice as we move through the week those temperatures gradually coming down especi

schools in northern ireland have been closed for longer than in the other uk nations. reopening will be a learning experience for children, parents and teachers — a new term unlike any before. chris page, bbc news, belfast. that gives you an idea of what things are going to be like for younger children. here, this is one of the biggest secondary schools in northern ireland, more than 1500 pupils and i am joined by the assistant principal, rosemary. good morning, it will be a significant and busy morning for you, what has it been like so far? year 12 and year 14 have been coming in and we are pleased to see them, they seem happy. hopefully, they are feeling safe, we have a lot of new measures in place and we will get them used to that over the next coming days. they will be briefed this morning on the one—way systems, and hygiene, we have hand sanitiser is all over the school, there is one way science, social distancing science and form tutors will get them used to these new routines. quite a lot for staff and pupils to get used to, as expected. must have been a lot

, northern ireland, southern scotland. elsewhere come away from eastern areas, sunshine in the south east and the top temperature on sunday, 25. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 5pm — as students across england, wales and northern ireland receive their a—level and vocational results, anger and upset as thousands have their grades lowered. i haven't gotten into uni because of it, and i was supposed to be going to durham. and now i can't. so, i've got to look over options, i've got to appeal, go through clearing, resit my exams and we haven't been learning since march. around 40% of teacher assessements were downgraded. some headteachers are angry, describing the results as unfathomable and unfair. i've got kids in tears. i've never... in all the years i've been in teaching, 22 years, i've never seen so many unhappy students on a results day. israel and the united arab emirates agree to establish diplomatic

the wales and northern ireland governments announce they will do the same for their students. anger on the streets of belarus — with a new wave of strikes to try to force president alexander lukashenko to step down. millions of self—employed workers in the uk can apply for a second coronavirus support grant — but for many it's too late. a break with convention for the democrats — no razamatazz asjoe biden and kamala harris launch their golden ticket in the midst of a pandemic in a huge policy reversal, affecting hundreds of thousands of pupils, a level and gsce results across the uk will now be based on teacher assessments — rather than grades generated by computer analysis. the education secretary gavin williamson apologised this afternoon for the distress caused, and the chairman of the exams regulator quual acknowledged "the real anguish" and the damage to public confidence. our education editor branwenjeffreys has more. i was predicted a star and two as and i was given a star and b, b. stef has lost a place at cambridge. we have to work extra hard for where we we

ireland of today and his passing is a powerful reminder of how far northern ireland has come. former prime minister tony blair descirbed mr hume as a "political titan". saying he was "a visionary who refused to believe the future had to be the same as the past." former ulster unionist leader lord trimble, who was jointly—awarded the nobel peace prize withjohn hume, paid tribute saying: "he was a major contribution to politics in northern ireland, and particularly to the process that gave us an agreement that we are still working our way through". simon coveney, deputy leader of fine gael party, said "all of us should bow our heads in respect and thanks. what an extraordinary man, peacemaker, politician, leader, civil rights campaigner". former prime minister sirjohn major paid tribute tojohn hume's drive for peace, saying: "few others invested such time and energy to this search, and few sought to change entrenched attitudes with such fierce determination". earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke tojonathan powell, who was tony blair's chief of staff and helped negotiate t

northern ireland and scotla nd for sleeping. northern ireland and scotland starting mostly cloudy. brighton is up behind it, so after a bright start, heavier showers with in two. the rest of england and wales may catch a shower. low 20s, and it is of course race day tomorrow for the grand prix. a slight chance of catching a shower here. otherwise, it is looking like a dry day. let's take a look at the big picture into next week. monday mainly dry. to say, low pressure moving in so spell of rain for some of us. tuesday, it will be windier. there will be some rain around. temperatures for many of us in the teens. after we start the week of that, with much chance of seeing rain, it looks much warmer by the end of the week. hello this is bbc news with carrie gracie. the headlines: thousands of beauty salons, bowling alleys and wedding venues in the uk are facing at least another fortnight of closure following the government's plan to "squeeze the brake pedal" on easing restrictions. the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in mexico has overtaken the uk's. it's now the third highes

moving further north into northern england, up to northern ireland, threatening southern parts of scotland. sunshine in between the downpours in the south, the top temperature 25 celsius. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. hundreds of thousands of students in england, northern ireland and wales get their a—level results, with controversy get their a—level results, with co ntrove i’sy over get their a—level results, with controversy over the awarding of the grades over coronavirus. a, b, c! i've spoken to a lot of people who've all said their grades have been lowered. ijust think it's, like, really random and unfair. overall, you've got a very robust set of grades, plus you've got a situation in which more pupils than ever before are getting their first choice course at university and more kids from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university. donald trump announces what he calls an historic peace deal, between israel, and the united arab emirates. workers at some state—run companies in belarus down tools, amid continuing

theresa may's government was reliant on northern ireland's democratic unionists. boris johnson's version of the divorce deal has different arrangements the northern ireland. --he needs to under the understand the concerns of the customs in northern ireland. they have the potential for change. he needs to understand the concerns we share because we want to ensure we lead as one nation. labor licking out loans, jeremy corbyn expected parliament could not go on with the brexit results. but boris johnson spills was terrible, guiding the u.k. to deregulation and what he called a proxy deal with donald trump. >> the choice we know face is between keep us -- keeping the highest environment in order to get a future trade deal with the european union, or, slashing standards to match those of the united states, whether our so-called acceptable levels of peppery gut, medicine orange , medicine paprika orange juice. it's true. northern ireland is getting a special deal on the right to decide their own future. the prime minister offer scotland nothing. valiantk's most anti-bre

all of those waiting for gcse results in northern ireland. what proposal is he making? gcse results in northern ireland will in the mainjust be based on the predicted grades given by teachers. there will be no algorithms, no standardisation as mr weir put it. they will just be standardisation as mr weir put it. they willjust be awarded on the basis of what teachers believe each pupil would have got in their gcses should the exams have gone ahead as normal. a very significant announcement from the northern ireland executive and education minister peter weir of the democratic unionist party. he said exceptional time require truly difficult decisions to be made and he said he is conscious for gcses and like a—levels, there is no system level prior to performance data for that group of young people. in other words, there is no past exa m in other words, there is no past exam performance which can be added in to the process. that is the official reason he is given, is giving for this decision gcse grades will be just be based on predictions. it

of northern ireland and the far west of northern ireland and the far west of wales and intercom. a chilly breeze wherever you are, but the wind gusts around the eastern side of england 30 to a0 file —— a0 mph and stronger in coastal areas where temperatures are in the mid to low teens. and nowhere is particularly warm this weekend, even where you do get to see some sunshine. still some outbreaks of rain or showers towards parts of eastern and south england overnight can still quite windy here. still a few showers around northern scotland and may be the west of northern ireland. away from the cloudy and windy parts of eastern england, it is a chilly night, sheltered glens in scotland won't be too far away from freezing as we start the day tomorrow. still one or two as we start the day tomorrow. still one oi’ two showers as we start the day tomorrow. still one or two showers around scotland and northern ireland, but tomorrow, any and northern ireland, but tomorrow, a ny early and northern ireland, but tomorrow, any early rain towards the far south east of england, especially

i know that schools go back today in northern ireland and in leicestershi re northern ireland and in leicestershire this week, in england, but most schools next week in england. we have had this proclamation from the prime minister and chris whitty as well about there being a bigger risk of not sending children back to school. what are your medical thoughts? children haven't been at school since march and the whole reason of keeping them off school is that we were concerned that parents coming into school, the higher volume of congregation, the spread of the virus would be a lot more. children don't get affected but we were worried that children would pass it on to other vulnerable people in the community so we had to close the schools to protect lives and protect the pressure on the nhs. as we have come out of that, we have realised that children are the least affected, not .8% of admissions tutor covid—19 —— 0.8% of admissions from covid—19 is children under 18. there have been a couple of cases where children have had kawasaki disease but that is incredibly rare. we need t

also coming up tonight northern ireland mourns the passing of john hughes the nobel peace laureate whose wife's work made it possible to turn the troubles into peace john hume genuinely was a political titan i don't think we would have to have really got the peace process going and. implemented if he hadn't been down offering help and advice. which our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the reality of the pandemic in germany and the people who refused to believe it on saturday the streets of central berlin were flooded with protesters who say the coronavirus pandemic is fake they demanded an end to face mass requirements social distancing rules and all measures to stop the viral spread when police moved in to disperse the crowds there were skirmishes dozens of officers were injured 3 were hospitalized now images of pandemic deniers marching through berlin have shocked the world germany has been praised for its early response to the outbreak the mortality level from the corona virus is one of the world's lowest here but that succe

one or two showers dotted about through northern scotland and into northern ireland. the vast majority looking dry, but, yeah, clearly not particularly warm. but at least that northerly wind‘s easing, though it is still quite noticeable the further east you are in england. but it continues to die down overnight and we are left overnight with some cloud around, some clear spells, and temperatures dipping down once again, well down into single figures for some of us. maybe not quite as chilly as it was for some last night, where the temperatures, for example, got close to freezing in northern ireland. let‘s take a look, then, into bank holiday monday, except in scotland where it isn‘t, and that high pressure still in control, there will be quite a bit of cloud around. some bright sunny spells. it will be a dry day out there with temperatures again in the mid, and just a few spots into the upper teens. there is a weather system approaching from the atlantic and it looks as if any rain from that will be very late in the day in northern ireland, but more especially o

one or two showers dotted about through northern scotland and into northern ireland. the vast majority looking dry, but, yeah, clearly not particularly warm. but at least that northerly wind's easing, though it is still quite noticeable the further east you are in england. but it continues to die down overnight and we are left overnight with some cloud around, some clear spells, and temperatures dipping down once again, well down into single figures for some of us. maybe not quite as chilly as it was for some last night, where the temperatures, for example, got close to freezing in northern ireland. let's take a look, then, into bank holiday monday, except in scotland, where it isn't, and that high pressure still in control. there will be quite a bit of cloud around. some bright sunny spells. it will be a dry day out there with temperatures again in the mid, and just a few spots into the upper teens. there is a weather system approaching from the atlantic and it looks as if any rain from that will be very late in the day in northern ireland, but more especially overni

and in northern ireland, temperatures will reach 20 degrees. the heat,though, is really focused on the south midlands, southeast wales, the west country, southeast england and east anglia. 33—34, possibly even 35 degrees to the west of london. into next week, the heat will slowly subside, and it is only very slowly, but we have got this increasing risk of some torrential rain and thunderstorms. that could start to develop on sunday night into monday morning, and the focus looks like it's more of these western areas with those storms pushing their way northwards. now, large parts of the country will still be dry and quite sunny. more sunshine, perhaps, around some of those north seacoasts. but, again, the highest temperatures are towards the southeast of the uk. now, what's happening is that higher pressure is less in charge of our weather. pressure is falling from the south, we've got a weather front trying to push in from the west as well. so the air is essentially destabilising, which is why we have got this increased risk of some very heav

well, there are similar frustrations among some students in northern ireland. earlier, our correspondent emma vardy said more than a third of results had been downgraded. well, some 28,000 students here in northern ireland were receiving their results today, and similar to elsewhere, they were based on those predicted grades from teachers then moderated and standardised by northern ireland's exam body. here, too, there has been widespread dismay and disappointment for some schools as more than a third of results, 37%, were lowered from the grades that were predicted by teachers. now, northern ireland's exam body has explained this to some degree saying it believes teachers can be overconfident sometimes and that if they had taken those predicted grades from teachers, there would have been a significant jump in results this year, which they don't think would have been a fair reflection, but this has led to some strong criticism from schools, schools saying they don't think the system worked, that it was erratic, it wasn't consistent. 0ne headteacher told the bbc

northern ireland and scotland whether from producing northern ireland and scotland whetherfrom producing rain sought your temperatures more likely to be in the low 205. whether darker colours are that is where the higher temperatures will be. we have the rain coming in across northern ireland and also western scotland but a lot of dry weather. you could see the shower in eastern scotland. temperatures will be the main things. 30 in the midlands, low 205 across parts of scotland. as we head on through the evening and overnight, the weather front weakening all the time. by the time gets into northern and south—west england, it will not be much more than a band of cloud with the odd spot of rain. in the sheltered glens can get down to 6—7. but very muggy and uncomfortable for sleeping in in other areas. tomorrow, a band of cloud in the centre of the country. seabreeze means it will be cooler along the north sea coastline and temperatures down a touch on today except for in the south where we are still going to be pretty hot. not quite 36 but still into the low to mid 305. and then for s

going to be very wet for parts of northern ireland and west of scotla nd of northern ireland and west of scotland for the day but it will be dry the further east you are with more sunshine. this is the culprit for this area of low—pressure moving in off of the atlantic charting to bring the rain initially to in ireland and scotland. there's isobar is on the chart is going to be pretty windy as well. initially that rain heavy with the brighter colours in therefore northern ireland, pushing across the receipt into the far north of england and many to scotland. it's made the western islands by the day. 40 or may be 50 mph gusts across the northwest and a breezy day further south, but like i mentioned that her chance of staying dry, 23 or 24 degrees here and the mid to upper teens associates. tuesday and that rain begins to slip southwards with much of northern england and north wales as well. for the spots of rain for the north but drier across other areas, start to importand drier across other areas, start to import and mileage are more humid air mass from the southwest and temperatur

it gives northern ireland a

also coming up tonight northern ireland mourns the passing of john hughes the nobel peace laureate whose life's work made it possible to turn the troubles into peace john hume genuinely was a political titan i don't think we would have to have really got the peace process going and. implemented if he hadn't been down offering help and advice. which our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the reality of the pandemic in germany and the people who refused to believe it on saturday the streets of central berlin were flooded with protesters who say the coronavirus pandemic is fake they demanded an end to face mask requirements social distancing rules and all measures to stop the viral spread when police moved in to disperse the crowds there were skirmishes dozens of officers were injured 3 were hospitalized now images of pandemic deniers marching through berlin have shocked the world germany has been praised for its early response to the outbreak the mortality level from the coronavirus is one of the world's lowest here but that succes

white ireland and scotland —— northern ireland and scotland —— northern ireland and scotland —— northern ireland and scotland. interesting, that. yet. it was arranged, about half past nine, the decision was made. we initially suggested 4am on sunday morning, but again, we couldn't really... there has been this confusion throughout the relaxation of lockdown, scotland is bring something, we do it... the more done together, there is not as much confusion. i think there was not a huge none of resistance put on by grant shapps, he went on with it, but you can imagine last night, you see the news on twitter, you're going to spit it out... there is going to spit it out... there is going to spit it out... there is going to be lots of grumpy people at the airport at the moment. they do not know there was a genetic and risk — look what happens in spain a few axial. it happens to grant shapps. i think a lot of people were ready for it but i think a lot of people don't want to quarantine, so thatis people don't want to quarantine, so that is why there is this exodus from france to get back and th

also coming up tonight northern ireland mourns the passing of john hughes the nobel peace laureate whose life's work made it possible to turn the troubles into peace john hume genuinely was a political titan i don't think we would have to have really got the peace process going and. implemented if he hadn't been down offering help and advice. which our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the reality of the pandemic in germany and the people who refused to believe it on saturday the streets of central berlin were flooded with protesters who say the coronavirus pandemic is fake they demanded an end to face mass requirements social distancing rules and all measures to stop the viral spread when police moved in to disperse the crowds there were skirmishes dozens of officers were injured 3 were hospitalized now images of pandemic deniers marching through berlin have shocked the world germany has been praised for its early response to the outbreak the mortality level from the corona virus is one of the world's lowest here but that succe

england, wales, scotland and northern ireland all entered lockdown together in march. there was much talk of a four nations approach. but, with different parties in charge of the lockdown rules in the four different nations, the uk began to look like a federal state. some of the issues were familiar, wherever you live. in scotland, more people died from the virus in care homes than in hospitals. mistakes were made at the start, and they have led to the excess deaths we see today. first minister, in light of the tragedy in uddingston and others, do you agree that when it comes to testing in care homes that by any standards, this is a failure? first minister. no, i don't. let me say, i'm not even speaking as first minister here, i'm speaking as a human being. i deeply regret every single death from this virus, and i think all of us are in that position. but i also know, and i said, i think the very first time i stood in this chamber and talked about what we were dealing with, i said that mistakes would be made. i said i would make mistakes, the government would make mist

key figures in the northern ireland peace process have paid their tributes tojohn hume, the catholic politician who has died at the age of 83. he received a nobel prize, for his efforts in bringing about the good friday peace agreement in northern ireland. it's about half past two in the morning. it's time for a look back now and friday's bafta awards. hello. i'm your high—energy host for the bafta television awards extra time, where you get to see the awards you missed on the bbc one show, so that, stand, or lie, semi— relax and attempt to enjoy discovering all the other winners tonight. live event. blue planet live. i'm watching the body language of individual sharks. presently theyjust cruising around with their pectoral fins spread like wings. if there fins come down below them like this, they are getting ready to make a. operation live. the operation to treat the aneurysm in the 57—year—old's brain is under way and we are going to be showing you every step of the operation, live, in real—time. glastonbury 2019. music. election 2019 live, the results. this is the most i