branwen jeffreys, bbc news, newcastle. in scotland a record number of students have achieved a grades in highers and advanced highers. but overall the pass rate has dropped slightly since last year. though it's still significantly higher than before the pandemic. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon reports. at the pace youth theatre group in paisley, they're rehearsing a show about heading to university. the pandemic meant no final exams for school students this year. but for those here, that didn't mean less work. in a normal year, i maybe would have sat five or six exams. that year, i sat 19. i really feel like the year has been so incredibly difficult, this year and last year, of course, as well. nothing was a fluke. results were based on teacher assessment — a fairer system, say these students who, like many others across scotland, have been awarded as. normally, all the pressure�*sjust on one day, and some people might have an off—day. the higher grades is kind of proof that this is a better way for student

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. there�*s been rain, runs and wickets on the third day of england�*s test with india at trent bridge. our sports correspondent, joe wilson, dodged the showers. there are special techniques required for cricketers touring england. how to hide the bat from drizzle — very useful this week. rishabh pant never keeps his powder dry for long. when he hits the ball to a fielder like this, it�*s a huge relief. one of five wickets in the innings for ollie robinson. now, you�*ll always remember when you watched england�*s most successful bowler in history. i took you to trent bridge. with this wicket, james anderson moved to the bronze medal position in the all—time list of the world�*s bowlers, kl rahul gone finally for 8h. but india were well ahead in the match. ravi jadeja saw to that. that�*s a six. what a shot that is! here comes a four. and there is a special way he celebrates getting to 50. wait for it... there. it is never bettered, although sometimes imitated. oh, good

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. downing street says there are no plans to cancel a decision to put down an alpaca on a farm in gloucestershire that's twice tested positive for the infectious disease bovine tb. tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a reprieve for the animal, called geronimo, but a high court judge has already ruled that he should be put down. the case has led to a debate about the testing methods used to identify bovine tb. with more, here's andrew plant. geronimo, in quarantine at this gloucestershire farm for the past four years, since he was imported from new zealand. now, though, he's set to be destroyed after owner helen lost her fight against his positive tests for tb. just frustrating. anxiety, trauma, constant letters backwards and forwards, constant legal options of what do we do. it's taken over my life. all of this was avoidable. we've had four years ofjust trying to sit down and rationally discuss the science. the science is just not there. today, downing street s

here's our education editor branwen jeffreys. at leeds, students were getting their first look around campus — tours for those starting this autumn. leeds isn't offering places in clearing and, with lots of students with good grades, they're asking some in business and law to wait a year. we're going to make them an offer to defer to next year, with an incentive of a cash payment of about £10,000 and our fee for their halls of residence in the first year being paid by the university if they choose to make the choice to defer. we're not putting pressure on anybody to make that choice — it's an entirely free choice. leeds is also offering to take extra medical students, after other universities were overfull. universities are working to make sure that students land in the right place this year. but the a—level results have thrown up a wider debate about what will happen when we go back to exams, how grades can be managed to make sure that students from every kind of background have a decent chance. labour says children in th

here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. at leeds, students were getting their first look around campus, tours for those starting this autumn. leeds isn't offering places in clearing and with lots of students with good grades, they're asking some in business and law to wait a year. we're going to make them an offer and to defer to next year, with an incentive of a cash payment of about £10,000 and our fee for their halls of residence in the first year being paid by the university if they choose to make the choice to defer. we're not putting pressure on anybody to make that choice — it's an entirely free choice. leeds is also offering to take extra medical students, after other universities were overfull. universities are working to make sure that students land in the right place this year. but the a—level results have thrown up a wider debate about what will happen when we go back to exams, how grades can be managed to make sure that students from every kind of background have a decent chance. labour says children in th

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, newcastle. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: singing sensation lulu on returning to the stage for the first time since the pandemic began. the inquest into the death of a man who attacked two people with a knife in south london in february last year has been shown footage of his fatal confrontation with undercover police officers. sudesh amman was shot dead after stealing a knife and wounding two bystanders in streatham high road. james reynolds reports. he was pursued by two of those same officers who'd been undercover officers as part of the team which were monitoring him. they raced down the street after him. footage was then shown from the shop boots, which showed sudesh amman stopping during this chase and turning around to face those two officers, who were about 8—10 feet away from him at the time. and then, he held his knife in his right hand, made a motion towards them, and they, the footage shows, shot him. he fell to the ground. other officers part of that undercover team arrived quickly by car, by mot

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, newcastle. in scotland, a record number of students have achieved a grades in highers and advanced highers. but overall, the pass rate has dropped slightly since last year, though it's still significantly higher than before the pandemic. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. at this youth theatre group in paisley, they're rehearsing a show about heading to university. the pandemic meant no final exams for school students this year. but for those here, that didn't mean less work. in a normal year, i maybe would have sat five or six exams. that year, i sat i9. i really feel like the year has been so incredibly difficult, this year and last year as well. nothing was a fluke. results were based on teacher assessment — a fairer system, say these students, who, like many others across scotland, have been awarded as. normally, all the pressure�*sjust on one day, and some people might have an off day. the higher grades is kind of proof that this is a better way for students to get the gra

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here's our education editor branwen jeffreys. at leeds, students were getting their first look around campus, tours for those starting this autumn. leeds isn't offering places in clearing and with lots of students with good grades, they're asking some in business and law to wait a year. we're going to make them an offer to defer to next year, with an incentive of a cash payment of about £10,000 and our fee for their halls of residence in the first year being paid by the university if they choose to make the choice to defer. we're not putting pressure on anybody to make that choice. it's an entirely free choice. leeds is also offering to take extra medical students after other universities were over—full. universities are working to make sure that students land in the right place this year. but the a—level results have thrown up a wider debate about what will happen when we go back to exams, how grades can be managed to make sure that students from every kind of background have a decent chance. labour says children in the nor

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our education editor branwen jeffreys reports from the north east of england where the number students acheiving top grades has risen — but not as much as everywhere else. after a tough year for students the moment of truth. fewer surprises in the envelopes this year, they know what work and tests teachers have used. and few in a bumper year for top grades and after all, proud of what they've achieved despite the disruption. the priority for us isjust to keep going and try to get to uni and where you want to go because if you can work through the pandemic and do all the online learning and get your a—levels what is stopping you going to uni? i think the standard has been there. it is not that we just walked in and they handed us the grades, we worked for them. regardless of what you've got - you should be proud of what you've done and i know my family will be i proud of the work i have put in. i here a star grades were slightly down, the principal says that they marked students over several months. they've had to learn from home and learning behind a screen is so different to being

let's get more details on that from our education editor branwen jeffreys. this was put in place for people who were not happy with the grades and sold for this first time we got a level on monday and gcse on a thursday. i level on monday and gcse on a thursda . , ., level on monday and gcse on a thursday-_ level on monday and gcse on a thursda . , . ., , , thursday. i understand that this is what the government _ thursday. i understand that this is what the government wants i thursday. i understand that this is what the government wants to i thursday. i understand that this is l what the government wants to keep thursday. i understand that this is i what the government wants to keep in place and not —— wants to see. i understand it would move to a system where students after their a—level grades would then go through the process of getting a university place rather than as of no applying where the applied months and months ahead and get their offers and then wait for the grades. it's part of a bigger picture shift to applying to university after qualification. this is england