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and nowadays, youve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news... the investigation into the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel continues — police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low—and—middle—income families has warned that "a catastrophe is coming this winter", unless...

the shooting of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel — merseyside police say the suspected gunman has not handed himself in despite repeated appeals. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked after failing to send officers in to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teachers. how bad is flying for the planet? google is accused of airbrushing the answer. england make a great start to the second test against south afri...

and her husband are being held on an immigration charge. and coming up this hour... the 17—year—old solo pilot whos broken two world records. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. 25 people, including two children, are now known to have died in a russian airstrike in eastern ukraine, according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president, volodmyr zelensky, said that a railway station was hit and several houses and cars were destroyed, in a series of...

and we will find you. a think—tank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. the pms former chief adviser dominic cummings has described mr sunak�*s criticism of the governments handling of the pandemic, as "dangerous rubbish. a police chief in uvalde, texas is sacked — afterfailing to send officers in, to stop the gunman who killed 19 pupils and two teacher...

39 kilometre time trial. The welshmans chances of winning the race were effectively ruined by the crash a couple of days ago, but the Team Sky Rider rode strongly on the lumpy terrain in the sagrantino wine growing region near peruguia to move up to 11th in the overall standings. Olympic silver medallist tom dumoulin was 49 seconds quicker, and stormed to the top of the general classification. He now leads the race by over two minutes. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers....

Results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher assessed grades in 2021. while some may look enviously at those receiving higher teacher assessed grades in 2020 and 2021, additional help was given this year as well. grade boundaries were set more generously than in 2019 and advanced...

This is the first year since 2019, before the pandemic, that traditional exams have taken place. fewer have achieved top marks compared with the previous two years when teacher assessments determined grades but that, says the government, was the plan. what we are seeing these results today is, yes, the return to examinations, albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption young people have faced over the past couple of years so results are higher than they were when we last had ex...

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Any time soon. hugo bachega, in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their results for the first gcse exmas in three years. all the pass rate for this years gcses has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. 0verall, 73.2% of gcses were marked at grades 4 or c and above this year — down from 77.1% last year, when grades were decided by teachers. it is still significantly higher than in 2019, the last year exams were physically sa...

Because of the pandemic. we now have the national picture for this years grades and pass rate. lets get the latest from our education correspondent sean dilley. i remember opening the envelope when i remember opening the envelope when i was a teenager. its a really tough, nerve—racking day, im sure it was for you. take us through the top grades, down a bit from the last two years but up from 2019? that was exected. two years but up from 2019? that was exoeeted- its — two years but up from 20...