and nowadays, you ve 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 government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
and her husband are being held on an immigration charge. and coming up this hour. the 17 year old solo pilot who s broken two world records. hello and welcome if you re 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 attacks in the dnipropetrovsk region. 31 people were also wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow s invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over in the town of chaplyne, in the east of the country, following those russian attacks. a train station was hit, and pictures from the scene show destroyed passenger trains, cars. several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday, as ukraine marked independenc
what do your children and grandchildren make of it all? they think it is quite amusing! they think, poor old fella, give him something to do! derek, is this the end of your renewed enthusiasm for exams or are you going to go on to do more, do you think? no, i think that is probably my lot, i think i shall go out on a high. a levels are next, surely. if you happen to be in shropshire today and see a nine foot dragon running around don t worry. it s just dayna power training for his next marathon. he s been donning the costume for years after a tragedy in his home town inspired him to try to do something positive. joanne writtle went to meet him. puff the running dragon is a popular site in bridgnorth. what many of his fans don t know
de frances, you know? if i win one, i ll be happy. maybe i want to go and try and win again, you know? but if i win a tour, olympic mountain bike gold, world champs in three disciplines, classics no one else has ever done that. it s a pride a whole country will feel if pidcock continues to enthral on anything with two wheels. matt warwick, bbc news, les gets. and the us open tennis, the draw is later today as well and you can follow it on the bbc sport website. the grand slam, the final of the year, gets under way with emma raducanu defending her title, getting under way on monday. that s all the sport for now. let s go back to our top story today, and thousand of teenagers in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their gcse results today the first year group to have sat gcse exams since 2019, after two years of cancellations
reason that is significant, the government and indeed the exams watchdog for england, who also have similar plans in wales and northern ireland, said they were aiming for a midpoint between 2019, the last year exams were sacked, and now. i imagine there are a lot of people who sat exams this year rather enviously thinking, crikey, you didn t have to do that the last couple of years, but help has been available and there has been more generous grading than in 2019 and there has also been advance information and formula sheets. there are pros and cons. this cohort of teenagers, they have done their exams and got their results. as they move to looking at higher education, where does it set them among the years they might have to fight with? initially it will be further education but you are right, some might have their eyes on higher education, maybe if you go for a science degree. but certainly for sixth forms and colleges. i wouldn t