on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay causing widespread disruption to the network across england and wales. only about 20% of the usual train services are running around the country and finishing much earlier than normal as the latest wave of strikes hit the railways. and a winning streak for emma raducanu, who picked up where she left off after beating serena williams to thrash victoria azarenka in cincinatti. good morning and welcome to bbc news. pupils across england, wales, and northern ireland are getting their a level, t level, and btec exam results. we are rooting for you. these students are the first cohort to sit exams since before covid 19. grades reached record highs last year during the pandemic when they were determined by teach
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. thousands of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are receiving their a level, t level, and b tec results this morning after sitting the first formal exams since the pandemic. this year, we ll see probably a tighter set of results than the last year. not quite where we were in 2019 but we re heading back to those pre pandemic assessment grade boundaries. the university admissions service says the number of students who have secured places at universities this year is the second highest on record we re live at their headquarters in cheltenham highest on record we re live at their headquarters in cheltenham. we d love to hear how you got on today, how your child has got on and what s next. get in touch with me
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. results are out for hundreds of thousands of students. this year, we ll see probably a tighter set of results than the last year. not quite where we were in 2019 but we re heading back to those pre pandemic assessment grade boundaries. the university admissions service says the number of students who have secured places at universities this year has fallen from their pandemic peak but is still higher than 2019. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay causing widespread disruption to the network across england and wales.