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The pass rate for scottish school qualifications fell slightly this year — but a record number of a grades were awarded. a lawsuit is filed against prince andrew by a us woman who alleges she was �*trafficked to him' by the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, and then �*sexually abused�*. and let�*s get more on that final headline — a woman from the us has filed a civil lawsuit in new york, accusing prince andrew of sexual abuse. in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre claims she was trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, when she was 17. the duke...

Because of the pandemic. nearly 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded an a or a star — that's an all—time record, and much, much higher than when exams were last held in 2019. students�* work was assessed and graded by their teachers in place of exams. this year, no algorithm was used to moderate grades, after a backlash to last year's results led to a u—turn from the government. in scotland, pupils achieving a grades hit a record high this year as the pass rate for highers, advanced highers and national 55 dropped slightly from last year. elaine dunkley re...

Hello, this is bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire. here are your headlines at 5pm. oh, my god, yeah! wales and northern ireland. the education secretary says students deserve to be rewarded after more than a year of disruption. this cohort of students have had to deal with a level of disruption that no—one has ever seen before — not even during a world war — as a result of this pandemic. the pass rate for scottish school qualifications fell slightly this year, but a record number of a grades were awarded. three quarters of uk adults have now received both new york governor andrew cuomo is...

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 ...

This is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm: record numbers of top grades for a—level students in england, wales and northern ireland after exams were cancelled for a second year in a row because of the pandemic. i think we've experienced things that others years haven't, we've had a lot of uncertainty. and at the end of the day, our results came from tests that were done under exam conditions. in scotland, a record number have achieved a grades in highers and advanced highers, though the overall pass rate has dropped slightly. prince andrew declines to comment after an ameri...