hello, this is breakfast with tina daheley and rogerjohnson. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the a—level results process has been plunged into further disarray after the exams regulator for england withdrew its guidance on appealing against grades — just hours after publishing it. good morning. on saturday, 0fqual outlined details welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. on how mock exam results could be our headlines today: used in the appeals process. confusion for students and teachers, as the exam regulator withdraws key but late last night it deleted guidance on appeals, the advice from its website, saying further information will be just hours after publishing it. published "in due course". the chair of the education it comes amid mounting anger select committee robert halfon has from students over the uncertainty described the decision as farcical. of their futures. when i opened it i was in complete shielding guidance for people who are most clinically vulnerable has ended in wales. shock. i have never felt so let down around 130,000 people had been advised to stay indoors by the education system and the when the pandemic took hold government. the end of shielding in the uk, in march, but can now go to work, as wales becomes the last nation school or shopping. to suspend its guidance for the most vulnerable. manchester city crash out of the champions league. shielding has already a series of blunders saw them beaten been paused in england, scotland and northern ireland. by lyon as city miss out on the semi the welsh government says

finals for the third year in a row. the situation could change again if cases begin to rise. bursting from two separate points on the cliff face there. taylor swift's tribute let's find out what it means, and my intention is to follow to the lake district — the river from here, and what impact it could have, at its very beginning, with gp rosemary leonard. until it meets the danube, in belgrade. and what the locals make of it. it's a near 1,000 kilometre course, flowing through four countries that good morning to you and thank you just over 25 years ago were joined as part of yugoslavia. good morning. grey, misty and murky for taking the time to talk to us. the emerald waters snake through the cliffs and then widen let's talk first about the shielding into one of the sava's main tributaries, which has now become for much of the uk today. a lot of famous for watersports. and about wail. 0bviously and i'm getting a face clout out there, a lot of humidity first perspective. let's talk first about the shielding and about wail. obviously the final this is bellyaking. and, yep, there's as well and later this afternoon, of the four nations to relax a hint in the name. it looks like a kayak, particularly the threat of some shielding in the wake of the but you lay on top of it infa nts particularly the threat of some infants wondering showers spreading and use your hands to paddle. pandemic, or as it continues many like many slovenian kids, luka grew up in the countryside to the south with a further risk of people will probably feel that they flooding. more details, as ever, coming up. are too anxious to just throw off the shackles and go out. there has further down the valley, two tributaries merge and the sava it's sunday the 16th of august. starts its journey proper. our top story. and at the fork in the rivers lies been a lot of anxiety and other this majestic castle, lake bled, the exams regulator in england has withdrawn its guidance on appealing countries, england and scotland and and its historic castle against a—level grades — northern ireland about shielding and just hours after publishing it. people going out that we have got of the same name. on saturday, quual outlined details learn to live with this byron's stop on how mock exam results could be people cannot stay cooped up for used in the appeals process, ever. and as we have seen with this this is slovenia's oldest castle, but late last night it deleted the advice from its website. first built in medieval times.

our political correspondent pandemic, there is confusion about who should and should not shield. it's got a kind of fairytale ambience to it and, because of its location, it's been a strategic who are the most vulnerable people? lookout for 1,000 years. jonathan blake reports. initially those thought to be and standing here, vulnerable are not so vulnerable after a ll vulnerable are not so vulnerable after all as we have learnt more. so i can kind of get why. you can see for miles! stu d e nts students who feel they have been people who have been shielding you failed by the system. anger at the need to learn to venture out. government's handling of a—level results in england. we want a u-turn 0bviously they need to respect social distancing and take care, use like has been done in scotland where this place is legendary they admitted they were wrong and hand sanitiser and hope other people in slovenian history. was sorry and that is what we need wear a mask to protect them and they 0n the banks of the lake still sits as well. we organise the protest the former holiday home wear a mask to protect them and they of the father of post—world wear a mask to protect others. but war ii yugoslavia, today because it is simply not fair. if you feel you are extremely presidentjosip broz tito. students across the country have vulnerable and you are worried about been let down by the system. there going to work, it is up to your is no idea what is going on about employer to do the risk assessment tito took the helm of the newly to say should you be at work or not. the appeal process and that is my formed federal republic and more future hanging in the balance. or less kept the country together stu d e nts future hanging in the balance. students hoping to appeal against in your career you have worked with until his death, in 1980, their allocated grades had given public health england and there is a when yugoslavia began to fall apart. story on the front page of the some guidance yesterday on how their sunday telegraph today that the mock exam results could be used. but health secretary, matt hancock was slovenia became the first to break coming back to work after his summer away, with a short—lived war that break is going to scrap public lasted just ten days. hours after the exams regulator it's been a sovereign nation state published details on how appeal is health england and set up a new body based on mock results were, was since 1991, and my next stop down the river sava pulled and late last night a which brings together public health england and nhs test and trace,

statement from quual said earlier is slovenia's capital, ljubljana. aimed more at dealing with today published information about pandemics. what is your assessment of that? i think some changes are the city centre is made up of vast mock exam results and appeals. the squares, lined with baroque policy is being reviewed and further buildings and the streets are packed information will be published in due required. like most medical with tourists ambling around. but it wasn't always like this. course. no reason was given for the professionals i felt that public just over a decade ago ljubljana decision and the department for health england, particularly early in the pandemic were not meeting the was clogged with traffic education, which had welcomed the guidance, appeared to be unaware of criteria. they did not seem to be to and the city's main piazza what had happened and why. students was a car park. thejob, particularly when criteria. they did not seem to be to the job, particularly when we had the job, particularly when we had the situation early on when medical but in 2006, the city's mayor professionals and those working on getting results without taking exams the front line could not get a made the decision to ban this year have faced added covid—19 test. that was ludicrous cars from the centre. uncertainty. now those who feel they now the only vehicles allowed have been unfairly marked down will are these so—called cavaliers, and something needed to be done. face further confusion about how to public health england have clearly electric cabs that give free lifts appeal and their will be added been stretched by this. they do not to those with luggage or who need extra help getting around. pressure on the government over its handling of the whole exams process. seem to take the leap that has been required and it is good that now if you had to compare how this city action has been taken and that we looked ten years ago to now, so yet more uncertainty for a—level will hopefully have a better body can you tell me the difference? stu d e nts so yet more uncertainty for a—level students this morning. our political correspondent peter saulljoins us now able to make decisions in a timely from our london newsroom. peter, what do we know about how way. also only this week we had and why the guidance was withdrawn? good morning. it is very messy sudden decision about people

suddenly needing to enter quarantine. we need better control indeed, isn't it? remember, the of this and the public need better information so i think it is a very advice changed the day before good idea. it has been a difficult results day so pupils could use their mock results as part of an appeal so you could argue that time and everything changes daily so for anybody, any organisation it quual were quick and getting criteria up yesterday but then hours would difficult and they are later they were taken down again. bringing together test and trace a p pa re ntly later they were taken down again. protest a nd bringing together test and trace protest and trace itself has been apparently to the surprise of the department for education. no wound down and more responsibility official reason has been given for being given to public health the criteria being taken down but officials in local councils. is this many people have picked up on one particular line which said that if really going to fix things? you you have a better result in your bring together something that is not done well and has stretched with mock exam then you did in your and the children are something else possibly has not done particularly well. every country has still following you. predicted grade then the predicted grade stood. that appeared to and it's notjust the kids that contradict what the government said struggled, obviously with in its so—called triple lock that coronavirus but what you have to you could take the best result from learn as you go along and test and are using the car—free your mock, or thursday or a reset. trace, clearly the tracing has been streets as a playground. the problem. we have testing the so labour said that that commitment filip and blaz are ambassadors for the city. was unravelling. this was always tracing seems not to have worked. we they met when one was going to be complicated and a juggler and the other a gymnast, and together do need to have a body that has controversial, basing grades on became a social media sensation things that were not actual exams taking place in the summer. as they better control and, hopefully, the remit of this new body, we don't know what it will be, this is only a with their urban acrobatic antics. ordinarily would be. but at the story in the papers we don't know we tried to put ljubljana for certain it will happen full but

heart of this, thousands of students on the map in our videos. who would ordinarily know by now there has been talk at high levels so you can imagine running what the next step would be a really in a circle or something, in limbo at the moment. thank you. something needed to be done to we would run off a building. and you've done that? improve how the country managed the yeah. we will be talking to many people about the story over the course of pandemic. they are talking about the morning. a campaign aimed at persuading filip and blaz have good reason parents in england it will be safe calling at the national institute for children to return to keep the city centre, to the classroom in september for health protection. can we talk which doubles as their performance is being launched by the government. space, spick and span and they've been part the adverts, which carry the hashtag of the efforts to keep "back to school safely", about schools? we're talking about a it that way. will be shared online, levels in forthcoming results this in newspapers and on radio, and will highlight the various week that obviously looming over all measures being used to minimise the risk of coronavirus of this is the return. scotland are already ahead of the game here but cheering wow! transmission. thank you! the return to school in other parts once a year we have action. more than 100,000 people of the uk. how can parents be considered most at risk from coronavirus can stop shielding the whole of slovenia is cleaned up and the river, from today in wales. assured that it will be ok? the they have divers and clean up vulnerable patients had been advised all the bicycles out. to stay indoors when the pandemic and you've played a big took hold in march. research is that young children do part in those campaigns? aisling mcveigh has this report. not seem to spread the virus. they yeah. do not get it badly and do not seem we try to help. to get it full so far the research we are strong, so we lift just over two weeks after the rest actually has been that schools, all of the heavy stuff, opening schools does not seem to help them to keep it clean and keep of the uk, people who are shielding make a difference to infection in wales will no longer have stay it on the next level. rates. there has been an incident in citywide cleanups and specialist germany where they had to shut a waste disposal points helped indoors. around 130,000 people with the capital win the accolade school and what i think is of of being europe's greenest city

underlying health conditions had overriding importance is that young been advised not to leave their people get to education and their in 2016, and filip and blaz are keen homes after lockdown measures were to encourage other locals lives return to normal. this and tourists to see the potential announced. the welsh government now believes the risk is much lower. at in ljubljana's spruced up streets. pandemic has proportionately the moment we see very few new cases affected young people. i know it is wow! here and that means we now have scope to say to those people who old people who have a lot of old and the gymnasts are firm have been in the most vulnerable people, they have died but the believers that anyone can group and have been shielding, that mental health affect of a long—term be taught to do this. effect on young people, particularly they can now come out of shielding just change the arms. and start to reengage with society, oh, sorry. start to get back to their normal those at socio—economic advantage yeah, like this. and three, two, one, go! has been huge and i think that needs lives. as with the rest of the uk, to be recognised. it is said there see? i told you it's simple. support has been available to those you can move one arm as well. who have been unable to venture out are2 to be recognised. it is said there are 2 million children who have had no education for six months stop we push ups! three, two! but some of it, like the direct food three... have got to get these young and delivery service, will come to an vulnerable people back into school. end. despite that, some charities local gps i i don't know how i managed that. vulnerable people back into school. localgps i am vulnerable people back into school. local gps i am seeing the mental are advising patients to continue to health affect it is having on young it's kind of superhuman strength. shield. people continue to be people, and the a—level results, clinically vulnerable and they distress and distraint and the time to leave this urban oasis deserve all the protection they can results to come this week. we have and head downstream again to radece. get from the government and people got to start looking after, this region, like most of slovenia, have been lucky enough to have a is densely forested and has a thriving timber industry. transplant for the first three prioritising our young people, particularly those at socio—economic months afterwards they need to disadvantage. we need to prioritise continue to shield, they need to them much better. always good to self isolate and look after that hi. talk to you on the programme. precious kidney and the chance that nice to meet you.

they have been given. the welsh government acknowledges that the relaxation will be an anxious time time now to get some sport with welcome. hundreds of years ago, for some people but it has reiterated that this is just a pause holly. an manchester city fans will the sava was the only way to get and there may be some form of the huge logs to major cities be feeling the pain again today. the across the balkans. shielding in the future if the virus and i'm here tojoin other tourist third year in a row that they feel to get a taste of those increases. this pain. centuries—old rafting journeys. manchester city crashing out the republic of ireland has reported of the champions league the highest increase in new cases at the quarterfinal stage. of coronavirus in the country as kevin debruyne put it, "a different year, same stuff." since the beginning of may. there were 200 new this time they were cases on saturday. beaten 3—1 by lyon ireland's acting chief medical and city fans may have questions. officer, dr ronan glynn, we managed to revive this tradition, how did sterling because otherwise we would forget said there were multiple clusters miss that open goal? of cases around the country how did keeper ederson all that and it was important which will be monitored "extremely let that third one in? because it was alive more than 500 years ago. and did pep guardiola closely" over the coming days. get his tactics all wrong? perhaps austin halewood and duska sees the sava a search is continuing for two teenagers last seen in the sea has the answers. playing a much larger role near lytham st annes in lancashire. in the region in the nearfuture. heartbreak for manchester city, defeated in the quarter—finals once the coastguard, rnli and police again. were called after reports of three youths in difficultyjust before according to their manager, now there is a perception seven o'clock last night. these men had a once—in—a—lifetime of sava as a connector. a 15—year—old boy managed to swim connecting with who? to safety but a 16—year—old opportunity to win this competition. with other communities and 18—year—old, both believed to be doors may have been closed yet along the river and, the defence for city most important, connecting also from dewsbury in west yorkshire, across border regions. are still missing. was inadvisedly open. croatia, bosnia, serbia. and we already started to connect. lyon were so surprised to have this baby steps, they are still, but, yes, we are connecting now chance he wondered if it along the sava river. were off side. anti—government protesters have held

city were the overwhelming but before i head across to my next demonstrations for the seventh day favourites and needed to loosen up but as frustration country on the sava, in belarus, as unrest continues to spread across the country. grew and doubts worked, the protests were sparked kevin debruyne stepped up duska tells me i need to be fully by accusations that initiated into life on the river president alexander lukashenko and manchester city breathed again. with this time—honoured tradition. rigged last week's elections surely the game was only are you going to behead me? to extend his 26—year rule. going one way now. but lyon, seventh in the french the leader says he's agreed league sprang free once with president putin that russia again. would provide what he called ‘comprehensive assistance' no, we don't do that any more! in the event of an external squeezing ahead, after this goal but if you want to be a member, was checked by var for a foul. you have to show us if you are able chances had to be taken military threat. to sharpen that wooden stick. and they would not get any bigger or simpler the duke of cambridge has addressed the nation in a televised tribute than this by sterling. honouring veterans on vj day, a miss he will surely ah, you show me. 75 years after his great grandfather relive because barely had gave a speech marking the end of world war ii. he lifted his chin from the floor in the pre—recorded message, prince william urged the public to remember their responsibility than lyon were at the other end. to "learn the lessons of the past and ensure that the horrors of the second world war are never what these guys have done, repeated." they deserve it, they deserve to do and just when i thought the wood chopping was bad enough... it again or to go through and reach here you go — on your knees. semifinals but we are not able. you have to leave the head down. it is hard for us to imagine what but life is how you stand up again victory over japan they it is hard for us to imagine what victory overjapan they must have like this. felt like at the time. a mix of and next season we will try again. happiness, jubilation and sheer

relief. together with a deep sadness so manchester city's wait for the trophy whoa! baptised by the water and overwhelming sense of loss for they are missing goes on. those who would never return home "horrible". stop today we remember those who that's how exeter‘s director enjoyed terrible suffering and of rugby rob baxter of the river sava. honour all those who lost their described watching the premiership lives. leaders return to action without fans — and he's urged that was the duke of cambridge speaking yesterday. let's have a the government to give the go—ahead for pilot events with look now at the newspapers. crowds in rugby union. however there was nothing horrible nearly five million gcses will be be about the result for his side — awarded later this week, or this try from stuart hogg and the observer reports that 97% as the chiefs enjoyed a bonus point of them in england will be assigned and so the first half of myjourney 26—13 win over the leicester tigers solely by the controversial is complete. and they are beginning algorithm drawn up by exam regulator — extending their lead to eight 0fqual. to grasp how important the river is points at the top of the table. to grasp how important the river is to the people who live along its the paper says education experts elsewhere gloucester thrashed worcester 44—15, banks. next week i be heading to fear that even more gcse results bath beat london irish bosnia and herzegovina and then east could be downgraded than a—levels. the government is expected to face all the way to serbia's capital, new legal challenges within days, and bristol beat saracens. the paper adds. belgrade. i will find out how a catalans dragons flew in from france yesterday, after being given a special generation who were born after the exemption to travel to the uk despite quarantine restrictions, and left a few hours later war in the ‘90s have new priorities with a 58—0 win over wakefield to go and why the river has become so important to the future of serbia's joint top of the super league.

capital. ideye hope you willjoin they scored ten unanswered tries, meanwhile, the sunday including hat tricks from tom davies express reports here and matt whitley me. “— that the education secretary gavin williamson has vowed to get children to claim their biggest win away capital. ideye hope you willjoin me. —— and i hope. back to the classroom, from home in the league. saying it is "morally, socially and economically necessary" for them to return in september. warrington wolves are level on points with the dragons, it's ahead of the launch as they beat of a new campaign being launched in england to persuade parents it is safe for children huddersfield giants 19—18. to return next month. over to sheffield and snooker‘s world championship where ronnie 0'sullivan is on track to claim that elusive sixth title — that campaign will be running he leads kyren wilson heading into the final day at the crucible. online, on the radio and on wilson had an incredible comeback television. the sunday telegraph marks from 8—2 down but missed the chance yesterday's vj day coverage with a photo of a veteran paying his respects at winchester to close the gap to just one frame. cathedral. 0'sullivan finished it's 75 years since the end the evening off to take his lead to ten frames to seven. of the second world war. the pair will return to the table good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson later today and you can watch that and tina daheley. 0ur headlines today... on bbc two from 1.30. confusion as the exam regulator many ma ny vetera ns involved withdraws key guidance on appeals, just hours after it was published — many veterans involved in vj day one senior conservative a lwa ys many veterans involved in vj day always felt somewhat aggrieved that and injust over mp calls it farcical. and in just over an and injust over an hour time i will ve day was regarded as the end of

the war but it did continue in the be speaking to the snooker world the end of shielding in the uk, champion barry hearn. as wales becomes the last far east for a number of months lewis hamilton will start on pole nation to suspend its guidance afterwards and vj day is the position later today for the most vulnerable. official end of the war. in the spanish grand prix, his 92nd career pole manchester city crash out it was a mercedes 1—2 and the huffington post in qualifying as he finished just of the champions league. ahead of his teammate reports on how coronavirus valterri bottas. a missed opportunity once again, red bull's max verstappen, who won last week's race could kill off some of britain's at silverstone was just behind as a series of blunders sees them oldest curry houses. in third, 30 points behind hamilton owners of restaurants in london's brick lane beaten by lyon to miss out and birmingham's balti triangle say who leads the drivers' standings. on the last four for the third year cricket fans will be paying close in a row. attention to susan's weather the future currently looks bleak. forecasts this mornig — england could do with a bit # take me to the lakes, where all the poets went to die... of sunshine in southampton later and those are the front pages of taylor swift's tribute after more bad weather wiped out to the the lake district — some newspapers this morning. the the third day against pakistan. and what the locals make of it. main story still surrounds a levels good morning. their hopes of victory in the second and the confusion that many pupils test are fading quickly as rain grey, misty and murky have faced and uncertainty this week after many of them found that their prevented a single ball for much of the uk today, grades were below their teachers being played yesterday. lots of cloud out there, after three pitch inspections, lots of humidity as well play was eventually abandoned just and later on this afternoon, predictions. but now, 0fqual has after five o'clock. particularly, i think, the visitors are currently 223—9, the threat of some intense thundery withdrawn guidance on how to appeal play is due to start this morning but the weather forecast showers spreading into the south against results just hours after again with a further risk of flooding. releasing it. we have been hearing more details as ever coming up. from some students who did not get what they were expect in. doesn't look great. it's sunday the 16th of august. our top story...

iam18 i am 18 and the exams regulator in england has iam18 andi i am 18 and i received a b, b, most sport has been going ahead iam 18 and i received a b, b, c behind closed doors with no fans withdrawn its guidance on appealing against a—level grades — when i was predicted in a star anc. present, given the ongoing pandemic. just hours after publishing it. but for non—league football clubs — on saturday 0fqual outlined details this has left them in on how mock exam results could be i was downgraded twice this cost me dire financial straits. my offer at saint andrews. my name used in the appeals process, they're now calling but late last night is polly and i was predict did three on the government to allow it deleted the advice spectators to return in time from its website. seas and i needed them to get into for the new season — earlier, the head of otherwise they face the association of school going out of business. and college leaders geoff barton, the art university that i applied to with more on this, told us the government needs to act swiftly. andl the art university that i applied to and i got a the art university that i applied to and i gota u in the art university that i applied to here's patrick gearey. and i got a u in art. the art university that i applied to and i gota u in art. i the art university that i applied to it is really not good enough for us and i got a u in art. i received my a—level result on thursday to be finding out information last deep down beneath the professionals and you will find the mighty soul of night which our members english football. this is the game will have to implement. 0ne head teacher said they are going to have 900 appeals at its most natural. the pandemic across their school at a time made the new season a daunting i got into my first choice when they are trying to do university to study politics but i the logistics of this pandemic. prospect fans are said to be kept know that was not the case for many there has to be a sense out until october at the earliest. of government, the regulator working students. when i opened it i was in it has been six months since anyone with the very people who are responsible for young people stood here to watch a football match and have to implement these ideas. complete shock because i got a c in in manchester and with the new my coursework and i was predicted a season nearly upon us there is yet c throughout so it made no sense as no data store when fans will be 0ur political correspondent peter saulljoins us now allowed to return. with no income, from our london newsroom. to why i got a u.

clu bs allowed to return. with no income, clubs at this level simply do not c throughout so it made no sense as to why i gota u. i c throughout so it made no sense as to why i gota u. lam in c throughout so it made no sense as know how to restart. it will be very towhylgotau.iamina difficult situation now where i have a weeks to revise for two a—levels difficult because from our peter, a late change at last night. perspective, that crowd gives us the what do we know about how and why and medical school admission exams income we need to cover match day and medical school admission exams and my entire application. expenses. without that we are the information was chaotic, and medical school admission exams and my entire applicationlj and medical school admission exams and my entire application. i have never felt so let down by the digging into our bank account that education system and the government is not very big. it is a problem rememberthe the information was chaotic, remember the initial change to allow students to use their mark results stop i feel as though students like widely shared. clubs have taken to me are owed an appeals process and a came very last minute just before twitter to lobby the government. way for us to get the offer is that exam results day and so 0fqual had we deserve, that we have worked for. they say smaller crowds make social been scrambling to get the criteria distancing much easier than other for those appeals ready, we that we you do feel for students going activities which are permitted. through that at the moment and of had it yesterday and hours later going to the pub, going to the late last night it was taken down course there are thousands across the uk. it is heartbreaking and beach, cricket matches, speedway. again. there is one particular there are many things going on in element that has come in for interesting that that young lady we heard from who was predicted c and this country and it is like we are criticism and that is if you get a was given a letter you for an exam better result in your mock exam than they did not sit. we will talk a lot what is predicted by our teachers, being discriminated against. it is about this story during the course of them morning. let's find out what then the predicted grade stands, thatis not yet clear whether pilot then the predicted grade stands, that is according to the criteria programmes will include nonleague. published yesterday. we don't know is happening with the weather this if that will stand. we hear the weekend. susan full hello and good the fa say they are working to get fa ns the fa say they are working to get fans back as soon as feasibly criteria will be published at some morning. it was dramatic yesterday possible and the government told us they will only allow doors to open point in the not—too—distant future. evening across the far south—east of onceit for all the students, there is more they will only allow doors to open once it is safe to do so, based on

the uk when we saw a big clutch of guidelines including social uncertainty and add inevitably to thunderstorms rolling in to essex distancing and transport provision. the concerns that the government causing flash flooding here. 0utside in the meantime clubs are relying on does not have a handle on things. generosity and ingenuity. 0ne the chair of the education select at the moment it is quiet with a lot in the meantime clubs are relying on generosity and ingenuity. one man has offered to play for £1 a week in of cloud around, a little mist and committee tweeted that the whole murkiness but we could see the cloud breaking up again to the south of a league where £400 a week would not thing is farcical. we will hear from be unusual. the team have been great him shortly. thank you very much the uk today and that will herald to me and i thought it would do the uk today and that will herald the arrival of the chance of more indeed. great gesture to give something back a campaign aimed at persuading intense thunderstorms. this band of to bradford as a club. they are like cloud swelling way ahead of the parents in england it will be safe for children to return southis cloud swelling way ahead of the south is a line of showers, the son an extended family and as soon as we to the classroom in september is being launched by the government. will fire those into thunderstorms the adverts, which carry the hashtag get back to normality not only "back to school safely", will be shared online, later. further north we already have financially but mentally, that would in newspapers and on radio, some showers pushing across wales, be massive. he says most players and will highlight the various the midlands and into northern would not be able to make the same measures being used to minimise england. this afternoon we could see sacrifice self the doors of the risk of coronavirus transmission. a few of those clipping the south of nonleague cannot open soon, they may more than 100,000 people scotla nd a few of those clipping the south of scotland and northern ireland. in remain locked. considered most at risk terms of the best of the sunshine from coronavirus can stop shielding for sunday, northern scotland will from today in wales. be the place to be. always the former england manager sam allardyce vulnerable patients had been chance of cloud hanging across the advised to stay indoors wrote an article saying when we talk when the pandemic took northern aisles around some of the about football we focus so much on hold in march. east coast however. shop showers are aisling mcveigh has this report. possible through the scottish the premier league and the billions of pounds spent there and for a lot just over two weeks after the rest of pounds spent there and for a lot of professional players they are of the uk, people who are shielding borders into sunday afternoon. living month—to—month like anyone in wales will no longer northern ireland likely find one else so it is hard to imagine the have stay indoors. coming into southern england and fa ns else so it is hard to imagine the fans don't get in soon how some of around 130,000 people

then spreading across wales into the them will survive. it is very sad, with underlying health conditions midlands and east anglia, similar roger and tina. it does. thank you timing to yesterday i think for the had been advised not very much. holly was talking about to leave their homes after lockdown most intensive body and that will be measures were announced. later on in the afternoon and the early evening, that could cause the weather forecast today in relation to southampton and the the welsh government now believes local problems. five in the sunshine cricket. susan is here. it's not the risk is much lower. to the south and around 18 or 19 looking too positive, is it? roger, at the moment we see very few new cases here and that means we now with a few brighter spells further it looks terrible. low cloud, poor have scope to say to those people north. keep your eye on the showers who have been in the most vulnerable because we could see some bright yellow or white shades in there for group and have been shielding, light, misty, murky, drizzly, and that they can now come out a time as a push north, indicating that's just this morning. light, misty, murky, drizzly, and of shielding and start to re—engage the intensity of the rain and by the that'sjust this morning. and this with society, start to get back end of the night i think they will afternoon could be some massive to their normal lives. thunderstorms. i don't hold much come to sit across northern england hope, i'm afraid. they continue to and wales. for further south, as with the rest of the uk, bring you pictures of animals this come to sit across northern england and wales. forfurthersouth, clear support has been available to those skies and a little less than the morning. we had some cows earlier. who have been unable to venture out nightjust gone stop plenty of cloud now we are lying down. 0bviously but some of it, like the direct around as we move into monday and i food delivery service, will come to an end. morning. we had some cows earlier. now we are lying down. obviously the old wives tale, whether you believe despite that, some charities are advising patients think misty murky scenes rather like it or not, if they are lying down it to continue to shield. we had first thing this morning. will be rain. grey and flat skies people continue to be clinically slight difference on monday with low vulnerable and they deserve pressure further north so for the moment. rain is on the way. joe all the protection they can get scotla nd was spreading from the south for pressure further north so for scotland and northern ireland it is from the government and people now your turn to seek more on the those very cows as we go through the way of showers and some of those have been lucky enough to have a transplant for the first next few hours. the brighter light will be heavy for southern scotland three months afterwards they need and northern ireland first thing on areas on the satellite picture tying monday and then swirling into the in with where we have rain at the to continue to shield, moment. then there is this as well self, again through england and they need to self—isolate and look

to the south and that is what will after that precious push the showers towards southampton kidney and the chance wales another day of wet and showery that they have been given. through this afternoon. lots of the welsh government acknowledges that the relaxation will be cloud outside at the moment. the an anxious time for some people intervals and possibly some sunny best of the sunshine today will be spells but the temperatures that you for northern scotland. but it does but it has reiterated that this is just a pause and there may be can see there are tapering off back down to average, perhaps a little look like a good brighten towards some form of shielding in the future the south of the uk come this lower. and then we go further on if the virus increases. afternoon. the sunshine and will into the week and this is what we boot up the showers to the south and are watching for on wednesday we could have a replay of some of thursday and friday. that area of the severe weather we saw yesterday. president trump's younger brother robert has died in hospital top to tail across the uk, sunshine in new york at the age of 71. low pressure coming in from the for northern scotland this atlantic. rain for a time but the in a statement, big story by the time we reach afternoon. some showers through the friday could be some widespread central belt, the odd one for mr trump said his brother — gales so plenty of challenges tanks northern ireland and the second half who he visited on friday — of the day. joe was tending to ease was his best friend, across northern england and north and would be greatly missed. to our weather as we look at our the cause of his death wales. but these affairs pushing is not yet known. week ahead. the republic of ireland has reported into southern england, south wales and the midlands through the the highest increase in new cases of coronavirus afternoon on into the evening, there in the country since the beginning 0h oh dear. are we officially call in could be pretty nasty. rather like of may. the end of summer? the friday we have seen in the last few days, not everywhere will see them, but there were 200 new picture looks like autumn. summer cases on saturday. isn't over until it's over, but that where we do get them, not much ireland's acting chief medical officer, dr ronan glynn, isn't over until it's over, but that is not looking pretty at the moment. breeze, they will be fairly said there were multiple clusters thank you, susan. you are not slow—moving, that is the rainfall of cases around the country totals build up fairly quickly and which will be monitored "extremely brings the risk of flooding. the cycling to work then tomorrow? i'll closely" over the coming days. greatest chance probably into the have to think twice about it. it's a a search is continuing for two midlands, east anglia, and the bit wet. south—east today. they tend to come teenagers last seen in the sea we'll be back with the near lytham st annes in lancashire. down a bit as they put into northern

headlines at half past. england and wales by the time we get the coastguard, into the small hours of monday. rnli and police were called still some pretty wet weather to and joyi. it is time for this week's after reports of three youths in difficulty just before come for northern england. temperatures revert back closer to average values the next few days. seven o'clock last night. click. -- still quite warm and muggy to the a 15—year—old boy managed to swim south of the uk overnight tonight. to safety but a 16—year—old and and joyi. it is time for this week's that will mean point grey and misty an 18—year—old, both believed to be from dewsbury in west yorkshire, and murky conditions as we move into click. —— enjoy. are still missing. the start of the week. low pressure d rifts the start of the week. low pressure drifts further north. monday we will the duke of cambridge has addressed hey, welcome. see a greater chance of some showers the nation in a televised this week we're gonna bring getting into scotland and northern tribute honouring veterans on vj you up to date with one ireland. not looking so bad first of the most important parts day, 75 years after his great of the technology world. thing across england and wales, that this place is a long way away brings the colours in very nicely as from silicon valley, the day pans out. again the risk of grandfather gave a speech marking the end of world war two. both geographically in the pre—recorded message, having a thundery showers to the prince william urged the public south of the uk on into monday. to remember their responsibility and culturally. to "learn the lessons of the past temperatures, as you can see in some and ensure that the horrors of the second world war are never spots, 12— 13 degrees down on the repeated." and it's a place that is now challenging figures we saw last week stop 22 in the west's tech dominance. i am of course talking about china. london, we were around the 35 month. now, in chinese there it is hard for us to imagine what victory 0verjapan day must no sign of the heat returning in the near future. have felt like at the time. no sign of the heat returning in the nearfuture. in fact, no sign of the heat returning in the nearfuture. infact, by no sign of the heat returning in the nearfuture. in fact, by the a mixture of happiness, is a common phrase... no sign of the heat returning in the near future. in fact, by the end no sign of the heat returning in the nearfuture. in fact, by the end of the week this, shouldn't really be jubilation and sheer relief. looking at that at this point in , this is tiananmen together, with a deep sadness square in beijing. august, an area of low pressure like and overwhelming sense when i first went to china that belongs in autumn and i'm of loss for those who nearly 15 years ago, would never return home. afraid for those and friday wet

it was already clear that the mighty dragon weather to come for many of us and today we remember those who endured was awakening, and the next terrible suffering and technology superpower the potential for some strong winds was rearing its head. as well. that was me trying to honour all those that soften the blow saying not too lost their lives. positive. thoroughly miserable. fast forward to 2020, and chinese companies have broken into the west thanks, susan. in a big way. a—level pupils have faced confusion probably the best known let's take a look at this week's of these are tiktok and huawei. and they've both drawn travel show, which was filmed before and uncertainty this the coronavirus pandemic. week after many of them criticism, to say the least. found their grades were below this is the mighty river sava, their teachers' predictions. flowing for nearly 1,000 kilometres from the alps in slovenia, now, the exams regulator 0fqual but tiktok is now under pressure from us regulators right across to belgrade, in serbia. is reviewing its guidance it's the longest river on how students can appeal and may be banned against their results, by the white house. just hours after releasing it. i set a date of around september 15, at which point it will be out of business we've been hearing from some people who didn't get within the balkans. what they were expecting. in the united states. hi, i'm aisha, from pendle in lancashire. a vital artery that's borne witness to so much history, i received a b, b, cfor my a—levels but over in china, social media has been evolving stretching all the way back when i was predicted a*, a and c. to ancient and medieval 00:18:45,190 --> 2147483051:46:07,311 times and of course 2147483051:46:07,311 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the turmoil of recent decades. in a different way. earlier this year, before i was downgraded twice the pandemic took hold, by the algorithm from a*, stephen beckett went to beijing a*, a, to a*, a, b. to meet some of the major players in the chinese this cost me my offer at st andrews. my name is polly and i was predicted three cs and i needed the cs to get social media landscape. into the art university that

i applied to, and i got a u in art. my name is amber and i received my kuaishou has made a name a—level result on thursday. for itself by targetting china's relatively—untapped rural population, and that's i had offers to study a lot of people — around 40% medicine of three as and don't live in cities. on thursday i was given a*, and that has led to a platform c, u. where the stars aren't necessarily what you expect. i got into my first choice university to study politics at leeds. kuaishou's secret sauce however i know that was not is the options it gives the case for many students. streamers to make when i opened it i was in complete their streams pay. shock because i got a c translation: i'm a professional musician. in my coursework and i was predicted i also give lectures via kuaishou in my spare time, a c throughout, so it made zero which teach people how sense to me as to why i got a u. to play the chinese sorna. i try to popularise chinese traditional so now i am in a very difficult music and knowledge. situation now where i have eight between sales of recorded weeks to revise for two a—levels lessons, purchases of virtual gifts during livestreams, and two medical school he says he makes around £15,000 a month, and that is admission exams and read after kuaishou takes over my entire application. their 25% commission. i have never felt so let down by the education system and the government. but kuaishou's 200 million users isn't quite so impressive i feel as though students like me when you compare it to china's are owed a good appeals process social titan tencent, and a way for us to get the offers and their so—called

that we deserve, that mega app wechat. we have worked for. we're joined now by the chair and now wechat is becoming of the education select a daily part of life, committee, robert halfon. thanks to something called mini—programs. good morning. thank you forjoining translation: wechat mini—programs are an app that us. 0fqual released appeals guidance doesn't require you to download and install, they are sub—applications within the wechat ecosystem, then got rid of it yesterday. what and a new tool do you make of what is going on? developed by wechat. that is a huge mess, goodness knows mini—programs allow third parties to add new features to wechat on demand. what is happening. it is confusion it's a bit like having the entire app store already amongst pupils, head teachers, on your phone. school teachers and it is the last the idea is that you can thing we need at this time. we need pretty much do everything you could ever want on your phone without ever closing a strong appeal system that is wechat. simple, people understand it, but it is fairand gives simple, people understand it, but it is fair and gives young people the opportunity to climb the education ladder of opportunity. i am glad the government has widened the appeal system, i have seen... may own a and the idea is you canjust walk around, pick up whatever you like and then walk out view remains that what should happen the door, it will get automatically charged is each individual student that to your wechat account. wechat relies on users

handing over big chunks feels their grades are unfair and of their personal data some of the students you have just and now that now even includes yourface. highlighted, they should be able to these vending machines are set up to use wechat‘s appeal through their head teacher new facial pay feature. the idea is you opt into it and make sure they get a fair crack in the app and once you've done that, you can use your of the whip in terms of finding out face to buy anything from these machines. whether their grades are fairer or it basically links your face to your face to your wechat not. but under the new rules, mark account and your government id. but, is the convenience with results cannot trump teachers' the possible cost to privacy? in 2016, amnesty international awarded the parent company predictions, which undermines gavin of wechat, tencent, zero out of 100 for their privacy williamson's triple are from earlier practices. i think there's a common this week. we don't know the new perception that people in china don't care about their privacy, and that perception rules because 0fqual put them up, is completely false. the government over the last few years has been trying the independent regulator, yesterday to roll out its own cybersecurity regulations and trying to educate consumers and then took them down again. this about the dangers of data is just unacceptable. students and being lost a leaked. wechat‘s privacy policy says it will provide the chinese government access to much of what you do in the app when legally required, teachers are incredibly anxious, including the things you type and data like your location. particularly the students who are it's hard to deny that social worried about their futures. this apps in china have taken on a life of their own, has got to be sorted out. we have to if not outpacing, then going in new directions have a strong appeal system, not a to competitors in the west. the big question is whether more chinese apps can follow tiktok in going global, kafkaesque exam grade that no one despite the concerns around privacy and censorship. that was stephen beckett's view of china. understands the algorithm. they need and since the explosion to be better at explaining how their

of tiktok in the west, other apps have been springing up to try and compete. and chris fox has been looking algorithm works because people don't at some of the alternatives that are available. understand it, some schools seem to if you can't get enough of short, hyper—edited videos, have done particularly badly. we luckily there are plenty of apps that have cottoned on to the format. should remember it is notjust a—levels, it is btecs that have been this is triller, which i think is fair to say, has taken a bit improving but seem to have done of inspiration from tiktok. badly in this and it needs to you can record clips with special effects and share happen. and quickly also. it is the opposite them onto an endless scrolling feed of content. triller seems to have done of levelling up, the already quite well out of all this disadvantaged are being further uncertainty, at the start disadvantaged. do you know why of august, it topped the app store charts on both i0s 0fqual decided to pull their and android and has managed guidelines yesterday after to attract some big—name tiktok publishing them? i have no idea. i stars and celebrities over to on its platform, including was looking at the guidance late last night in preparation for this mike tyson and magician dynamo. interview and woke up earlier in the another app offering morning to see it had all been a similar experience is byte, which has also been popping in and out of the app store cancelled. i have seen the letter top download charts. from the schools minister which i like tiktok, it offers you creative effects for your videos, although it is welcome, but just trailing behind triller, from the schools minister which i welcome, butjust to... our it's been downloaded over1 from the schools minister which i welcome, butjust to... 0urselect committee did a report on this in million times on google play, whereas triller has had earlyjuly when we warned the appeal

more than ten million. system was far too narrow way could tiktok‘s biggest competition only be on bias and discrimination. may come from instagram reels, we suggested the system would mitigate against the disadvantaged. instagram's newly—launched rival. it has incorporated many of tiktok‘s core features, the appeals process should have been including that endlessly—scrolling feed of short videos. just in the past few weeks, mark zuckerberg has appeared worked out weeks ago, it should have at a congressional hearing about big tech companies been simple for people to understand using their power to neutralise the competition. and in order to make sure the exam isn't ripping off tiktok system is fair, any student that essentially doing that? feels they have a right to appeal, there is innovation everywhere and people are constantly providing it is signed off by the inspired by what they see. head teacher, they should be able to it's no longer a surprise do so and get a quick turnaround. to see a feed in a mobile the government have to make it social product, that wasn't the case until facebook brought crystal clear to the universities that to scale. that they have to be flexible we brought stories because of what has happened and the to instagram in 2016. and give full credit to snap stu d e nts because of what has happened and the students that are opting for doing for inventing that format, but evolved it from there. exams in the autumn, whilst they so what is instagram bringing have had welcomed an extra 30 to the table with this format, that makes it million from the government, a plan different to tiktok? i think the ability to be has to be set up how these students discovered is unique to reels. will be looked after and given the i think in instagram, best possible teaching so they can historically, if you had a large follower base get the best possible exam results. it was easier to kind

of get bigger. this is now a product that begs the question what is the specifically designed to help point of the appeals process if we creators find an audience. are seeing the head teacher can sign now, to be fair to tiktok, off those marks, why notjust have i think the idea that you never know what video is going to go the system whereby the teachers' viral or who get discovered predicted grades are used in the is what draws people to tiktok. first place instead of going through it's certainly not unique to instagram reels, but i think a lengthy, bureaucratic, surreal companies are seeing tiktok has refined a winning formula appeals process? you do need... i and they want a piece have always believed in checks and bala nces have always believed in checks and balances system, that is what 0fqual and in previous years has worked and of the action. you have to have a national standard for grades. given what has occurred, you have to set up an appeal system president trump's focus on banning tiktok has stolen thatis you have to set up an appeal system that is quick and fair and most of the headlines, but it's his targeting understandable. and as of yet there of wechat that could have an even bigger and more profound impact isa understandable. and as of yet there is a lot of confusion as to how that on us—china relations. that's because wechat, will work. if we don't start the that came onto the scene appeal system out and if we have a in 2011, has morphed into a colossus. it's less of an app and more bigger problem with gcses this week, like an operating system. then perhaps the only alternative here's kris, a chinese student studying in london explaining would be to go back to the existing what it is.

grade predictions of the teachers. but there is a chance to sort out an you can find out where have hospitals, where have appeal system and it has to be done restau ra nts, anything like that. you can find movie tickets, efficiently, fast and fair for students. but at the moment the burden is now on being passed to you can book restaurants, students, teachers, schools to this one you can book a hotel. appeal on behalf of their students, will they be able to cope with that? if you want to find out a playstation. the system must be set up that they i have come to business and i'm selling things on it. it's everything in your life on this app? wechat has become so big, can cope with that, it has to be so much a part of everyday life, it has become totally fairand essential to its more than 1 billion users. can cope with that, it has to be fair and efficient and 0fqual and this is winnie, originally the government need to make it very from malaysia, who has lived in london for ten years. clear over the next couple of days how would you describe it to you, how important is it? how it will work and how it will be it's part of my life. old people like my mum only fairfor how it will work and how it will be fair for students. how it will work and how it will be know how to send a message fairfor students. i welcome how it will work and how it will be fair for students. i welcome the government have widened the appeal in whatsapp, but wechat is easy for them. in the way that students can appeal if i didn't have wechat, my mum would cry. it is the family connection, home feeling. if i don't have this, if they feel their exam is not fair, i feel lonely. but it is still incredibly complex. it used to be much simpler. given it tencent, the owner of wechat, won't say how many users it has is incredibly complex, add a outside of china, but it's realistically going to be able to do thought to run into the tens

that in the time frame they need? of millions. it, along with other chinese apps, has got the attention of the us authorities. they have to do. i am not involved president trump has mentioned impending action on tiktok, and for good reason. in the planning of that, but it needs to be as efficient as possible and 0fqual should not put things on tiktok is a very different beast to wechat. and 0fqual should not put things on a website, take them away, and sow to start with, tiktok says it doesn't hold any of its data confusion. that is not on and it has inside china and it would never give that data to be changed. the events of this to the chinese government. many security experts, though, week, the last 24 hours have been believe it is wechat that holds described as shambolic. this clearly a much greater security risk. needs leadership at the very top of this is the former chief security officer for government. by using evidence that yahoo and facebook. alex stamos. is happening? the government has been focused, understandably, on health and the economy but education is perhaps the most important thing wechat is one of the most popular messaging apps we give to our young people and we in the world, used by have to get this sorted out, we need the entire chinese diaspora and people run entire companies on wechat, they have incredibly a long national plan. we have sensitive communication, they could open them up to blackmail and so those are the apps i would start with before an app like tiktok, millions of children having no which is mostly dancing teens. learning at all during the lockdown, wechat has long been criticised for censoring users in china. then a canadian analytics company, citizen lab, looked into how wechat moderated its users an epidemic of educational poverty,

outside of china. safeguarding crisis in the offing and these things have to be sorted we find routinely that topics related to perennial taboo issues like tiananmen square, out, education must be the number hong kong, falun gong, one priority for the government. anything to do with tibet or the dalai lama, those are pretty routinely censored. out, education must be the number one priority for the governmentm gavin williamson the person to do that? i am not going to get into the personalities. it is the prime minister who chooses his government. i think what parents, pupils, students, teachers just want is the mess to be sorted out and that has to be the priority for all the players involved. but this is about more than personalities will stop data security is not the only the future of thousands of students reason trump has decided to ban wechat. it is far more across the students is at stake. political than that. and to be honest it is hard to look past the fact what is your message to them?“ that these tech companies have been sucked into a wider across the students is at stake. what is your message to them? if you feel your grade is unjust, please do geopolitical battle between two superpowers. and that's it for the short cut of click for this week. there is so everything you can, work with at the much more in the full—length version schools to get those grades which is waiting for you right now on iplayer. next week we are going appealed. so that you can make sure to be looking at another hugely important topic stop the technology that you have had a fair chance. i being used to fight climate change.

wish you every good luck and every until then, you can catch up with at possible success in your future and anytime you want on social media, on for those that have had some very youtube, facebook, instagram, and unfairgrades, if for those that have had some very twitter @bbcclick. thanks for unfair grades, if they are unfair, i watching. we will see you soon. am really sorry, as a member of parliament and i very much hope it will be remedied in the appeal process. and how do we avoid this chaos being repeated again ahead of gcse results being announced this week? the government need to set up a robust appeals system that is second to none with 0fqual, the regulator. 0fqual also need to explain to schools how the algorithm, kafkaesque algorithm has worked and whether it is fair. we are urged in the report in early july that 0fqual would publish this so—called standardisation model so it would have been subject to scrutiny and changes could have been made. they refused to do that. they

have a lot to answer that. but they have a lot to answer that. but they have some days now to make sure that algorithm is fair and work with schools across the country to explain how it is working and how it hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. will effect their students. a few good morning, here's days, but they have had months to a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. plan for this. robert halfon, thank you forjoining us this morning. the a—level results process has been plunged into further disarray good morning. we were talking about after the exams regulator for england withdrew its guidance on appealing against a—level grades the prospects for the cricket in southampton and how miserable the — just hours after publishing it. weather is looking. john tucker has on saturday, 0fqual outlined details on how mock exam results could be tweeted us. he says, the weather is used in the appeals process. but late last night it deleted bright, high cloud level, get it on. the advice from its website, saying further information will be that is where the trouble will published "in due course". almost 40% of a—level start, that bit of sunshine to one grades were marked down from teachers' predictions. stuff up. a campaign aimed at persuading that will drive the showers this parents in england it will be safe for children to return afternoon. they should get on with to the classroom in september is being launched by the government. it earlier like the rest of us! set the adverts, the alarm for 5am. i believe this to

which carry the hashtag "back to school safely", will be shared online, be barney. sending in your images. in newspapers and on radio, and will highlight the various measures being used to minimise thank you very much. many scenes like these. the mist and make the risk of coronavirus transmission. the republic of ireland has reported the highest increase in new cases because we have high humidity. this of coronavirus in the country since the beginning of may. is the band of cloud that will start there were 200 new cases on saturday. to encroach on southampton, the bit ireland's acting chief medical officer, dr ronan glynn, said there were multiple clusters of brightness will push energy into of cases around the country these showers are so they may start which will be monitored "extremely off relatively quietly but they closely" over the coming days. could turn heavy and thundery even through the late morning but a search is continuing for two teenagers last seen in the sea particularly this afternoon into the evening the showers look pretty near lytham st annes in lancashire. nasty as they push into southern the coastguard, rnli and police were called after reports of three britain. the best sunshine, everyone youths in difficultyjust before get on the bus to scotland because seven o'clock last night. it will be perfect. light winds, a 15—year—old boy managed to swim to safety but a 16—year—old and 18—year—old, both believed to be lovely sunshine across northern from dewsbury in west yorkshire, scotland, increasing cloud through are still missing. the borders will bring showers, and for northern ireland. but the downpours to the south, rather like the ones we saw yesterday that donald trump has paid tribute to his "best friend" and youngest

materialised across essex, looked brother, who has died aged 72. like they could be problematic. light winds means it does not move robert trump passed away any great hurry, could be localised at a hospital in new york. flooding, hail and thunder. the the president had showers have a met office warning visited his brother on friday. that covers them as they push it is unclear what caused his death. further north as well through the evening and into overnight period. they will eventually clear southern shielding guidance for the most england into the small hours of clinically vulnerable has ended in monday but it looks wet for wales and northern england through the wales. around 30,000 people had been night. still very murky and humid, advised to stay indoors when the pandemic took hold in march. a canal 15, 16 to the south. we have lost the tropical nights but the go to work, school or shopping. temperatures didn't get lower than shielding has already been paused in 20 degrees. monday, plenty of england scale and and ireland. they humidity, still low—pressure to the said advice could change again if south of the uk, drifting further cases begin to rise. north we will take the more persistent rain into southern anti—government protesters have held demonstrations scotla nd persistent rain into southern scotland and northern ireland on for the seventh day in belarus, monday. northern ireland has done as unrest continues to spread well with dry weather this weekend, across the country. the protests were sparked sta rts well with dry weather this weekend, starts off 0k well with dry weather this weekend, starts off ok on monday, by the by accusations that heavier rain. much cloudier across president alexander lukashenko rigged last week's elections to extend his 26—year rule. scotla nd heavier rain. much cloudier across scotland as well. sunny spells in the leader says he's agreed

with president putin that russia england and wales, same problem as would provide what he called today, i think we could see sunny ‘comprehensive assistance' spells helping to build up some in the event of an external intense thunderstorms. fingers military threat. crossed it will look a bit quieter as we go through the middle of the and it isjust and it is just gone 630, week, the low drifting away, but and it isjust gone 630, time and it is just gone 630, time to catch up now with the sport and for manchester city fans, they are wednesday, thursday, friday, waking up with more champions league particularly thursday, friday, the area of low pressure has no business disappointment yet again out at the on august weather chart, it is like quarter—finals. it is starting to what we would see in made art. very feel like deja vu. manchester city may windy and very wet. be asking themselves "what went wrong?" as they crashed out at the same thank you! don't blame the stage for the third year in a row. and to honest — everything. there was questionable tactics, messenger. i pray it is not the end goalkeeping errors, sterling missing an open goal... of summer. thank you. two of the uk s biggest fitness and even some var controversy thrown chains say opening pubs in for good measure. they lost 3—1 to lyon — before gyms in scotland was unfair, a side who finished 7th unscientific and bad in the french top flight last season.. austin halewood was watching. for the nation's health. the scottish government says fitness centres may be able to reopen on september 14th but the big firms say there's no reason to wait so long — and many small gym owners are struggling to keep their businesses alive. heartbreakfor our correspondent heartbreak for manchester city,

defeated in the quarter—finals once again. according to their manager, james cook reports. these men had a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to win this competition. 2020 has been a year doors may have been closed yet the of trauma and turbulence. it has forced us to find new ways defence for city was in advisedly to keep fit and stay sane. to leave the stress open. leon were so surprised to have of the pandemic behind. his chance he wondered if it were —— i had to find a way to combat that. off side. city where the overwhelming favourites and needed to loosen up but as frustration grew i was determined not to go backwards and doubts worked, kevin stepped up and so this was a great way to do it. and doubts worked, kevin stepped up and manchester city breathed again. i used to go to the gym before surely the game was only going one way now. but lyon, seventh in the lockdown and you look for different things to do. french league spring free once someone suggested swimming in the loch and you thought it was a mad idea but then you try again. squeezing a head, after this it and it is fantastic. but not everybody has the luxury goal was checked for a foul. chances of swimming in the great outdoors. had to be taken and they would not get any bigger or simpler than this this gym in north glasgow specialises in mixed martial arts. stirling. a list he will surely they have been shut since spring. relive because barely lifted his chin from the floor than lyon were and they are working hard to make at the other end. what these guys safe to open up again.

it is heartbreaking. my wife and my business partners are devastated. have done, they deserve it, they everyone was devastated. deserve to do it again or to go we feel we have been overlooked. through and reach semifinals but we what effect has it are not able. but life is how you had on the community? stand up again and next season we physical and mental health go hand will try again. so manchester city ‘s wait for the trophy they are missing goes on. in hand and for deprived areas with high crime rate, rangers could go top of the scottish premiership to have that part of the community later ripped out is a difficult thing. when they visit livingston. a draw would be enough to leapfrog for now, david is holding small hibs — who were held to a goalless draw at home against motherwell. training session at a park. the visitors closest to getting the only goal of the game he wonders why bar staff can go but jordan white's celebrations to work but not fitness instructors. were cut short for offside. and he not the only one. elsewhere st mirren, dundee united and stjohnstone all won. "horrible" that's how exeter‘s director of rugby rob baxter described watching the premiership leaders return to action without fans — and he's urged we opened in the middle of may the government to give the go ahead and danish business injune

and we have had for me for pilot events with in visits to our gym crowds in rugby union. without a single incident however there was nothing horrible of infection taking place. about the result for his side — or this try from stuart hogg so it is surprising that scotland is leaving gyms so long, as the chiefs enjoyed a bonus point two months after pubs 26—13 win over the leicester tigers and restaurants. at this chain they — extending their lead to 8 points at the top of the table. are also ready to go. the firm runs 123 fitness clubs elsewhere gloucester in the uk and abroad, thrashed worcester 411—15, bath beat london irish all are open, apart from the eight scotland. and bristol beat saracens. are you disappointed that it is taking so long to open in scotland? catalans dragons flew in from france yesterday — after being given a special we are devastated and what is more exemption to travel to the uk despite quarantine restrictions — frustrating for myself is that and left a few hours later i have seen it be so successful with a 58—nil win over wakefield in other countries. to go joint top of the super league. we are doing it safely. they scored 10 unanswered tries, yet we are still sitting including hat tricks here in scotland waiting to be part of the solution. from tom davies here here they are aiming and matt whitley to claim to reopen as soon as they their biggest win away are allowed. probably on september 14th. from home in the league. but other gyms have closed, warrington wolves are level jobs have gone and the battle on points with the dragons, as they beat against obesity has been set back in more ways than one. huddersfield giants 19—18. over to sheffield and snooker‘s the virus has hit the nation's health hard. world championship where

thousands of people considered most at risk from coronavirus can stop shielding ronnie 0'sullivan in wales from today. is on track to claim that elusive around 130,000 people sixth title — he leads kyren wilson with underlying heading into the final day health conditions had been advised at the crucible. to stay indoors to wilson had an incredible comeback from 8—2 down protect themselves. but missed the chance to close it brings wales in line the gap to just one frame with this with the rest of the uk, shot. where shielding was paused two weeks ago. 0'sullivan finished the evening let's speak now to angela off to take his lead steatham who has been to 10 frames to 7. shielding for 162 days. the pair will return to the table later today and you can watch that on bbc two from half past one. angela, good morning. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. gosh, lewis hamilton will start on pole on the one hand, after 162 days, position later today pa rt on the one hand, after 162 days, part of you probably can't wait to get out but i am sure it is not as in the spanish grand prix, his 92nd career pole. simple as that. no, i have a mixture it was a mercedes 1—2 in qualifying as he finished just ahead of apprehension and relief but of his teammate valterri bottas. obviously it is a safer for me to go red bull's max verstappen, who won last week's race at silverstone was just behind out but it is still not safe. in third, 30 points behind hamilton who leads the drivers' standings. explain why you have been shielding. cricket fans will be paying close i have leukaemia, so i have a very attention to susan's weather compromised immune system and during forecasts this mornig — england could do with a bit

of sunshine in southampton later my shielding period, ifound out i after more bad weather wiped out also have skin cancer but in a way the third day against pakistan. shielding might have saved my life their hopes of victory twice because i think if i had been in the second test are fading quickly as rain prevented a single doing the globetrotting i did for my ball being played yesterday. work before i was shielding, i probably would not have paid after three pitch inspections, attention to the melanoma and not play was eventually abandoned just had that diagnosed. how tough has it after 5 o'clock. been? it has been a roller-coaster, the visitors are currently 223/9, times when i felt very resentful, play is due to start this morning angry. it feels my whole identity but the weather forecast doesn't look great. disappeared overnight, my work is such an important part of my life victories, defeats and extreme emotions are all part of an elite athlete's career, but for olympic and there has also been lots ofjoy, hopeful kimberley woods, there have been nearly as many battles to overcome outside happiness, gratitude, so it has been of her career. very mixed. i have had massive good kimberley has overcome childhood days than bad but it took a good six bullying and mental health issues in her 10—yearjourney to team gb. bbc 0lympic sports reporter, weeks for me to accept my fate, if you like. andjust weeks for me to accept my fate, if you like. and just explain why you don't quite understandably feel nick hope, has been to meet her. confident to throw open the door and

go out. first of all, obviously, i am used to this now so i have spent throughout school i was bullied for as long as i can remember, whether over five months being am used to this now so i have spent overfive months being told, don't go out, it is scary out there, you that was for the shoes i wore all could die. so it is a big mindset how i looked because of being so shift to think, i am 0k. because it muscular because i was doing all kinds of sport. i was a tomboy and is not ok. really more than there had been numerous times where anything, the problem i have is i you would cry on the bus journey can control my own behaviours but i home. it was a lot to deal with. can't control those of others. the kimberly found opening up to our chief medical officer clearly says i have to be to metres away from family challenging and sought people. i think it is one metre in emotional support through relationships. but in 2015 she found herself alone. i had a lot of england. in wales they haven't made it mandatory to wear masks in shops brea kd owns herself alone. i had a lot of breakdowns in that period and got what point where i was keeping going. i won the senior european and so overall i only want to do three things must have one is get my championship that year and it looked hairdone, iam three things must have one is get my like everything was going well but hair done, i am desperate to have my it really wasn't. how low were you hair done, i am desperate to have my hair done. it looks very nice, don't at that point? it reached its lowest worry. thank you. i want to go to the dentist also which my dentist is in november when i had to have a in england. and the third thing is i knee operation. i was so drained

from not being able to go paddling really wa nt in england. and the third thing is i really want to see my son's a new that i almost had that relief, i was apartment because he moved out when i started shielding. 0ther apartment because he moved out when i started shielding. other than that with my forts 24/7 and that was the i have all my shopping provisions worst place i could be full stop the organised, i don't want to take the self—harm was constant and a cry for risk going out shopping, i don't need a loaf of bread that much. as help, i guess. how important was far as you are concerned, you are your coach's intervention? it was going to stay put. we went to hospitalfor very important. i probably say i going to stay put. we went to hospital for treatment for the melanoma, but have you gone out at would not be going to the olympics next year without that. opening up all while you have been shielding, even for walks or anything? bradley, about her problems and receiving treatment at a private mental health hospital helped her find a new way literally within my cottage and the to cope. whenever i was close to self harming i would have a headband garden. hospital treatments, the on my wrist and lick itjust only physical contact i have had self harming i would have a headband with a human being was a surgeon on my wrist and lick it just to self harming i would have a headband on my wrist and lick itjust to have a distraction throughout lockdown i with a human being was a surgeon with a human being was a surgeon with a scalpel. it is a little bit would have definitely struggled if that it happened years ago. it never frightening! and to the doctors. but ever eve n the problem i have, i live in that it happened years ago. it never ever even occurred to me, the fact i will not be in a boat for a while. i absolute beautiful village in north wales which hosts the waterfall have this support group around me now. what advice do you have for any

young athletes out there who are which is one of the seven wonders of struggling? it is a normalthing now wales so right now my village is to have mental health struggles so com pletely wales so right now my village is completely non—negotiable, i won't 90, completely non—negotiable, i won't go, the visitor numbers are far too just be open in communication. it high, there is no social distancing. can be the key to being happier in ironically i probably will be safer general. another thing is to find going over the border and shopping the love in yourself, don't try to in the supermarket in england than seek it from others. going for a walk in my own village at the moment. we hope things calm thank you so much to kimberly for down and you are able to get out for some fresh air and get your head in. opening up to us. hopefully somebody listening can be inspired by her but your hair looks lovely, you story. we will be back with more don't need it. and to see us on's new apartment. angela, great to speak to you. thank you for taking later. the time to talk to us and we wish two of the uk's biggest fitness you are the very best. thank you chains say opening pubs before gyms in scotland was unfair, very much, thank you. unscientific and bad stay with us, headlines coming up. for the nation's health. the scottish government says fitness centres may be able to reopen on september 14th but the big firms say there's no reason to wait so long — and many small gym owners are struggling to keep their businesses alive. our correspondent

james cook reports. 2020 has been a year of trauma and turbulence. it has forced us to find new ways to keep fit and stay sane. to leave the stress of the pandemic hello, this is breakfast behind. i had to find a way to with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. it's 8.31, here's a summary of this morning's main news. combat that. i was determined not to the a—level results process has been go backwards and so this was a great plunged into further disarray after the exams regulator way to do it. i used to go to the for england withdrew its guidance gym before lockdown and you look for on appealing against grades — different things to do. someone just hours after publishing it. suggested swimming in the lake and on saturday, 0fqual outlined details you thought it was a mad idea but on how mock exam results could be then you try it and it is fantastic. used in the appeals process. but not everybody has the luxury of but late last night it deleted swimming in the great outdoors. this the advice from its website, saying further information will be published "in due course". gym in north glasgow specialises in mixed martial arts. they have been the chair of the education select shut since spring. and they are committee robert halfon has described the decision as farcical.

if we don't sort the appeal system working hard to make safe to open up out and if we have a bigger problem again. it is heartbreaking. my wife with gcses this week, then perhaps the only alternative and my business partners with will be to go back to the existing devastated. everyone was devastated. grade predictions of the teachers. we feel we have been overlooked. but there is a chance now to sort out that appeal system, what effect had on the community? it has got to be done efficiently, fast and fair for students. physical and mental health go hand sammy wright, vice principal of southmore academy in sunderland, joins us now from newcastle. in hand stop and for deprived areas good morning. what is your response with high crime rate, to have that to 0fqual‘s advice being published pa rt with high crime rate, to have that part of the community kept out is a and then deleted last night? difficult thing. for now, david is you could not make it up, really. i would say that i am involved in a holding small training session at a park. he wonders why bar staff can commission, consulting with 0fqual go to work but not fitness instructors. and he not the only in this process, back in april, and one. we opened in the middle of may i really think that we have got to the point where it is so, so and no other business injune and we have had for me in visits to our gym confusing what is happening with the

without a single incidence —— grades, if we don't do something incident of infection taking place. radical as robert halfon has so it is surprising that scotland is suggested and ensured there was a proper, compressive appeals process, we are going to end up with leaving jim's so long, two months after pubs and restaurants. at this something which is far more unfair than any other system we could have chain they are also ready to go. devised. can i illustrate this with firm runs 123 fitness clubs in the you with some figures? i looked at uk and abroad, all are open, apart some of the mock grades for a class from the 18 scotland. are you in my school and i will not give disappointed that it is taking so long to open in scotland?” specifics, but this particular class had six letter as and three bs at disappointed that it is taking so long to open in scotland? i am devastated and what is more frustrating for myself is that i have —— seen it be so successful in mock. the teachers looked at them and there were some reason why that other countries. yet we are still mark was not the most rigorous and sitting here in scotland waiting to be part of the solution. here they in terms of the centre assess grades, they selected raid ranging are aiming to reopen as soon as they from a* down to c. the grades have are aiming to reopen as soon as they are allowed. probably on september 14. but other gyms have closed, jobs been standardised and revised on the have gone and the battle against obesity has been set back in more final grades range from a down to ways than one. the virus has hit the nation's health card. —— health

letter d. this is going to end up with grades that have no bearing to hard. i returned to my local gym and it actual teacher judgment. took about three or four days to get we also heard from students who may over the pain. lots of people talk have been predicted a c and got a u, about that first session being it seems bunkers because they did brutal. i am still yet to return. not sit the exam in the first place. half—an—hour ago if you were eagle what do you think needs to happen eyed you may have wondered and i next to make it bear? the don't know, susan, you do like to standardised process is to make sure refresh the picture every time but who is your friend? i have brought that a am m1 school is the same as him back. another in another school. can herring it to another school, what do you think it is the best way is it isita is it a squirrel? i believe it is a forward to ensure fairness for everybody? squirrel. here has quite a way the principle that we have to go tommy. here is quite lucky here is sitting in the middle of the road. with is that, unfortunately, because however took this picture hopefully of the special circumstances, wasn't in a car. although they would compelling 2019 to 2020 is very have been on the side. sweet little difficult. but we can compare school chap hanging out there. very good. to school. we need standardisation but we need to be very flexible how's the weather? thanks as ever. around the idea of grade inflation. we need to accept that perhaps the

this is a weather watcher picture. thank you for the great images you grades are going to go up another just the way it has but we need to sendin thank you for the great images you send in they really help us that the make sure it is fair across schools tone of the forecast. you might not so that students that are going to like the look of it though in terms of what sunday will look like. there their destinations are not being will be a lot of cloud around. like u nfa i rly their destinations are not being unfairly denied opportunities on the yesterday, flat looking skies. that weather watcher picture from basis of their peers having leicestershi re weather watcher picture from leicestershire sent in half—an—hour different criteria applied. the ago. light skies, grey, dank, people denying the opportunities drizzly, misty and murky. a lot of eventually at the universities humidity across the uk today stop themselves, surely there has to be a the graphics seem to have gone process in place or an bonkers now. a lot of humidity understanding, flexibility, leniency across the uk today as things are this year because thousands of cool down that is what has happened people will then miss out on places? as it has condensed out into low cloud after the heat from last week. absolutely. what i would say as the we have a band of thicker cloud set majority of universities have done to come up from the south through this and done this well, starts a this afternoon. if we see a bit of more disadvantaged students are sunshine is not looking pretty, getting to the university and that u nfortu nately, sunshine is not looking pretty, unfortunately, for the cricket in has been a success by and large, southhampton. some showers pursue cross england and wales could turn although there have been publicised exa m ples of locally very heavy and thundery. we saw significant problems in parts of although there have been publicised examples of institutions that have not done that and maybe they need to essex yesterday where the showers did get very heavy and result in look at the again. how are your students feeling? localised flooding. a few showers

making their way further north into thursday was awful. it was really, scotla nd making their way further north into scotland as well through the course of the day today. in terms of really difficult because the stu d e nts really difficult because the students who did well didn't have temperatures, we could hit the mid—20s if we see a little that sense of personal triumph at brightness. mostly looking at the high teens across scotland and the students who did badly didn't northern ireland, cool along the have that sense of personal northern ireland, cool along the north sea coast, we will be stocked responsibility. they're with some fairly persistent mist and have that sense of personal responsibility. they‘ re upset have that sense of personal responsibility. they're upset with a different kind of upset from normal. fog here. there go the showers they were angry because it had been making their way further north into the evening and overnight. the done to them rather than reflecting wettest of the weather by the end of on choices that they had made. it the night likely to be across was really, really hard and northern england and wales. still u nfortu nately, was really, really hard and unfortunately, what is going to pretty muggy. nowhere near as as it happen, and we know this happens in has been in the last week. 15—16 ordinary years anyway, injustices in the exam system every year and every degrees with fairly high humidity across the southern half of the uk year those who come to the most to get us into monday. and so, rather like this morning, a lot of advantaged backgrounds and come to cloud around and low cloud at that, misty and murky first thing monday. appeals... those from the low pressure d rifts misty and murky first thing monday. low pressure drifts further north on disadvantaged backgrounds, their monday. think it will be the turn of confidence has been terribly knocked and they do not have people around scotla nd monday. think it will be the turn of scotland and northern ireland to see heavy showers through monday them to pull that confidence back up morning. you will see england and again and say maybe this isn't the wales don't mist out by the be all and end all. looking ahead to afternoon. those livelier thunderstorms develop once again. gcse results, what needs to happen

there is again, will stress, the before then? he laughs. risk of localised flooding. not air -- all risk of localised flooding. not air —— all there ‘s will see showers, but in some areas it will be a lot of rain in a short time. please have another look at the temperatures returning to average values for the week ahead. a little grades before they are released. quite a values for the week ahead. a little quitea mid values for the week ahead. a little please the on friday is the grades quite a mid week, but then thursday, friday, this is not what you really like to see on an august weather for english and maths because if chart. that is more like a proper young people do not get those grades autumnal low coming in. thursday, for english and must, they are friday, some wet weather, but it obliged to reset and not is going to could be the strong winds that are cause a huge strain on institutions, the real problem for us in terms of our weather. they look off to look for small mammals. —— we can have hundreds and thousands our weather. they look off to look forsmall mammals. —— i our weather. they look off to look for small mammals. —— i am off to right across the country putting look for. laughter. into a situation where they need to do resets where maybe they did not hopefully not living in the weather centre although there are supposedly need to —— achieve a grade four in some ice running around in. what you're feet. bad news for anybody english and maths. with holidays. you have to get your grade format in english and maths otherwise you popstar taylor swift has been on five sell—out world tours. cannot move on and anything. the but it seems of all the places she's visited, she was particularly taken time is 8:38am. a bit of a sense of by one of britain's tourist hotspots — the lake district. her new album, folklore features deja vu for manchester city in the a song dedicated to the area. champions league, here is the sport.

ian haslam has been to find out why. they say third time's the charm — not so for manchester city — the third year in a row they've exited the champions league in the quarterfinals. # take me to the lakes where all the they were beaten 3—1 by lyon this time poets went to die. # i don't and you can almost pinpoint the moment it all went wrong. after city had levelled belong... it's an unexpected tribute the scoreline in the second half, to an area taylor swift is former celtic striker moussa dembele restored the french side's lead, a p pa re ntly to an area taylor swift is apparently visited. among those to despite var ignoring what appeared get a mention one of the lake famous to be an obvious foul 19th—century poets. # wordsworth... in the build—up. as city pressed for an equaliser, this happened. raheem sterling missing and this is william wordsworth's an absolute sitter. former home. i think we can really stuff of nightmares. make a connection between wordsworth he wasn't the only one and taylor. taylor is only 30. you making mistakes though — keeper ederson fumbled can imagine wordsworth at the same a shot to allow dembele to score his second. age of taylor. she is trying out new city boss pep guardiola admitted afterwards things, finding a new style in her they weren't at their best. you are in and she has been inspired by the lack poets as well. # these i'm not able with these guys to break this line, the quarter—finals. hunters will sell phone. adult people will see this as quite a nice so three years in a row in that position we are out. so i think what these guys have place and she was writing about it asa done, they deserve, you know, place and she was writing about it as a place where poets come to die, as a place where poets come to die, asa as a place where poets come to die, as a place where poets come to die, to do it again or go as a place to come and cry. which is through and reach the semi—finals, just a different interpretation of it, i guess. well, it's not true, is but we are not able.

but life is how you stand up it? i don't know. as a tourist area. again and next season we're going to try again. # shame on me now... we know all about wordsworth. here are some of taylor swift's miracle work. heartbreak is going to break, break, city fans will be describing how break, break. baby i'mjust they feel as horrible. heartbreak is going to break, break, break, break. baby i'm just going to shake, shake, shake the most shake it off, shake it off. what did you that's also how exeter‘s director of rugby rob baxter described watching the premiership think? it's got some good rhymes on leaders return to action without fans and he's urged the government to give the go ahead it. one of wordsworth's big things for pilot events with was he wanted to speak in the crowds in rugby union. language used by the everyday people however there was nothing horrible about the result for his side, or this try from stuart hogg so he might have like taylor swift as the chiefs enjoyed a bonus and her ability to write in the point 26—13 win over the leicester tigers, language of my everyday people these extending their lead to eight points days. you can't expect it to wander at the top of the table. only as a cloud through the leg on elsewhere gloucester days like this, but you might get thrashed worcester 44—15, asked about taylor swift's physical bath beat london irish and bristol beat saracens. tributes. quite opposite things, well, fans have returned aren't they? i wouldn't expected. to the crucible for snooker‘s world championship where perhaps she is tapping into the ronnie 0'sullivan is on track whole staycation thing going on at the moment. this is —— we are from to claim that elusive sixth title — he leads kyren wilson heading london and this is the person we into the final day at the crucible.

have been here. purely because of wilson had an incredible comeback taylor swift's song? that too. i'm a from 8—2 down but missed the chance big fan. she is inspired. we are all to close the gap to just one frame with this shot. inspired when we visit the lakes frustrating. district in cumbria. and it's great 0'sullivan finished the evening she is an american artist and she is off to take his lead to ten frames to seven. selling the lake district in cumbria to the american audience. they could be wrong but is my guess taylor the pair will return to the table swift probably watches this very later today and you can watch that on bbc two from 1.30. well, i'm delighted to sayjoining programme. if she is watching, what is your message to her? taylor, you us now is the chairman of world snooker, barry hearn. would be welcome to come back, you could help us create some amazing looking back on what has been a content that we could get out of us audience and invite lots of your remarkable championship, good morning. good morning. perhaps it is fellow country people to enjoy the la ke fellow country people to enjoy the lake strict too. chuck in a couple because we have been starved of ofi sport for so long but i cannot lake strict too. chuck in a couple of i hope the lake district teachers and you will be down here in a remember a world championship quite flash. let's hope so. in haslem, bbc like this one, how have you been enjoying a? it has been amazing, the news, grand slam in the lake two semifinals were unbelievable. first time in the history of our 40 district. was within taylor swift. yea rs first time in the history of our 40 years at the crucible that we have managed to go to the deciding frame not accommodation you would put together normally. —— wordsworth. in each semifinal. it is great, it's

also symbolic because crowds back not accommodation you would put together normally. —— wordsworthm is now time for the from review. —— from finals, a statement from speaker that we are getting back to some type of normality, that it is a marathon and not to spread and we have an amazing day today. film review. you mention the semifinals today, hello and welcome to the film review, with me, anna smith. you were at eddie hearn's for a i am filling in for mark kermode's fight weekend and they were rushing review this week's releases. to the television. he said you need the fans for drama and emotion? to the television. he said you need the fans for drama and emotion7m shows you if a sport is good enough, it will attract anyone. i have never seen a small fitgroup interested in snooker and switching channels go first up, ba byteeth, an australian comedy—drama from boxing to snooker. it has been starring eliza scanlen, who appeared as beth march in greta gerwig's fabulous little women. very special. it is a difficult time for 0liver throughout the country on various subjects including covid—19. we have come through to a certain i wanted to ask you something. stage, we are not going to let this uh-huh. will you come to my school formal? thing the foetus and the players are supplying entertainment throughout the entire field —— we are not going to let this thing defeat us.

i'm a bit old for it? no. watch on today! do i have to wear a suit? it is hard to pick what the i don't think so. highlight would be, the semifinals, i'd like to wear one. ronnie 0'sullivan taking it to the wire, the final frame, scanlen plays miller, ronnie 0'sullivan taking it to the wire, the finalframe, let ronnie 0'sullivan taking it to the wire, the final frame, let us focus on that. the final frame was over an a terminally ill teenager who falls for an older boy called moses, hour. just remarkable. the highlight played by toby wallace. for me has been opening the doors of the crucible and getting the event on. but is when the work went in and moses isn't exactly what miller's parents would consider thatis boyfriend material — on. but is when the work went in and that is where the players are he steals, he takes drugs and he's been kicked out understanding that this is an uphill of the house by his own mother. but sheltered miller is enchanted struggle. everything from there was by his rebellious spirit. a bonus. the entertainment value, it so her folks reluctantly was a massive frame last night, the finalframe of let him into their home. was a massive frame last night, the final frame of the evening, kyren wilson had come back so well to based on a stage play by rita kalnejais, babyteeth possibly close with m1 and ronnie is a remarkable debut from director shannon murphy, who deftly got that chance to make it a three steers the tone from dark, character—driven farce to tragicomedy frame cushion, i thought that was important, they both look like... if without missing a beat.

you talk about the boxing we were she's also assembled a note—perfect cast. watching, both fighters look like they were in the middle rounds of a scanlen and wallace have a palpable connection, while essie davis and ben mendelsohn are hilarious slug. they looked exhausted. they and heartbreaking as miller's we re pill—popping mother and her slug. they looked exhausted. they were both missing bowls that they normally wouldn't comment that is psychiatrist father. the spirit of the occasion, the atmosphere. the crowd was on the edge of their seat, although we sold this is a film about love, loss, compromise, sacrifice, and accepting the realities them a ticket for the whole seat, of life and death. they only needed the edge of a tax! it's hugely entertaining and it's it was special. to keep the boxing ultimately deeply moving. tone up, we are coming into the i suggest you keep tissues handy. championship rounds, we are coming don't forget your mask either — into the question that we are all asking at every big sporting event, who wants it most? and we will find out today. barry, you mentioned a because babyteeth is in cinemas now. slu gfest, out today. barry, you mentioned a slugfest, ronnie 0'sullivan has been trying with a war of words with snooker, talking about the crowds that you mention attending the final for the first time, he says it is irresponsible. what do you make of his comments? i don't make anything of his comments. i think is a

wonderful snooker player and i love watching him. that is the end of his comments that make sense to me. we have got to, we have to get the whole country back on their feet all the recession that will follow if we do not get back to some sort of the story of the puppet pinocchio normality will affect our children has inspired many a movie version, including the cutesy 1940 and our children's children. let's disney classic. keep it in context, this is a game a new live—action version of snooker, no more, no less. it is from italian director matteo garrone important for the sport that we have the showpiece and it is important is a very different beast. for the players as the 99.9% a relatively faithful adaptation of the 1883 book the adventures of the pinocchio by carlo collodi, it stars roberto benigni understand we are doing an amazing as geppetto, the woodcarver job keeping their livelihoods going who crafts a puppet that magically and ronnie should understand that as comes to life. well perhaps. ronnie keeps the sport on the back pages. between the two using elaborate prosthetics and cgi, the child actor federico ielapi of them after watching it yesterday, is transferred very credibly who do you think will be up first on into the wooden puppet who just wants to be a real boy. the practice table this morning? i would think kyren wilson will be the bond between geppetto andi and his "son" is tangible, i would think kyren wilson will be and i think ronnie will benefit from so it's nerve—racking and i think ronnie will benefit from when the gullible pinocchio wanders off and gets a good night's sleep. he looked lost in the countryside, physically tired last night. the encountering robbers and conmen.

first frame is going to be massive, isn't it? it is a long way, two more pinocchio is a gorgeous—looking film sessions. we have had some classic that occasionally tugs on the heartstrings. games, as your body pointed out. but it's much more satisfying will this be another one? will want in the subtitled version, which is showing in independent cinemas, than it is in the dubbed just full by the wayside because it one that is showing is getting tough out there? we shall in the multiplexes. the cloying english voices see. it is getting tough out there. make it seem creepy. i know a certain place called barry hearn, thank you for your the field of miracles... either way, pinocchio feels unusually dark time. and disturbing for a pg film, that starts at half past one, it so while fans of garrone's twisted fairy tale film tale of tales begins on bbc two. i am looking will find plenty to feast on, forward to it. i can imagine it is going to be another classic. the parents with younger children might want to wait for the upcoming iaman going to be another classic. disney live—action film from robert i am an press that barry did that interview by walking around the house. i was getting dizzy! zemeckis. he was going backwards at one point. holly, thank you. victories, defeats and extreme emotions are all part of an elite athlete s career, 0nto a small—screen horror that but for olympic hopeful takes itself much more seriously. kimberley woods, there have been

sputnik is a russian sci—fi nearly as many battles to overcome outside of her career. about an astronaut who comes back canoeist kimberley has from space with an unexpected overcome childhood bullying and mental health issues in her ten yearjourney to team gb. passenger in tow. bbc 0lympic sports reporter, set in 1983 and coloured in muted nick hope, has been to meet her. grey and brown hues, it stars 0ksana akinshina as a psychologist, tatyana, throughout school i was bullied who is surprised when she is asked for as long as i can remember, whether that was for the shoes i wore or to treat a famous cosmonaut how i looked because of being so muscular because i was doing in a secret soviet facility. all kinds of sport. it turns out he's suffering from more than ptsd. he's harbouring i was a tomboy and there had been a parasite inside of him. 0penly influenced by the alien numerous times where i would cry on the bus journey home. it was a lot to deal with. films, this delivers mild scares kimberly woods found opening up and a smattering of gore. to our family challenging and sought having the creature in captivity somewhat limits the potential, emotional support through relationships. really, but egor abramenko's film but in 2015 she found herself alone. is very efficient at building tension, atmosphere and characters. i had a lot of breakdowns all in all, it's in that period and got a serviceable horror that's on digital platforms now. to the point where i was keeping going for canoeing. i won the senior european championship that year and it looked like everything was going well but it really wasn't.

how low were you at that point? it reached its lowest in november when i had to have a knee operation. i was so drained from not if you're a fan of quirky being able to go paddling documentaries with eccentric characters, check out my rembrandt, which is in cinemas and on demand now. and almost have that release, i was with my thoughts 24/7 prior to 2003, it had never occurred to me that one could buy and that was the worst a painting by rembrandt. place i could be. you mean that one the self—harm was constant and a cry for help, i guess. how important was your could actually buy? coach's intervention? it was very important. i probably say i would not be going to the olympics next year without that. dropping in on buyers, opening up about her auctioneers and art experts, the film follows people problems and receiving with a passion for the dutch treatment at a private mental health painter, revealing the price they'll pay for what may or may not hospital helped woods find a new way to cope. be his work. trust me. billing itself as an epic art thriller might be whenever i was close to self slightly overstating it, but it's still a fascinating harming, i would have a hairband offbeat watch with a on my wrist and flick it, just playful sense of humour. to have a distraction throughout lockdown i would have definitely hi, i'm michelle payne. struggled if that it i'm available for track work. happened years ago. it never ever even occurred to me,

i'lljust be outside the fact i will not be in a boat if anybody needs me. for a while. new to dvd this week i have this support is ride like a girl, group around me now. the true story of michelle payne, what advice do you have for any young athletes out who in 2015 became the first woman to win the melbourne cup. there who are struggling? standby for the race it is a normal thing now to have that stops the nation! mental health struggles so just be open in communication. directed by the actor it can be the key to rachel griffiths from six feet under fame, it stars teresa palmer being happier in general. as the determined young another thing is to find the love in yourself, writer who trains up don't try to seek it from others. with the help of her father, played by the great sam neill, and her brother stevie, who's actually played by himself. very brave of her to speak out. it's told in a simple style for a broad audience, absolutely, we wish kimberly all the but it's got a positive spirit best. here's susan with a look and enough dramatic events at this morning's weather. to keep the attention. an animal theme running through the what are you doing after the race? celebrating. griffiths pitched this theme this morning. thank you as a pg feminist sports weather watchers for your offerings movie to make men cry, today, we have moved on to celsius and i reckon she's in the rain. i don't know much about got it about right. ride like a girl is on dvd now. bill, we've spent our whole life trying to unite the world. celsius, i thought he had a raincoat and i'm tired, dude. on that apparently that is anti—fly ted, we have a destiny to fulfil!

whoa! gear —— like we have moved on to greetings, my excellent friends! horses in the rain. it looks like now, if, like me, you're looking forward to the future release bill and ted face the music, then why not go back in time they will ease off a little bit in first in 1989 to bill they will ease off a little bit in the coming hours as they begin to and ted's excellent adventure? starring keanu reeves drift further north towards a eventually southern scotland, some and alex winter as time—travelling arejust eventually southern scotland, some are just venturing onto eventually southern scotland, some arejust venturing onto northern ireland. to the south of the uk, school kids who scoop up famous another band of brighter, whiter people from history, this release comes with an intriguing new message at the start — "please note that this film reflects cloud. plenty of cloud elsewhere but historical attitudes which audiences low hanging, misty, murky producing may find outdated or offensive." weather. to the south, this band is the one we are watching for this afternoon because i think this is those are historical babes. where we could see some trouble into now, much as i really enjoyed bill and ted as a teenager, the early evening. across the uk for i've got to say that re—watching it now, i have to see sunday afternoon, dry and sunny the point of this warning. weather. here in northern scotland there's the ogling of over to the south a bit more cloud, bill's stepmum missy and the crude caricatures of some across northern ireland as well of the historical figures. i winced a bit watching joan of arc across northern ireland as well across the showers tending to ease, do that fitness class in the mall. some of them further south, it puts no way! a little bill more energy into the yes, way! still, while this may not have stood atmosphere. we will see them turning

the test of time as well as, say, back to the future, heavy, thundery, not much pre—so it's still a fun, retro ride with great leads they will not move on very quickly and a few catchphrases we can and we could end up with some scenes all use right now. be excellent to each other. that we saw yesterday in essex. 40 bill and ted's excellent adventure is out on blu—ray now. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. millimetres of rain fell in one i'll be back next week. hour, that will give you flash meantime, be excellent flooding. not looking too good this to each other. evening across the midlands into parts of wales and east anglia and i hate that part. by the end of the night, the more intense showers come to sit across bill? northern england. still a lot of what? humility taking us into monday, strange things are overnight lows —— humidity. they afoot at the circle k. sort of temperatures allowing things to become quite close as we start on monday. missy and murky for many, monday, slight change, low pressure dress north. showers across scotland good morning. dissipated to be more intense and welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson you can see the whole area kind of and tina daheley. 0ur headlines today: confusion for students and teachers, winds across to northern ireland by as the exam regulator withdraws key monday afternoon, so wetter weather guidance on appeals — just hours after publishing it. there. bright little spots on the

the end of shielding in the uk, as wales becomes the last nation to suspend its guidance indicating locally some intense thunderstorms again for england and wales on monday. it does look like for the most vulnerable. manchester city crash out things will get a little bit quietly of the champions league. just briefly through the middle of another missed opportunity the week, link and you will mist it, for raheem sterling a ridge of high pressure there. a and pep guardiola — beaten by lyon and miss for the third year in a row. much deeperfeature a ridge of high pressure there. a much deeper feature than we would expect to see at this point of the year, it is like something we will a bid by non—league football clubs see in autumn, the chance of heavy to be allowed to let their fans back rainfor many see in autumn, the chance of heavy rain for many parts of the uk but into matches as coronavirus restrictions take their toll possibly more worryingly, some quite on finances. widespread gales to come thursday into friday. running for some grey misty and murky for much of the people. have a good day. a musical uk today. a lot of cloud out there and a lot of humidity as well. later theme today towards the end of the this noon, the threat of intense morning. pop star taylor swift has been on five sell—out world tours. but it seems of all the places she's showers. further risk of flooding visited, she was particularly taken by one of britain's tourist hotspots again. more details, as ever, coming — the lake district. he wouldn't be? i was there last up. hello. it is sunday, august 16 week and it was fantastic.

her new album, folklore features a song dedicated to the area. and ourtop ian haslam has been to find out why. up. hello. it is sunday, august 16 and our top story this morning, the exams regulator in england has # take me to the lakes withdrawn its guidance on appealing where all the poets went to die against a letter —— a—level grades. # i don't belong #. it's an unexpected tribute to an area taylor swift has apparently visited. on saturday, 0fqual outlined details among those to get a mention one on how mock exam results could be of the la kes' famous used in the appeals process, but late last night it deleted 19th—century poets. # tell me what are my words worth #. and this is william wordsworth's former home. i think we can really make a connection between the advice from its website. wordsworth and taylor. 0ur political correspondent taylor's only 30. jonathan blake reports. you can imagine wordsworth students who feel they have been at the same age as taylor. failed by the system. she's trying out new things, anger at the government's handling of a—level results in england. she's finding a new style we want a u—turn like has been done in her new album, and she's being in scotland where they admitted inspired by the lake poets as well. they were wrong and was sorry # these cynical clones and that is what we need # these hunters with cellphones #. as well. we organised the protest today a lot of people will see this as quite a nice place because it is simply not fair. and she was writing about it students across the country have as a place where poets come to die, been let down by the system. as a place to come and cry. there is no idea which isjust a different what is going on about interpretation of it, i guess. the appeal process and that is my well, it's not true, is it? no, i don't think so. future hanging in the balance. it's a tourist area. # i knew you were trouble students hoping to appeal when you walked in against their allocated grades had # so, shame on me now #. given some guidance we know all about wordsworth.

yesterday on how their here's some of taylor swift's lyrical work. "heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break. mock exam results could be used. and the fakers gonna fake, but hours after the exams regulator fake, fake, fake, fake. baby, i'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. i shake it off, i shake it off." published details on how appeal # i shake it off, i shake it off #. what did you think? based on mock results would work was pulled and late last night it's got some good rhymes on it. one of wordsworth's big things a statement from 0fqual said earlier today published information was he wanted to speak about mock exam results and appeals. in the language used by the everyday the policy is being people so he might admire reviewed and further taylor swift and her ability to write in the language used by everyday people nowadays. information will be published in due course. no reason was given for the decision you can't expect to wander only and the department for education, which had welcomed the guidance, appeared to be unaware of what had as a cloud through the lakes on days happened and why. students getting results without taking exams like this, though you might get this year have faced asked about taylor swift's musical tributes. added uncertainty. quite opposite things, aren't they? i wouldn't expect it. now those who feel they have been perhaps she's tapping into the whole staycation thing that's going on at the moment. unfairly marked down will face we're from london and this is the first time we've been here, purely because it's difficult to travel abroad at the moment. further confusion about how i thought you were going to say to appeal and there will be added pressure on the government purely because of taylor swift's over its handling of song? the whole exams process. well, that too. 0ur political correspondent big fan. peter saulljoins us now # i'm setting off,

from our london newsroom. but not without my muse peter, what do we know about how # no, not without you #. she's inspired. we're all inspired when we visit and why the guidance was withdrawn? the lakes district in cumbria. and it's great that she's an american artist and she's selling the lake district in cumbria as you heard in that report there to the american audience. i could be wrong but it's my guess has been no official reason for the taylor swift probably watches this very programme. criteria being ta ken if she is watching, has been no official reason for the criteria being taken down just hours after being published on the website what's your message to her? taylor, you would be really and they seemed to take the welcome to come back, you could help us create some department of education by surprise fantastic content that we can get as well, they put out a statement out there to the us audience saying they were pleased that the and invite lots of your fellow criteria had been published. labour country people to come and enjoy the lake district too. and others have been critical of one chuck in a couple of ‘i heart the lake district‘ t—shirts, pa rt and others have been critical of one part of the criteria that that if you got a better result in your mock she‘ll be down here in a flash. let‘s hope so. exams than in your predicted grade, ian haslam, bbc news, grasmere, the predict grade stood and labour in the lake district. it's argued that that contradicted the it‘s amazing, isn‘t it? next time government was make so—called triple you are having an ice cream near lock, that you could take the best windermere you might bump into talus market from what you got on thursday ora market from what you got on thursday or a reset all your mock exam. west! talk —— taylor swift. talking pressure continues to mount on the government over this and labour and others say they should scrap the about music... standardised system altogether and

just go with predict did grades. the this year has been particularly difficult for live performers, with thousands of gigs across the uk cancelled because of ministers however are sticking with the system as things stand. for the coronavirus. now, singer—songwriter alistair griffin has come up students, however, many of whom feel with a creative solution. he‘s about to embark on his first socially distanced tour, they have unfairly downgraded, their travelling across the country in a camper van to play to fans in their back gardens. he joins us now from york. good morning. how did you come up weight continues. —— weight with this idea? it was actually inspired by one of continues. a campaign aimed at persuading my fans, i‘ve been doing lots of respect lives, broadcasting into parents in england it will be safe for children to return your camera phone and one of those to the classroom in september is being launched by the government. people was a lady from ireland the adverts, which carry the hashtag "back to school safely", called margaret and she is will be shared online, in newspapers and on radio, and will highlight the various shielding, she has been treated for measures being used to minimise the risk of coronavirus cancer and her biggest thing she transmission. wa nts to cancer and her biggest thing she wants to do is gather and see live more than a hundred thousand people considered most at risk music. she said come to england and from coronavirus can stop shielding from today in wales. see when this is all over. but i vulnerable patients had been advised thought this was going to be a while to stay indoors when the pandemic with social distancing, i thought if took hold in march. margaret cannot come see a show i will take the show to margaret and aisling mcveigh has this report. play to her and her garden. you were just over two weeks after the rest of the uk, people who are shielding in wales will no longer have stay indoors. on fame academy, top 40 hits, not around 130,000 people

with underlying health conditions many pop stars would go to their fans, ithink had been advised not many pop stars would go to their fans, i think it is a wonderful to leave their homes after lockdown idea. measures were announced. i think we have developed this real connection through playing from our the welsh government now believes living rooms and pro casting out to the risk is much lower. at the moment we see the world and some amazing very few new cases here and that means we now have scope to say to those people conversations struck up and loads of who have been in the most vulnerable people out there are desperate for group and have been shielding, that they can now music. a lot of the people employing come out of shielding and start to reengage with society, four had been shooting, just coming start to get back to their normal lives. out of lockdown, —— a lot of people as with the rest of the uk, support has been available to those i have been playing for have been who have been unable shielding. to venture out but some of it, how many venues shielding. how many venues are shielding. how many venues are you going to? like the direct food delivery service, will come to an end. despite that, some charities it covers the whole country, from are advising patients to continue to shield. glasgow to west sussex. i put a call out to the people he followed me and people continue to be clinically got a massive response, about 200 vulnerable and they deserve people came back. i‘m playing in all the protection they can get some quirky places, i‘m playing in a from the government and people have been lucky enough to have a transplant for the first miniature steam railway on a three months afterwards they need merry—go—round. i‘m playing on to continue to shield,

they need to self isolate miniature steam railway on a merry—go—round. i‘m playing 0" a clifftop merry—go—round. i‘m playing on a and look after that clifftop garden. also on a narrow precious kidney and the chance that they have been given. boatin clifftop garden. also on a narrow the welsh government boat in skipton this week. clifftop garden. also on a narrow boat in skipton this weekm clifftop garden. also on a narrow boat in skipton this week. it is acknowledges that the brilliant. in terms of the people relaxation will be an anxious time for some people but it has reiterated that this is just a pause who are the socially distance will and there may be some form be able to watch, will you be of shielding in the future if the virus streaming it? increases. absolutely. the whole thing is going to be streamed live on facebook, president trump's younger brother has died in hospital in new york at the age of 71. continuing the facebook live culture. people can get involved and in a statement, mr trump said his brother — who he visited on friday — come to my facebook page. what i was his best friend, wa nt to and would be greatly missed. come to my facebook page. what i want to do today is add one more the cause of his death tour date and one more location, i is not yet known. am asking for the quirkiest garden in britain to get in touch with me the republic of ireland has reported the highest increase in new cases andi in britain to get in touch with me and i will come to you and play in of coronavirus in the country your garden. give me the quirky since the beginning of may. there were 200 new looking garden. i am sure you will cases on saturday. ireland's acting chief medical officer, dr ronan glynn, get a big response. we can look at said there were multiple clusters of cases around the country which will be monitored "extremely the picture of your motorhome. here it is. how have things been for you? closely" over the coming days. a search is continuing for two teenagers last seen in the sea have you been struggling as a near lytham st annes in lancashire.

musician? it has been difficult. this the coastguard, rnli and police were called after reports of three youths in difficultyjust before industry, life events, first into seven o'clock last night. lockdown, probably going to be the a 15—year—old boy managed to swim last out of it. being able to to safety but a 16—year—old and 18—year—old, both believed to be connect with people on facebook has from dewsbury in west yorkshire, are still missing. been a real lifeline and the next step for me is to do this tour. great. thank you forjoining a this the duke of cambridge has addressed the nation in a televised tribute morning! good luck. eddie want alistair to come play in your quirky honouring veterans on vj day, 75 years after his great grandfather gave a speech marking garden, get in touch. the end of world war ii. that‘s all from in the pre—recorded message, breakfast this morning. dan and louise will be back prince william urged the public to remember their responsibility tomorrow morning from six. from us, enjoy the rest to "learn the lessons of the past of the weekend. and ensure that the horrors goodbye. of the second world war are never repeated." it is hard for us to imagine what victory overjapan they must have felt like at the time. a mix of happiness, jubilation and sheer relief. together with a deep sadness and overwhelming sense of loss for those who would never return home

today we remember those who enjoyed terrible suffering and honour all those who lost their lives. as we've been hearing this morning, the a—level grades for thousands of pupils in england have been thrown into further confusion, after the exams regulator withdrew guidance it had issued only hours earlier about the appeal process. let's discuss this with geoff barton from the association of school and college leaders. good morning to you and thank you for taking the time to talk to us. you know what is going on? i do not know what is going on. i am reminded that lennon says there are decades when nothing happen and weeks when decades happen and that would be vaguely amusing if it were not about young people and their chances in life. when you have the select this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk committee on twitter this morning and around the world. describing this as a shambles it is confusion for students not a good look for a country that and teachers in england, needs to do its best for its young as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades —

people and where we are looking to the gcse results next week. we're just hours after publishing it. forward to talking to that in an this is just unacceptable hours time. how much pressure does this isjust unacceptable in my this put on teachers who this week view. students and teachers are got to deal with gcs ease and a anxious, particularly the students who are worried about their futures. possible repeat performance. there this has to be sorted out. is significant pressure. just before thousands of protesters are expected to gather again today in belarus — to call for president alexander coming here, i had a meeting with lukashenko to step down. members and they spent yesterday a two week quarantine rule has trying to persuade universities to show a greater generosity of spirit and take young people with a lower grade who are absolutely the right people to go into university. i would like to come back to that because i think universities need to step up and play their part. secondly he said he then spent the evening being deluged with e—mails from people wanting to know what the guidance meant. and then he has woken up this morning saying that he is now having e—mails from parents saying that they give up because nobody cares. it is not good enough

andi nobody cares. it is not good enough and i think we must say that we worked with the regulator and believed in standardised moderation, it is important that a grade for one school is the same as the other. so this is just putting the boot in in a snide way but we could have done better. there are things that could still be done to make things better including, likei still be done to make things better including, like i say, the universities because if you take any example of a girl in the west country who got two a stars and two a, she wanted to do matt 0xford. she has been turned down because one of her a grades was not in a style. a second school has also turned her down. she is first—generation, disadvantaged background and we really need to look to our universities to say that we understand these are unprecedented times and we will make spaces for these young people. like we saw yesterday from worcester college in 0xford. what that does is take some heat out of the system as young people's going to see that the older

generation were starting to bring them into the university courses and recognise what they had been through. there was an e—mail this morning from someone in 0xfordshire who has a daughter in a similar position, wanting to study in oxford and there was a discrepancy between and there was a discrepancy between a letter a and in a star. she has a problem. it's argument, some people will say, that the teachers perhaps understandably may have inflated grades a little bit? i know they say thatis grades a little bit? i know they say that is not the case but obviously they would have wanted their stu d e nts to they would have wanted their students to do as well as possible. therefore there must some suppression. what is your response to that? sometimes it is presented in an accusatory way that you cannot trust the teachers. 0ther in an accusatory way that you cannot trust the teachers. other countries trust the teachers. other countries trust teachers with assessment and we should do that as well and the rigourous process of coming up with the grades and submitting them. the vast majority of teachers in schools would have done absolutely right and it seems to me it is like when i was

an english teacher, if there are a few stu d e nts an english teacher, if there are a few students messing around to doing what they should not be doing at the back of the class, class detention is not fair back of the class, class detention is notfairand back of the class, class detention is not fair and that is what it will feel like. if some centres have been overinflated, deal with those centres. and what we say today and i wrote to 0fqual about this on friday, if you look at a person who was predicted a c who ended up getting a u and says to us i have failed an exam i could not even sit. well... they deserve better than that. and what we deserve is looking at whether discrepancies are and whether track record is and putting those cases right. sorry to interrupt, is the time to do that, given that the universities, obviously, need some degree of certainty so they can feel their places for the start of their term. is the time to go through it on a case—by—case basis?

is the time to go through it on a case-by-case basis? these are not normal times, are they and therefore my starting point would be that what we wa nt my starting point would be that what we want is particularly those most academic universities to stop looking, as i think they are, and being insular and start thinking about the young people, talk to the school, particularly make sure the disadvantage students who will not have parents who can articulate on their behalf, let's see what we can do for them and let's play our part as part of the national mission. meanwhile what i think 0fqual could do is look at the more extreme cases. after two yea rs do is look at the more extreme cases. after two years on a level course, a young person should not have a fail when they have not even taken exam. and whether they work with school leavers to help. but it is not good enough for us to find out information last night which our members will have to implement. 0ne head teacher said they will have 900 appeals across the school at a time when they are trying to do the logistics of this pandemic. there

must be a sense of government, the regulator, working with the very people who are responsible for young people who are responsible for young people and who have to implement these ideas. three really quick questions to ask you. firstly, some people will say that undoubtedly there is no question that some stu d e nts there is no question that some students have been really hard done by this process. however every year there are students who do not get what they want and this year it is just a convenient opportunity to blame the government. what is your brief response to that? yes, everyone will be feeling angry. by yes, everyone will be feeling angry. by no that results days always fraught from items ahead teacher. and it is hard to determine who would legitimately have got a lower grade and who wouldn't. the trouble is we don't have the evidence of how they would have done in examine i think we need a spirit of generosity this year. do you think we will see a repeat performance, perhaps was, with gcse‘s more students in subjects, later this week.

with gcse‘s more students in subjects, later this weeklj with gcse‘s more students in subjects, later this week. i think this takes a higher. that is why it has been difficult for them to come up has been difficult for them to come up with this appeal of exams. the big issue is what is it in the statistical model that has gone wrong in some places with some young people and how might that workout next week with gcse‘s you have more disadvantaged young people and how could we put it right or do something at least about it? very briefly, finally, and it is unfair because he is not here to speak for himself although he is welcome to come in the programme, labour, the liberal democrats are suggesting the education secretary should consider his position and go, what do you think? my job is to speak for members to act for children and young people. i'm not sure that shuffling personalities around at the moment will help most young people even if it was a sense of vengeance people even if it was a sense of vengeance to people even if it was a sense of vengeance to some. people even if it was a sense of vengeance to some. we really need a co—ordinated response urgently and stop announcing things before we have been able to check whether they will work or not. we're very grateful for your time will work or not. we're very gratefulfor your time morning. thank you very much. some universities say they will offer places to students

regardless of whether they decide to appeal their published results or not. professor nishan ca nagarajah is the president of the university of leicester and joins us now from bristol. a very good morning to you. can you tell us about the approach you've decided to take and why? so the approach we take as of wednesday when the announcement was made that it could be part of the appeal, we felt there was not enough information and we should support the students during this time and we need to be flexible. so what we decided to do was allow the students to submit them all, which has to be admitted by the school stop so we contacted the school and then if we we re contacted the school and then if we were satisfied it was about a mock and they perform better than their published result we made them an offer. now, given the mock exams in themselves will vary greatly among schools, is that, do you think, the fa i rest schools, is that, do you think, the fairest way of dealing with this and the most reliable way?”

fairest way of dealing with this and the most reliable way? i think one of the challenges we are facing is we have no suitable replacement for the traditional a level based assessment, so that is why we are all trying to figure out what is a fair way to assess the students. and within the university we have a process where we look at various information in making the decision as to who would benefit from university education. mock is one of the kinds of information we use. clearly, as you said, there are variations. think any we can use right now is open for different interpretations. but we think it is the right thing to do and our evidence shows that we have been able to treat some of the students fairly as a result of this and we will respond to any further advice. but at the moment the feedback is, from the teachers and the parents and the students, this is a sensible way of approaching it. am i right in thinking this needs many more —— this means many more students will get a place and you have the capacity to accommodate them?” think is a very good question. it is why it is important of call and the

department need to consult university bodies as well, because they think what we don't want to do is to have a process, we improve the graves of the students, and they are still disappointed they couldn't get to the university they wanted to. so we need to think through how this is going to work in the long run. but they agree on the short term we are making adjustments with the university to take more students because we have been asked to be flexible. we will be. but it's not going to be easy because we have limitations in terms of the facilities in the university, in terms of the accommodation that we can offer. so we need to think carefully how do we kind of balance taking more students with giving them the best experience when they come to university. we just heard from geoff who gave an example of a student who needed to get a styles but ended up getting a's and they we re but ended up getting a's and they were denied places at two prestigious universities because of

it. do you think other universities need to show more flexibility and leniency on what are unprecedented circumstances? i do. that is why we took the approach we did. because we are in unprecedented times and i think a lot of students feel right now, rightly or wrongly, the process has not been fair for them, now, rightly or wrongly, the process has not been fairfor them, it now, rightly or wrongly, the process has not been fair for them, it has not been transparent. and even three days after getting the results they don't have any information how they can appeal. so we think we need to show some flexibility because we have very little time between now and the start of the academic year. soi and the start of the academic year. so i think anybody provides flex ability will be welcome. we also need to understand that the universe are ina need to understand that the universe are in a difficult position because they have strict control of the numbers they can take in. as i've mentioned earlier, it is also something we need to consider. professor nishan ca nagarajah, something we need to consider. professor nishan canagarajah, thank you very much your time this morning. talking lot more about that during course of the morning. let's catch up on the weather forecast, see how it is going. also you have some fringes there, susan.”

see how it is going. also you have some fringes there, susan. i thank you some larger mammals. you heard of gorillas in the mist clematis cows in the fog this morning. this is the picture any of us are seeing out our windless if you have ventured out and about, taking the dog up. low cloud hanging. very dang out there, poor visibility. we have still got the same very humid air, believe it or not, that we had through all of that heat. but as the temperatures come down the moisture has condensed and it is hanging around in the form of low cloud and fog stop to the south of the uk, at the moment, a more organised band of cloud which is this line of showers, surging into the south of the uk through the course of the day today. some proper troublemakers in there. not looking great again u nfortu nately for not looking great again unfortunately for the cricket in southampton. further north we will seejoe southampton. further north we will see joe was southampton. further north we will seejoe was also getting into southern scotland today. northern scotla nd southern scotland today. northern scotland the clear winner in terms of the place to be for the best of the sunshine today. to the south, showers creeping into the border through the afternoon, maybe the odd one for northern ireland. then it is this line of showers that comes into the south of the uk. through this

afternoon and on into the evening, thatis afternoon and on into the evening, that is a major cause for concern. rather like yesterday and started quite quietly across the south—east of england but come the afternoon in parts of chelmsford and writtle, 40 millimetres of rain, a month's with the rain fell in the space of an hour and that resulted in flash lighting. it seems like those locally that we could see across parts of southern england, wales, the midlands, even east anglia as we through the evening. 0ver the midlands, even east anglia as we through the evening. over 90 showers calm down a little bit. but there will be some heavy ones at the end of the night across northern england and wales. pretty humid to the south, 15—16 the lows. without humidity, cloud around first thing monday morning, and poor visibility, the low pressure that is bringing in the low pressure that is bringing in the showers just further north on monday and the prospect across scotla nd monday and the prospect across scotland and northern ireland look in comparison today rather more showery —— with that humidity. northern ireland may escape with a large a fine picture. what will also see is more showers further south

across england and wales and, again, some areas will mist them, some will enjoy a dry day was sunny spells. 0thers enjoy a dry day was sunny spells. others will get a real heavy dose of rain and that may have some significant impacts. temperatures around average values for the time of year, about 10 degrees down for some of us on last week. then we look a little though they had stopped wednesday and thursday. we don't normally see pictures like this at this time of year. that is a very deep area of low pressure when its way towards us for thursday and friday. we could be up against some pretty strong winds by the time the week is out. in the shorter term it's those thundery showers to the south of the uk that are our primary concern as we get further on into today. back to you guys. susan, thank you very much. thousands of people in belarus have continued taken to the streets this week, as they demonstrate against president alexander lukashenko and call for him to resign. protests erupted after his election victory, which was condemned with widespread allegations of vote—rigging. we can speak to our reporter abdujalil abdurasulov who is in minsk. what's expected there today?

good morning to you. what is expected there today? well, today, the opposition have called people to come out to the streets and joined the freedom march. the march of freedom. they call it the most important day for the movement. it is interesting. there will be another rally, the pro— lukashenko rally, and it will take place at the same place. there is only a two hour gap between the two rallies and if they overlap it may get tense very quickly. yesterday there was a sense of euphoria on the streets of belarus. people were coming out with balloons and flowers to show their movement is peaceful. but things may change very quickly here. we can see some of the pictures on our screen at the moment. the protests seemingly reasonably good—natu red at the moment. the protests seemingly reasonably good—natured so far. is there a fear that things may

become any more unruly or even violent? at the moment it seems that anger defeated fear and people are now willing to come out to the street and show their protest. but there is a concern that there might be more violence. yesterday president lukashenko at the ministry's meeting, he said russia will provide, hence of assistance to maintain security in belarus. he was speaking of external threats. he said he was concerned about military drills happening outside and near the border of belarus. however, many people here interpret this as a threat that he is willing to use moscow's help to end the protests. the question is how far is he willing to go in order to stay in power here? abdujalil abdurasulov thank you very much indeed. yesterday three baltic states, including lithuania, called for the vote to be re—run.

we're joined from there now by aliaksandr herasimenka, who is a researcher at the university of oxford. a very good morning. can you give us a bit of context and explain why these protests a re a bit of context and explain why these protests are happening now and how significant they are? well, belarus is a dictatorship and it has been a dictatorship for 25 years. and people here are clearly unsatisfied with the regime. they think that their dictator is just doing hisjob think that their dictator is just doing his job unsatisfactory and there are three key causes that contributed to this wave of protest, one of them is the economy, the state of the economy, another is a very weird response to the covid crisis, where the government did not impose any lockdown, did not recognise the threat of the virus. another change is how social media

works these days in belarus. more people get political news from social media than state media and they criticise lukashenko. and finally there was an election last week and this opens political opportunity for all types of political forces. but opportunity for all types of politicalforces. but he has opportunity for all types of political forces. but he has held onto power for nearly three decades now. do the people of belarus, and did they before these protests, did they think his presidency was legitimate? had they protested before? well, there were many protests. belarus has a very rich protests. belarus has a very rich protest culture that goes back to the very beginning of his rule, though no protests were as successful or as numerous as these days. so this is the largest protest wave. and it seems like this one might be much more successful than previous waves. and do you think

that president lukashenko will end up that president lukashenko will end up stepping down? is that we will end up? there is some possibility, but it doesn't look like he's ready to step down easily, to go without any consequences. he is going to fight, perhaps, unfortunately. and what do people make of the main opposition leader? well, svetlana tikhanovskaya, who is now in lithuania, not belarus, she seems to be more like a symbolic leader. a leader who inspires people, but does not really contribute a lot to the everyday co—ordination of the protest, because the everyday co—ordination of the protest happens through a social media and telegram channel, so social media platforms who have been controlled by the activists, the journalists and activists, the journalists and activists in belarus and abroad.

aliaksandr herasimenka, thank you so much for your time this morning. thank you. it is 28 minutes past seven. good morning. still to come this morning: # i don't belong... it's a popular tourist destination, but the lake district is also providing inspiration for popstars. we'll hear from locals after taylor swift named a song after the area. 01:29:25,469 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 stay with us, headlines coming up.