this is bbc news. the headlines at 6... as students protest against the downgrading of a—level results in england, more confusion as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, just hours after publishing it. the common theme is anger. a lot of people are really sad and the stress, it is a really stressful time. like, yourfuture is uncertain. i think the general attitude is, people want change. people want the government to be held accountable. it's about time that boris johnson takes personal responsibility for this and stops making it up as he goes along, because it's far too serious for that, and i think in the next 24 hours he's got to come and explain to students, parents and teachers, how he will address this historic injustice. the coastguard says two bodies have been found after two teenage brothers went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire.

a huge crowd of opposition more confusion over a—level results, supporters gathers in the centre of the belarusian capital minsk to protest last weekend's as the exams regulator pulls advice disputed election. on how to appeal grades, hours after making it public. and chloe mccardel, an australian endurance swimmer, widespread anger again finishes a record, today from students, who say the whole breaking crossing of the english channel. process has been unfair. most people that i know have been affected by this. everyone's been knocked down a grade or two. i'm more than happy to speak up, because these are our futures. one former tory education secretary says the government should "stop digging a hole" and reassess the grading system. also on the programme: there's more uncertainty in belarus, the biggest and confusion for hundreds of thousands of a—level anti—government protests and gcse students today. yet against president lukashenko, the exams regulator quual who says he won't resign. withdrew its advice for those the bodies of two brothers who got wanting to appeal within hours into difficulties in the sea of making it public. off the lancashire coast the government has been under fire have been recovered. since thursday's a—level and another race, another grades were awarded, victory for lewis hamilton, who dominates formula one in spain. with nearly 40% downgraded by quual.

gcse results are due this thursday, having been assessed using the same algorithm as a—levels. here's our political correspondent peter saull. in ordinary times, they'd know what their next step would be by now. and the class of 2020 good evening. is facing more uncertainty. there's more uncertainty three days after the results came for hundreds of thousands out, here, or so we thought, of a—level students, and those waiting for gcse results was the criteria for appealing. in a few days' time. on this page of quual's website, the exams regulator, quual, has withdrawn its advice on how students and teachers could find out pupils can appeal their allocated grades, just hours after what a valid mock exam looks like, making it public. but just hours later, the government has been under the document disappeared. in a statement, the regulator said... fire since thursday, when a—level results were awarded and nearly 40% of teacher assessments were downgraded. now, a former conservative education secretary says the government should stop "digging itself a hole" and postpone this week's gcse results. that is a huge mess, goodness knows what is going on. with the latest, here's our quual is sowing confusion amongst education editor, branwen jeffreys. pupils, head teachers, outraged, disappointed by their a—levels. school teachers and it's the last the common theme is anger. a lot of people are

thing we need at this time. really sad and stressed. it is a very stressful time. we need a ronseal appeals your future is uncertain. system that is simple, students brought their protest people understand it. to westminster today. i was predicted aaa, there's no official reason why the criteria was taken down. and i got given bcc. but some pointed to a section that and ijust think it's unfair suggested if a student's mock that we got given these grades exam result was better even though we didn't actually sit than their predicted grade, the exams in the first place. the predicted grade would stand. i think this shows the government afraid their future is at stake. are making it up as they go along i don't really know what to do. and theyjust simply haven't the only thing i have left to do got a clue. i mean, five months ago is wait for the government to reveal they were presented with this problem, and, a fair appeals process. yes, no situation would be ideal, whenever you're predicting grades, some did get the grades they needed, there are going to be some concerns but 40% of a—level grades but they failed to learn the lessons from scotland, were adjusted down. they've failed to get a grip on what's going to happen next week, with gcses, with the a—levels. it could be worse. half a million pupils as the confusion over grades continues, the scramble will get their grades. for university places in england, only a i% is well under way. rise overall is allowed. some institutions are offering senior tories calling for a rethink. places regardless of the outcome of appeals, but head teachers want leniency across the board. a really great, massive number. it's really not good enough for us to be finding out you mustn't forget, half a million information last night, people take maths gcse, so you are into numbers of hundreds which our members are going to have to implement. of thousands complaining

that they've been hit. you know, when you are in one head teacher said they're a hole, stop digging. going to have 900 appeals goodness knows what is across their school at a time going on at quual. when they are trying to do it's sows confusion amongst pupils, the logistics of this pandemic. there has to be a sense head teachers, school teachers, of government, the regulator, working with the very people and it is the last thing we need who are responsible for young people and who have at this time. to implement these ideas. what a time to be education secretary. he says the system must be we need a "ronseal" appeal system that is simple, fairto all yeargroups, people understand it. notjust this one. but this storm is far from over. the politics of grades hundreds of thousands never so heated. of gcse students will get the pressure on ministers building. their results on thursday. peter saull, bbc news. i care about these young people, to be honest, and the hundreds of thousands of students more than 250 a—level students have gathered who are affected by this disaster. in westminster for a protest so that's why i'm calling against the downgrading on the prime minister of thousands of results. to step in, quite frankly. he needs to right this wrong many chanted, "trust teachers, in the next 24 hours. not tories" and carried signs that is why he is the prime calling for the education secretary minister of the country. gavin williamson to resign he needs to get up off his backside over the grading system. and help and support these young people. when schools shut, exams had to be cancelled. the common theme is anger. but now support for the alternative is falling apart. a lot of people are really sad, and the stress...it‘s it's really not good enough for us very stressful time. like, yourfuture is uncertain. to be finding out information last i think the general attitude is, night which our members people want change.

people want the government to be are going to have to implement. you know, one head teacher said held accountable for the complete lack of fairness that for five they are going to have 900 months, they knew this would happen, appeals across the school, and that gavin williamson has just at a time when they are trying to do completely ignored the needs the logistics of this pandemic. of young people. i was predicted aaa and i got given there has to be a sense of government, the regulator, bcc, and ijust think it's unfair working with the very people who are responsible for young that we got given these grades even though we didn't actually sit people and who have the exams in the first place. to implement these ideas. my centre assessed grades were a‘a‘a and the grades i received and still it is not clear how many will appeal, as rules for that was a‘a‘b from the algorithm, and because of that, have been rewritten. i missed out on my aaa offer branwen jeffreys, bbc news. for history and politics. i got a b in politics and now i can't go to university as a result. our political correspondent jonathan i don't really know what to do. the only thing i have left to do is wait for the government to reveal blake is at westminster for us. a fair appeals process because even what they published yesterday there is growing disquiet within and what they have withdrawn conservative ranks about all this. could it be friendly fire that ends wouldn't have helped me. well, labour's deputy leader up could it be friendly fire that ends up causing the government to actually change tack? yes, another angela rayner has called day, another criticism for the for the prime minister to hold a press conference on the a—level government over its handling of exam situation in the next 2a hours. it is completely and utterly results. 24 hours on from quual‘s shameful that the government have done what they've done. decision to remove the guidance it published to students hoping to they've had months to sort appeal on the basis of their mock

out the exam situation. exa m appeal on the basis of their mock exam grades, we are none the wiser they've devastated the lives as to why that happened. it was of young people with what's happened, where some have undoubtedly uncomfortable for the had their life chances literally government, though, because that guidance from the regulator appeared pulled from under their feet to contradict the education through no fault of their own, and it's about time that secretary's promised that students boris johnson takes personal would benefit from that trip lock, responsibility for this and stops allowing them to take either the making it up as he goes along, cos it's far too serious for that, allocated grades, their mock raids if they appealed successfully, or and i think in the next 2a hours taking an exam in the autumn. he's got to come and explain to students, parents and teachers how he will address this historic labour, as you heard, calling for the prime minister to step in. more injustice and fix the mess, quite frankly, that his concerning the ministers will be government's created. criticism from the tory i've been speaking to ani magill backbenchers. one today said this was a huge mess, another described who's chief executive it as beyond a joke and said it of xavier catholic education trust. smacks of naive incompetence. so in that's a group of 15 schools in surrey, three of which are seconday the face of political criticism, comprehensive schools. i asked her how different her protests, legal challenges, there student's a—level results had been may only be so much the government after they'd been moderated. can take before it is forced to fundamentally rethink its approach. jonathan, thank you. public health england, they were down overall about 20%. the body which has come in for criticism for its handling of the coronavirus test and trace programme, and the way it's calculated deaths what i think the government needs in the pandemic, is to remember, that at the centre facing reorganisation.

of this are actual children. our health editor hugh pym is here. these students are the students that what is the thinking behind this? did not get to sit the exams that they had worked so hard for, public health england were strongly and they didn't get to take part criticised for its involvement in a very controversial decision back in in all those events that mark the end of their school life, like their prom and saying goodbye march to suspend community testing and tracing and focus capacityjust to their friends and everything. on hospitals. not long after that, and it's really not good ministers realised they really did enough to say, "well, need to build up a big testing it's ok because lots of people are going to university." network which then arguably happened if you have worked really hard too little too late. it is on your teacher tells you you're understood that in the next couple going to get three as of days the government will announce and you open up a bit of paper and the formula says you have a big shake—up, moving got three bs instead, responsibilities from public health or even worse, you were meant to get england for the pandemic, to three ds and the formula says surveillance and testing and so on, that you've failed an exam over to the test and trace team that you didn't even sit, is there. pag will hang on to for a we all remember our little longer some of its a—level results forever. responsibilities on prevention, like obesity strategies and so on. and i think it's so important criticism is that this is response we treat these children properly and give them to mistakes made, but we should bear the grades they deserve. at the moment, it's just such in mind phd is an executive agency, a shambles, isn't it? so i'd call on the government to do the right thing. it is not autonomous and it is not

and where a school's central independent. some of these big and assessment grades is broadly in line important decisions back in those with previous performance, fateful weeks in march would have then award them the grades. involved the chief scientific, chief if there is a big discrepancy, medical advisers and ministers as then ask for more information. well as phd. when it comes do you understand why responsibility and culpability for the algorithm would have marked some of the decisions made, we will down your education trust based have to wait for an independent on historical exam results? yes, i do. enquiry, whenever that happens. thank you. latest figures show that there can you just explain were 1040 new confirmed cases that for our viewers? of covid—19 in the latest because that is key. i think a lot of people are not 24 hour period. clear about why the algorithm the seven—day rolling average was designed in that way. for daily cases is 1085, so as you can see here, ok, so what happened is, if you have got small a—level groups the average is slowly rising. five deaths were recorded which a lot of private schools have, in the same 24—hour period, taking and a lot of small sixth forms have, the total number then the centre assessment grades across the uk to 41,366. were awarded because statistically it would not have been fair the number of reported deaths is generally lower at the weekend. to use the algorithm. on average in the past week, 13 people are reported to have died, every day from coronavirus. in belarus, the largest anti—government protests since last

also, if you are a new school week's disputed elections have been and you have sixth form taking place, with further calls for for the first time, alexander lukashenko to step down. you have no history so for those schools, the centre assessment but he's vowing to stay in power, grades have been awarded. then in order to keep claiming belarus is under threat the normal distribution curve, from foreign forces. that means that the rest of us have had our grade downgraded in order mr lukashenko is accused of rigging to maintain the numbers the vote and unleashing a violent across the whole system crackdown against demonstrators. and that is why it is unfair. and some would say that earlier today, for the first time, that is actually cementing structural inequality in an institution. there was a pro—government rally all this idea about social mobility in the centre of minsk, or educational mobility from where our correspondent, through academic attainment, jonah fisher now reports. it's questionable like that. on the point of grade inflation, though, do you accept that quual has a responsibility a week after the disputed election, as a government body, as an independent body, in fact, belarus is voting with its feet. the centre of the capital, minsk, taken to stop grade inflation? over by hundreds of thousands of people. united in their demand that alexander lu kashenko, the if you look at the scottish model, people. united in their demand that alexander lukashenko, the only president this country has ever i think their highers pass rate was 89% this known, stepped down. do you think year as opposed to 79% last year. is that an acceptable outcome? the president is going to go peacefully? i'm not sure about it but we will not go away today, but what they mustn't do is take

tomorrow, next week, we will stay the sledgehammer to crack the nut. there are only 5000 here on the streets. i spent all my secondary schools. how difficult is itjust to look life with resident lukashenko and i at the centre assessed grades, look at the school's history, don't want it any more. do you think and the great majority of them will be aligned. this sort of demonstration is going and if they're different, do the investigation with those to convince the president to go? schools, don't punish all of the students across the country. yes, we believe, and that is why we 40% of all the grades went down. are all here. belarus has never seen so teachers‘ predictions, is that the sensible, simplest way forward ? scenes like this before. a couple of yes, except if there weeks ago demonstrations were is a huge disparity. extremely rare and they were usually and then quual need to do a bit more digging. brutally snuffed out by the if there is a huge disparity government. now there are people much and as far as the eye can see between the grades that the centre through the centre of the capital, minsk. there is a real sense of assessed grades, and the school's history, they should change in the air. but this isn't do more digging. that is for a very small minority of schools. and for the rest of us, over. earlier in the day, president give the students the grades that they deserve. and the grades that should have. lukashenko held over. earlier in the day, president lu kashenko held his over. earlier in the day, president lukashenko held his own rally. the mood, was rather different. just a thank you very much for speaking to us. what did you say? can i just say something else? few thousand showed up. a disappointing turnout for a man who claims to have one 80% of the vote. there is a wider issue here.

the reality is, in two weeks' time, we are preparing to have all of the students back, we don't need overseas governments. teachers and support staff have we don't need overseas governments. worked so hard on keeping schools we need our government, our leadership. the fate of the open throughout covid. president is likely to rest not on and now we have got 82 different the streets but in moscow. russia sets of guidance and we are trying sees belarus as its own back yard, to do the right thing for children. and military intervention remains a so we need a leadership that we can real possibility. believe in and the heads have lost confidence the bodies of two brothers, who went missing in the sea near lytham st annes in lancashire, in the current leadership. have been found. the teenagers from west yorkshire emergency teams who'd been searching got into difficulties last night. for two teenagers missing off a third person, their cousin, is recovering after the lancashire coast since last night have found two bodies. managing to swim to shore. let's get more details fiona trott, has more details. from our correspondent andy moore. the start of an 18 hour search. and they had been looking through the this was just one part of it. one of early hours, called off earlier, what is the latest? this was a these are lifeboats was out for 15 hours and was laterjoined by family from west dewsbury in yorkshire enjoying the good weather another from blackpool. the yesterday in lytham st annes. two coastguard helicopter and ground brothers who were in the water got patrols were also on alert. news of into trouble, we do not know how or

what happened at this busy beach why. a cousin of theirs managed to quickly spread. the teenagers' get back to shore and raise the 15—year—old cousin managed to swim alarm. he is being treated in ashore. we saw the young lad come hospitalfor alarm. he is being treated in hospital for hypothermia. the back in, he had just trousers on, brothers have been named as 18—year—old muhammad azhar shabbir and he was shaking. they took him and his 16—year—old younger brother, out of the coastal than with, we think it was his sister, and put him ali athar shabbir. the bodies that straight in an ambulance. this first have been found at 3:15pm this afternoon from them a mile away from beachis straight in an ambulance. this first beach is popular at this time of the peer have not been formally year, but people who know it well so identified but they are believed to be the brothers and the family have visitors can get into difficulty. been informed. as you say, when the the beach, although it looks flat, is not. if you are on higher ground alarm was raised there was a very and looking out to sea, not paying large search involved. coastguard attention to what happens behind helicopter from carmarthen, you, the water can come in behind large search involved. coastguard helicopterfrom carmarthen, this you, the water can come in behind you and next minute you know, you've morning it continued, i think one lifeboat was out for 15 hours got to at least wade ashore or, if overnight. it was briefly suspended it gets too deep, swim ashore. at earlier on today and then the bodies we re lunchtime today, is a difficult earlier on today and then the bodies were found this afternoon. the coast decision was made. despite all their guards save your thoughts are with the family in this incredibly efforts, the coast guard suspended difficult time. andy, thank you very the search. and tonight another

much. development. lancashire police say four young men have died after a car two bodies have been found. they are crashed into a house yet to be formally identified, but on the a4 in wiltshire, in the early hours of this morning. wiltshire police said the collision took place are believed to be muhammad and ali on the a4 in derry hill, near calne, at 3am, when a vehicle crashed into the side of the house and caught fire, killing all four of athar shabbir. the ca r‘s occupants. a record number of people have robert trump, the younger brother crossed the english channel to reach of the us president, the uk in the month of august. has died in hospital in new york. it's confirmed that 65 people he was 71. donald trump said he mourned reached the uk yesterday in 5 boats the death with a heavy heart, crossing the channel. calling his brother his best friend. robert trump died after reportedly suffering bleeding on the brain following a fall. it brings the total number the leader of the scottish of migrants reaching the uk this month to 1,120. conservatives has apologised channel authorities say for missing a victory overjapan day the crossings are illegally facilitated by criminals event to work as a linesman who are making money exploiting people desperate to come to the uk. at a football match. douglas ross says he they say they're working as a matter was wrong to officiate at the scottish premiership game, rather than attend a two—minute of urgency to resolve it. silence in his moray constituency. the apology comes less than two huge crowds are on the streets weeks after mr ross was confirmed of belarus in the biggest protest as the leader of the scottish yet against president alexander conservatives. lukashenko. but he has again defied calls now, with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram, to quit, claiming the nation at the bbc sport centre. is under threat from foreign forces. good evening, clive. lewis hamilton has won

formula one's spanish grand prix, and in doing so has tens of thousands of opposition supporters have joined broken the record set by a march for freedom, moving through central michael schumacher for minsk and chanting that the most podium finishes. the president should go. it is the 156th time that hamilton meanwhile, in an address to a smaller crowd of several has had a top—three finish. thousand, mr lukashenko called on supporters to defend and it was a comfortable win today their country and independence. with the british driver finishing 24 seconds ahead of max verstappen, who won last weekend's race at silverstone. mr lukashenko says he's worried our correspondent, joe wilson, about nato military exercises watched the action. being carried out in poland and lithuania, and has reached a security agreement with russia. many in belarus see this as a threat to shut down the protests by force barcelona, beautiful, just don't with help from president putin. mention football. lewis hamilton was the bbc‘s abdujalil abdurasulov is in minsk. utterly at home here, front of the grid, nearest the camera, when he i'm at the main square in the capital minsk. got to the first corner safely this is a rally in support ahead, that was his opponents best of president lukashenko. chance gone. hamilton just stretched people are coming here bringing ahead. max verstappen was supposed flags, the nationalflags to catch him, he was actually having agoat to catch him, he was actually having a go at his own team. it could be of belarus, they're gathering in front of the main stage over there where you can hear the music is playing, and we have been hearing reports that a number of state employees were forced to come worse, he could have been in a

and attend this meeting. ferrari. their engine failed, we tried to speak to some of the protesters here but most basically. lewis hamilton just led. of them refused to talk to us he was in a different world. shortly and turned away. and this is the opposition rally after it crossed the line, that was which is taking placejust confirmed by what he said. wow, that a couple of kilometres away from the pro—government demonstration. was ina people are chanting here, "leave, confirmed by what he said. wow, that was in a different zone then. i leave to mr lukashenko." didn't even know it was the last lap. awesome. already lewis hamilton they're saying that after the violence that authorities used to disperse the crowds on the streets, he can no looks like the champion. then again, longer be their president. is there a time when he doesn't? loud cheering. they demand a rerun of the vote the second test between england because the elections, they're saying were rigged, and pakistan is heading for a draw after rain disrupted play and their votes were stolen. on day four. these people are ready to come out they managed just one hour on the field. onto the streets every day england bowled pakistan out for 236. until their demands are met. before the wicket of rory burns fell in the first over the kremlin has confirmed that president putin has offered military of their first innings reply. support to president lukashenko, should it become necessary. england are 7—1 and lead our moscow correspondent sarah the three test series 1—0. manchester united will play sevilla in the semifinals of the europa league this evening. rainsford has more details. that game is at eight o'clock. while in the scottish premiership this afternoon, rangers are top of the table after a goalless draw with livingstone. the two men have had two phone conversations in the last two days. they are the first dropped points of the season, though, that's extraordinary. we understand the first one at least for steven gerrard's side. lasted some 45 minutes.

now, the comments coming out the final game of the first weekend of those two phone calls have of rugby union premiership action since lockdown saw wasps beat differed from russia's version to the belarussian version, but today northampton saints to a 34—21 it's interesting the kremlin issued a statement stating that bonus point win. two tries from josh bassett helping president putin has spoken wasps leapfrog saints and move up to fourth place in the premiership to speak to mr lukashenko. table for the first time this season. saints drop down to sixth. the statement underlined that russia is ready to give necessary ronnie o'sullivan is just one cooperation to resolve problems frame away from winning a sixth snooker world championship. there as the two countries o'sullivan had a 10 frames to 7 have a union state and it makes lead over kyren wilson after day one of the final, and took seven frames in a row this afternoon specific reference to the treaty to open up a 17 frames to 8 lead at the crucible. on collective security, which the two countries have, the final session starts which says that each would help the other two strengthen at 7.30 and is on bbc two. peace but also to defend their independence, their integrity there's plenty more on the bbc sport and their sovereignty. website including news of carl frampton‘s fight last night now, that's interesting and jessica mccaskill becoming because belarus' mr lukashenko has boxing's undisputed world hinted that russia may be ready welterweight champion. to send in some kind of physical support to fight off what he has and the latest from gulf's ladies scottish open. been calling insistently external that's it. there's more throughout the evening

pressure on his country. on the bbc news channel, and i'll be back with the late news at ten. he blames all the protests on outside pressure and so is suggesting mr putin might in some way be preparing to step into help him. security officials in somalia say at least five people have been killed after gunmen stormed a hotel in mogadishu. local reports say the gunmen targeted one of the biggest hotels more now on the news in the capital located that the exams regulator, quual, has withdrawn its advice on how in the lido beach area. a—level and gcse pupils in england no group has yet said it could appeal their allocated grades, carried out the attack, just hours after making the advice public. the government has been under but the al—shabab militant group has fire since thursday, targeted at least half a dozen hotels in the city when a level results were awarded and nearly 40% of teacher in the past few years. sources in the afghan government say assessments were downgraded. the release of some of the most earlier, tim willcox spoke controversial taliban prisoners to the barristerjolyon maugham. is being delayed because of objections from foreign governments he's the director of and from within kabul. last weekend, a grand council the good law project, approved the release of 400 a not—for—profit membership organisation which uses the law to protect the interests of the public. remaining detainees, they are helping six pupils to bring demanded by the taliban as a pre—condition to a claim against quual. the start of peace talks. further doubt was cast tim asked him whether he had any sympathy with the regulator. of the negotiations process earlier

so, quual have a number after an attack by gunman of statutory objectives. they have statutory objectives, on a negotiator and prominent as you rightly point out, afghan women's rights to protect against grade inflation but they also have statutory advocate fawzia koofi. objectives to retain public confidence in the a—level system, she was wounded in the arm and they also have a statutory objective to ensure but the injury is not grades are accurate. basically, what they have done life—threatening. is prioritising protecting the taliban has denied against grade inflation even involvment in the attack. the headlines on bbc news... at the cost of inaccurate grades which, as we have heard anger and confusion for thousands of a—level and gcse students in england, as the exam regulator and are hearing time and time again, withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, are hitting hardest exceptional students in weaker schools hours after publishing it. and indeed giving a boost to poorer the coast guard says two bodies have students in very often very been found after two teenage brothers went missing in the sea successful private schools, and that is exactly the opposite near lytham st annes in lancashire. of what we should want to see happening. an enormous crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre it seems to us at the good law of the belarussian capital minsk, to protest last weekend's project that a good system disputed election. would have allowed a little bit of grade inflation in this exceptional coronavirus year — it needn't have been repeated next year — so that universities

a japanese—owned tanker could assess properly the talents stranded on a coral reef off of students up and down the country mauritius has split in two. who have done everything asked the mv wakashio was carrying nearly of them and are now being denied 4,000 tonnes of fuel when it ran aground on the 25th ofjuly, fruits of their own labour causing a huge oil spill. by an algorithm. gail maclellan reports. we'll come to some of the people already the oil has poisoned fish, you are representing in a moment, birds and coral reef but are you saying just in the pristine water. by that answer that we should be following the scottish model? since the end ofjuly, because if you look at the pass rate thousands of tonnes of thick, black, there for highers, it was 89% this toxic liquid have spilled year compared to 79% last year. from the japanese—owned tanker, that is acceptable, is it? mv wakashio, into the sea i think it is acceptable, yes. and onto the beaches of mauritius. i do think we will end up following the scottish can't believe it. system and the reason for that is about the mechanics now a new leak threatens more of how this has to operate. damage to the environment and to the livelihoods that depend on it, as the ship breaks in half. we know that about 280,000 grades there is much anger. have been downgraded, the government has been criticised and there is no way on earth that for doing too little in the week after the ship ran aground. any appeal system can look at all of those individual grades and form a view about whether or not environment agencies have demanded the downgrades were right or wrong. to know from the ship's owners why the vessel was allowed to come

so close to the shore. the condition of the tanker is expected to deteriorate i mean, it isjust... as the weather worsens, in practical terms, with waves of up to it can't be done. 4.5 metres expected. so either you have a situation where grades are allowed to stay as they are, i think there is an enormous political outcry and for what it is in recent months, the coronavirus worth, we also believe has devastated the tourism that the government is legally on which mauritius relies. enormously vulnerable to challenge the oil spill is a further bitter which is why we have blow which it's believed will affect brought a challenge, the island's economy for decades. or you have some solution gail maclellan, bbc news. that removes the need for people to go through hundreds of thousands of exam results working president trump has warned out which ones are right the united states is not ready and which ones are wrong, for a postal ballot in the november and that system, to us, elections, even though many americans are calling for postal looks like the scottish system, voting in the midst of the pandemic. and if there is a little bit speaking at a press briefing in newjersey, mr trump said that of grade inflation in an exceptional pandemic year, so what, frankly? universal mail—in voting would be catastrophic, without offering an explanation. ijust don't think it matters. his critics say he's hello. trying to suppress voters. well, it's very cloudy alanna petroff has the story. the us postal service has a motto. across the uk right now, there are a few scattered downpours as well and we will continue to see storms over the next couple of days, "neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, really very little change nor gloom of night stays these on the weather front. couriers from the swift completion

of their appointed rounds." the air has become very stagnant across the uk and quite humid ever but apparently they may not be since the heatwave ended days ago so swift for the us election. in the south and central areas and we are seeing president trump reiterated this the same pattern day on day. clouds reform in the south, weekend his claims that universal they come in from the south, moving northwards and bringing mail—in voting just won't work, after saying on thursday the threat of showers, he was blocking additional funding downpours and thunderstorms. for the service to help so, this is what the picture with the election. looks like this evening. you are going to have... you can see where the showers are, some of them quite small, ..a catastrophic situation only a few miles across, one minute it's dry and the next with universal mail—in votes. minute, the heavens open. some thunder and lightning he is predicting catastrophe, yet he just appointed thrown in as well. a new postmaster general i think there will be a tendency for these downpours who is a big trump donor. to drift northwards as we go he is a fantastic man. through the evening he wants...he wants to make and the overnight period. the post office great again. now, the temperatures overnight once you ever hear the expression? again will be pretty high, he wants to make the post 16 degrees in norwich and london, office great again. 14 in belfast, that'sjust critics have blamed trump's an indication of how much moisture there is in the atmosphere, new postmaster general louis dejoy when you have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, the temperatures for a slowdown in deliveries. don't tend to fall away much during the night. and as the election approaches, protesters took to the street now, the weak, low pressure still outside dejoy‘s home. with us on monday, with the showers or the threat of showers.

there is no safer way for people they circle very gently around this to vote than to vote by mail. area of low pressure, and this administration is actively the winds are so light, trying to dismantle that system so that people cannot vote. not an awful lot to push things out of the way, we'll have to wait before winds wrap up in the atlantic to waft away and that flies in the face of democracy. all this humid weather, in addition to these protesters out on the street, the cloud and storms and the weather will change in the coming people inside the postal service say days, but notjust yet. they are concerned. in fact, the same weather pattern will continue into tuesday, he wants to suppress the vote so again, the threat of downpours so that people he doesn't think are going to vote for him, with some sunshine in he doesn't want them to have the ability to vote. between and actually, if you'll notice that the storms former president barack obama echoed have become a little bit more widespread across the north, this sentiment in a tweet this week, when i say storms, i mean downpours, rainstorms and thunderstorms saying the trump administration now and then as well. is more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing the virus. now, wednesday, we see a change. who would have thought this area of low pressure actually the underfunded, politically unloved mail service could become within it, mixed in, it has the remnants of tropical storm. that means that the weather so controversial in the year 2020? will be very unpredictable towards the end of the week, there is just the chance two of the uk's biggest fitness chains say opening pubs before gyms things might briefly warm up in the south—east, but overall, unsettled weather at the end of the week.

in scotland was unfair, unscientific and bad 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 behind. i had to find a way to combat the lockdown eating. and i was quite determined that i wasn't going to go backwards having done quite well at the beginning of the year. so this was a great way to be able to do it. i did used to go to the gym before lockdown and you're kind of looking for different things to do. when someone suggested

swimming in the loch, first of all, you think that is a bit of a mad idea, but then you give it a go and it is fantastic. but not everyone has the luxury of swimming in the great outdoors. this gym in north glasgow specialises in mixed martial arts. they have been shut since spring. we have taken away all the lockers... and they are working hard to make it safe to open up again. it is heartbreaking. my wife and i, who are business partners, we are devastated. and everyone in our community is devastated. we feel like we have been overlooked in comparison to other sectors. what effect has it had on the community? physical and mental health go hand in hand and it is such a crucial thing, particularly for deprived areas, like maryhill for example, who have crime rate, high mental health issues and it is a really impoverished area. to have that part of the community ripped out here is a difficult thing. for now, david is holding small

training sessions in a park. he wonders why bar staff can go to work but not fitness instructors. and he's not the only one. our swiss business reopened in the middle of may and our danish business in earlyjune. we have had four million visits to our gyms across those two businesses without a single incident of a transmission or infection taking place. so it is surprising that scotland is leaving gyms so long, two months after pubs and restaurants. at the david lloyd chain, they are also raring to go. the firm runs 123 fitness clubs in the uk and abroad. all are open, apart from the eight scotland. are you disappointed that it is taking so long to reopen in scotland? absolutely. we are devastated, to be honest, and i think what is more frustrating for myself is i have seen it be so successful in seven other countries that we operate in and we are doing it safely, unsettled weather for the end of the week. the members are exercising, this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak.

they are loving it. the headlines at 7... and yet we are still sitting here in scotland just waiting to be part of the solution. widespread anger again here they are aiming to reopen today from students, who say the whole process, as soon as they are allowed, probably on september 14th. but other gyms have closed, has been unfair. jobs have gone and the battle against obesity has been set back. in more ways than one, the virus has most people i know have been hit the nation's health hard. affected by this. i am more than happy to speak up because these are oui’ happy to speak up because these are an australian endurance our futures. swimmer has completed four lancashire police say 2 bodies have been found channel swims in 16 days. by the coastguard and the rnli, during the search for 2 teenagers. chloe mccardel is now the second the department of health and social care neither confirms nor on the list of the most channel denies reports that there's to be swims and broke the men's record in the process. john mcmanus reports. a shake—up of public health england. in belarus, the biggest this was a midnight anti government protests swim with a difference. chloe mccardel stepped into the water near folkestone in kent at 8pm last night to start her fourth crossing of the channel in 16 days. it took her ten hours and 40 minutes, swimming through the dark and the busiest shipping lane in the world.

her safe arrival at calais just before seven this morning means miss mccardel moves to second on the list of those who have achieved the most channel swims but she's surpassed the male record holder, leaving her one place behind briton alison streeter. the australian's already been renowned for endurance swimming but this triumph was also a different kind of challenge for her. as a survivor of domestic abuse, mccardel wanted to raise awareness of those who may have suffered under lockdown. now, back on british soil, she says she's been reassured that, unlike other arrivals from across the channel, she won't have to quarantine for two weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. pop star taylor swift has been on five sell—out world tours. but it seems of all the places she's visited, she was particularly taken by one of britain's tourist hotspots — the lake district. her new album, folklore features a song dedicated to the area. ian haslam has been to find out why.

# now take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die. # i don't belong. it is an unexpected tribute to an area taylor swift has apparently visited. among those to get a mention, one of the lakes' famous 19th century poets. # tell me what are my words worth. and this is william wordsworth‘s former home. i think we can make a connection between wordsworth and taylor. taylor is only 30, you can imagine wordsworth at the same age as taylor. she is trying out new things, she is finding a new style in her new album and she has been inspired by the lake poets as well. a lot of people will see this as quite a nice place and she was writing about it as a place where poets came to die, as a place to come and cry, which isjust a different interpretation, i guess. well, it's not true, is it? no, i don't think so. it's a tourist area. # i knew you were trouble

when you walked in. # shame on me. we know all about wordsworth, here is some of taylor swift's lyrical work. "heartbreakers gonna break, break, break and the fakers "gonna fake, fake, fake. "baby, i'm just gonna shake shake, shake, shake, shake. "shake it off." what do you think? it's got some good rhymes in it. one of wordsworth's big things was that he wanted to speak in the language used by the everyday people. so he might admire taylor swift in her ability to write in the language used by everyday people nowadays. you can't expect to wander lonely as a cloud in the lakes on days like this, though you might get asked about taylor swift's musical tributes. they are quite opposite things, aren't they? yeah, i wouldn't expect it. perhaps she is tapping into the whole staycation thing that's going on at the moment. we're from london. this is the first time we have been here because it's difficult to travel abroad at the moment. i thought you were going to say purely because of taylor swift's song.

well, that too. big fan. she is inspired, we are all inspired when we visit the lake district and cumbria and it's great that she's an american artist and she is selling the lake district and cumbria to the american audience. i could be wrong, but it's my guess that taylor swift probably watches this very programme. if she is watching, what is your message to her? taylor, you will be really welcome to come back, you can help us create some fantastic content that we can get out there to the us audience and invite lots of your fellow country people to come and enjoy the lake district as well. chuck in a couple of i heart lake district t—shirts, she'll be down here in a flash. let's hope so. ian haslam, bbc news, grasmere in the lake district. in a few minutes' time we'll be joined by bbc one viewers for a full round—up of the day's news with clive myrie. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. it is very cloudy across the uk right now. there are a few scattered downpours as well and will continue to see these storms over the next couple of days.

very little change on the weather fronts. the air has become very stagnant across the uk and quite humid ever since the heatwave ended days ago in the south and central areas. we are seeing the same pattern day on day. clouds re—form in the south, move northwards and bring the threats of showers, downpours and thunderstorms. this is what the picture looks like this evening. you can see where the showers are. some of them are quite small, only a few miles across. one minute dry, the next the heavens' open. there will be a tendency for these two driven authors as we go to the evening and overnight period. the temperatures overnight will be pretty high. 16 degrees in norwich and london, 14 in belfast. that is an indication of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. when you have a lot of moisture temperatures don't tend to fall away

much during the night. the weak, low pressure still with us on monday with the threat of showers. they circle gently around this area of low pressure. the wind is so light. not much to push things out of the way. we'll have to wait before ones ramp up in the atlantic to sort of waft away all this humid weather. thick clouds and storms. the weather will change in the coming days but notjust yet. the same weather pattern will continue into tuesday. again, the threat of downpours with some sunshine in between. actually, you will notice the storms become more widespread across the north. wednesday we see a change. this area of low pressure within it mixed in has the remnants of a tropical storm. the weather will be very unpredictable towards the end of the week. there's the chance things will warm up in the south—east but overall 00:33:00,570 --> 2147483051:53:15,000 unsettled weather for the end 2147483051:53:15,000 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of the week.