this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8. anger and confusion for thousands of a—level and gcse students in england, as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades hours after publishing it. 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. lancashire police say two bodies have been found by the coastguard during the search for two teenagers. the department of health and social care neither confirms nor denies reports that there's to be a shake—up of public health england. crowd chanting in belarus, the biggest anti—government protests yet against president lukashenko,

who says he won't resign. and coming up at 8.30, the travel show is in the balkans this week — do stay with us for that. of a—level students, and those waiting for gcse results in a few days' time. the exams regulator, quual, has withdrawn its advice on how pupils can appeal their allocated grades, just hours after making the advice public. the government has been under 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. with the latest, here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. outraged, disappointed by their a—levels. the common theme is anger, a lot of people are really sad and the stress, it's a very stressful time. your future is uncertain.