this is bbc news. the headlines... the education secretary signals a radical shake—up of the university applications system in england, telling bbc news he wants students to receive offers only once they know their exam results. the r number, the rate of infection for coronavirus, has fallen slightly across the uk to between 1 and 1.2. the prime minister's most senior adviser, dominic cummings, says he'll leave downing street before christmas after the political turmoil of recent days. the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe has died, aged 7a. he was convicted of murdering 13 women and the attempted murder of another seven. the chief constable of west yorkshire police has this afternoon apologised to the relatives of sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers" at

the time of their murders. senior us officials say there's no evidence that votes were lost or changed during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack obama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy. coming up at 545, mark kermode takes a look at the best films reviewing in the home in the film review. three, two, one! and joe wicks completes his 24—hour charity workout challenge, raising more than one million pounds for children in need. i feel so full of adrenaline. i got all that serotonin through me!

good afternoon. the education secretary has signalled a radical shake—up of the university applications system in england, saying he wants students to receive offers only once they know their exam results. it comes as universities uk, the body which represents more than 130 institutions, puts forward a series of proposals, put forward a series of proposals, to try to make admissions fairer. among them is a plan to end ‘unconditional offers', when students are given an offer of study only if they make the university their first choice, and a proposal to switch to a post qualifications admissions system from 2023. the review follows consultation with students, schools, colleges, recent graduates, and employers. university lecturers and headteachers‘ unions have welcomed the move. the education secretary gavin williamson explained to our education edior bra nwen jeffreys why explained to our education editor bra nwen jeffreys why

the changes were necessary. there are so many people out there that when they make those choices for which university to go to, they don't have the same confidence to be able to apply to one of the very top universities, yet they've got the potential to go to one of those top universities. so, what we're saying is actually if you're a student, when you have got your grades, you then make that choice, so you get to the very best university to get to the very best course. all the evidence points to the fact that youngsters from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are the ones that sometimes are selling them so short. i want all students to look at the grades that they've got and see what is the best university that they can get to. also the best course they can do, i wa nt to also the best course they can do, i want to sort of smash through these feelings of preventing them from eating their full potential. this is an idea that has been around for a while —— meeting theirfull

potential. a lot of people have brought this up before. in terms of a timeframe now, do you think you could deliver this before the next election? absolutely. we are going toa election? absolutely. we are going to a liver this before the next election —— going to deliver. there's a real determination. what we've seen in this pandemic is we've seen great challenges that society has had to deal with. and as we move out of this pandemic, we need to build back better, making sure children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, from every part of the country has the best opportunity to go to the best university. it's a reform that i believe is long overdue and that we are going to try and get through. you oversee education and england. how is this going to work on a uk wide basis of? because there has to be a level playing field for students wherever they are growing up. what we will be doing is looking to work closely

with the devolved administrations, but whether it is reports from so many different organisations, right across the uk, what they've all pointed to is making this move in terms of how students get to university. it's going to help youngsters from the most disadvantaged background, and i look forward to working closely with my cou nterpa rts forward to working closely with my counterparts in scotland, wales and northern ireland to make sure that they have fairness for their stu d e nts they have fairness for their students in scotland, wales and northern ireland, as well as making sure the very best for students right across england. in an exclusive interview. well, joining us now is clare marcha nt, chief executive of ucas. thank you very much forjoining us. how would this be organised? what are the options for changing it?

there are number of options, and that's why we encourage is going to bea that's why we encourage is going to be a conversation. i think one of oui’ be a conversation. i think one of our favourite options is certainly getting students the time to explore the application process, so understand what opportunities are available to them both within higher education, but also within the context of friendships and technical education. but then perhaps moving offers from universities and decisions, and i think there are many options to look at but that is one that many parties are starting to centre around and say what are the unintended consequences and how do we make sure we get all the benefits without any of the disadvantages? without preempting the consultation, what springs to mind for you about those unintended consequences? i think one of the things we need to bear in mind is over the summer period when many teachers are on holiday, some of those disadvantaged students will need that support that teachers very

often now given the term time. think about what the opportunities are available to them and make —— respond to those offers. as opposed to an hour they happen much later in the year. what would it mean for the academic timetable? we're used to seeing students going off to university only a few weeks after they get the results in mid—august. we been working closely with universities and we think there is a model that would mean very little change to those academic timetables. you could use the august and early september period to do the offer and decision—making, but it is a major structural change so it will take some time to implement. we know for months from now, we'll start opening 2022 applications —— four months.

they really benefited from saying this was a medium to long—term changes. what you think prompted the government to do this now? because often, we see the education secretary at odds with schools and colleges and universities. both main political parties have this ma nifesto, political parties have this manifesto, so as not surprised we have a missions reform on the table. i think one of things we are seeing as this year has gone all sorts of challenges, but it's also thrown up opportunities and i think that's what both ourselves at ucas but also the government and university are really saying, how best can we use some of the changes from this year to springboard into really reforming the system for the benefit of those stu d e nts the system for the benefit of those students and particularly, those are most disadvantaged ? students and particularly, those are most disadvantaged? just finally, we see these models used overseas. what can be learned from other countries that successfully do this? well,

actually, when we look at... countries overseas, most overseas countries do not use everything post qualification. they do a blended model a little bit like what we've got now. there are lessons from overseas, but very often, they are in different quantities. for example, an interest examines a crop —— across all universities. what we've got to do is come to a model that works across the uk, across all four countries, and that will take some timejust to four countries, and that will take some time just to work through across all stakeholders, teachers, universities, but most important student. claire, we appreciate your time this afternoon. thank you very much. a further 376 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—i9 as of friday, bringing the uk total to 51,304. the government said that, as of 9am on friday,

there had been a further 27,301 lab—confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk, down from a record—high of 33,470 new daily confirmed cases in the uk on thursday. it comes as new figures show that the number of daily infections from coronavirus in the community in england remains at around 50,000 thousand cases a day. katharine da costa reports. while coronavirus is levelling off in some areas, the last week has seen cases continue to rise in the south, east midlands and the north east. across age groups, particularly those aged 35 and over. however, some of the younger age groups are levelling off, or decreasing, and the overall picture is that we are seeing increases in covid, but at a much slower pace than we have seen in recent weeks. one in 85 people in england had the virus in the week to the 6th of november.

that remains atjust under 50,000 new cases a day. cases have risen slightly in wales, levelled off in northern ireland, while it's too soon to say if they have slowed in scotland. it's notjust the uk in the midst of a second surge. rising cases have been seen across the continent. france has recorded more than 32,000 patients in hospital with the virus, far higher than a peak in april. french authorities are among those warning it's too soon to start thinking about travel arrangements for christmas. here, the uk government is expected to announce plans to reduce quarantine times for travellers. we said we do want to reduce those periods of time through sort of test to release scheme. i will be saying more, certainly on the travel part of that, very soon. and i will be able to describe a system which would help to reduce the amount of time people have to spend in quarantine, as we look to get things going, as

we get this mass testing going, as we get the vaccine going as well. while a vaccine might be on the horizon, right now hospitals like this one in milton keynes are working flat out. there's still capacity here. they're currently caring for 47 covid patients. the number's doubled in the last five days, but they're hopeful the lockdown will help. we are concerned that if numbers don't slow down we will end up having to stop some of our routine work, not our urgent work. we still have capacity in our hospital to make sure we carry on with elective work. and we will do that as long as it's safe and as long as our staff are able to cope with that. the latest estimates to the our number say it's fallen, but scientific advisers they will need to drop well below one and stay there for a long time before we see a reverse in the number of deaths and pressure on the health service.

katharine da costa, bbc news. let's get more detail on the ‘r' number, and government scientists saying that the reproduction numberfor coronavirus, has dropped to between 1 and 1.2 across the uk. 0ur head of statistics robert cufee says it's better news, but still not great news. and r of one point to would say the... but it's better than it been —— it's been a while. but it is still growth in the up epidemic. no growth in the epidemic, which means we continue to see roughly 50,000 new cases every day, and about 2000 deaths every week. through the winter. that's why the scientists we re winter. that's why the scientists were saying we need to get the virus 01’ were saying we need to get the virus orr were saying we need to get the virus or r below one for this significant period of time before he reverse these increases in pressures. there's one caveat because we're

seeing different approaches in scotla nd seeing different approaches in scotland and wales and northern ireland that a uk wide figure is starting to become a little bit less reliable. are head of statistics. covid restrictions in northern ireland were due to end at midnight, but are now being extended for another week. after days of political disagreement, the so called ‘circuit breaker‘ lockdown will continue until 20th november. there will then be a partial reopening of some businesses, including hairdressers and some parts of the the hospitality sector. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser, dominic cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas. he has been a controversial and divisive figure in westminster, and was a driving force behind brexit. he‘s denied his resignation is associated with the departure of his close ally lee cain as director of communications amid internal tensions at number ten. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports on what it means for borisjohnson‘s government as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and brexit trade talks. and a warning that his report

contains flash photography. it‘s become familiar. the prime minister‘s most senior adviser confronted by the press outside his home. typically dismissive of questions about his future. but that has now been settled. he will leave downing street by christmas. unconventional, confrontational, never afraid to break westminster‘s unwritten rules. have you lost the power struggle, mr cummings? dominic cummings, in style and substance, has made his mark. but after a turbulent week at number 10, he has made clear his time is up. well, he was always someone who would shake things up. he didn‘t take things as if, just because they‘d been done that way, that they couldn‘t be done any other way, and it‘s good, ithink, to have people who challenge the system and challenge the way things are done. i'm not surprised, in a way, that it's ending in the way that it is. but no prime minister can

afford a single adviser to become a running story, dominating his government's communications and crowding out the proper messages the government wants to convey. and nobody is indispensable. after another senior aide to the prime minister resigned earlier this week, dominic cummings told the bbc that rumours he too had threatened to quit were invented. but asked about claims he could be gone by christmas, he said his position hadn‘t changed since a blog which he wrote earlier in the year. in that, he said he planned to make himself redundant by the end of 2020. masterminding the successful vote leave campaign was dominic cummings‘s defining achievement. it put him on the same side as borisjohnson. once in downing street, he was hired to be the prime minister‘s right—hand man. brexit battles with parliament dominated, before a landslide election win.

a few months later, the pandemic. and this. yesterday i gave a full account to the prime minister of my actions... a trip to county durham during lockdown putting dominic cummings once again at the centre of the story. it's very notable there hasn't been a single mp who has come out this morning, that i've heard anyway, who's said, you know, "lee cain should've stayed, dominic cummings should have stayed. " i think there is a big chance for the prime minister to reset the way he runs number 10, to appoint a new chief of staff, and impose a new structure that means decision—making comes from the top and is very clear. and of course that chief of staff and all the aides should be anonymous people, we should not be talking about them. much more than a man in the shadows, dominic cummings has heavily influenced borisjohnson‘s premiership so far. and his departure will leave big questions about the nature of its future.

it sounds like the end of the year has come early. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. we‘ve not got to wait until december 31? it's just we‘ve not got to wait until december 31? it'sjust been confirmed by government sources in the last few minutes that dominic cummings has left downing street for good tonight. i want to show you some pictures from the last few minutes and downing street. there‘s some flask photography. —— flash photography carrying a cardboard box, that famous metaphor of leaving a job for good, but i like say, government sources saying that as a permanent departure around the same sort of time that the brexit transition period would end, but he‘s decided after all that the questions about how much the government is distracted by fighting

and numberten, mr cummings has decided he needs to go right away. no pot plant in evidence, but a lot of people won‘t be sorry to see him go. no, he's a very divisive fellow and there are some tory mps around this postcode who will be delighted to see the back of him in part because they disagree with some of the style associated with dominic cummings and the vote leave faction, some provocative moves over the past few years, like the internal market bill. all of that designed to make sure that brexit was delivered and no matter what to show the public that he meant business, but really rocked some tory ‘s the wrong way —— rubbed tories the wrong way. 0nly rocked some tory ‘s the wrong way —— rubbed tories the wrong way. only a handful of advisers, mr cummings

among them, lee cain, the other big aide who announced his departure, that group was just too tight and tory mps weren‘t having their voices heard. borisjohnson wasn‘t listening to his party. so yes, absolutely some delight that mr cummings is going or has gone now. 0n the other hand, there are many and downing street, many in the government who really looked up to mrcummings, who thought government who really looked up to mr cummings, who thought he was, as they put it, a visionary who has some brilliant ideas about the way government needed to change, who had a goal and make sure he achieved it. and it is a big moment in boris johnson‘s premiership because we are seeing, to some extent, the end of that vote leave faction, which is nominated in number ten. it‘s rule is coming to an end. there may well be some big changes to take number ten ina be some big changes to take number ten in a different direction. it‘s worth remembering the ultimate boss the prime minister. the future

direction is ultimately up to him. you can‘t keep a response —— disruptive man down. no word on what he‘ll be doing next. i expect we haven‘t heard the last of him though. that group of vote leave leaders, the kind of officials in the back, not the politicians but the back, not the politicians but the ones who made the machine go have had at a huge impact on british politics. they put together a campaign pretty quickly ahead of the referendum back in 2016 and they defeated the then prime minister, the might of the british political mainstream clash. they have changed the direction of this country‘s foreign policy taking out of the eu. so some people will be cheering dominic cummings‘s departure, some will i‘m sure be a bit sad that he‘s gone, but i don‘t think there‘s any

doubt that it had a been impact to. you did extremely well in answering what was an appallingly close question. thank you for helping me out, you expanded beautifully. that‘s what teamwork, folks! here‘s his twitter feed. this that‘s what teamwork, folks! here‘s his twitterfeed. this is that‘s what teamwork, folks! here‘s his twitter feed. this is the twitter handle of dominic cummings. not a great deal of stuff to carry out. one evening‘s reading material, he says. very cryptic. you‘re watching bbc news. it‘s 20 minutes past five p:m.. one of britain‘s most notorious killers, peter sutcliffe, who was known as the yorkshire ripper, has died in hospital at the age of 74. sutcliffe is said to have refused treatment for covid—19, and had a number of other health issues. the former lorry driver was serving a whole life prison term after being convicted of murdering 13 women between 1975

and 1980, and the attempted murder of seven others. for years, women across yorkshire and northwest england lived in fear of going out at night, as sutcliffe was interviewed nine times by police but not arrested. this report by danny savage contains some flashing images. he was one of the most prolific killers of the 20th century. peter sutcliffe, the yorkshire ripper. we knew that we were dealing with a monster because of what he was doing. he‘d get behind them and hit them on the back of the head, a real whack. for six years, women across a large part of northern england lived in fear. a serial killer was on the loose. no woman walking alone at night was safe. from 1975 until 1980, 13 women were killed by sutcliffe, and he tried to murder several others. went down the path on the field at the back of the house, which we later discovered was where she was found. thankfully, it was dark and we were spared discovering mum's body. richard mccann‘s mother

was the first victim. he was just five years old when she died. it devastated his young life, and for a long time he wanted revenge against sutcliffe for the murder of his 28—year—old mum. as a young teenager, i can remember with sonia, my sister, we planned — or she... ..we discussed her contacting him, befriending him, changing her name and then eventually going in to visit him. then she was going to attack him. that was the thoughts we had and that's how angry we were back then. this was in halifax, where19—year—old bank clerk josephine whitaker was killed. murder scenes were scattered across yorkshire and manchester. i am jack. i see you are still having no luck catching me. the police enquiry was famously led down a blind alley by hoax tapes from the man dubbed wearsidejack. he sent letters and tapes taunting the investigating officers. i have the greatest respect for you, george...

it led to the conclusion that peter sutcliffe wasn‘t their man. there was one young detective, and he said, "i‘ve interviewed a man today and he fits the description, the photofit description. he‘s got bushy hair, bushy beard and he‘s got the gap in his teeth, and he‘s a lorry driver." now one of the top table officers said, "is he a geordie?" "no, no." "what‘s his name?" he said, "peter sutcliffe." "now listen boys, peter sutcliffe... ..peter sutcliffe is not the yorkshire ripper." so sutcliffe carried on killing, although he was interviewed on numerous occasions. colleagues at the haulage firm where he worked knew, and used to joke about it. he was nicknamed the ripper. and he used to answer to that sometimes. so it was, you know, it's rather... ..it's rather sort of... ..it's sad now, isn't it? bizarrely, he was finally caught

after being linked to a car with stolen number plates. weapons were found, and in the early 1981, he confessed. that led to these extraordinary scenes in dewsbury, as the public turned out to voice their disgust. sutcliffe was jailed for life. he murdered 13 women, but ruined the lives of many more. his death is the end of a chapter for them and their families. but they will still have to live with what happened for the rest of their lives. danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire. west yorkshire police chief constablejohn robins has issued an apology to the relatives of peter sutcliffe‘s victims for "the language, tone and terminology used by senior officers at the time". in a statement, mr robins said ‘such language and attitudes may have reflected wider societal attitudes of the day, but it was as wrong then as it is now.‘ he added that a ‘huge

number of officers worked to identify and bring peter sutcliffe to justice and it is a shame that their hard work was overshadowed by the language of senior officers used at the time, the effect of which is still felt today by surviving relatives.‘ a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of sergeant matt ratana. the met police officer was shot dead at croydon custody centre in september as he prepared to search a handcuffed suspect. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said it was an "important milestone" which she hoped would bring comfort to mr ratana‘s family. a nurse accused of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of ten has appeared at chester crown court. 30—year—old lucy letby is accused of committing the crimes betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, while working on the neo—natal unit at the countess of chester hospital. a look at some of the other main stories this hour on bbc news.

now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris. hello there. the early morning rain is all cleared away from the radar picture picking up the majority across the western side of the country and particularly for western scotland. there will be some decent breaks between the showers. we‘ve seen some sunshine already, for example, in the northwest of wales. and into northwest england, the clouds gathering there in cumbria for a time. looking at the weather just to our west, cumbria for a time. looking at the weatherjust to our west, we‘ve got a lot of cloud on the satellite picture in this area of cloud is our next area of low pressure that‘s going to be swinging injust in time for the weekend, bringing all of us outbreaks of rain and there will be some strong waiting to come as well. heading into the evening, further showers for scotland —— strong winds to come. maybe one or two sneaking into the south of england that time, but through the night, we‘ll see more rain spreading across most

areas of the uk. temperatures overnight around 5—7 c across northern areas, a little bit milder in the south, 9—10 as we head into the first part of the weekend. talking of the weekend, it is going to be an unsettled one, bringing windy weather. tightly packed isobars at times for the weekend, bringing some strong bouts of winds as well. the heaviest rain will a lwa ys as well. the heaviest rain will always be across western areas of the country, and a strong us when coming through the afternoon around the irish seacoast where across parts of wales, western england, we could see a gust of wind getting around 15 mph or so, it will be pretty blustery. —— 50 mph. northern parts of scotland seeing the driest with a little bit of sunshine coming through. temperatures up to 50 degrees or so but sunday sees more rain at times, particularly for

scotland, parts of northern england and northern ireland. rain returning to wales and south west england and its across the south coast that will see the strong is when during sunday afternoon with gusts reaching around about 60 odd miles an hour in places. it will be very blowy. temperatures through the afternoon about 9—11 . that‘s your weather. this is bbc news, the headlines. the prime minister —positive most senior adviser dominic cummings has left hisjob in downing street with immediate effect. —— prime minister‘s. the education secretary has signalled a radical shake—up of the education system... dr number, the education system... dr number,

the rate of infection for coronavirus has fallen slightly across the uk between one and 1.2. the yorkshire ripper has died at age 74. he was convicted of murdering 13 women and the attempted murder of another seven. senior us officials say there is no evidence that votes we re say there is no evidence that votes were loss or change during the presidential election. it comes as former president barack obama accuses senior republicans of undermining democracy. back again with ali. we‘ve heard from some of the scotland players today after last night‘s heroics, winning a penalty shootout against serbia to qualify for the european championship next year. after missing out on the last 10 major tournaments, the team celebrated long into the night in belgrade. they scored all their spot kicks, their keeper david marshall was the hero, making a save to take them into the euros. where they‘ll face england, czech

republic and croatia in their group. the captain says they desreved their party —— they certainly deserve their party. it is part and parcel of achieving something, being successful. luckily i have had it at clu b successful. luckily i have had it at club level but having it with the national team and being able to celebrate it with the lads in the backroom staff and the coaches last night was incredible. deftly woke up the worse, i definitely think the assistant manager is probably feeling the worse of it! he is hobbling about, so you have got to feel sorry for him but i think it is an amazing feeling. such a feel—good factor around the place and we hope that kind of echoes back to our country because we hope we have put a lot of smiles on people positive bases last night. as expected, the premier league has scrapped its controversial pay—per—view experiment. all matches after the international

break and throughout the festive period will now be available via one of their regular broadcast partners. aston villa‘s win at arsenal on sunday was the last pay per view match. games had cost £14.95 each and drawn criticism from a range of fans groups with supporters still locked out of grounds. reverting to the previous broadcast schedule, the match between fulham and everton on november the 22nd will be shown free to air on the bbc. the liverpool forward mohammed salah has tested positive for covid—19 while on international duty with egypt. he was due to face togo tomorrow in an african cup of nations qualifier. the egyprian federation say he has no symptoms and the rest of their squad returend negative results. —— the egyptian federation. it‘s unclear how long he‘ll have to self—isolate for. liverpool‘s next match 21st of this month. the england women‘s friendly

against norway next month has been postponed due to travel restrictions in the scandinvian country. it‘s the second successive match the lionnesses have had called off, with their game against germany last month cancelled after a member of england‘s backroom staff tested positive for covid—19. great britain‘s neah evans has won her second gold medal in two days at the european track cycling championships in bulgaria. evans was in the victorious womens team pursuit squad and carried that form into the individual pursuit final. she put in a dominant ride to beat italy‘s martina alzini by nearly three seconds in plovdiv. great britian are currently top of the medals table. rugby union‘s autumn nations cup starts tonight in dublin with ireland against wales but france against fiji on sunday is off. the fijians returned six positive covid tests last week, one more on tuesday and four more cases have come to light in the camp. the match can‘t be rescheduled and the outcome of the game will be decided by the tournament committee on monday. fiji‘s next pool game on the 21st against italy

could also be injeopardy. expect france to get those points but it is such a desperate shame for fiji because they were one of the star attractions to this competition. without them you have a six nations light, a six nations competition without the history and traditions and the travelling fans. he further of fiji into the mix and it gives the tournament a whole new dimension. it is a desperate pity that they are not able to play against france tomorrow. let‘s hope they can keep this outbreak under control and they can fulfil their future against italy next weekend but it is just the worst possible start for the tournament. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including a update on the masters. that is all the support for now. thank you very much. let‘s remind

you of the breaking news that we have had from downing street this evening, just wanting there is a flashing photography, we thought that dominic cummings was going to say until christmas or the new year but it appears that cummings is gone. he has put on his twitterfeed which he tweets under the name of distant project, one evening pass at reading material as he carries that solitary card for box out of number ten. —— 0dyssean project. if you‘re on twitter, you might enjoy some of the comments being made underneath that solitary tweet. i have attempted to read some of them out but i would struggle for journalistic balance i think. dominic cummings leaving number ten what as been described a week of turmoil, a divisive and controversial character, one of the architects of the vote leave campaign which is succeeded in winning the vote in favour of

brexit. probably not the less we will have heard of mr cummings who no doubt we‘ll have some interesting plans. let‘s return to our top story, the government says it is committed to changing the system of university admissions in england so patients are based on actual exam results rather than predicted grades. the announcement follows an 18 month review by university leaders across the uk and could be in place within four years after a consultation period. beth is a principal in basingstoke... she joins us now. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. why do you believe this is an important change? i think it is going to be betterfor stu d e nts i think it is going to be betterfor students which is of course our key concern and more transparent and i think it will give students more time to do their research in advance supported by schools and colleges and careers advisers so that they

make it the absolute right decisions for them and i think that is what gavin williamson is the same tonight as well, it has to be the right decision for the student and this gives them more time and it also stops predictive grades which are quite difficult to get right. so thatis quite difficult to get right. so that is a positive as well. so how would you see it working than? exam still take place at the same time? when with the results come out and then what is the process? we have a lot of consultation to do on this. we are going out to a wide range of stakeholders but we are hoping that it can still stick to a similar timetable to the one we have got at the moment. and exam results would also be the offered day, so they redo their search in advance, they would get the offer day, receive their offers and then have may be up toa their offers and then have may be up to a week to consider those offers and then we go into the process for

stu d e nts and then we go into the process for students who didn‘t have any offers and then hopefully university timetables would stay put and much as they are at the moment. but we have got to consult on this. we are talking about free — for your consultation. there are a lot of variables you have to get right, you have to get it right for a wide range of courses whether they‘re switching to art, or a club portfolio or drama where they have to audition. there is a lot of different types of different courses to ta ke different types of different courses to take into account so there is need for consultation and making sure that we do not put it in place until the advice is absolutely correct for the students so that it all works in their best interests. what do you think this might do for the actual grades you need to get onto some of these courses? i... well, i don‘t know is the answer to that. but one of the things we are calling for an hour review is to increase transparency about those

grades so that the students know exactly what grades other students have received in order to get onto those courses. with a wide range of contextual admissions allowing that as well. so, students who are disadvantaged, care experience for example, that they might be given a slightly different offer in recognition of the different backgrounds. beth, we appreciate you talking to us. beth linklater, thank you very much. more reaction now on the death of the yorkshire ripper peter sutcliffe lewis died age 74, he was jailed in 1981 for murdering 13 women over a six—year period across the north of england. let‘s speak to joan smith across the north of england. let‘s speak tojoan smith it was a journalist in manchester at the time of those killings. joan, thank you for joining of those killings. joan, thank you forjoining us. what were the challenges like for you being a young female journalists in that era? challenges like for you being a young female journalists in that era? well very much feeling like an outsider. so i would go to press

conferences and there would be all the people sitting at the front of the people sitting at the front of the room doing the press conference would be male detectives and you we re would be male detectives and you were surrounded by crime correspondents who were very often men. i remember going to one press conference in leeds towards the end of the series of killings where it was a huge international story and i stood at the door to count the number of people who were going in andi number of people who were going in and i think there was 100 men and five women. women didn‘t have much voice in this at all, neither with police officers as detectives or commenting. how did women being ignored have an impact on the investigation itself? usually because there were a number of women who had survived a text by peter sutcliffe, including woman i interviewed who was attacked in halifax in 1975 before he murdered anyone. and he spoke to her before he attacked her and she was absolutely clear that he was a local man, that he had a yorkshire accent.

0ther man, that he had a yorkshire accent. other women like marcella claxton and tracy brown gave very, very good photo fit represents editions of the man who attacked them which were very close to what sutcliffe looked like. but the police did not listen to the women and were uninterested in what they had to say and they we re in what they had to say and they were taken and by a hoax or from the northeast and they spent £1 million publicising that fake tape and there was a poster saying the rings are numbered and you can hear the voice of the yorkshire ripper and the surviving victims were saying, "know that medicine thing to do with that." and as result three more women died. that was a tragedy. police say therapist investigations is very different these days and they do put the victim at the heart of their inquiries. but following this story as you did, what impact did have in your career subsequently? well, certainly not what i ever intended but of course i wrote about the murders in a book.

and just got drawn into writing about it. the sense of injustice for me was so strong and the lack of women‘s voices, i without consciously thinking about what i was doing trying to find a way about how women could have a role in that. i wrote about it and i am still writing about the impact of the combination of domestic violence and terrorism. so it has shaped the course of my life which is an awful thought in some ways. joan smith thank you for talking to us. let‘s remind you that the most senior adviser to the prime minister boris johnson dominic cummings has left downing street. we understand he was do to stay in his posts until the end of the year but he has decided to leave today after what has been described as a week of turmoil. need to be careful about what we read on twitter, don‘t we? there is an account that appeared to be his at

one time, we are not entirely sure if he uses but someone has to been tweeting under it. there is a lot of reaction unsocial me a, a divisive character, a controversial character, a controversial character, but he has not decided to call it a day and has left number ten ushering in a rather new era and probably a new atmosphere in westminster. time now for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. christmas may be in danger of being cancelled but christmas movies

are already mounting their regular festive assault with a christmas gift for bob opening last week and jingle jangle: a christmasjourney now playing on netflix. what‘s wrong, grandpa ? i had a perfect life. a loving family, and a magical shop. until an old friend took it all. but he didn't get this. forest whitaker is jeronicus jangle, an inventor whose mojo is dried up following the theft of his designs by his old apprentice filling asleep played by keegan—michael key. -- villa —— villa nestle played. because i'm the toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year, toymaker of the year... toymaker of the year! enter granddaughterjourney who unlocks the key to buddy, a flying robot who looks like the result of a bizarre close encounter between the mechanical heroes of short circuit and wall—e. will buddy save the day or will he to be stolen away? i always work.