this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed 25 people, including two children. thousands of teenage students in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but it remains higher than 2019. the investigation into the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool continues — police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. former pakistani prime minister imran khan is granted bail, after appearing in court on terrorism charges. the uk's former ambassador to myanmar, vicky bowman, has been arrested in the main city, yangon. sources have told the bbc, ms bowman

and her husband are being held on an immigration charge. and coming up this hour... the 17—year—old solo pilot who's broken two world records. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 25 people, including two children, are now known to have died in a russian airstrike in eastern ukraine, according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president, volodmyr zelensky, said that a railway station was hit and several houses and cars were destroyed, in a series of attacks in the dnipropetrovsk region. 31 people were also wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow's invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega

has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over in the town of chaplyne, in the east of the country, following those russian attacks. a train station was hit, and pictures from the scene show destroyed passenger trains, cars. several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday, as ukraine marked independence day. the country was on high alert because of fears that russia could use the occasion to launch attacks across the country. we also had reports of shelling in the city of kharkiv, in the east. also in the towns of mykolaiv and nikopol, in the south of the country. these towns have been under constant russian attacks in recent weeks. here in kyiv, celebrations yesterday were cancelled. there is a ban on public events, as a security measure. also, yesterday was the day that marked half a year since the start of this russian invasion. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock and there is no prospect of peace talks starting

any time soon. hugo bachega, in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their results for the first gcse exmas in three years. all the pass rate for this year's gcses has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. 0verall, 73.2% of gcses were marked at grades 4 or c and above this year — down from 77.1% last year, when grades were decided by teachers. it is still significantly higher than in 2019, the last year exams were physically sat before covid, when it was 67.3%. results for vocational and technical awards are also being released, though some btec pupils could face delays. my colleague, martine croxall — who got

an ovation earlier on — is at denbigh high school, in luton. martine. james, thank you very much, welcome to denbigh high school. it is very noisy in this whole, lots of squeals and she —— shrieks, hopefully of delight mostly because they are getting their results and opening those white envelopes that contain a qualification such hopefully they have been able to secure. under rather difficult circumstances, as we have been saying. some of these pupils will not have been taught properly in school as we would know it for three years because of the pandemic. but we have landed in a school that seems to have done pretty well. let's speak to one of the teachers, and our ian psychology teacher who was also a student here. we also have the students who have landed some really good results, we will speak to them in a second. how

difficult has it been teaching over the last few years? because you have been a teacher qualified quite recently, so you have not really known what normal looks like, have you? known what normal looks like, have ou? , , , , , ., known what normal looks like, have ou? ,, , you? this is my first year of ect. literall , you? this is my first year of ect. literally. i _ you? this is my first year of ect. literally. i am — you? this is my first year of ect. literally, i am in _ you? this is my first year of ect. literally, i am in my— you? this is my first year of ect. literally, i am in my first - you? this is my first year of ect. literally, i am in my first year. . you? this is my first year of ect. l literally, i am in my first year. my second year, i did my training, in the peak of lockdown. and to say it was a challenge is a comment in the least. and to see how well the pupils have done despite that, it is just amazing. you pupils have done despite that, it is just amazing-— pupils have done despite that, it is just amazing. you were a pupil here and now you — just amazing. you were a pupil here and now you have _ just amazing. you were a pupil here and now you have chosen _ just amazing. you were a pupil here and now you have chosen to - just amazing. you were a pupil here and now you have chosen to come l just amazing. you were a pupil here . and now you have chosen to come back as a teacher, what should we draw from that, that you liked it so much that you wanted to come back? because i think the head teacher taught you. because i think the head teacher taught you-— taught you. she did. a lot of my teachers are _ taught you. she did. a lot of my teachers are in _ taught you. she did. a lot of my teachers are in this _ taught you. she did. a lot of my teachers are in this room - taught you. she did. a lot of my teachers are in this room with l taught you. she did. a lot of my i teachers are in this room with me, which is really a bit of an odd feeling because this is my first results day because of covid. but i actually remember the very exact moment where i knew i wanted to be a teacher and it was during options evening in this hall, actually. it was because of how much of an

enjoyable and memorable experience i had during my own high school years and i knew that it was something i wanted to give back to my own community once i got older and here i am, and i community once i got older and here iam, and i have no community once i got older and here i am, and i have no regrets about it and i don't think i will be looking back anytime soon.— back anytime soon. amazing endorsement _ back anytime soon. amazing endorsement of _ back anytime soon. amazing endorsement of denbigh. i back anytime soon. amazing l endorsement of denbigh. you back anytime soon. amazing - endorsement of denbigh. you have opened your results and you have this precious piece of paper in of you. this precious piece of paper in of ou. �* y this precious piece of paper in of ou. �* , , . this precious piece of paper in of ou. �* , h, ., this precious piece of paper in of you. broadly explain how well you have done- _ you. broadly explain how well you have done- i _ you. broadly explain how well you have done. i did _ you. broadly explain how well you have done. i did way _ you. broadly explain how well you have done. i did way better - you. broadly explain how well you have done. i did way better than l you. broadly explain how well you have done. i did way better than i | have done. i did way better than i expected — have done. i did way better than i expected i— have done. i did way better than i expected. i got seven in english. i -ot expected. i got seven in english. i got eights— expected. i got seven in english. i got eights and a nine in science and i got eights and a nine in science and lam got eights and a nine in science and i am grateful of that. what got eights and a nine in science and i am grateful of that.— got eights and a nine in science and i am grateful of that. what were you exectin: i am grateful of that. what were you exuecting to — i am grateful of that. what were you exuecting to get. — i am grateful of that. what were you expecting to get, why _ i am grateful of that. what were you expecting to get, why were - i am grateful of that. what were you expecting to get, why were you - i am grateful of that. what were you expecting to get, why were you not l expecting to get, why were you not more confident in yourself? i felt like during _ more confident in yourself? i felt like during my — more confident in yourself? i felt like during my mock— more confident in yourself? i felt like during my mock exams, i didn't -et like during my mock exams, i didn't get the _ like during my mock exams, i didn't get the results i wanted, but that motivated me to do better in the real gcse — motivated me to do better in the real gcse exams, but i am really happy— real gcse exams, but i am really happy and — real gcse exams, but i am really happy and my teachers were helping me as _ happy and my teachers were helping me as well — happy and my teachers were helping me as well. you happy and my teachers were helping me as well. ., . . ., , me as well. you have also done very well and i me as well. you have also done very well and i hepe _ me as well. you have also done very well and i hope you _ me as well. you have also done very well and i hope you don't _ me as well. you have also done very well and i hope you don't mind - me as well. you have also done very well and i hope you don't mind me l well and i hope you don't mind me saying that you came here to the school from spain. and you didn't speak any english. and you have absolutely smashed it. tell us how

you have done. i got seven in english, seven in maths, double eights in science, seven in computer science and eights in geography and re and nine in spanish. how have you done it? , ., , , re and nine in spanish. how have you done it? ,., ,, �* , done it? revision, i guess. because ofthe done it? revision, i guess. because of the pandemic, _ done it? revision, i guess. because of the pandemic, it _ done it? revision, i guess. because of the pandemic, it was _ done it? revision, i guess. because of the pandemic, it was really - done it? revision, i guess. because of the pandemic, it was really hard l of the pandemic, it was really hard to gel— of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over— of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over the _ of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over the time _ of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over the time we _ of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over the time we have - of the pandemic, it was really hard to get over the time we have lost, | to get over the time we have lost, but the _ to get over the time we have lost, but the amazing _ to get over the time we have lost, but the amazing support - to get over the time we have lost, but the amazing support the - to get over the time we have lost, i but the amazing support the teachers have given _ but the amazing support the teachers have given is — but the amazing support the teachers have given is covered _ but the amazing support the teachers have given is covered that. _ but the amazing support the teachers have given is covered that. find - but the amazing support the teachers have given is covered that.— have given is covered that. and what do ou have given is covered that. and what do you want — have given is covered that. and what do you want to _ have given is covered that. and what do you want to do _ have given is covered that. and what do you want to do next _ have given is covered that. and what do you want to do next christmas - have given is covered that. and what do you want to do next christmas i i do you want to do next christmas i am going to go in college. i am doinu am going to go in college. i am doing chemistry _ am going to go in college. i am doing chemistry or— am going to go in college. i am doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure _ doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what — doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what to _ doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what to do _ doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what to do in _ doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what to do in the - doing chemistry or economics, i am not sure what to do in the future. . not sure what to do in the future. well, _ not sure what to do in the future. well, you — not sure what to do in the future. well. you have _ not sure what to do in the future. well, you have got _ not sure what to do in the future. well, you have got some - not sure what to do in the future. well, you have got some time . not sure what to do in the future. well, you have got some time to| well, you have got some time to think about it, you have got through to the next step, the most important thing. you have got some options. what are you hoping to do? i am hoinu to what are you hoping to do? i am hoping to study _ what are you hoping to do? i am hoping to study medicine when i reach _ hoping to study medicine when i reach university. i definitely got the grades for it from my nine in science — the grades for it from my nine in science and _ the grades for it from my nine in science and i am really looking forward — science and i am really looking forward to _ science and i am really looking forward to the future. i am also doing _ forward to the future. i am also doing biology, chemistry and sociology for my a—levels in six form, _ sociology for my a—levels in six form. so — sociology for my a—levels in six form. so i — sociology for my a—levels in six form, so i am really looking forward to it as— form, so i am really looking forward to it as well — form, so i am really looking forward to it as well. |

form, so i am really looking forward to it as well-— to it as well. i should think you are, to it as well. i should think you are. you _ to it as well. i should think you are. you have _ to it as well. i should think you are, you have set— to it as well. i should think you are, you have set yourselves . to it as well. i should think you l are, you have set yourselves up to it as well. i should think you - are, you have set yourselves up very well indeed. maisha, you have some very successful students here, not everybody does as well as they were hoping and it has been hard. different people have different challenges. what would you as a teacher say to those young people today who are perhaps opening envelopes and they are not seeing the grades they would have liked? i think for all of our pupils and every child actually across the country opening an envelope today, it is a really important thing to remind themselves the fact they have got here is the biggest achievement of all. this year, this cohort is not like any other that has ever, ever gone through high school and to have gotten through the exams and the roller—coaster that has been the last two years, that is the biggest achievement of all. like with anything, we keep going forward, we have options. bud anything, we keep going forward, we have options-— have options. and you will advise? 10096. have options. and you will advise? 100%- and — have options. and you will advise? 100%- and in _ have options. and you will advise? 100%. and in luton, _ have options. and you will advise? 100%. and in luton, we _ have options. and you will advise? 10096. and in luton, we have - have options. and you will advise? | 10096. and in luton, we have really 100%. and in luton, we have really good neighbouring colleges and local colleges and options which will be more than happy to advise those

pupils who perhaps may not have got what they want, that there is always something for everyone. i can say this looking back. there is always alight at the end of the tunnel, this is not the end. and to be honest, this is the most resilient generation, covid has really built them to be resilient and hopefully, they will keep that going forward and everything they do from here. it so easy for us to say when we are a bit older, but it feels so monumental. if bit older, but it feels so monumental.— bit older, but it feels so monumental. . , ., . ,, monumental. if i was to look back and seak monumental. if i was to look back and speak to _ monumental. if i was to look back and speak to my _ monumental. if i was to look back and speak to my 15, _ monumental. if i was to look back and speak to my 15, 16-year-old l and speak to my 15, 16—year—old self, i would tell myself it is going to be ok, it will be ok. there will be times when you don't know what you are doing and you can say exactly the same thing, how many adults know what we are doing? but it will be ok, it is having good people around you, getting back up and doing your best. and if you can say that, it will be ok.— say that, it will be ok. positive to end it on- — say that, it will be ok. positive to end it on. thank _ say that, it will be ok. positive to end it on. thank you _ say that, it will be ok. positive to end it on. thank you very - say that, it will be ok. positive to end it on. thank you very much. i say that, it will be ok. positive to i end it on. thank you very much. two more satisfied students and we will be here all day at denbigh high

school in luton, talking about some of the challenges this immunity faced during a pandemic and what that meant for education here and how adaptable everyone had to be. i hope you willjoin us in the next hour. thanks so much, martine. and congratulations to everybody who both sat the exams and got their results, whatever they were, it is just a triumph to do those exams. the most resilient generation, is one of martine's guest said. let's carry on the conversation, i am joined by the president of the chartered college of teaching, stephen munday. thank you so much forjoining us. today return to exams mean a return to normalfor this generation? —— today return to exams. this generation? -- today return to exams. ~ ., this generation? -- today return to exams. . . ., _ this generation? -- today return to exams. . . . ,, ., . this generation? -- today return to exams. . . ., _ ., ., , exams. what we mean by normal these da s? like exams. what we mean by normal these days? like everyone _ exams. what we mean by normal these days? like everyone this _ exams. what we mean by normal these days? like everyone this morning, - exams. what we mean by normal these days? like everyone this morning, i - days? like everyone this morning, i want to congratulate these youngsters from the extraordinary journey they have been in and they sat their exams and they achieved remarkable things, as we have been hearing this morning. i had the

privilege of being aware of a lot of the great achievements. so nothing has been normal, whatever that quite is, over the last 2.5 plus years. and yet, they have sat exams, they have got the gcses and equivalent and big congratulations to all of them, all of —— of course, and all those who supported them, i think is what i want to say. you those who supported them, i think is what i want to say.— what i want to say. you have looked at the national _ what i want to say. you have looked at the national analysis _ what i want to say. you have looked at the national analysis of _ what i want to say. you have looked at the national analysis of results, i at the national analysis of results, what have you seen so far?- at the national analysis of results, what have you seen so far? well, i think that very _ what have you seen so far? well, i think that very many _ what have you seen so far? well, i think that very many youngsters i what have you seen so far? well, i i think that very many youngsters have done remarkably well, given all the challenges. and of the sea, representing the professional body of the teaching profession, what an extraordinaryjob of the teaching profession, what an extraordinary job teachers of the teaching profession, what an extraordinaryjob teachers and other staff have done in supporting them to manage to get there, it has been an exceptional effort. we knew there were likely to be variations in different ways and of course we need to acknowledge the pandemic has had some impact on all of that. but schools, staff and students and indeed parents supporting all of that worked really hard to try and make sure all the youngsters could

do their best despite the various challenges we have had over the past two to three years. you challenges we have had over the past two to three years.— two to three years. you saw one of our guests — two to three years. you saw one of our guests say _ two to three years. you saw one of our guests say to _ two to three years. you saw one of our guests say to my _ two to three years. you saw one of our guests say to my colleague - two to three years. you saw one of| our guests say to my colleague this was a really resilient generation because of everything teenagers and their teachers had had to go through in the pandemic. is that how you see it, quite resilient?— it, quite resilient? absolutely. faced remarkable _ it, quite resilient? absolutely. faced remarkable challenges. | it, quite resilient? absolutely. | faced remarkable challenges. i it, quite resilient? absolutely. - faced remarkable challenges. i think it is going to take us a while to assimilate all this, everything. things have been thrown at youngsters and teachers and they worked out how to get through it, and they have. and actually, that is part of broader education and development, isn't it? and these young people who have managed to do this in some ways are remarkably well set up for their futures because they have been able to cope with everything that has come at them over the past two or three years, what a great life lesson this is. and as teachers, we want to say it is great to celebrate these academic results. of course they real matter —— really matter. but

real matter —— really matter. but real education is about developing as young people, developing character. absolutely, we have seen that an hats off to all of them that have achieved what they have in the results today, but more broadly in terms of their development and how they got on with life and move forward despite all the challenges. it is a debate we have every year, but it is a question worth raising again. art gcses today the right exams for pupils to take us to mark the tony blair institute talked about ending gcses. it is the tony blair institute talked about ending gcses.- the tony blair institute talked about ending gcses. it is a very aood about ending gcses. it is a very good idea _ about ending gcses. it is a very good idea to — about ending gcses. it is a very good idea to keep _ about ending gcses. it is a very good idea to keep reviewing. i about ending gcses. it is a very - good idea to keep reviewing. there is no straightforward immediate answer to that. we do have to acknowledge and the teaching profession says this is a good thing that youngsters are in education until 18 and at the very least, it is right to review the position of the 16—year—old examination within that, i think most people accept there is a need for assessment, whether it is identical to what it was when it was set up back in the 19805 was when it was set up back in the 1980s is a very good question. and we should continue to review it.

what i would say is, please let's engage the teaching profession with that because let's face it, there is one set of people in our society who know well about that and it is the profession itself and you listen to sensible and intelligent views, and we would like to engage in that and shape what will work best for youngsters moving forward now in the 20205 youngsters moving forward now in the 2020s as a poster may be what was ideal in the 1980s.— 2020s as a poster may be what was ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank ou ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank you so — ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank you so much _ ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank you so much for— ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank you so much forjoining - ideal in the 1980s. stephen munday, thank you so much forjoining us. - the united nations human rights chief, michelle bachelet, has been making herfinal address before she finishes her four—year term at the end of the month. her successor hasn't yet been announced. bachelet is still aiming to release a long—anticipated report on xinjiang in the coming days, and has called on president putin to halt attacks on ukraine. i call on the russian president to halt armed attack against ukraine. this operational plan needs to be immediately demilitarised. both parties must respect, at all times and in all circumstances,

international human rights law and international humanitarian law. the international community must insist on accountability for the many serious violations documented, some of which may amount to war crimes. michelle bachelet, from the un. a gunman who shot dead a nine—year—old girl in her own home in liverpool is still being hunted by police this morning. 0livia pratt—korbel was killed on monday night, when a convicted drug dealer barged into her house while trying to escape a gunman, who continued firing into the property. his original target, joseph nee, is now under arrest in hospital, but the killer is yet to be caught. 0ur correspondent tomos morgan is in liverpool for us. three days on, and the search for answers as to how and why nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel died by the hands of a masked gunman, who was chasing another man continues. new cctv footage has emerged now

recording the moment four shots were fired in 0livia's house — one fatally hitting 0livia, and one injuring her mother. the gunman then fired two more times. 35—year—old joseph nee, the intended target of the killer, was hit and taken to hospital. he has since been arrested. merseyside police said they would be recalling nee to prison for allegedly breaching the terms of his licence condition, and they would be continuing to question him in connection to the death of nine—year—old 0livia. although those living here in dovecot are seeing the progress being made in the investigation, there are still concerns and some anger. he should have been arrested for the crime, notjust on the thing of breaking his licence. do you feel safe? no. no, i don't.

no—one feels safe. because, you know, you should be safe in your own home. that poor girl was in her own home. she opened the door, like most of us would have done when we heard a noise outside to see what's going on, and someone barged in. authorities have again repeated their message that this is not a time to stay silent when it comes to catching the killer of a nine—year—old girl. 0rdinary people, their ordinary lives have been changed, haven't they, forever? and they will never forget this period. but what we need to do is to rebuild, and we will do. i spoke to the home secretary last night about how we do that and she has promised us all the support that she can muster and we will be holding the government to that. we want to see the perpetrators being brought to book as quickly as possible. for families to feel safe at home on the streets once again, justice by the police is needed, and it cannot come quick enough for a community that's been torn apart.

we now have more information on 35—year—old joseph nee. we know that he was put injailfor drug offences. also previously for burglary. and he has several driving convictions as well, including theft of a vehicle and dangerous driving. now, the police have also said they have been given the same name by two different sources in relation to the gunman and they will be continuing to question nee as well to find any more information about why these events took place on monday evening here. they have stressed as well once again that both men had no relation or didn't have anything to do with 0livia relation or didn't have anything to do with olivia and her family. the police are progressing with their investigation here, as we havejust heard, but still, there are deep cracks in the community after what has happened here on monday evening. and as they progress their information, they said there will be no stone left unturned and they will be putting all the resources

available into this. but also, the two other fatalities that happened on monday and sunday evening here in the city of liverpool. tomos morgan in liverpool, thank you so much. the former pakistani prime minister imran khan has appeared at a court in the capital, islamabad, to face terrorism charges. he was given interim bail until the september 1st. the cricketer—turned—politician has been charged under the country's stringent anti—terrorism laws, after he condemned islamabad's chief of police and a female judge for the detention and alleged torture of his close political aide, shahbaz gill. large crowds of his supporters gathered near the court house, and security was tight around the complex. 0ur correspondent, farhatjaved, has the latest from islamabad. imran khan appeared in the court today, in the anti—terrorism court today, where he is granted bail until september 1st. he had already given a bail three days ago from another court, but he had to appear

at the anti—terrorism court today. he came, and there was a large number of supporters, who were chanting slogans in his support. before arriving at the scene, there was a tweet from the official account of his party as well, where they asked his supporters to reach islamabad, in case he gets arrested. and his supporters were raising slogans like, "imran khan is a red line". and this is exactly the hashtag that has been training on social media in pakistan, where his supporters say that if imran khan gets arrested, they will do countrywide protests. but he is granted bail today. this is a case, as you have mentioned earlier, he is booked under terrorism charges for making some controversial remarks about a female judge and senior police officials here in islamabad. he would appear... he will have to appear again in september 1st to either get a further bail or, you know, other developments in the case. farhat javed. there are warnings europe could be facing five to ten

difficult winters, with soaring energy costs and harsh economic conditions. governments on the continent are under pressure to support their citizens, with billions being spent to shield the most vulnerable. 0ur europe correspondent, jessica parker, reports from belgium. veronique often wears a smile. though her money, she says, doesn't go far. she gets a discount on energy bills through a social tariff, along with a million belgian households. but still, she's taking fewer showers and won't heat her flat above 16 degrees this winter. higher energy costs will have consequences. translation: if they're increasing, l then i'll have even less to live on. | i don't know what i'll do then. eventually, i'll have to go for food parcels to help me eat, and that's happening to more and more people i know.

europe is awash with warnings about hard times ahead, and information campaigns on how to cut energy use. it's hitting the news as governments use tax breaks, price caps and lump sum payments to help people with rising prices. how long can this go on for, in terms of providing this level of government support? this cannot go on forever. so that means that we have to look for structural measures. we need a price cap at european level. at the same time, we need to accelerate the energy transition because renewable energy is the most affordable form of energy and will bring energy bills down. but moving to a green economy is a long haul. i'm on the north coast of belgium. to the west is france, across the water is the uk. and while countries are taking national measures, this squeeze on supply that's pushing up energy prices is spilling across borders. and governments looking at ways

to help face the same question everywhere — will it be enough? i've been working on energy poverty now for the last ten years, and it's never been this bad. it's not only people in poverty that are worrying. it's a big middle class of people who are also worrying about their energy bill. the war in ukraine feels far away from here, as families enjoy the last days of summer, but supply cuts from russia are feeding a crisis that could seriously test political and public resolve. jessica parker, bbc news, belgium. more ideas are being put forward to help protect homes and businesses from soaring energy bills in the uk. the british chambers of commerce is calling for covid—style emergency grants to "protect livelihoods".

separately, a think—tank — focused on low—and—middle—income earners — has outlined a plan to cut bills by almost a third. senior ministers have already held talks about a £100 billion proposal to freeze prices for two years. a new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales will be announced tomorrow. i'm joined now by the owner of the manufacturing business jag design, gary thompson. hello, how are energy costs for you? not directly affected by the energy costs, but the supply chain suffering from of the energy issues are increasing the material costs and supply chain costs. we have examples where some of the materials we purchase has gone up 38% in a week. we have one project where after small piece of plastic which was 1a pounds and within a month, £47 60, was 14 pounds and within a month, £47 60, which i did to the cost of the bill which we couldn't do. so we have reverted to using our own 3d

printers with high—density pla to bring the cost down to £2.50. so we are doing it that way instead. because everybody is struggling at the present time and from an energy generation point of view, we realised very early this year that everybody was going to have an issue, so we decided to actually develop our own sustainable did energy system that should be coming on stream towards late october —— sustainable energy. we should be able to become totally independent of the power chain. you able to become totally independent of the power chain.— able to become totally independent of the power chain. you sound quite ahead of the — of the power chain. you sound quite ahead of the game _ of the power chain. you sound quite ahead of the game in _ of the power chain. you sound quite ahead of the game in some - of the power chain. you sound quite ahead of the game in some ways. i of the power chain. you sound quite i ahead of the game in some ways. yes, i mean, ahead of the game in some ways. yes, i mean. as _ ahead of the game in some ways. yes, i mean. as an — ahead of the game in some ways. ya: i mean, as an organisation, we ahead of the game in some ways. 12: i mean, as an organisation, we do special purpose machines and we have a machine out there going to turkey. we have to be aware of all the issues addressed by energy consumption. and we do a lot of new product development, and everything we do, check the environmental impact, the sustainability, and we look at making sure that the people we work with are not getting ripped

off, put it this way. there are a lot of issues out there where costs have been increased because of the price of petroleum and energy, but there are a lot of people putting costs up because they are trying to make as much money as they can in a short space of time.— short space of time. have you had to ut our short space of time. have you had to put your own — short space of time. have you had to put your own prices _ short space of time. have you had to put your own prices up? _ short space of time. have you had to put your own prices up? no, - short space of time. have you had to put your own prices up? no, we - put your own prices up? no, we haven't changed _ put your own prices up? no, we haven't changed our _ put your own prices up? no, we haven't changed our prices - put your own prices up? no, we haven't changed our prices in i put your own prices up? no, we| haven't changed our prices in 20 years. i do not see the need to change prices. because we need to be able to justify our costs. we know of other organisations who put their prices up by 30%, 35%. it reduces the spend of the small business and the spend of the small business and the small businesses are the lifeline of the uk. i agree with what the chamber are saying because i am a member of that and the fsb. collectively, if we all work together? we are all on the same page. but we need to look better at the use of sustainable energy generation systems. not the massive ones we are talking microscale. and the one we are developing can also

be used in the house as well. so the fact that we look to address the issues that we face one day at a time. if we get the energy system right and validated to can actually address fuel poverty. and we had our local mp diana davidson in here two weeks ago for one hour. we explained what we were doing and she is fully behind what we are doing from the development side. you behind what we are doing from the development side.— development side. you talk about fuel poverty _ development side. you talk about fuel poverty for — development side. you talk about fuel poverty for people. _ development side. you talk about fuel poverty for people. in - development side. you talk about fuel poverty for people. in a - development side. you talk about fuel poverty for people. in a few l fuel poverty for people. in a few months' time, it is winter. what kind of conversations are you having with people about that and sharing tips and ideas?— tips and ideas? well, we actually, the chair of _ tips and ideas? well, we actually, the chair of the _ tips and ideas? well, we actually, the chair of the federation - tips and ideas? well, we actually, the chair of the federation of - tips and ideas? well, we actually, l the chair of the federation of small business, he came to visit us and he mentioned the issue is the gunman are facing around heat pumps and could we use our service energy from our system? so what we have done is create a small test rig the size of a tumble dryer to run your heating as well. so that will be running on

the back of that. so you can massively reduce your dependency on gas and massively reduce your dependency on the electricity bill and we can get something back from the infeed tariff to go to the household. and given everything that is going on, we need to support every household in the united kingdom. so that is what we are to do. ,._ ., kingdom. so that is what we are to do. ., . . do. gary thompson, thanks so much for “oininr do. gary thompson, thanks so much forjoining us- _ do. gary thompson, thanks so much forjoining us. you _ do. gary thompson, thanks so much forjoining us. you are _ do. gary thompson, thanks so much forjoining us. you are quite - forjoining us. you are quite welcome- — british gas is to donate 10% of its profits to help customers cope with soaring bills "for the duration of the energy crisis". its owner, centrica, says £12 million will go into an existing support fund, trebling help available this winter for the poorest customers. the firm, which has seen huge profits this year, said thousands of households would get grants of between £250 and £750. this is a fraction of the support needed to tackle the crisis nationally. earlier this week, one energy company boss put that closer

to £100 billion. the police chief who was widely criticized for his handling of a school shooting in the us state of texas has been dismissed from hisjob. the school board in the town of uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered, voted unanimously to sack pete arredondo, who had been on administrative leave since the shooting, three months ago. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. it was the deadliest school shooting in the united states in almost a decade. tragically familiar scenes. a rampage in the small town of uvalde, where there's been growing pressure for the police to be held accountable. at approximately 11:32 this morning, there was a mass casualty incident at robb elemetary school in uvalde, texas... pete arrendondo was in charge of the six—member police force assigned to the school. shortly after the shooting,

it emerged that it was 77 minutes before officers at the scene breached a door to the classroom where the massacre happened. eventually, a group of officers from the us border control moved in to kill the 18—year—old gunman. the decision to sack the police chief came at a public meeting of the school board. relatives and friends of those who died spoke of their grief and anger at the way the police responded to the shooting. i'm here today to make a statement. if a law enforcement�*s job is to protect and serve, why didn't they protect and serve my friends and teachers on may 24th? i have messages for pete arrendondo and all the law enforcement that was there on that day. turn in your badge and step down, you don't deserve to wear one! mr arrendondo did not attend the meeting. his lawyer said he had received death threats and said the vote to dismiss him amounted to a public lynching. the seven—member school board discussed their decision behind closed doors. do not take this into closed sessions. we deserve to hear it. 0ur babies are dead, our teachers are dead,

our parents are dead. the least y'all can do is show us the respect to do this in the public! i move that good cause exists to terminate the noncertified contract of pete arrendondo, effective immediately. when it came, the decision to sack the police chief was unanimous. there was applause from the audience but, in a statement, mr arrendondo's lawyer said the school district had failed to carry out any investigation establishing evidence supporting a decision to terminate the employment of his client. peter bowes, bbc news. a jury has ordered los angeles county to pay damages of $16 million to vanessa bryant, the widow of the basketball star kobe bryant, over graphic photos taken by first responders to the helicopter crash that killed him in 2020. their daughter also died in the

crash. sheriff's deputies and firefighters on the scene had taken pictures of the wreckage, including the remains of the los angeles lakers player and their 13—year—old daughter. with more, here's gareth barlow. as she left court in los angeles on wednesday, vanessa bryant, seen here in white, cut a silent and sombre figure. inside court last week, she sobbed as she recalled reading an la times article that claimed images had been taken of the remains of her husband and 13—year—old daughter. mrs bryant told jurors she was blindsided, devastated, hurt and betrayed, and that she lived in fear of having the images appear on social media. kobe bryant and his daughter gianna, and six family friends, died when their helicopter crashed in california in january 2020. among them were sarah chester and her 13—year—old daughter peyton, whose father christopher was a co—plaintiff in the case and was awarded $15 million. the court heard how as distraught fans express their love

for the basketball superstar, sheriffs deputies and firefighters took gruesome photos of the accident site, later showing them in a bar and gala event. a lawyer for the county tried to argue that such photography is essential, and that the photos hadn't been posted anywhere publicly. butjurors disagreed and said the county must pay vanessa bryant $16 million for emotional distress. a figure that might reflect the wrongs of county employees but will never heal the pain of such tragic loss. gareth barlow, bbc news. let's go back to the gcse exam results in england, wales and northern ireland for thousands of teenagers today — the first year group to have sat gcse exams since 2019, after two years of cancellations because of the pandemic. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. let's get the latest

from our education correspondent sean dilley. what did you notice? i certainly will. so what did you notice? i certainly will- so many — what did you notice? i certainly will. so many people _ what did you notice? i certainly will. so many people have - what did you notice? i certainly i will. so many people have already been to school to pick up their results and are tuning into the news and let's be the antidote to the serious stuff and say, really well done. as with a—levels, your families will be really proud of you. you could argue you are the most impacted by the pandemic in as much it is two years of gcse study. like with a—levels, the government and exam boards say there was an intentional midpoint between the record high grades of last year. if you are watching us and you have done gcses, you will be familiar with this term all over the media called grade inflation. that's because teachers are assessed grades before. it is totally expected. the government's language will use the term levelling up, that might be a political expression, but it's about returning to the pre—pandemic levels

so this is totally expected. if for example you were expecting grade nine, a*, and you got six or seven, or e, don't worry about it, because it was kind of plan. bud or e, don't worry about it, because it was kind of plan.— it was kind of plan. and have you had a chance _ it was kind of plan. and have you had a chance to _ it was kind of plan. and have you had a chance to look _ it was kind of plan. and have you had a chance to look at _ it was kind of plan. and have you had a chance to look at the - it was kind of plan. and have you i had a chance to look at the regional attainment gap, different results in different parts of the country? looking at england, significant differences in top grades between different parts of the country. in london and the south—east, 32.6% were marked at seven, equivalent to a and above, compared to 22.4% in north—east england, yorkshire and the humber. it is concerning because you have people doing the same syllabus, supposedly under a very fair system so people are asking why that is. there are suggestions that some schools in the north of the country were more impacted by school closures but it is something politicians and educators will want to look at very closely to work out

what is precisely behind it. some context, the percentage points between the regions with the highest and lowest is roughly the same as it was in 2021 but it is wider than it was in 2021 but it is wider than it was in 2021 but it is wider than it was in 2020 and 19. why is the question so many will now seek to answer. ., ., , , , , answer. how does this set up 1ti-year-olds _ answer. how does this set up 16-year-olds as _ answer. how does this set up 16-year-olds as they - answer. how does this set up 16-year-olds as they look - answer. how does this set up 16-year-olds as they look at l answer. how does this set up - 16-year-olds as they look at sixth 16—year—olds as they look at sixth form colleges and universities? it’s form colleges and universities? it's reall form colleges and universities? it�*s really interesting. i heard of a case this morning of someone who had hoped to study history and they got the grades they needed, but they got fourin the grades they needed, but they got four in maths, making it difficult because a lot of sixth forms insist on fives and sixes. what will happen now in addition to the well rehearsed and preplanned discussions that are happening, very much these educators are looking at the grades and they know they are graded differently to last year so there will be an awful lot of moving about, no doubt, in these things. the most important thing, and i say this in all sincerity if you are watching, these matter to you now,

obviously they do and they matter to your future, obviously they do and they matter to yourfuture, but it obviously they do and they matter to your future, but it is never too late. bbc breakfast earlier spoke to a 92—year—old, who took their maths gcse and got the top mark open to them. you might want to do it before you are 92 but it is never too late. sean dilley, thank you forjoining us. we can take you to liverpool, where we can expect in the next few minutes, a news conference from merseyside police with an update on their investigation into the killing of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. as soon as the news conference starts we will bring it to you. the way google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed. yourflights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before. that's because the world's biggest search engine has taken a key driver of global warming out of its online

carbon flight calculator. i'm joined now by dr doug parr, the chief scientist and policy director at greenpeace uk. what do you make of the recalculation?— what do you make of the recalculation? ~ . ., , . , _ recalculation? we are not very happy with it because _ recalculation? we are not very happy with it because it _ recalculation? we are not very happy with it because it seems _ recalculation? we are not very happy with it because it seems to _ recalculation? we are not very happy with it because it seems to us - recalculation? we are not very happy with it because it seems to us that i with it because it seems to us that they are airbrushing out the huge impact of aviation. they are only keeping the carbon dioxide emissions in there, whereas aviation actually has a big climate impact through the emissions of water vapour, contrails, particulates, nitrogen oxide that come from burning and so on. these all contribute income to gated ways, admittedly, but nonetheless they contribute to the climate impacts of aviation and pretending... not using them, not adopting them, not saying they are there really airbrushes the impact of aviation somewhat. let’s there really airbrushes the impact of aviation somewhat.— there really airbrushes the impact of aviation somewhat. let's bring in

another story. _ of aviation somewhat. let's bring in another story, the _ of aviation somewhat. let's bring in another story, the gcse _ of aviation somewhat. let's bring in another story, the gcse results. i another story, the gcse results. imagine a family has done well with their gcses and they want to celebrate and take a flight to rome in europe. talk to me about the environmental impact of the fight and what would you suggest for them? well, rome, to take that example. as it happens, i checked on the google calculator and at the moment it says the impact of a return flight is 103 kilos, roughly, for an individual, so for a whole family you are getting up towards half a tonne of c02. but that's just c02. getting up towards half a tonne of c02. but that'sjust c02. it getting up towards half a tonne of c02. but that's just c02. it is more like 1.5 tonnes for the family. that's a very sizeable chunk of what the average household would emit in one year. you are probably talking something like 20% of their annual carbon footprint. in the case of rome a couple of years ago i did it with my family, taking an overnight

sleeper train. with my family, taking an overnight sleepertrain. i with my family, taking an overnight sleeper train-— sleeper train. i didn't prepare you for that example _ sleeper train. i didn't prepare you for that example on _ sleeper train. i didn't prepare you for that example on rome, - sleeper train. i didn't prepare you for that example on rome, i - sleeper train. i didn't prepare you i for that example on rome, i plucked it out of my head about 20 seconds ago. no preplanning on that. greenpeace is a huge organisation, as is google. do you talk to each other? ., , . , . . other? our group has had a conversation _ other? our group has had a conversation with _ other? our group has had a conversation with google i other? our group has had a - conversation with google because groups like google have a huge carbon footprint. google styles itself as a group that tries to take the climate very seriously. we know it has done things like directly purchasing renewable energy, which is great. they try to use it to run their servers and when it is appropriate we have been praising google for what it has done. but this is not good, it is hiding the impact of aviation where we should be seeing the full cost of full impact of what is being done when people take a flight. we want google to reverse their decision to take

out these impacts that are not carbon dioxide. i out these impacts that are not carbon dioxide.— out these impacts that are not carbon dioxide. ., . carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off — carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the _ carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the top _ carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the top of _ carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the top of my _ carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the top of my head - carbon dioxide. i mentioned the idea of rome off the top of my head in i of rome off the top of my head in terms of a celebration but we know some flights are notjust for celebration and tourism, they are really important things like family reunions and reconnecting all over the globe. people will have to fly across oceans in order to see people that they love. how do you address those kind of flights? what that they love. how do you address those kind of flights?— those kind of flights? what we advocate for _ those kind of flights? what we advocate for something - those kind of flights? what we advocate for something called | those kind of flights? what we | advocate for something called a frequent flyer levy. is saying that no flying should take place ever. —— nobody is saying that no flying should take place ever. it is perfectly acceptable in some cases. what we have at the moment, in terms of taxation, first of all the fuel is not taxed on flights. so if you fly to new york or california you are paying less tax than if you fill

up are paying less tax than if you fill up your car at the local filling station on fuel that is used. in a climate emergency that is simply wrong. we have to pay for something where there is a slightly increasing tax on flights the more you take. we know that 70% of flights are taken ljy know that 70% of flights are taken by around 50% of —— taken by a small percent of people. there should be a progressive tax that gets bigger and bigger the more you fly and hopefully we then curb excessive flying and then we can tackle the c02 and non—c02 at the same time. it means if there is a family connection where you really need to go and see them, you haven't seen them in years, then 0k, go and see them, you haven't seen them in years, then ok, you don't pay any tax. them in years, then ok, you don't pay any tax— them in years, then ok, you don't -a an tax. ., ., pay any tax. doctor douglas par from greenpeace. — pay any tax. doctor douglas par from greenpeace, thank _ pay any tax. doctor douglas par from greenpeace, thank you _ pay any tax. doctor douglas par from greenpeace, thank you for _ pay any tax. doctor douglas par from greenpeace, thank you forjoining i greenpeace, thank you forjoining us.

in china, a record breaking heatwave is threatening harvests and forcing authorities to cut energy supplies to businesses with demand for electricity soaring. historically low rainfall has left rivers and lakes running low, reducing hydro—electric production and triggering four government departments to issue joint warnings. richard forrest reports. this is thejialing river, a tributary of the yangtze, china's longest waterway, snaking 6,300 kilometres across the country. rainfall along this river basin at a record low in august, water levels 50% down on the five year average. the failed rains and falling rivers meaning crops here at a severe threat of failing too. translation: agriculture production has been seriously affected along - the yangtze river region, rice and cotton harvest have been affected. in the south—west, corn and soybean crops have also suffered. for areas without irrigation, yields could fall and there's even the risk of entire crop failures. in shanghai, china's biggest

city and financial hub, the normal bright lights along its waterfront went dark for two days at the start of the week as the drought restricts power production and the high temperatures sent electricity use soaring. meanwhile, sichuan province in the south—west, where temperatures have exceeded 40 celsius, energy supplies to businesses have been limited until thursday. and where the air conditioning does still run people have flocked to keep cool. translation: because of limited electricity supplies we don't - have the air conditioner on throughout the day. we turn it off when the temperature cools down a bit. we use electric fans as much as possible and just have to hang in there. translation: in previous summers l when we turned on the tap water l we might get hot water running for one minute and cool water after that. but this year, even after two

or three minutes, it still feels as though it's boiling water. 2022 is china's hottest summer on record. the government has called on people to conserve water, and with the country's largest freshwater lake down by about 75%, people here have no choice but to watch what they use. richard forrest, bbc news. operations have started in lebanon to recover the bodies of dozens of migrants still missing after their boat capsized in april this year. at least 30 people are still unaccounted for. now, thanks to a submarine paid for by the lebanese diaspora in australia, families are hoping to finally give their loved ones a proper burial. lina sinjab reports. this submarine has one mission — recover what is now known as the death boat. it is believed to still have the bodies of dozens

of migrants who drowned with it. the boat capsized off the lebanese shores in april while trying to reach europe. around 80 people were on board. 48 survived but at least 30 are still missing. translation: four months too late. i just want to know the fate of my brother and his kids. i hope the submarine will recover them if corpses. the submarine cost 250,000 us dollars. it's been funded by the lebanese diaspora in australia. the lebanese government lacked the resources to recover the boat. this submarine is highly equipped and capable of laser scanning up to 200 metres. translation: it is a very delicate procedure and we have set up - a special operations room to supervise the extraction. it is expected to last for a few days, depending on the progress. investigations are still ongoing on how the death boat capsized.

the technical side of the investigation can only be concluded after the boat has been recovered. despite the shipwreck, people are still risking their lives to escape the economic crisis in lebanon. lina sinjab, bbc news, lebanon. to floods in texas — where a massive clean—up operation is underway after severe storms battered dallas—fort worth in the state. the city saw the second highest amount of rainfall in a 24 hour period ever. at least one person was killed when their car was washed away. wendy urquhart reports. more than 38 centimetres of rain fell in 24 hours in some parts of dallas, texas, causing flash floods which cut off dozens of major roads and completely waterlogged rural areas, destroying hundreds of hectares of precious crops. residents were powerless to stop the polluted water and debris

gushing into their homes and swamping everything they own. emergency services have been pushed to the limit rescuing those who were trapped or stranded by the floods. brittany kay taylor had just moved into a new apartment two days before the storm. she was woken at 3am by torrential rain and found her home under two feet of water. it was covered in water and i'm trying to figure out where the sound of running water is coming from, and it was coming from the front door. so that was really scary, because water was still actively pouring into the apartment. and several things were going through my mind. do i try to save my things? do i try to float away? —— the refrigerator started to float away. am i going to get electrocuted? should i just stay?

like, i'm on higher ground. most of brittany�*s belongings were in boxes stacked up on the floor and, as the water rose, it saturated the cardboard. the boxes fell apart and everything fell into the filthy water. all of her new furniture has been destroyed. and her car has been washed away in the floods. dozens of flights have been cancelled, and there's more misery on the way. torrential rain and thunderstorms are forecast in the coming days and flood advisories have already been issued for southern oklahoma, northern louisiana and central mississippi. wendy urquhart, bbc news. when anoosheh ashoori was serving five years in an iranian prison on trumped up charges he promised himself that if he ever got back home to the uk he'd run the london marathon. back in march, he was released at the same time as nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. and it didn't take long for him to keep that promise and pull on his trainers.

celestina olulode went to meet anoosheh and his family at home. the things that i really missed were such simple things, like making tea. back home and free. a reality anoosheh is still adjusting to five months on. those feelings of waking up in my cell, after having had a nice dream about my wife, about my kids, and then you suddenly wake up to what i used to call my coffin. because it was about one metre by two metres. and that was my world for nearly five years. afterfive months, i have discovered that i'm getting more flashbacks and i'm also having more panic attacks. that didn't exist two months ago. but now i am feeling that i'm having them. seen here in march with nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, touching down on uk soil. five years earlier,

anoosheh was arrested whilst visiting his mother in iran. unknowingly we had prepared ourselves that he would be away for ten years, because that was his sentence. and there was no guarantee that they would not add onto it at the end of it. but also at the same time you don't consciously, you try not to think about that. because if you do think about it, you go mad. so you live your life day to day. i made three suicide attempts. i didn't want to be because what i was subjected to and i was worried about family members. i lost 17 kilograms. when i was transferred to the main prison, a group of inmates were taking exercises every day and i askedif taking exercises every day and i asked if i could join them. and i

went short of breath less than ten minutes. i arrived at a point where i could in fact do more than an hour of running nonstop. i reached a point where one sided a two hour nonstop running. keeping fit kept anoosheh determined, and whilst in prison, he decided that whenever he was released, he would take part in the london marathon. in october, he will be running with his son aryan. they are fundraising for amnesty international and hostage international. in 20201 had a pretty bad mental breakdown and after that ijust regularly— breakdown and after that ijust regularly have had panic attacks, anxiety— regularly have had panic attacks, anxiety attacks, the whole package. one of— anxiety attacks, the whole package. one of the _ anxiety attacks, the whole package. one of the main things that helped me was— one of the main things that helped me was realising how important physical— me was realising how important physical activity is for dealing with— physical activity is for dealing with that kind of issue. it took, you know. _

with that kind of issue. it took, you know, an international hostagetaking situation, multiple panic— hostagetaking situation, multiple panic attacks, antidepressants and all of— panic attacks, antidepressants and all of this— panic attacks, antidepressants and all of this to realise, 0k, 1 panic attacks, antidepressants and all of this to realise, 0k, ijust need _ all of this to realise, 0k, ijust need to— all of this to realise, 0k, ijust need to breathe. i am confident i will finish — need to breathe. i am confident i will finish. the question is, will it take — will finish. the question is, will it take 16— will finish. the question is, will it take 16 hours or five hours? a former prisoner and marathon runner. if that story doesn't make you feel you should do better, this story will. a 15—year—old belgian—british boy has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane. mack rutherford took off from the bulgarian capital, sofia, in march and landed there again on wednesday. ika ba koyi reports. cheering. the family of 17—year—old mack rutherford cheer on as his aircraft lands near the bulgarian capital, sofia. he's notjust your average teenager. mack has just broken two guinness world records. i am feeling incredible to finally, afterfive months, have done my journey. yeah, i am really happy.

rutherford became the youngest person to fly around the world solo, taking the title from travis ludlow who was 18 when he completed his attempt last year. he is now also the youngest person to fly around the world in a microlight aircraft. previously, that title was held by his sister, zara, aged 19. i am super proud of him, i'm really excited that he got to experience the same thing i did. i think it's really cool. but having come back smiling and in one piece does not mean his journey was easy. probably my trickiest situation was flying across the pacific, so from japan to the us, i had a ten—hourflight across the pacific and i had to make sure that everything was ok not only beforehand, but during the flight as well, and the weather was not very good, i had to try and find my way around that and it was just such a long journey and there were many challenges to overcome. rutherford learned how to fly when he was 15 after training

with his father. despite the title, mack does not want to lose sight of his education. my next step is to go back to school and just try and catch up on all the work i have missed. ikaba koyi, bbc news. what do you do after flying around the world? some gcses. a ford escort driven by the late princess diana is due to go up for auction this weekend. the car was driven by the princess for three years in the late 1980s. it's thought to be the only model made in black. usually painted white, auctioneers say the royal protection officers requested black "for discretion". it's expected to fetch at least £100,000. let the bidding begin. more on our website, but for now, from me, goodbye.

hello again. some of us have started the day with some sunshine whilst others have had some heavy, thundery downpours, especially across parts of south—east england and east anglia, courtesy of this weather front which is working its way northwards and eastwards. high pressure following in behind and later another weather front coming from the west will introduce thicker cloud and some showery rain. we still have the heavy downpours to clear away from east anglia. they will do that through the course of the afternoon. residual cloud behind breaking up and for most sunny spells but the thicker cloud arriving in the northwest with showery rain by the end of the afternoon. after a humid start today in southern areas it will turn fresher as we go through the day. into this evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies, some mist and fog patches forming and a weather front continues to come in from the west and it

will continue to push slowly southwards and eastwards with its cloud and also spots of rain. a fresher night across england and wales than last night. much more comfortable for sleeping in with overnight lows generally between 10—13. tomorrow, here is the weather front, a fairly weak affair. as it pushes slowly south and east it will continue to have cloud in it and also some splashes of showery outbreaks of rain. some of that could be heavy at times across southern scotland and northern england. although we start off on a fairly cloudy note we will see that cloud break and sunny spells develop especially in the early evening. temperatures 15 in the north, to 24 in the south. moving on into saturday, still a lot of fine and dry weather. high pressure is firmly in charge. we will at times see a bit more cloud coming in across eastern areas and you can see a weather front and too far away from northern ireland could well take a swipe and introduce thicker cloud and rain.

temperatures 14 up to about 24 degrees, the highest temperatures heading over to the south—west. here is that weather front, pushing north. high pressure establishes itself across the uk so things remain settled on sunday. if you have bank holiday monday off, and of course it is not a bank holiday for us all, it is looking fine and settled. the weekend continues with variable amounts of crowd, especially so in some eastern areas but lots of dry weather around and just one or two showers.

this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the headlines at 11. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic i feel like ifeel like during my i feel like during my mocks didn't get the grades i want but that motivated me to do better than real exams but i did better all my teachers were helping me as well. the investigation into the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool continues. police are questioning a former drug dealer who was the intended target of the attack. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe' is coming this winter" unless the government steps

in to help with energy costs. in eastern ukraine, a russian missile strike kills 25 people including two children. and coming up this hour. the 17—year—old solo pilot who's broken two world records. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their results for the first gcse exams in three years. my colleague martine is in denbigh high school in luton with all the details. hi martine. good morning. welcome to denb hiuh hi martine. good morning. welcome to denby high school. _ hi martine. good morning. welcome to denby high school. it _ hi martine. good morning. welcome to denby high school. it has _ hi martine. good morning. welcome to denby high school. it has been - hi martine. good morning. welcome to

denby high school. it has been very - denby high school. it has been very noisy here, starting to quieten down a bit. what is interesting the pupils don't need to come in to get the results, they can get them online but such is the excitement that i want to be here aamong their friends to find out they have done. the pass rate is lower this year, but it is still lower than the peak thatis but it is still lower than the peak that is the say, but it is still higher than normal, so normal was backin higher than normal, so normal was back in 2019, so ijust tell you what the statistics are in terms of pass rates. overall 73.2% of gcses were marked at grades four or c at above this year, that is down from 77.1% last year, when grades of course were decided by teacher, exams weren't sat. it is still significantly hiring than before the pandemic in 2019, a was the last year exams were set before covid struck and the rate was 67.3%. the results of vocational and technical

awards are being released but with are told some btec pupils might face delays. some of the background now from vanessa clark. the last few years have been tough and they've been rough. we've all had to adapt to a new way of learning, but we've all come out the other side. studying for exams is always hard, but for the students here at moorside high school in salford, the last few years have also been marked by lockdowns, social—distancing and the rise of online learning. today, they're hoping to celebrate all they have gone through. it was a bit more intense because you don't get that respite of making a rubbishjoke to your mate, or talking about the football. so it ended up being just a lot of, like, lessons would sometimes be a lot shorter, but a lot more packed in. so you sometimes have to look back afterwards and unpack what you've done. you can't not say that it's been difficult, but the members of staff have really helped with intervention sessions and really trying their best to make it work for us and taking time out of their lives and their spare time to help us to achieve our best

and do the best that we can. and for students that may be disappointed, help is on hand. everybody today has achieved something because they've come through some of the most challenging times across the country and across the world. but, yeah, going back to those results, we'll see what's in the envelopes and we'll make sure that all the students get the appropriate support to go on and achieve what they want to do. this year has been described as a transition year. as with last week's a—level results day, overall, grades are expected to drop — after two years of exceptionally high marks based on teacher assessments. but the pass rate should still be higher than 2019, the last year of formal exams. there are concerns that students from deprived areas have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and this could be reflected in today's grades. they've seen the most disruption. they have the worst access to devices and internet for home learning. and that's going to have a knock—on effect on their schooling. we've had several leading indicators

indicate that those attainment gaps between those from less well—off backgrounds and better off backgrounds are opening up. gcse, btec first, technical and tech award students will all receive their results. after a number of years filled with disruption, these students say they're looking forward to moving on to their next challenge. vanessa clarke, bbc news, salford. many #250e6r7s are saying this is an extremely resilient generation because they had their education disrupted since they were in year eight, three years ago, they haven't known what normal education really looks like. let us talk more about the effect of that disruption. let us talk more about the effect of that disruption. i'm joined by carl cullinane, director of research and policy at the sutton trust. carl, thank you forjoining us on the bbc news channel. talk to us, if you would about how you're seeing that educational disruption reflected in these results today.

yes, as you said this group haven't had a normal school year since year eight. they have had three years of different disruptions so in 2020 and 2021 they had school shut downs where there was extensive remote learning but also those disruptions haven'tened this year, even though schools have been open there has been disruption ongoing in that time, particularly during the only chrome wave in the winter, in terms of students having to miss school because they had covid or were in contact with someone who had. also staff, lots of them contracting covid, being in close contact and other teachers supply teachers, nonteaching staff having to take classes at various times, so that disruption has been going this year, during year 11 which is a key year in terms of preparation for exams, while students were trying to catch up while students were trying to catch up the learning they had missed over the previous two years.

talk to us, if you would, carl, about the north—south divide in the country, when it comes to what you are seeing regarding that disadvantage gap.- are seeing regarding that disadvantage gap. are seeing regarding that disadvantauu-ea. , ., ., disadvantage gap. yes, so london over the last _ disadvantage gap. yes, so london over the last couple _ disadvantage gap. yes, so london over the last couple of _ disadvantage gap. yes, so london over the last couple of decades i disadvantage gap. yes, so london| over the last couple of decades has performed the strongest in the country, in terms of exam results, it was one of the great success stories of the early 2000s, where they improved from being one of the worst regions to best, whereas the lowest performing regions, tend to be in the north in midlands of the country, particularly the north east, and what we have seen today is that still london comes out on top, and has slightly extended its lead at the top, over other regions in comparison, to 2019, before the pandemic. but also interestingly what we have seen is that the north east has also performed stronger this year, in comparison to 2019,

before the pandemic, so the gap between the highest and the lowest performing regions has closed slightly, in comparison the last year, so what with we are seeing a mixed and complex picture, it has been a complicated few years with teacher assessed grades, a lot of grade inflation and now this year with the return to exams, with grades still inflated in comparison to where they were. so two things really at work here, how do you even out that disadvantage gap, up and to what, tent will having exams in the future rather than assessments make a difference?— difference? yes, i think it was welcome _ difference? yes, i think it was welcome to — difference? yes, i think it was welcome to see _ difference? yes, i think it was welcome to see the _ difference? yes, i think it was welcome to see the return - difference? yes, i think it was welcome to see the return of| welcome to see the return of national exams this year, obviously, exams are you know, they are not the perfect system but they are the least worst option we have in terms of consistency, and robustness, of

assessment across a national, in comparison to the teacher assessed grades, people this year know that the grades they achieved this year, they really earned and there is a much greater consistency across different types of schools, and that is absolutely to be welcomed. the i sup pas the difficult aspect is that the learning itself, has changed, in comparison to prepandemic, this cohort have missed a lot their key stage four schooling so their knowledge and skills are likely to be lower general than schwe another cohort, marrying the assessment with thele levels of learning, is the tricky aspect in terms of recognising the progress young people are making and facilitating their next steps to sixth form or into jobs their next steps to sixth form or intojobs or their next steps to sixth form or into jobs or apprenticeships but also making sure there is a robust and consistent measure off that

learning, so that people who are making decisions in future make decisions they can trust. carl. making decisions in future make decisions they can trust. carl, we appreciate _ decisions they can trust. carl, we appreciate you — decisions they can trust. carl, we appreciate you talking _ decisions they can trust. carl, we appreciate you talking to - decisions they can trust. carl, we appreciate you talking to us, - decisions they can trust. carl, we i appreciate you talking to us, thank you very much. of you very much. of course, schools did more than just teach during the pandemic, they had to take on all sorts of sort of social roles really to support pupils and families when they were away from school buildings, we have senior leader here, at denby high school, wendy wells is with us, also some pupils who have had results today. they are not smiling much but they should be because they have done well. wendy, tell us about your role, you are a senior leader but you are not a teacher ida. role, you are a senior leader but you are not a teache- role, you are a senior leader but you are not a teacher no, i am part ofthe you are not a teacher no, i am part of the admin — you are not a teacher no, i am part of the admin team, _ you are not a teacher no, i am part of the admin team, with _ you are not a teacher no, i am part of the admin team, with have - you are not a teacher no, i am part of the admin team, with have an i of the admin team, with have an mading admin team who, you know, have done wonders during the covid time. ~ : have done wonders during the covid time. ~ . , ., have done wonders during the covid time. ~ . , _ ., .,

time. what were you busy doing to time. what were you busy doing to t to time. what were you busy doing to try to support _ time. what were you busy doing to try to support pupils. _ time. what were you busy doing to try to support pupils, families, - try to support pupils, families, when they weren't able to come in and having to do remote learning? we are and having to do remote learning? 2 are quite lucky, we have a scheme for students to buy chrome books so students would have had those but we got some additional ones from the government and charitying to help people and wi—fi if they didn't have access at home to help them learn at home. a ~ , : access at home to help them learn at home. ~. ~ , . i. ., home. making sure that everyone was caettin fed home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in — home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in a _ home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in a way — home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in a way that _ home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in a way that helps - home. making sure that everyone was getting fed in a way that helps you - getting fed in a way that helps you learn. : , getting fed in a way that helps you learn. . , , ., , , learn. that is right. obviously, we have quite — learn. that is right. obviously, we have quite a _ learn. that is right. obviously, we have quite a high _ learn. that is right. obviously, we have quite a high proportion - learn. that is right. obviously, we have quite a high proportion of. have quite a high proportion of children who on free school meals here and obviously they had an entire —— entitlement to vouchers which we had to arrange to send to their mobile phones so they could get food, also, when they were sent home during the, when they were back if school and had to go home because of covid, they got infected we had to allow vouchers and hampers to go home to those students. it

to allow vouchers and hampers to go home to those students.— home to those students. it was like a revolving — home to those students. it was like a revolving door, _ home to those students. it was like a revolving door, it _ home to those students. it was like a revolving door, it must _ home to those students. it was like a revolving door, it must have - home to those students. it was like j a revolving door, it must have been for pupils and staff and having to have supply teachers in to cover the gaps because people were poorly. tote gaps because people were poorly. 2 didn't have supply teachers in but the children did amazing for that resilience they have shown over the last couple of years has proved today in the results think. you say ou are today in the results think. you say you are an — today in the results think. you say you are an an _ today in the results think. you say you are an an admin _ today in the results think. you say you are an an admin stray - today in the results think. you say you are an an admin stray store i you are an an admin stray store people say you are more than that, do you like working here? yes. people say you are more than that, do you like working here?— do you like working here? yes, as i said we have _ do you like working here? yes, as i said we have an _ do you like working here? yes, as i said we have an amazing _ do you like working here? yes, as i said we have an amazing support i said we have an amazing support team, we work as a team, which is what runs the school.— team, we work as a team, which is what runs the school. what a relief will it be to — what runs the school. what a relief will it be to get _ what runs the school. what a relief will it be to get back— what runs the school. what a relief will it be to get back to _ what runs the school. what a relief will it be to get back to normal? i will it be to get back to normal? yes, what is normal? i will it be to get back to normal? yes, what is normal?— will it be to get back to normal? yes, what is normal? i don't know any more- — yes, what is normal? i don't know any more. thank _ yes, what is normal? i don't know any more. thank you _ yes, what is normal? i don't know any more. thank you very - yes, what is normal? i don't know any more. thank you very much. i yes, what is normal? i don't know- any more. thank you very much. now, tell us, how well have you done? you don't need to run thrall of your results because i think there are quite a few, were you pleased. i was ruite quite a few, were you pleased. i was quite pleased _ quite a few, were you pleased. i was quite pleased with _ quite a few, were you pleased. i was quite pleased with my _ quite a few, were you pleased. i 2" quite pleased with my results, they are all like sevens and sixes which is all right, which is whati are all like sevens and sixes which is all right, which is what i was expecting and going on the college

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us. they really add value here at denby high, when children arrive when they are 11, and what they like when they are 11, and what they like when may are 16, as we have seen, really great progress has been made. we will be talking more through the day, starting to quieten down, i might be able to here lewis in the next hour. back to you. great stuff. congratulations to everyone there getting ruts. the headlines on bbc news... pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019 — before the pandemic the investigation into the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool continues. police are questioning a former drug dealer who was the intended target of the attack. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe' is coming this winter" unless the government steps

in to help with energy costs. a gunman who shot dead a nine—year—old girl in her own home in liverpool is still being hunted by police this morning. olivia pratt—korbel was killed on monday night when a convicted drug dealer barged into her house while trying to escape a gunman — who continued firing into the property. his original target joseph nee is now under arrest in hospital but the killer is yet to be caught. we're hoping to from merseyside police in the next few minutes. our correspondent tomos morgan is in liverpool for us. we expect that press conference in the next few minutes or so, they have arrested 35—year—old joseph nee, he was the intended target. let

me run you through the events that took place on monday evening round 10pm. joseph nee was walking down this road be mind me with a friend when he was confronted with a masked gunman, gunshots were heard and then cheryl opened herfront gunman, gunshots were heard and then cheryl opened her front door, gunman, gunshots were heard and then cheryl opened herfront door, one of the houses, one with the tent outside. the two men barged into the house. joseph nee was trying to avoid the gunman, the gunman fired into the home. he injured cheryl in her hand, shotjoseph then he fatally shot as well nine—year—old olivia, who sadly then died in hospital. but it does seem as though the police are making some progress in this case. three days on and the search for answers as to how olivia pratt—korbel died by the hands of masked gunman chasing another man

continues. new cctv footage has emerged now recording the moment four shots were fired in ifia's house. one fatally hitting olivia and one injuring her mother. the gunman then fired two more times, 35—year—old joseph nee the intended target of the killer was hit and taken to hospital. he has since been arrested. merseyside police said they would be recalling him to prison for breech of his license condition and they would be continuing to question him in connection to the death of nine—year—old o have a. all those those living here are seeing progress is made in the investigation, there are still concerns and some anger. he should have been arrested _ concerns and some anger. he should have been arrested for— concerns and some anger. he should have been arrested for the _ concerns and some anger. he should have been arrested for the crime. i have been arrested for the crime. notjust have been arrested for the crime. not just on have been arrested for the crime. notjust on the of breaking his license. d0 notjust on the of breaking his license. , ., notjust on the of breaking hisj license._ no. license. do you feel safe? no. no-one feels _ license. do you feel safe? no. no-one feels safe, _ license. do you feel safe? no.

no-one feels safe, because i license. do you feel safe? no. i no-one feels safe, because you license. do you feel safe? no. - no-one feels safe, because you know, no—one feels safe, because you know, you should be safe in your own home. that poor girl was in her own home, she opened the door, like most of us would have done when we heard the noise outside to see what was going on and someone barged in. authorities have again repeated their message this is not a time to stay silent when it comes to catching the killer of a nine—year—old girl. catching the killer of a nine-year-old girl. catching the killer of a nine- ear-old rirl. : , , nine-year-old girl. ordinary people, their ordinary _ nine-year-old girl. ordinary people, their ordinary lives _ nine-year-old girl. ordinary people, their ordinary lives have _ nine-year-old girl. ordinary people, their ordinary lives have been - their ordinary lives have been change forever and they will never forget this period but what we need to do is rebuild and we will do, and i spoke to the home secretary last night about how we do that and she's promised us all support that she can muster, and we will be holding the government to that, we want to see the perpetrators being brought to book as quickly as possible. for families to _ book as quickly as possible. for families to feel safe at home on these streets once again, it cannot come quick enough for a community that has been torn apart.

we have more background onjoe semifinal knee, we know he was convicted for drug offences and burglary and driving conviction, including theft and dangerous driving. both men were not known to olivia's family, however, the merseyside police have also told us that they have been given one name, the same name by two different sources in relation to the gunman, sources in relation to the gunman, so they are following up those investigations now. as we wait for that press conference they have also said they will leave no stone left unturned. and will put all their resources available into solving this case and the two other fatal killings that happened on monday and sunday evening. thank you for that. we will stay with this now. joining me now, the former metropolitan police detective chief inspector mike neville.

thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. . ~ ., ., . programme. thank you a tragic killinu. it programme. thank you a tragic killing- it is. — programme. thank you a tragic killing. it is, and _ programme. thank you a tragic killing. it is, and this, - programme. thank you a tragic killing. it is, and this, again, i killing. it is, and this, again, obviously — killing. it is, and this, again, obviously will _ killing. it is, and this, again, obviously will throw- killing. it is, and this, again, obviously will throw the - killing. it is, and this, again, - obviously will throw the spotlight on policing, itself, what is your assess. of where we are in the uk at the moment. assess. of where we are in the uk at the moment-— the moment. think this is a watershed _ the moment. think this is a watershed moment. - the moment. think this is a watershed moment. a - the moment. think this is a watershed moment. a timej the moment. think this is a i watershed moment. a time to the moment. think this is a _ watershed moment. a time to change, the police have lost their way, we know that 95% of burglaries go unsolved. something needs to be done, in the first place, the obviously the whole merseyside would flood the street with bobbies on top beat giving reassurance and school officers will tell children this isn't a every day event but in the medium term the police need to audit. what are they doing? no more dance organise anything like that, let us look at every different department, are they targeting on fighting crime? are they preventing and denting crime? if they are not it needs to change, because the focus has gone away, it, people are living in fear of crime and they

think the police have given up, and... ,, , think the police have given up, and... . , ., _ think the police have given up, and... ,, , ., _ . and... surely, obviously that can't be the case. _ and... surely, obviously that can't be the case. is — and... surely, obviously that can't be the case, is is _ and... surely, obviously that can't be the case, is is it, _ and... surely, obviously that can't be the case, is is it, you _ and... surely, obviously that can't be the case, is is it, you are - and... surely, obviously that can't be the case, is is it, you are not i be the case, is is it, you are not obviously not accusing ordinary officers is up and down the country officers is up and down the country of giving up, so what is going on? it comes from the top, there is lots of dedicated officers, but too many chief constables are focussing on the wrong things, it is almost too much wokery, too much political correctness, too much focus on things that don't affect everyday live, people need to know if their property is damages, their house is burgled, they need to feel safe on the street and they see too much, last year for example merseyside police had a banner says causing an offence is an offence and had four officers beside it. they had to apologise causing an offence isn't an offence they would have been better deployed trying to catch burglars. better deployed trying to catch burr lars. , ., , burglars. there will be those individual — burglars. there will be those individual examples, - burglars. there will be those individual examples, and - burglars. there will be those j individual examples, and the burglars. there will be those - individual examples, and the there alsos be people saying, what you

define as wokism is an important project to make the police force more diverse or whatever accomplish issueit more diverse or whatever accomplish issue it is you mean by wokism. these are things that need to happen, you want a police force that reflects the public it is policing so i don't know what you mean by that. , : so i don't know what you mean by that-_ that - so i don't know what you mean by that._ that isn't i that. let me explain. that isn't iioin to that. let me explain. that isn't going to be _ that. let me explain. that isn't going to be the _ that. let me explain. that isn't going to be the majority - that. let me explain. that isn't going to be the majority of - that. let me explain. that isn't l going to be the majority of police time. it going to be the ma'ority of police time. , : going to be the ma'ority of police time. , . , . . time. it is a focus, what we have here, is time. it is a focus, what we have here. is a _ time. it is a focus, what we have here. is a lack— time. it is a focus, what we have here, is a lack of— time. it is a focus, what we have here, is a lack of focus, - time. it is a focus, what we have here, is a lack of focus, there i time. it is a focus, what we have here, is a lack of focus, there is | time. it is a focus, what we have | here, is a lack of focus, there is a lack of focus on crime, so it is almost the police have become a crime report issue, numb were issuing society, for insurance claims so when houses are burgled, the police often don't turn unto that, this is what the public see they see the reports of a man being stabbed to death in the street, this report, a young girl killed in her own home, it is not good enough. the facts are these, have never had anybody complain to me, that they didn't like the colour or sexuality of the officer, what they claim

about is the lack of professionalism and the fact somebody has not turned up. bike theft might seem minor but if it a child getting to school that is an important thing, it is like shoplifting, theft, fraud, has been almost forgotten, known deals with it any more, what happens is that criminals see that they can get away with that, they can dominate the area by drug dealing and ganging, and what happens is to normal people, whoever they are, black or white have to live in fear. brute people, whoever they are, black or white have to live in fear.— white have to live in fear. we are iioin white have to live in fear. we are going into _ white have to live in fear. we are going into a _ white have to live in fear. we are going into a period _ white have to live in fear. we are going into a period now, - white have to live in fear. we are going into a period now, where l white have to live in fear. we are l going into a period now, where you say the focus needs to change, but surely, i imagine you would argue for more resources too, but that is going to be very difficult, the years ahead don't look like we are going to be in a position where we can throw lots more money at every single government department. meiji. single government department. well, that is as i single government department. well, that is as i say. _ single government department. well, that is as i say, there _ single government department. well, that is as i say, there needs _ single government department. 2ii that is as i say, there needs to be an audit of what is going on, if police officer are not focussed on the primary duty, to prevent and detect crime, they need to be put on

those primary duty, everything else is a bonus, you say about diversity, the police has got more diverse yet the police has got more diverse yet the detection rate for burglary has halved in the last ten year, i am not bothered what the colour of officers are, i want most members of the public the police to do an effective job and stop criminals, and it is also down to the home secretary, we had allegedly had a conservative government for over a decade, and yet all this has gone on during the party of law and orders, allegedly, rule, so she needs to focus, the police on what they should be doing, which is making people feel safe and confident, that they can live their lives without being attacked or assaulted. thank ou so being attacked or assaulted. thank you so much _ being attacked or assaulted. thank you so much for— being attacked or assaulted. thank you so much for coming _ being attacked or assaulted. thank you so much for coming on - being attacked or assaulted. thank you so much for coming on the - you so much for coming on the programme. appreciate it. ila programme. appreciate it. ijr> problems. more ideas are being put forward to help protect homes and businesses from soaring energy bills. the british chambers of commerce

is calling for covid—style emergency grants to "protect livelihoods". separately, a think—tank focussed on low and middle income earners has outlined a plan to cut bills by almost a third. senior ministers have already held talks about a £100 billion proposal to freeze prices for two years. a new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales will be announced tomorrow. i'm joined now by energy expert and the eden project's director of sustainability from 2001 to 2007, chris hines mbe, who says thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the ”roramme. , ., ., . , ., programme. obviously condolences to all the people — programme. obviously condolences to all the people in _ programme. obviously condolences to all the people in liverpool _ programme. obviously condolences to all the people in liverpool who - programme. obviously condolences to all the people in liverpool who were i all the people in liverpool who were affected by that crime.— affected by that crime. thank you very much — affected by that crime. thank you very much for— affected by that crime. thank you very much for that _ affected by that crime. thank you very much for that and _ affected by that crime. thank you very much for that and for - affected by that crime. thank you | very much for that and for coming affected by that crime. thank you i very much for that and for coming on and this cost of living crisis we are facing now that we have been talking about for a while and is affecting real people, real lives right now. what are the kind of things that can be done to help now?

for me, this is really serious, it is serious on too levels, one is the cost of living crisis, and it is going to be astronomically really challenges for a out of families and households o throughout, but also we have a climate crisis, and by taking small actions, we can do our bit. we can help reduce carbon impact but also reduce the cost of run our homes, and, yet there is some staggering fact, this bit of research that is out through a0.com, shows that over half of us throw away the manuals that tell us how to use our domestic appliances, and, you know, most of us have no idea, we didn't even read them, so understanding what we have an how to use it it is like having a car and not understanding there is a fifth or sixth gear so you can actually get more out of your driving, so we are overworking... i get more out of your driving, so we are overworking. . ._

get more out of your driving, so we are overworking. .. i want to “ump in there, are overworking. .. i want to “ump in there. because i are overworking. .. i want to “ump in there, because there fl are overworking. .. i want to “ump in there, because there was h are overworking. .. i want to jump in there, because there was some - there, because there was some nervous giggling in my ear, from the team behind me when you said people throw away their manuals, i think there is a lot of recognition, what is the advantage, what do you mean by that, we should flick through them, how would that help? if rare them, how would that help? if we read our manuals _ them, how would that help? if we read our manuals we _ them, how would that help? if we read our manuals we can - them, how would that help? if we read our manuals we can find - them, how would that help? if n2 read our manuals we can find where the echo setting in and understand how to use those appliances correctly. our domestic appliances have changed, evolved. we can run you know, apart from the dirty engrained washes we can run washing machines at 30 degrees not 40, or 60, because they are really good at doing washing now, they are more water efficient and energy—efficient, so you know, making sure the washing machine full is another one. can we get more washes out of ourjeans and clothing, i am washes out of ourjeans and clothing, iam not washes out of ourjeans and clothing, i am not saying underwear but we can do these things and change our habit, we still, you know, live, we still live any a world where we walk round not turn

off lights and simple thing like that and when we go to bed we don't go round our rooms and we don't flick off all of the stand bys at the wall. and, you know, again...... you said that kind of stuff is going to make an actual difference, rather than turning off my tv or whatever, i go to the wall and turn off the plug at the wall, it seems like it is such a fractional difference, does it have an impact? it is fractional but it is small, but you multiply it up over the millions of us living in this country and it starts to become a significant, you know, number. and i think that is the thing, you know. we are all small parts of, there is seven billion of us on this planet, if we all make small changes we can make positive change happen, and it is being part of a team going forward and doing that, and you know, that was one of the things we used to encourage at eden, for all the 1.9

million visitors to gout and help drive and be ambassadors, for a positive connection with the planet. people support that but industry require such a huge amount of power and you file bit like i support this but this is a drop in the ocean compared to energy use elsewhere. there are two things, i absolutely understand that. if we do our bit, if the citizens of the planet and of this country make those small changes, we do our best, absolutely the onus is on companies, big businesses, some of the energy companies, but also government to provide the leadership and provide those real changes to make difference happen. even a tiny one, i would ask all weather presenters to do, is today a good day to do your washing? to do, is today a good day to do yourwashing? can to do, is today a good day to do your washing? can you dry your clothes question mark if you have a

space outside, if you are privileged enough to do that, you can dry your clothes. today is a perfect ryan day and conrad the west country because there is a brilliant source of renewable energy, the wind and sun, that will make that change that happened. —— a perfect drying day in cornwall and the west country. and then the onus is on government and business to step up and do their part as well. business to step up and do their part as well-— business to step up and do their part as well. really interesting to talk to you- _ part as well. really interesting to talk to you. the _ part as well. really interesting to talk to you. the next _ part as well. really interesting to talk to you. the next time - part as well. really interesting to talk to you. the next time i - part as well. really interesting to talk to you. the next time i have | part as well. really interesting to i talk to you. the next time i have a weather presenter in the studio, i will mention it to them. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for many of us, today is going to be a dry day with sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. we have had torrential downpours in the south—east of england and they are going to continue to push slowly into the north sea through the afternoon.

residual cloud. that will break up. for many others, dry and semi. after a humid star, it will turn fresher in the south. temperatures 15 to 24 degrees. mist and fog patches this evening. a weather front in the west bringing in thicker cloud and showery outbreaks of rain. a fresher night in southern areas. much more comfortable for sleeping across—the—board. tomorrow, we have our weather front. across—the—board. tomorrow, we have ourweatherfront. it across—the—board. tomorrow, we have our weatherfront. it is across—the—board. tomorrow, we have our weather front. it is still a fairly weak affair, producing this cloud and showery outbreaks of rain. it could be heavy across southern scotland and northern england but on either side of that weather front, dry with highs of 24. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021,

but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic. i feel like i didn't ifeel like i didn't get i feel like i didn't get the grades i feel like i didn't get the grades i wanted in my marks but that motivated me to do better. i did way better than expected and i am really happy and all my teachers were helping me as well. the investigation into the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool continues. police are questioning a former drug dealer who was the intended target of the attack. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe' is coming this winter" unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. in eastern ukraine, a russian missile strike kills 25 people including two children. sport and now a full round—up from the bbc sport centre.

good morning. we start with cricket and england's second test against south africa, which is underway at old trafford... rangers are eagerly awaiting this afternoon's champions league draw — after sealing their return to european football's top table for the first time in more than a decade. antonio cholak scored the only goal of the game in the second leg of their qualifier against psv eindhoven — it finished 1—0 on the night, 3—2 on aggregate. rangers can now look forward to drawing some of the continent's biggest names in thursday's draw and manager giovanni van bronckhorst feels the experience of champions league football will help further develop his squad.

i love that my players will have the opportunity to compete. i always remember my first gaming champions league. the first 25 minutes, i was blown away about the level and the wayjuventus played at that time. and to experience that as a player is very... you have to be very privileged because not many players get the chance to compete on this level. well, the draw for the tournament is later, there'll be live text commentary on the bbc sport website from 5pm. rangersjoin rivals celtic in pot four. manchester city, liverpool, chelsea and tottenham also among those to look out for. england's jill scott says she'd eventually like to take up a coaching role in the national set—up, after announcing her retirement from football at the age of 35. reflecting on her career and her euro's win last month, she told bbc breakfast that the game is unrecognisable now

from when she made her england debut in 2006. she's also backing the team to handle the pressure that comes with being european champions. even players being full time now with their club, that's something we were always pushing for. people were still working full—time, having to train two nights a week, doing their own training. so yeah, it's amazing to see where it is now and i can retire knowing hopefully i've contributed a little bit to the game being in a better place and there's going to be be so many more opportunities now for young girls at school. they're probably not going to have as many battles, and hopefully if they say girls can't play football, then they're going to look back on our euros success. olympic mountain biking champion tom pidcock will look to add the world title to his incredible list of successes this weekend. over the last 12 months the british cyclist has emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars with success across multiple disciplines. in addition to his tokyo 2020 gold, pidcock has

also won the cyclocross world championship, the famous alpe d'huez stage in his first tour de france. last week he warmed up for the world mountain biking championships with victory in the europeans. these he's told the bbc are all steps towards his ultimate legacy goal... when people think of the best cyclists in the world, i want them to say my name and it does not mean that i need to win the tour de france five times, if i win one, i will be happy. we france five times, if i win one, i will be happy-— will be happy. we are 'ust interrupting i will be happy. we are 'ust interrupting the i will be happy. we are 'ust interrupting the sport i will be happy. we are just - interrupting the sport because we are taking you to liverpool. we are getting on a date, merseyside police bringing us a pre—recorded update into the shooting of the nine—year—old girl in her own home, olivia pratt—korbel. let's go to merseyside now for that.

i'm afraid we're having some technical problems. in the last half hour or so, technical problems. in the last half hour orso, merseyside technical problems. in the last half hour or so, merseyside police have given an update into their investigation into what happened. that was recorded. we are now almost in a position to repay that. there are obviously complicated legal issues with any complicated investigation like this. we are being cautious on that. but i think now, we are ready to bring you this recording from merseyside police. thank you, good morning, everybody. i will attempt wherever possible now, as i hopefully did in the first briefing to be as transparent on the

investigation is possible. however, you and everybody listening and watching this broadcast do need to realise that these are ongoing live investigations and there will be elements of those investigations that i am unable to talk about at this time. i will now give you a short update around each of those investigations was i will tackle that in chronological order, as they occurred. the first murder was of sam rimmer. he was murdered in cold blood on the 16th of august in merseyside. firstly, we are continuing to support his family at this incredibly difficult time. for each of these murders, none of us and me certainly can even begin to appreciate what those family members must be going through. we have specialist officers supporting the

family. as a result of information we have received, and the work that has been undertaken by the detective cohort that is engaged on this inquiry, we have made three arrests. those men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. they have now been released on bail and our inquiries continue. 1 would urge anybody with any information in respect of this investigation, this brutal murder, to come forward and engage with us. in my first appeal, i spoke about the fact that there were four offenders and we believe that they arrived on two electric bikes. i am still interested in hearing any information around the identity of those four individuals will stop i am still interested in finding out where the gun is that

was used in our defence. and i am still interested in any information in respect of the two electric bikes that we believe are used to convey those four men to the scene. i would reiterate what mr green said at the start, the level of support from our communities across each of these investigations has been phenomenal. but please, let's keep that pace with the information coming in to the inquiry. in short, who are the men that were responsible? where are they now? where are those bikes? and where is that gun? i now move on to the murder of ashley dale. ashley, as we know, was callously murdered on the evening of the 21st of august and once again, as with samba possibly has family, we are continuing to support her family at

this incredibly difficult time. i am incredibly grateful for the level of support and engagement that our community have provided to us. in relation to this murder investigation, i can also confirm that a man and woman have been arrested. the man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and the woman has been arrested for assisting an offender. inquiries are continuing around those two individuals. in my first appeal, i ask for people to come forward who were on foot in the street in leinster road and that appeal still stands. we know that there are still people in the community walking around, walking home, coming home from after being on a night out, orjust milling about in the street at the time when this took place. which was at around

half past midnight. i still want those people to come forward and make contact with us. if you have any information in relation to this murder investigation, please support the police inquiries. and now i move on to the final murder investigation, that of olivia pratt—korbel. olivia was murdered to the in her own home on the 22nd of august. our officers continue to carry out incentive inquiries and i can confirm that there are a number of positive lines of inquiries that we are pursuing. in my previous appeal, i asked for the man responsible for this brutal, callous, thoughtless attack to surrender himself to the police.

unfortunately, that individual has failed to do that. but my message to him remains the same, we will not rest until we find you and we will find you. again, as i have said with the appeals around both sam and ashley, i cannot stress enough the importance of community engagement in solving each of these crimes. we have had a wealth of information and engagement and i am incredibly gratefulfor engagement and i am incredibly grateful for that. engagement and i am incredibly gratefulforthat. i engagement and i am incredibly gratefulfor that. i can confirm that the 35—year—old man who was the target of this attack remains in hospital seeking treatment. i can also confirm that merseyside police working with its partners have

caused that male's license to be revoked and he will be returned to prison once his treatment has been finalised. i can also confirm and ask directly for communities to give us information for the second man that was in company with at 35—year—old man. and again, i can now confirm that we have identified that male. i have repeatedly asked for any information and help from our communities and as i have said already in this conference, i am incredibly grateful for the sheer levels and volume of information we have received so far. this level of engagement, this level of cooperation and this level of working together simply must continue. 1 working together simply must continue. i hope our communities are also seeing some of our responses

over the last few days to the information that they are providing. i information that they are providing. 1 also need to remind everyone as to i also need to remind everyone as to the opportunity on our website, the portal, to upload cctv and make contact with us directly on crimestoppers. i would very much like to be able to provide further information at this time, however and i hope everyone can understand as i said at the start, it is simple not appropriate to divulge anything further at this stage, as these are live investigations, and we cannot do anything that would prejudice the outcome of them. i would also say that these investigations are incredibly fast—paced. and incredibly fast—paced. and incredibly complex. but despite this, there are multiple lines of inquiries that we are actively

pursuing. i would like to reassure our communities that we are working relentlessly on each of those murder investigations and those main lines of inquiry are being pursued effectively. 1 really do appreciate the engagement we have had thus far and ask for it to continue and i appreciate the support that we have had from the media as well. thank you very much. had from the media as well. thank you very much-— you very much. there you have it. that is the — you very much. there you have it. that is the latest _ you very much. there you have it. that is the latest update - you very much. there you have it. that is the latest update from - that is the latest update from merseyside police, giving details about the three live murder investigations that are currently under way. a brief update on the status of the first and second murder inquiries and of course the third one, that of olivia pratt corbell, basically saying that there are a number of positive lines of inquiries right now in that investigation, referencing in fact that they have made an appeal for the gunman in that case to surrender

himself to police and they confirmed just in the last hour that still has not happened but he did follow that “p not happened but he did follow that up with this line, we will find you. that was his comment on that. let's get a bit more context now. we can go to our correspondent, tomos morgan. what stood out to you in that briefing? i morgan. what stood out to you in that briefing?— that briefing? i think it was about that briefing? i think it was about that second _ that briefing? i think it was about that second man _ that briefing? i think it was about that second man on the - that briefing? i think it was about that second man on the night of. that second man on the night of monday at ten o'clock, walking down here and confronted by the gunman. it looks like the police are saying they have identified who the second individual was and that was the individual was and that was the individual who tookjoseph to hospital after he suffered gunshot wounds. what is also interesting is the reiteration of what they have

said throughout this entire investigation from day one, which is they are appealing again to the public in liverpool, appealing for people to come forward, accordingly killer a palace individual. they have not turned themselves in for the pain they have inflicted on this family. killing her in the process of trying to get the intended target. they want more information onjoseph nee. they will be trying to get more information about the killer and trying to find out why he was being targeted by the gunman because when they get the information on him, they can finally track down who was responsible for this horrific tragedy early this week. :, :,, this horrific tragedy early this week. ., . . ,, this horrific tragedy early this week. ., . . ~ , week. tomos morgan, thank you very much for running _ week. tomos morgan, thank you very much for running us _ week. tomos morgan, thank you very much for running us through - week. tomos morgan, thank you very much for running us through those i much for running us through those details. let's go back to the gcse

exam results in england, wales and northern ireland for thousands of teenagers today — the first year group to have sat gcse exams since 2019, after two years of cancellations because of the pandemic. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. let's get the latest from our education correspondent sean dilley. let's start with that last point, let's talk through the fact that the past results are lower than last year, but they are higher than they were before the pandemic. brute year, but they are higher than they were before the pandemic.- were before the pandemic. we had teacher assessed _ were before the pandemic. we had teacher assessed grades _ were before the pandemic. we had teacher assessed grades for - were before the pandemic. we had teacher assessed grades for the i were before the pandemic. we hadl teacher assessed grades for the last two years with last year's being highest of all, the government has said throughout that period actually that exams were the fairest way of testing because obviously these pupils now have massive disruptions across the two years of what they were seeking to do, along with the exams watchdog in england and other exams watchdog in england and other exams watchdogs are putting similar

plans into place on the other nations, a midpoint between 2019, pre—pandemic, and now and that is important because the grades look slightly different to last year but not less valid, says the government. when you dig down into the results, people are interested in things like differences in results in different parts of the country, for example. i will give you a bit of a run through that but i willjust remind viewers that but i willjust remind viewers that bbc got coded uk there is a live page with all of the details, in northern ireland, they have outperformed other nations and girls are doing better than boys. in england for exams —— for instance, in london, 32.6% were marked grade seven, compared with 22.4% in the north—east of england, so there are significant differences and there

are questions from schools in the north, for instance, was this impacted by the fact that schools in the north had not the closures in some cases?— the north had not the closures in some cases? , ., , ., , some cases? interesting. for people who do not have _ some cases? interesting. for people who do not have kids _ some cases? interesting. for people who do not have kids in _ some cases? interesting. for people who do not have kids in this - some cases? interesting. for people who do not have kids in this age - who do not have kids in this age group and are slightly confused by the grading system, can you remind us and talk through that? this the grading system, can you remind us and talk through that?— us and talk through that? this is a thin that us and talk through that? this is a thing that changed _ us and talk through that? this is a thing that changed in _ us and talk through that? this is a thing that changed in england - us and talk through that? this is a thing that changed in england in i thing that changed in england in 2018, along with curriculum changes. it is not exactly equivalent to the old system. in wales and northern ireland, you would expect a* to g. seven and above is a*. when they change this system, whereas more would get a* under the exams, fewer people would get those nine scores than they would be head and

shoulders above the rest. got than they would be head and shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. shoulders above the rest. got it, i think- ten — shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. ten out _ shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. ten out of _ shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. ten out of ten _ shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. ten out of ten for _ shoulders above the rest. got it, i think. ten out of ten for your - think. ten out of ten for your expiration. think. ten out of ten for your expiration-— think. ten out of ten for your expiration. think. ten out of ten for your exiration. �* �* . , expiration. the bbc live page has eve hini expiration. the bbc live page has everything you — expiration. the bbc live page has everything you need. _ 25 people including two children are now known to have died in a russian airstrike in eastern ukraine — according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president volodmyr zelensky said that a railway station was hit — and several houses and cars were destroyed — in a series of attacks in the dnipro—petrovsk region. 31 people were wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow's invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over, following those russian attacks. a train station was hit and pictures from the scene show destroyed passenger trains, cars, several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday as ukraine

mark independence day. the country was on high alert because of fears that russia could use the occasion to launch attacks across the country. we also had reports of shelling in the city of kharkiv in the east. other towns have been under constant russian attacks in recent weeks. in kyiv, celebrations yesterday were cancelled. there is a ban on public events as a security measure. yesterday also marked half a year since the start of the russian invasion. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock and there is no prospect of peace talks starting anytime soon. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. some of us have started the day with some sunshine whilst others have had some heavy, thundery downpours, especially across parts of south—east england and east anglia, courtesy of this weather front which is working its way northwards and eastwards. high pressure following on behind

and later under the weather front coming from the west will introduce thicker cloud and some showery rain. we still have the heavy downpours to clear away from east anglia. they will do that through the course of the afternoon. residual cloud behind breaking up and for most sunny spells but the thicker cloud arriving in the northwest with showery rain by the end of the afternoon. after a humid start today in southern areas it will turn fresher as we go through the day. into this evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies, some mist and fog patches forming and a weather front continues to come in from the west and it will continue to push slowly southwards and eastwards with its cloud and also spots of rain. a fresher night across england and wales than last night. much more comfortable for sleeping in with overnight lows generally between 10—13. tomorrow, here is the weather front, a fairly weak affair. as it pushes slowly south and east it will continue to have cloud in it and also some splashes of showery outbreaks of rain. some of that could be heavy at times

across southern scotland and northern england. although we start off on a fairly cloudy note we will see that cloud break and sunny spells develop especially in the early evening. temperatures 15 in the north, to 24 in the south. moving on into saturday, still a lot of fine and dry weather. high pressure is firmly in charge. we will at times see a bit more cloud coming in across eastern areas and you can see a weather front and too far away from northern ireland could well take a swipe and introduce thicker cloud and rain. temperatures 14 up to about 24 degrees, the highest temperatures heading over to the south—west. here is that weather front, pushing north. high pressure establishes itself across the uk so things remain settled on sunday. if you have bank holiday monday off, and of course it is not a bank holiday for us all, it is looking fine and settled. that weekend continues with variable amounts of crowd, especially so in some eastern areas but lots of dry weather around

and just one or two showers.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones — the headlines at midday. police investigating nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel�*s murder in liverpool say they have "a number of very positive lines of inquiry." officers have identified a second man involved in monday night's incident — and have appealed again for the killer to surrender himself. my my message to him, remains the same. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019 — before the pandemic. i felt like ifelt like during my i felt like during my mocks didn't get the grades i want but that motivated me to do way better in the real exams and from they did way better than i expected and i think all my teacher were helps me as

well. iam i am live at denbigh high school in luton, speaking to staff and pupils about how they have done in this year's gcse. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe is coming this winter" unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. in eastern ukraine, a russian missile strike kills 25 people, including two children. and coming up this hour. the 17—year—old solo pilot who's broken two world records. in the last hour, there's been an update from merseyside police about the investigation into the fatal shooting of nine—year—old olivia

pratt—korbel in liverpool. detective chief superintendent mark kameen said 35—year—old joseph nee — who was the target of the attack in knotty ash in which she was killed — remained in hospital for treatment. he also said the man who was with the 35—year—old at the time of the shooting had been identified. our correspondent tomos morgan is in liverpool for us. what are the details we heard then in this police update?— what are the details we heard then in this police update? yeah, we were told they were _ in this police update? yeah, we were told they were following _ in this police update? yeah, we were told they were following a _ in this police update? yeah, we were told they were following a number. in this police update? yeah, we were told they were following a number of| told they were following a number of lines of inquiries when it comes to this case. they also discussed another two murders that happened in liverpool, one happened just a day before olivia's murder, the murder of ashley dale a council worker shot to death on sunday. in relation to this case, of olivia pratt—korbel.

they also said that they have appealed to the individual to surrender himself but that has not happened and that issued a stark warn they will not rest until they find him and they will find that individual. now they have spoken to the individual that drovejoseph nee away from the crime scene, the one that took him to hospital but they are appealing for more information regarding the second man, the second man is the one walking withjoseph knee, when he was chased by the gunman on monday at 10.00. let us hearfrom what the gunman on monday at 10.00. let us hear from what the police had to say moments ago. poor olivia was murdered brutally, in her— poor olivia was murdered brutally, in her own— poor olivia was murdered brutally, in her own home on 22nd of august. 0ver— in her own home on 22nd of august. over sirs _ in her own home on 22nd of august. over sirs continue to carry out extensive _ over sirs continue to carry out extensive inquiries are, and i can confirm _ extensive inquiries are, and i can confirm there are a number of very positive _ confirm there are a number of very positive lines of inquiry we are pursuing. _ positive lines of inquiry we are pursuing. in my previous appeal, i asked _ pursuing. in my previous appeal, i asked for— pursuing. in my previous appeal, i

asked for the man responsible for this brutal, callous, thoughtless attack— this brutal, callous, thoughtless attack to— this brutal, callous, thoughtless attack to surrender himself to the police _ attack to surrender himself to the police. unfortunately that individual has failed to do that. but my— individual has failed to do that. but my message to help remains the same. _ but my message to help remains the same. we _ but my message to help remains the same. we will not rest until we find you, same. we will not rest until we find you. and _ same. we will not rest until we find you. and we — same. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. again, as i've you, and we will find you. again, as we said— you, and we will find you. again, as we said with— you, and we will find you. again, as i've said with the appeals round both— i've said with the appeals round both sam — i've said with the appeals round both sam and ashley, i cannot stress enough _ both sam and ashley, i cannot stress enough the _ both sam and ashley, i cannot stress enough the importance of community engagement in solving each of these crimes _ engagement in solving each of these crimes we — engagement in solving each of these crimes. we have had a wealth of information and engagement and i am incredibly— information and engagement and i am incredibly grateful for that. i can confirm — incredibly grateful for that. i can confirm that the 35—year—old man who was the _ confirm that the 35—year—old man who was the target of this attack, remains _ was the target of this attack, remains in hospital, seeking

treatment. i can also confirm that merseyside police working with its partners. — merseyside police working with its partners, have caused that meals license _ partners, have caused that meals license to — partners, have caused that meals license to be revoked, and he will be returned to prison once his treatment— be returned to prison once his treatment has been finalised. i treatment has been finalised. i can— treatment has been finalised. i can also— treatment has been finalised. i can also confirm and ask directly, for communities to give us information for the second man that was in _ information for the second man that was in company with that 35—year—old man. _ was in company with that 35—year—old man. and _ was in company with that 35—year—old man, and again, i can now confirm that we— man, and again, i can now confirm that we have — man, and again, i can now confirm that we have identified that male. i have repeatedly asked for any information and help from our communities, and as i have said already. — communities, and as i have said already. in— communities, and as i have said already, in this conference, i am incredible — already, in this conference, i am incredible grateful for the sheer levels _ incredible grateful for the sheer levels and volume of information we received _ levels and volume of information we received so — levels and volume of information we received so far. this level of engagement, this level of cooperation, and this level of working — cooperation, and this level of working together simply must

continue. fits working together simply must continue. : . ., continue. as i mentioned there, the second man — continue. as i mentioned there, the second man that _ continue. as i mentioned there, the second man that the _ continue. as i mentioned there, the second man that the detective - continue. as i mentioned there, the| second man that the detective there was referring to, was the individual that was with joseph nee, was referring to, was the individual that was withjoseph nee, the 35—year—old who has been shot, who is in hospital and remanded in custody and will go back to prison, they are appealing as you heard there, for any information about trying to track him down. other things we learned from the press conference was that olivia's mum cheryl who opened the door before these men barged in as been released from hospital, and they have also spoken to the individual that took joseph nee to hospital, the driver of the black audi. they say it's a very complex investigation, of course they have been given several names, we have been told one name, the same name had been given by several source, we are told there are a number of names in the mix of this investigation, so considering all option at the moment. but as i mentioned in the press conference

they are discussing two other murders in liverpool, it has been branded a spate of killings in liverpool, gun and knife crime here, i think when you speak to the people living in this community, i think there are unnerved that something like this can happen on their doorstep, a doorstep where there is is a lot of families living here, you see children playing on the streets but also a nerve because they want justice done, streets but also a nerve because they wantjustice done, they can't believe this has happened and they want something to be done, they don't want the same thing as happened 15 years ago when there was the murder of rhys happened 15 years ago when there was the murder of rhstoan, who was shot by a gang member, it took so long for someone to come forward and thatis long for someone to come forward and that is why the police are appealing for to club lick so the family don't have to wait so long forjustice. thank you tomos. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland are getting their results for the first gcse exams in three years. my colleague martine

is in denbigh high school in luton with all the details — martine. hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter— hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter than _ hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter than it _ hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter than it was _ hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter than it was an - hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a lot quieter than it was an hour- hi martine. hello there. yes, it's a| lot quieter than it was an hour ago, you can probably tell if you were with us then. here at denbigh high school in the hall, this was full of year 11s getting their results just an hour ago year 11s getting their results just an hourago and year 11s getting their results just an hour ago and they were pret thrively, most of them were extremely happy, of course, some people do feel disappointed with the result they get and we will talk about that in a minute, what are their options. the pass rate for this year's gcses has fallen since the pandemic peak of 2021, but remains higher than 2019. overall, 73.2% of gcses were marked at grades four or c and above this year, down from 77.1% last year, when grades were decided by teachers. it is still significantly higher than in 2019,

the last year exams were sat before covid, when it was 67.3%. results for vocational and technical awards are also being released — though some btec pupils could face delays. we spoke to a few pupils here who have got their results today, some of them were brave enough to open the big white envelopes on live television which takes some doing. we will speak to a mother whose son has had his results, he did pretty well. he has had his results, he did pretty well. ., has had his results, he did pretty well. :, :, . has had his results, he did pretty well. ., ., , ., , , , . well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes. which _ well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, which we _ well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, which we are _ well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, which we are proud - well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, which we are proud of. - well. he got lots of sevens is and sixes, which we are proud of. he| well. he got lots of sevens is and i sixes, which we are proud of. he can do his college _ sixes, which we are proud of. he can do his college course. _ sixes, which we are proud of. he can do his college course. he _ sixes, which we are proud of. he can do his college course. he is - sixes, which we are proud of. he can do his college course. he is looking i do his college course. he is looking to do physics. _ do his college course. he is looking to do physics, maths _ do his college course. he is looking to do physics, maths and _ do his college course. he is looking to do physics, maths and re. - do his college course. he is looking to do physics, maths and re. you i to do physics, maths and re. you work here, it is a bit of a family dynasty, you have five children who are here or have come through here,

how did you come to work here? i was a arent how did you come to work here? i was a parent governor— how did you come to work here? i was a parent governor here _ how did you come to work here? i was a parent governor here about four years _ a parent governor here about four years ago— a parent governor here about four years ago and i did voluntary work and i_ years ago and i did voluntary work and i liked — years ago and i did voluntary work and i liked the ethos of the school, so i and i liked the ethos of the school, so i was _ and i liked the ethos of the school, so i was encouraged to apply for a tajob _ so i was encouraged to apply for a tajob and — so i was encouraged to apply for a tajob and did so and i loved being here. _ tajob and did so and i loved being here. so— tajob and did so and i loved being here, so from that, it has been four years— here, so from that, it has been four years now. — here, so from that, it has been four years now. so — here, so from that, it has been four years now, so i have progressed on the being _ years now, so i have progressed on the being head of year and i will be head of— the being head of year and i will be head of year ten coming in september, andl head of year ten coming in september, and i have decided to go on the _ september, and i have decided to go on the teaching, taking on a route of learning — on the teaching, taking on a route of learning thousand teach. this is in addition to _ of learning thousand teach. this is in addition to being _ of learning thousand teach. this is in addition to being head - of learning thousand teach. this is in addition to being head of- of learning thousand teach. this is in addition to being head of year, | in addition to being head of year, that will be a lot of work but it also means you are giving up another profession. teri. also means you are giving up another rofession. . also means you are giving up another rofession. , . , ., also means you are giving up another rofession. , . , . ., , also means you are giving up another rofession. , . , . . , , profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, _ profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, and _ profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, and i _ profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, and i have - profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, and i have been i profession. yes i was a lawyer up until last year, and i have been a| until last year, and i have been a lawyer— until last year, and i have been a lawyer for— until last year, and i have been a lawyer for 22 years, so it was a different — lawyer for 22 years, so it was a different route for me to take but i think— different route for me to take but i think it _ different route for me to take but i think it was — different route for me to take but i think it was something more satisfactory for me personally, i wanted — satisfactory for me personally, i wanted to— satisfactory for me personally, i wanted to be working in my community and my— wanted to be working in my community and my children's environment where they were _ and my children's environment where they were being brought up. so it and my children's environment where they were being brought up.- they were being brought up. so it is 'ob they were being brought up. so it is job satisfaction. _ they were being brought up. so it is job satisfaction. definitely. - they were being brought up. so it is job satisfaction. definitely. a - they were being brought up. so it is job satisfaction. definitely. a lot i job satisfaction. definitely. a lot eo - le job satisfaction. definitely. a lot

people have _ job satisfaction. definitely. a lot people have said _ job satisfaction. definitely. a lot people have said this _ job satisfaction. definitely. a lot people have said this school - job satisfaction. definitely. a lot people have said this school is i job satisfaction. definitely. a lot people have said this school is a j people have said this school is a very special place. it people have said this school is a very special place.— very special place. it is, and i think the _ very special place. it is, and i think the fact _ very special place. it is, and i think the fact they _ very special place. it is, and i think the fact they have - very special place. it is, and i think the fact they have given very special place. it is, and i i think the fact they have given up another— think the fact they have given up another career to work and progress as a teacher. — another career to work and progress as a teacher, it it is testament to that. _ as a teacher, it it is testament to that. we — as a teacher, it it is testament to that. we are _ as a teacher, it it is testament to that, we are a family here, we a community— that, we are a family here, we a community here, we work very close with the _ community here, we work very close with the community, i have had three of my— with the community, i have had three of my children come through the system. — of my children come through the system, all have done really well and i _ system, all have done really well and i am — system, all have done really well and i am privileged to work in a environment wherel and i am privileged to work in a environment where i can encourage other— environment where i can encourage other students.— environment where i can encourage otherstudents. . , other students. what people comment on about the — other students. what people comment on about the school— other students. what people comment on about the school is _ other students. what people comment on about the school is you _ other students. what people comment on about the school is you add - on about the school is you add value, the children you get at 11 are almost unrecognisable education wise by the time they are 16, what happens in those five years? obviously as you know we have had a hard couple _ obviously as you know we have had a hard couple of years but because we have a _ hard couple of years but because we have a holistic approach here we have _ have a holistic approach here we have a _ have a holistic approach here we have a wellbeing support team, we have a wellbeing support team, we have the _ have a wellbeing support team, we have the mentors here, and we work really _ have the mentors here, and we work really closely with our students, so what we _ really closely with our students, so what we are trying to do is our objective — what we are trying to do is our objective to ensure they achieve the best possible grades an most did. if it doesn't— best possible grades an most did. if it doesn't work out there are different—

it doesn't work out there are different paths there. so it doesn't work out there are different paths there. so you are addini different paths there. so you are adding value- — different paths there. so you are adding value. we _ different paths there. so you are adding value. we have _ different paths there. so you are adding value. we have heard - different paths there. so you are i adding value. we have heard some great success stories but already one two who chose not to come into the school because they knew they weren't going to get the grades they perhaps would have hoped for, how do you support them? they need to be in some kind of educational training for another two years. the some kind of educational training for another two years.— for another two years. the good thin is for another two years. the good thing is we _ for another two years. the good thing is we have _ for another two years. the good thing is we have a _ for another two years. the good thing is we have a good - for another two years. the good thing is we have a good careers| thing is we have a good careers aspect— thing is we have a good careers aspect to — thing is we have a good careers aspect to the school, so, by year nine _ aspect to the school, so, by year nine we — aspect to the school, so, by year nine we start enforcing careers tutorials — nine we start enforcing careers tutorials and they know where they can go. _ tutorials and they know where they can go. if— tutorials and they know where they can go, if they don't get the results _ can go, if they don't get the results they know there is different pathways, — results they know there is different pathways, like btec, you have subjects — pathways, like btec, you have subjects you can do at college, and there _ subjects you can do at college, and there lots— subjects you can do at college, and there lots of vocational courses they— there lots of vocational courses they are — there lots of vocational courses they are provided with, they are encouraged to take those next steps. a lot more _ encouraged to take those next steps. a lot more choice when we were at school. i a lot more choice when we were at school. . . a lot more choice when we were at school. . , ., ., ._ school. i was going to say, definitely. _ school. i was going to say, definitely. thank _ school. i was going to say, definitely. thank you - school. i was going to say, | definitely. thank you would school. i was going to say, - definitely. thank you would be for talkin: to definitely. thank you would be for talking to us. _ definitely. thank you would be for talking to us, great _ definitely. thank you would be for talking to us, great too _ definitely. thank you would be for talking to us, great too hear - definitely. thank you would be for| talking to us, great too hear about your career path, your next career. hopefully. your career path, your next career. ho efull . :,, your career path, your next career. ho efull . .,, ., , ., hopefully. hope it goes well for ou, hopefully. hope it goes well for you. thank— hopefully. hope it goes well for you. thank you _ hopefully. hope it goes well for you, thank you for _ hopefully. hope it goes well for you, thank you for talking - hopefully. hope it goes well for you, thank you for talking to i hopefully. hope it goes well for| you, thank you for talking to us. hopefully. hope it goes well for- you, thank you for talking to us. we

mentioned it is nojust gcses you, thank you for talking to us. we mentioned it is no just gcses that are being released today, also btec, some of the technical and vocational qualification, let us talk about those with paul grainger from university college london. welcome to the bbc news channel. than you forjoining us on a very busy day forjoining us on a very busy day for education. just if people aren't sure of what they are, describe briefly what btec is? well a btec is a vocational award, which means that they are described no in terms of academic subject, english or history but in terms of the occupational area you might want to go into, uniformed service, business or engineering, and it is taught within that context, so it involves practical learning, which suits some young people better than purely academic learning you get with gcse and with a—levels, a lot of gcse

work and a—level work is about testing memory and recall, with btec you get the opportunity to actually do practical things, often in team, so you are learning important employment skills, being reliable for other people, so it is a different approach to the same sort of level of achievement, but a different approach, which suits some students better. haifa different approach, which suits some students better.— students better. how are they retarded students better. how are they regarded by — students better. how are they regarded by employers - students better. how are they regarded by employers and i regarded by employers and universities or other fur education colleges? universities or other fur education colle . es? ~ ,., universities or other fur education colleies? ~ ,., , , universities or other fur education colleies? ~ , , . colleges? well, both employers and universities are _ colleges? well, both employers and universities are not _ colleges? well, both employers and universities are not uniform, - colleges? well, both employers and universities are not uniform, don't i universities are not uniform, don't have a uniform response. some universities are much more receptive to btecs than others of, you know, btec wouldn't sit well at a really highly academic university because they concentrate on single subject

excellence, buzz other universities which themselves do more vocation ali focussed degrees are very much more receptive to btec, in fact will is a better marriage between a btec and vocational university course than a—levels and a vocational university course. ? what are you seeing in terms of grade levels this year, with btecs? we have been talking a lot about how gcses are, the pass rate at grade four or c and above isn't as high this year as last year because it is based on exams rather than teacher assessment? well, we can't tell you because we are still waiting for some of the btec results and i haven't seen a figure, but i would haven't seen a figure, but i would have thought that there is more likely to be consistency with btecs because they are not totally examination based, they are based on course work as well. and so it is likely that they will be at a similar level but i can't tell you

at the moment, there has been a hold up at the moment, there has been a hold up in announcing some of the results. ., , . . up in announcing some of the results. ., . . , results. how problematic is it when exam results _ results. how problematic is it when exam results are _ results. how problematic is it when exam results are held _ results. how problematic is it when exam results are held up— results. how problematic is it when exam results are held up like - results. how problematic is it when exam results are held up like that? because some pupils might be deten dent on a particular result for their next step in education. —— dependent. their next step in education. -- dependent-— dependent. yes, first of all it is incredibly _ dependent. yes, first of all it is incredibly distressing _ dependent. yes, first of all it is incredibly distressing for - dependent. yes, first of all it is incredibly distressing for a - dependent. yes, first of all it is. incredibly distressing for a young person, they get signed, they are going to get the results that day and it turns out there isn't, so emotionally it must be taxing, i would find it annoying but you are really, you are really depending on getting the result that day and knowing where you are going. the receiving institutions will be amazingly sympathetic, i don't anticipate anyone is going to lose a place because their result has been held up. you know, everyone in the receiving institutions understands the nature of the problem, those who are hoping to go into some sort of

employment, that can't be guaranteed, because, you know, it is beyond our authority to influence what employers making decisions is regarding apprenticeships and so forth. ~ . regarding apprenticeships and so forth. ~ , ., , , forth. well, let us hope there is some latitude _ forth. well, let us hope there is some latitude given _ forth. well, let us hope there is some latitude given for - forth. well, let us hope there is some latitude given for those i some latitude given for those waiting. paul grainger, thank you very much for talking to us. let us speak to somebody who is hopefully getting the results that she wants. scarlet brothers is from essex. rather keen on performing arts 1 rather keen on performing arts i believe, scarlet?— believe, scarlet? yes, i love performing _ believe, scarlet? yes, i love performing arts _ believe, scarlet? yes, i love performing arts and - believe, scarlet? yes, i love performing arts and musical| believe, scarlet? yes, i love - performing arts and musical theatre, thatis performing arts and musical theatre, that is the career i would like to pursue in future. 50 that is the career i would like to pursue in future.— pursue in future. so how is that rereflecteded _ pursue in future. so how is that rereflecteded in _ pursue in future. so how is that rereflecteded in the _ pursue in future. so how is that rereflecteded in the subjects i pursue in future. so how is that i rereflecteded in the subjects that you chose and the qualifications you have done —— reflected. btec you chose and the qualifications you have done -- reflected.— have done -- reflected. btec is robabl have done -- reflected. btec is probably more _ have done -- reflected. btec is probably more applicable - have done -- reflected. btec is probably more applicable in -

have done -- reflected. btec is. probably more applicable in some cases. definitely, 1 probably more applicable in some cases. definitely, itook probably more applicable in some cases. definitely, 1 took btec performing arts and musicians, and lots of the skills are transferable. i do a lot of performs arting outside of school, productions, training but the skills i learned within btec performing arts and music are 100% transferable to things i am going to do and now in terms of external shows is and other things i terms of external shows is and other things 1 amount doing. terms of external shows is and other things i amount doing.— terms of external shows is and other things i amount doing. rather than a gcse in drama _ things i amount doing. rather than a gcse in drama for _ things i amount doing. rather than a gcse in drama for example? - things i amount doing. rather than a gcse in drama for example? well, i | gcse in drama for example? well, i didn't have — gcse in drama for example? well, i didn't have any _ gcse in drama for example? well, i didn't have any expense _ gcse in drama for example? well, i didn't have any expense of - gcse in drama for example? well, i didn't have any expense of the - gcse in drama for example? well, i i didn't have any expense of the gcse, but i can definitely speak on behalf of the btec it was definitely very practical, and very orientated to what i am going to do in future in my next steps which was a positive for me. me. my next steps which was a positive for me- me— for me. me. what do you think you will do next. _ for me. me. what do you think you will do next, because _ for me. me. what do you think you will do next, because there - for me. me. what do you think you will do next, because there is - for me. me. what do you think you will do next, because there is a - will do next, because there is a bewildering choice for you at 16 isn't there. bewildering choice for you at 16 isn't there-—

bewildering choice for you at 16 isn't there. , , . isn't there. yes, definitely. i am iioin to isn't there. yes, definitely. i am going to go _ isn't there. yes, definitely. i am going to go on _ isn't there. yes, definitely. i am going to go on to _ isn't there. yes, definitely. i am going to go on to do _ isn't there. yes, definitely. i am going to go on to do a-level - isn't there. yes, definitely. i am i going to go on to do a-level dance, going to go on to do a—level dance, a—level drama and theatre and a further btec in performing arts. 0k, further btec in performing arts. ok, and where do you hope that will lead you? i ok, and where do you hope that will lead ou? . . ' ~ , ., ok, and where do you hope that will lead ou? . . ' ~ , . ., ok, and where do you hope that will lead ou? . . '~ ., ., lead you? i am, at 16 it is a lot to decide about _ lead you? i am, at 16 it is a lot to decide about universe _ lead you? i am, at 16 it is a lot to decide about universe because i lead you? i am, at 16 it is a lot to i decide about universe because that is two years ago, by doing those i have the choice of going to a traditional university, and perhaps seeing a musical theatre degree or going full out and going to drama school in that way, but, yeah. tell us about what is coming up, i think you have a, you are dancing in a show, in the autumn? yes. think you have a, you are dancing in a show, in the autumn?— a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september. — a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from _ a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from the _ a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from the 8th _ a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from the 8th to - a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from the 8th to 18th i a show, in the autumn? yes, so, in september, from the 8th to 18th atj september, from the 8th to 18th at the mercury theatre i am performing in fame, it's a good opportunity, and ijust, i love being on stage, so it is great to be with all my friend on stage in september, that is something i want to do in the future, and i love doing it now, so

much. well, maybe the west end will beckon, eventually, scarlet brother, did i ask you what you have got, have you got your results? yes did i ask you what you have got, have you got your results?- did i ask you what you have got, have you got your results? yes i had them this morning. _ have you got your results? yes i had them this morning. i _ have you got your results? yes i had them this morning. i should - have you got your results? yes i had them this morning. i should have i them this morning. i should have started with _ them this morning. i should have started with that, _ them this morning. i should have started with that, what _ them this morning. i should have started with that, what was - them this morning. i should have started with that, what was i - started with that, what was i thinking, how did you go i started with that, what was i thinking, how did you 9 thinking, how did you go i received a level two — thinking, how did you go i received a level two distinction _ thinking, how did you go i received a level two distinction star - thinking, how did you go i received a level two distinction star in - a level two distinction star in both. that the highest you can get isn't it that the highest you can get isn't |. , . . , that the highest you can get isn't it yes, i received a seven in my maths and _ it yes, i received a seven in my maths and 8 — it yes, i received a seven in my maths and 8 in _ it yes, i received a seven in my maths and 8 in my _ it yes, i received a seven in my maths and 8 in my english - it yes, i received a seven in my maths and 8 in my english and| it yes, i received a seven in my - maths and 8 in my english and two sevens in science.— sevens in science. wow, that is a . reat sevens in science. wow, that is a great clutch _ sevens in science. wow, that is a great clutch of _ sevens in science. wow, that is a great clutch of result, _ sevens in science. wow, that is a great clutch of result, i _ sevens in science. wow, that is a great clutch of result, i should i great clutch of result, i should have started with that, i am glad i asked you, scarlet, i am sure you have some celebrating to do, congratulations on those results an thank you for talking to us. scarlet who is rather keen on the performing arts as you heard, thank you very much. we are here for a few more hours and we will talk about the other results that have come out tier and what the future holds for

these children who this year are getting the qualification, having not been in what you would regard as sort of a normal school environment for the last three years because of the the pandemic. butjoin us again at denby later but i will hand you back now. right. let us get the sport. we start with cricket and england's second test against south africa, which is under way at old trafford. england were convincingly beaten in the first test last week, by an innings. so they need to win this if they're to have any chance of claiming victory in the three—part series. south africa won the toss and chose to bat first. it's currently 42—3.

there's live coverage on bbc radio 5 live sports extra right now and you can watch �*today at the test�* highlights on bbc two and bbc iplayer from seven o'clock tonight. rangers are eagerly awaiting this afternoon's champions league draw — after sealing their return to european football's top table for the first time in more than a decade. antonio cholak scored the only goal of the game in the second leg of their qualifier against psv eindhoven — it finished 1—0 on the night, 3—2 on aggregate. rangers manager giovanni van bronckhorst feels the experience of champions league football will help further develop his squad. newcastle are set to sign real sociedad striker alexander isak for a club record fee of around 60 million pounds. the sweden international would boost the magpies attacking options given the injury record of callum wilson, who is awaiting results of a hamstring scan. isak has scored a total of 44 goals over the last four seasons for sociedad and the signing of the 22—year—old would double newcastle's spending this summer to just short of £120 million. they have already recruited matt

targett, sven botman and nick pope. olympic mountain biking champion tom pidcock will look to add the world title to his incredible list of successes this weekend. over the last 12 months the british cyclist has emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars with success across multiple disciplines. in addition to his tokyo 2020 gold, pidcock has also won the cyclo—cross world championship, the famous alpe d'huez stage in his first tour de france. last week he warmed up for the world mountain biking championships with victory in the europeans. ultimate legacy goal. if someone wants to ask who the best cyclist in the world is, i want them to say my name. it doesn't mean i need to win five tour ofs, if i win one i will be happy. if i win a mountain bike gold, world champs, classic, known has ever done that.

inspiring people, itake classic, known has ever done that. inspiring people, i take a lot of pride in being able to do that as well. that is all the sport for now. i will be back later with another update. boris johnson's former chief adviser dominic cummings has described rishi sunak�*s comments to the spectator about the government's response to covid as "dangerous rubbish." in an interview with the magazine, mr sunak suggested sage minutes had been edited to take out dissenting voices, that the government's fear narrative had been wrong, and that the economic trade offs of lockdown had not been discussed. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart is in westminster and joins me now. so two competing narratives here, explain what is going on. so so two competing narratives here, explain what is going on.— explain what is going on. so rishi sunak has given _ explain what is going on. so rishi sunak has given this _ explain what is going on. so rishi sunak has given this long - explain what is going on. so rishii sunak has given this long interview to the spectator magazine, talking about how lockdown was handled and

he is critical of how the government, a government he was part of of course, handled it. in particular, he said he feels that government ministers were not given enough information about how independent scientists that the government was consulting were reaching their decision, so this is sage, the scientific advisory group for emergencies, and rishi sunak believes there should have been more discussion about the trade offs, about locking down the country and what that would mean in other airs such as the economy, he is not saying lockdown shouldn't have happened, he is saying he thinks there there had been more discussion, more tans prarn psi s lockdowns could have been different and shorter. he does make that allegation that the sage minutes were edited down to remove dissenting voices and he talks about for example government using a fear narrative, as he calls it, that he was uncomfortable with and he is

making particular reference there to government posters showing people on vents lay for, he talks about being emotional when he pointed out it would be very problematic to close down schools and keep pupils home, but says when he pointed that out, it was met with a wall of silence. now number ten are said ministers always made collective decisions about locking down the country and they went on the expert advice available at the time, but someone who has jumped available at the time, but someone who hasjumped in being perhaps more critical towards rishi sunak here, is dominic couple, the old senior adviser of borisjohnson. he is no fan of his old boss, the prime minister, he is very critical of him all the times but he has taken to twitter to defend borisjohnson in this instance, saying is it would be unfair to blame this instance, saying is it would be unfairto blame him this instance, saying is it would be unfair to blame him for the decisions made round lockdown, he also says that rishi sunak�*s interview is dangerous rubbish, reads like a man whose bad campaign

has melted his brain, so dominic cummings not one for normally mincing his words but certainly very critical of rishi sunak�*s comments there. now, rishi sunak is of course conceding he is the underdog in this battle to become the next prime minister, taking on liz truss, with just round ten days to go until voting close, talking about being critical ant the idea of lockdown is something probably a lot of conservative party members will find appealing but of course, not long to go in this contest, a lot of party members will have made their decisions and cast their vote by now, so, it is maybe a bit late in the campaign for comments like this to be swaying things but in interesting that rishi sunak definitely indicating that he was certainly not comfortable with how lockdown was handled. 0k, lockdown was handled. ok, thank you for that david. 25 people, including two children, are now known to have died in a russian air strike in eastern

ukraine — according to authorities in kyiv. the ukrainian president, volodmyr zelensky, said that a railway station was hit — and several houses and cars were destroyed — in a series of attacks in the dnipropetrovsk region. 31 people were wounded. the strikes came exactly six months after moscow's invasion began. our correspondent hugo bachega has this update from kyiv. search and rescue operations are now over in a town in the east of the country following those russian attacks. a train station was hit and pictures from the scene showed destroyed passenger trains, cars and several houses were also hit. this attack happened yesterday as ukraine marked independence day. the country was on high alert because of fears russia could use the occasion to launch attacks across the country. we also had reports of shelling in the city of kharkiv in the east and also the towns of mykolaiv in the south of the country because of these towns have been

under constant russian attack in recent weeks. here in kyiv, celebrations yesterday were cancelled and there is a ban on public events as a security measure. yesterday was the day that marked half a year since the start of this russian invasion. the conflict seems to be at a deadlock and there is no prospect of peace talks starting. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. morning to you, afternoon now, it was a dramatic morning though for some of us, some thunderstorms moved across parts of the south—east of england, not for everyone, but where we saw these storms they were pretty intense, thousands of lightning strikes and more than a month's worth of rain in parts of east anglia, so there is the radar picture confirming what a soggy start to the day it was for some but not all. that rain though, is now clearing eastwards so things will

gradually dry out across parts of eastern england, furthers we we will see spells of sunshine, although for northern ireland and western scotland, more cloud will bring some showers is at time, temperatures, 18-24 but showers is at time, temperatures, 18—24 but a fresher feel that we have been used to lately and a cooler fresher night tonight. more cloud in northern ireland, western scotland, parts of western england and wales with the odd shower, 10—13 for most, quick look at forecast as we head to the weekend for most it is looking dry and feeling cooler and fresher. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... police investigating nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel�*s murder in liverpool say they have �*a number of very positive lines of inquiry�*. officers have identified a second man involved in monday night�*s incident and have appealed again for the killer to surrender himself. my message to him remains the same.

we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe is coming this winter" unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. in eastern ukraine a russian missile strike kills 25 people, including two children. more ideas are being put forward to help protect homes and businesses from soaring energy bills. the british chambers of commerce is calling for covid—style emergency grants to "protect livelihoods". separately, a think—tank focussed on low and middle income earners has outlined a plan to cut bills by almost a third. senior ministers have already held

talks about a £100 billion proposal to freeze prices for two years. a new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales will be announced tomorrow. mike brewer is deputy chief executive and chief economist of the resolution foundation. what are some of the ideas that can try and help? we what are some of the ideas that can try and help?— what are some of the ideas that can try and help? we have lots of ideas. we have had — try and help? we have lots of ideas. we have had proposals _ try and help? we have lots of ideas. we have had proposals from - try and help? we have lots of ideas. we have had proposals from the - we have had proposals from the labour party and liberal democrats to freeze prices, suggestions from rishi sunak and liz truss about ways they would give money back to households directly. we think the most efficient way of getting to the core of the problem is indeed intervening on prices, to try and hold prices down, that way you get the most support automatically going to those households with the greatest energy needs but we have a problem with some of the suggestions, which is they are

incredibly expensive because they reduce everybody�*s prices aren�*t right now we don�*t think that high—income families are in as much need because —— as cutting their energy bills as those in lower income households. that would su . . est income households. that would suggest the _ income households. that would suggest the best _ income households. that would suggest the best form - income households. that would suggest the best form of - income households. that would i suggest the best form of support income households. that would - suggest the best form of support is directed giving money to the poorest people. directed giving money to the poorest --eole. . , ~' directed giving money to the poorest --eole. . , ~ ., people. ideally, i think you would rive people. ideally, i think you would give money _ people. ideally, i think you would give money to — people. ideally, i think you would give money to people _ people. ideally, i think you would give money to people with - people. ideally, i think you would give money to people with the i give money to people with the greatest energy needs, large households, people living in older, harder to insulator properties, as well as those on low incomes, but at the moment, we have not got a single mechanism that both targets people who have high—energy needs and a low income. and so, our suggestion was ok, fine, we will accept that limitation, let�*s give everybody a reduction in the prices but let�*s make up... let�*s recoup some of the cost of that, by also increasing taxes on people.— cost of that, by also increasing taxes on people. that last bit is the bit that _

taxes on people. that last bit is the bit that of— taxes on people. that last bit is the bit that of people _ taxes on people. that last bit is the bit that of people will - taxes on people. that last bit is the bit that of people will have i the bit that of people will have been supporting you right until that last bit. no one want to see their taxes go up, that is the problem. no, they don�*t. all of the prodigal parties i think have focused on how to get through this winter but what we need to confront is that this could be a problem that lasts for many years. ultimately, higher energy prices, caused by external events are going to make this country poorer. it is the job of governments to try and decide which of us becomes... suffers the bird the most. holding down energy prices is going to be the solution but it looks like maybe we are in emergency —— emerging to a consensus on that, but what we have not yet begun as a debate on how ultimately we are going to pay for it. i debate on how ultimately we are going to pay for it.— going to pay for it. i am sure the government _ going to pay for it. i am sure the government would _ going to pay for it. i am sure the government would argue - going to pay for it. i am sure the government would argue thus i going to pay for it. i am sure the| government would argue thus far going to pay for it. i am sure the - government would argue thus far they have done both those elements, they have done both those elements, they have given extra money directly to those most in need and they have taken money off all fuel bills, so

in principle, they have done what you are suggesting. the government have already — you are suggesting. the government have already announced _ you are suggesting. the government have already announced 30 - you are suggesting. the government have already announced 30 billion i you are suggesting. the government have already announced 30 billion or so of support for this year but it is clear that more will be needed, not that we know what size energy bills are going to be this winter. everything the government has announced so far is affordable because they have only announced it for this one year. i think what we are saying is if this crisis is to continue beyond this winter, one or two more winters, then we cannot just every year spent £30 billion without thinking about where that money is going to come from. and we don�*t think we should spend that much money every year keeping down the energy bills for better off households who can afford it. fantastic to get your thoughts. thank you very much for coming on the programme. british gas is to donate 10% of its profits to help customers cope with soaring bills �*for the duration of the energy crisis�*. its owner centrica says £12 million

will go into an existing support fund, trebling help available this winter for the poorest customers. the firm, which has seen huge profits this year, said thousands of households would get grants of between 250 and £750. this is a fraction of the support needed to tackle the crisis nationally. earlier this week, one energy company boss put that closer to £100 billion. let�*s go back to the gcse exam results in england, wales and northern ireland for thousands of teenagers today — the first year group to have sat gcse exams since 2019, after two years of cancellations because of the pandemic. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019. our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, is at a school in wigan. welcome to wigan. we have had the

anticipation and the anxiety. much of that has turned to relief. chelsea, how are you feeling today? i feel really good. i am really proud of whati i feel really good. i am really proud of what i have got. the hard work has finally paid off and it has shown in my results. i am proud of myself. shown in my results. i am proud of m self. : . ,, shown in my results. i am proud of m self. . . ,, ., :: . myself. the class of 2022 are the first to sit exams _ myself. the class of 2022 are the first to sit exams city _ myself. the class of 2022 are the first to sit exams city start - myself. the class of 2022 are the first to sit exams city start of - myself. the class of 2022 are the first to sit exams city start of the | first to sit exams city start of the pandemic. how difficult has it been? ifeel like the pandemic pandemic. how difficult has it been? i feel like the pandemic was really, really stressful. for others, it may have been a bit easier, less stressful. but for me, it was the fact that i had to come into school and out of school, online classes and out of school, online classes and i wasn�*t face—to—face with my teachers, so it was even harder. i couldn�*t... i didn�*t really know what to do. it was alljumbled up in my head. it put a lot of stress on me but when we came to school and the restriction started to lessen a bit, i got to get back on the hang

of it and it really helped me a lot and teachers, with their support, even more. i am glad the exams went ahead. i got to show my full potential until am through my grades and i have put in all my effort and everything, so i�*m really proud and pleased. everything, so i'm really proud and leased. ., . , ., everything, so i'm really proud and leased. ., . ., ., everything, so i'm really proud and pleased-_ i i everything, so i'm really proud and i pleased-_ i am pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy — pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with _ pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my _ pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my results. - pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my results. i - really happy with my results. i think— really happy with my results. i think i— really happy with my results. i think i have got whati really happy with my results. i think i have got what i really wanted. _ think i have got what i really wanted. |_ think i have got what i really wanted. ~ . , think i have got what i really wanted. ~' ._ , wanted. i think i did way better than i thought _ wanted. i think i did way better than i thought it _ wanted. i think i did way better than i thought it was _ wanted. i think i did way better than i thought it was going - wanted. i think i did way better than i thought it was going to l wanted. i think i did way better i than i thought it was going to be. i was expecting _ than i thought it was going to be. i was expecting a _ than i thought it was going to be. i was expecting a couple _ than i thought it was going to be. i was expecting a couple of - than i thought it was going to be. i was expecting a couple of fives. i than i thought it was going to be. i. was expecting a couple of fives. but i did welt _ was expecting a couple of fives. but idid well. �* , was expecting a couple of fives. but i did well. �* , ., i did well. and in terms of the next ste for i did well. and in terms of the next step for you. _ i did well. and in terms of the next step for you, what _ i did well. and in terms of the next step for you, what are _ i did well. and in terms of the next step for you, what are you - i did well. and in terms of the next step for you, what are you hoping l step for you, what are you hoping for? i step for you, what are you hoping for? ., ., ., _, ., step for you, what are you hoping for? ., ., ., .., ., ., for? i am going to college to do biolo: for? i am going to college to do biology and _ for? i am going to college to do biology and psychology. - for? i am going to college to do biology and psychology. i- for? i am going to college to do biology and psychology. i will. for? i am going to college to do| biology and psychology. i will be auoin to biology and psychology. i will be going to medicine, _ biology and psychology. i will be going to medicine, biology, - going to medicine, biology, chemistry— going to medicine, biology, chemistry and _ going to medicine, biology, chemistry and literature. i going to medicine, biology, i chemistry and literature. you going to medicine, biology, chemistry and literature. you got advanced information, _ chemistry and literature. you got advanced information, did - chemistry and literature. you got advanced information, did that i chemistry and literature. you got. advanced information, did that help, you think? in advanced information, did that help, ou think? ,.,

advanced information, did that help, ou think? ., , you think? in some exams it did. i think in most _ you think? in some exams it did. i think in most of— you think? in some exams it did. i think in most of the _ you think? in some exams it did. i think in most of the exams - you think? in some exams it did. i think in most of the exams it - you think? in some exams it did. i think in most of the exams it did. | think in most of the exams it did. let's _ think in most of the exams it did. let's have — think in most of the exams it did. let's have a — think in most of the exams it did. let's have a quick chat with you. how has it gone for you.- how has it gone for you. really aood. i how has it gone for you. really good- i have — how has it gone for you. really good. i have done _ how has it gone for you. really good. i have done better- how has it gone for you. really good. i have done better than i l how has it gone for you. really - good. i have done better than i ever thought i could do and i am really happy with myself. all the hard work has paid off. you happy with myself. all the hard work has paid off-— has paid off. you have some thing really exciting _ has paid off. you have some thing really exciting line-up. _ has paid off. you have some thing really exciting line-up. yes, - has paid off. you have some thing really exciting line-up. yes, i - really exciting line-up. yes, i start my _ really exciting line-up. yes, i start my scholarship - really exciting line-up. yes, i start my scholarship at - really exciting line-up. yes, i start my scholarship at wigan athletic. i am doing football and education there. i am really looking forward to carrying on doing that forward to carrying on doing that for the foreseeable future. what for the foreseeable future. what would ou for the foreseeable future. what would you say — for the foreseeable future. what would you say about _ for the foreseeable future. what would you say about your- for the foreseeable future. what would you say about your time at school when you look back on it? amazing. your school days are meant to be the best days of your life and i enjoyed every single minute of it. just loved it. find i enjoyed every single minute of it. just loved it— just loved it. and you have some ureat just loved it. and you have some great grades. — just loved it. and you have some great grades, haven't _ just loved it. and you have some great grades, haven't you? - just loved it. and you have some | great grades, haven't you? yeah, just loved it. and you have some l great grades, haven't you? yeah, i ut a lot great grades, haven't you? yeah, i put a lot of— great grades, haven't you? yeah, i put a lot of effort _ great grades, haven't you? yeah, i put a lot of effort in _ great grades, haven't you? yeah, i put a lot of effort in and _ great grades, haven't you? yeah, i put a lot of effort in and worked . put a lot of effort in and worked very— put a lot of effort in and worked very hard — put a lot of effort in and worked very hard. the teachers had a big input _ very hard. the teachers had a big input i_ very hard. the teachers had a big input lam — very hard. the teachers had a big input. i am glad that i have been rewarded — input. i am glad that i have been rewarded in this way. it is a good payoff _

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all those chic _ really well. i am very please. did all those chic -- _ really well. i am very please. did all those chic —— sleepless nights payoff? it all those chic -- sleepless nights -a off? , all those chic -- sleepless nights .a off? , all those chic -- sleepless nights -a off? , . , ., , payoff? it definitely has. there was a lot of stress _ payoff? it definitely has. there was a lot of stress with _ payoff? it definitely has. there was a lot of stress with the _ payoff? it definitely has. there was a lot of stress with the pandemic i a lot of stress with the pandemic but it has paid off. i a lot of stress with the pandemic but it has paid off.— but it has paid off. i am really pleased- _ but it has paid off. i am really pleased. throughout - but it has paid off. i am really pleased. throughout the - but it has paid off. i am really - pleased. throughout the morning, more pupils will be getting their results and it is important to say that those who have walked away disappointed, there are so many other options, so many other opportunities and we will have lots of information across the bbc today. the headlines on bbc news... police investigating nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel�*s murder in liverpool say they have �*a number of very positive lines of inquiry�*. officers have identified a second man involved in monday night's incident. pupils in england, wales and northern ireland are gettting their gcse exam results today — the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe is coming

this winter" unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. new figures show just 21 foreign nationals have been removed from the uk since new rules on asylum seekers came into force in january last year. that's despite 17,000 failed asylum claimants being investigated as potentially "inadmissible" because the claimant came from a so—called safe country. our home affairs editor, mark easton, joins me now... first of all, talk us through these numbers. �* �* , numbers. after brexit, the rules were changed — numbers. after brexit, the rules were changed so _ numbers. after brexit, the rules were changed so that _ numbers. after brexit, the rules were changed so that if- numbers. after brexit, the rules i were changed so that if somebody came to the uk to claim asylum from a country the government —— considered a safe third country then the government could then say your

claim is inadmissible. those rules came in injanuary 2021, they have beenin came in injanuary 2021, they have been in force for 18 months, up to june this year, the figures we have. 17,000 people were identified as potentially being inadmissible because they had come from a safe country but we now know that only 21 of those have actually been returned to those countries, places like denmark, germany, ireland, sweden and so on. none of them were returned to france. we don't have a deal with francia to do that, despite the fact that 50,000 migrants have crossed the channel to do that in small boats since brexit actually happened injanuary last year. it appears that the policy is not really working because we are still seeing record numbers of people crossing the channel. we have already had 23,000 this year, this week we have seen a record number in

a single day, almost 1300 coming in one day, that is despite the government hoping that the row under agreement would discourage people and increasingly, it has been noted that the nationality of people on board those small boats is changing. we are now seeing many more albanians making that treacherous journey with officials worried that the smugglers are becoming more ruthless. �* . ruthless. and where re with ideal for example _ ruthless. and where re with ideal for example with _ ruthless. and where re with ideal for example with there _ ruthless. and where re with ideal for example with there was - ruthless. and where re with ideal for example with there was an - for example with there was an announcement overnight that the home office was hoping to sign an agreement next week with the government in tehran. that would, they hope. — government in tehran. that would, they hope. fast _ government in tehran. that would, they hope, fast track _ government in tehran. that would, they hope, fast track albanians - government in tehran. that would, | they hope, fast track albanians who come to britain and whose asylum claims are not founded. it would mean for instance that albanian police could be actually stationed in ports in kent from as soon week but officials say no decision has yet been made on prioritising albanians. after all, there are

117,000 people already in the asylum system who have not yet had an initial claim. there is clearly a lot of pressure on the system and i will clearly have to be a debate about whether it is sensible to prioritise albanians above those who have been waiting often over a year for a decision.— for a decision. interesting stuff. thank you _ for a decision. interesting stuff. thank you for— for a decision. interesting stuff. thank you for talking _ for a decision. interesting stuff. thank you for talking us - for a decision. interesting stuff. | thank you for talking us through for a decision. interesting stuff. - thank you for talking us through the numbers. the way google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed. yourflights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before. that's because the world's biggest search engine has taken a key driver of global warming out of its online carbon flight calculator. joining me now is kit brennan, the founder of thrust carbon. thank you for coming on the programme. let'sjust explain thank you for coming on the programme. let's just explain for people who have not used this, what is this calculation to start with and what has changed?- is this calculation to start with and what has changed? when you use gooale and what has changed? when you use google flights — and what has changed? when you use google flights and _ and what has changed? when you use google flights and you _ and what has changed? when you use google flights and you search - and what has changed? when you use google flights and you search for - and what has changed? when you use google flights and you search for a . google flights and you search for a flight, they will display the carbon

emissions of that flight and it will also display non—flights as well, it will display the carbon emissions of a trainjourney from will display the carbon emissions of a train journey from london to paris, for example. when you calculate carbon, you include the c02 calculate carbon, you include the co2 that is oakley coming out of the engine but you also include other factors as well and these can really heat up the atmosphere when they are released at altitude. google overnight completely silently last month took out that multiplier that is for the non—co2 factors, effectively cutting all the calculation is by 45%. effectively cutting all the calculation is by 4596. effectively cutting all the calculation isb 4596. , ., , calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge. — calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge. why — calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge, why has _ calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge, why has it _ calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge, why has it done - calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his three huge, why has it done this? | calculation is by 4596. 4596 as of his| three huge, why has it done this? it three huge, why has it done this? it is difficult to know. there was a note attached to the methodology change, and it said in consultation with industry partners and academics, they have not cited anyone on either side, but one would

assume industry partners are airlines and it is typically airlines and it is typically airlines that prefer to pretend these non—co2 factors do not exist because it affects their emissions substantially.— because it affects their emissions substantially. what overall impact will this have? _ substantially. what overall impact will this have? people _ substantially. what overall impact will this have? people will - substantially. what overall impact will this have? people will be - substantially. what overall impact will this have? people will be left| will this have? people will be left thinking they are doing less damage to the invite actually are? there are two main — to the invite actually are? there are two main ways _ to the invite actually are? there are two main ways the - to the invite actually are? there are two main ways the impact . to the invite actually are? there i are two main ways the impact will to the invite actually are? there - are two main ways the impact will be felt. one is when you are comparing flights especially if there is a train option, flying is going to appearas train option, flying is going to appear as not nearly as damaging against a appear as not nearly as damaging againsta train, appear as not nearly as damaging against a train, going from ten times as damaging to about five times as damaging to about five times as damaging and that will impact consumer behaviour. the other problem is google is seen as the benchmark. people look to google to check if that is how carbon calculation should be done and therefore, going against all the scientific advice, they might start to change consumer perception that

the carbon emissions of flights are lower. , �* ., ., the carbon emissions of flights are lower. , �* . ., , lower. isn't there an argument but the are lower. isn't there an argument but they are very _ lower. isn't there an argument but they are very difficult _ lower. isn't there an argument but they are very difficult to _ they are very difficult to calculate? on an individualflight basis? it is best to leave them. there is an argument for that but i think scientists agree that there are these non—co2 impact, they disagree on the scale of those impacts. but let's not be in doubt that the scale could be potentially as high as four times the amount of c02, as high as four times the amount of co2, compared tojust as high as four times the amount of co2, compared to just the co2 impact. it is about taking the most reasonable number and this is the number that is recommended by the uk government to use when calculating carbon, so it is well researched, well supported and it is seen as kind of the safest number to use until we have better research. thank ou so until we have better research. thank you so much- _ the former pakistan prime minister, imran khan, has appeared at a court in the capital,

islamabad, to face terrorism charges. he was given interim bail until the first of september. the cricketer turned politician has been charged under the country's stringent anti—terrorism laws after he condemned islamabad's chief of police and a judge, for the detention and alleged torture of his close political aide, shahbaz gill. large crowds of his supporters gathered near the court house and security was tight around the complex. our correspondent, farhatjaved, has the latest from islamabad. imran khan appeared in the court today, in the anti—terrorism court today, where he is granted bail until september 1st. he had already given a bail three days ago from another court, but he had to appear at the anti—terrorism court today. he came, and there was a large number of supporters, who were chanting slogans in his support. before arriving at the scene, there was a tweet from the official account of his party as well, where they asked his supporters to reach islamabad,

in case he gets arrested. and his supporters were raising slogans like, "imran khan is a red line". and this is exactly the hashtag that has been training on social media in pakistan, where his supporters say that if imran khan gets arrested, they will do countrywide protests. but he is granted bail today. this is a case, as you have mentioned earlier, he is booked under terrorism charges for making some controversial remarks about a female judge and senior police officials here in islamabad. he would appear... he will have to appear again in september 1st to either get a further bail or, you know, other developments in the case. the uk's former ambassador to myanmar, vicky bowman, has been arrested in the main city, yangon. sources told the bbc ms bowman, who served as ambassador from 2002 to 2006, was arrested along with her husband at their home yesterday, and are being held on immigration charges.

the police chief who was widely criticized for his handling of a school shooting in the us state of texas has been dismissed from hisjob. the school board in the town of uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered, voted unanimously to sack pete arredondo who had been on administrative leave since the shooting, three months ago. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. it was the deadliest school shooting in the united states in almost a decade. tragically familiar scenes. a rampage in the small town of uvalde, where there has been growing pressure for the police to be held accountable. at approximately 11:32am this morning, there was a mass casualty incident at robb elemetary school in uvalde, texas. pete arrendondo was in charge of the 6—member police force assigned to the school. shortly after the shooting, it emerged that it was 77 minutes before officers at the scene breached the door where the massacre happened.

eventually, a group of officers from the us border control moved in to kill the 18—year—old gunman. the decision to sack the police chief came at a public meeting of the school board. relatives and friends of those who died spoke of their grief and anger at the way the police responded to the shooting. i'm here today to make a statement. if a law enforcement�*s job is to protect and serve, why didn't they protect and serve my friends and teachers on may 24? i have messages for pete arrendondo and all the law enforcement that was there on that day. turn in your badge and step down, you don't deserve to wear one. mr arrendondo did not attend the meeting. his lawyer said he had received death threats and said the vote to dismiss him amounted to a public lynching. the 7—member school board discussed their decision behind closed doors. do not take this into closed sessions. we deserve to hear it. our babies are dead,

our teachers are dead, our parents are dead. the least y'all can do is show us the respect and do this in the public. i move that good cause exists to terminate the noncertified contract of pete arrendondo effective immediately. when it came, the decision to sack the police chief was unanimous. there was applause from the audience, but in a statement, mr arrendondo's lawyer said the school district had failed to carry out any investigation establishing evidence supporting their decision to terminate the employment of his client. peter bowes, bbc news. a 17—year—old belgian—british boy has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane. mack rutherford took off from the bulgarian capital, sofia, in march and landed there again on wednesday. cheering. the family of 17—year—old

mack rutherford cheer on as his airport lands near the bulgarian capital. he's not your average teenager. mack has just broken two guinness world records. i am feeling incredible to finally, afterfive months, have done my journey. yeah, i am really happy. rutherford became the youngest person to fly around the world solo, taking the title from travis ludlow who was 18 when he completed his attempt last year. he is now also the youngest person to fly around the world in a microlight aircraft. previously, that title was held by his sister, zara, aged 19. i am super proud of him, i'm really excited that he got to experience the same thing i did. i think it's really cool. but having come back smiling and in one piece does not mean his journey was easy. probably my trickiest situation was flying across the pacific, so from japan to the us, i had a ten—hour flight

across the pacific and i had to make sure that everything was ok not only beforehand, but during the flight as well, and the weather was not very good, i had to try and find my way around that and it was just such a long journey and there were many challenges to overcome. rutherford learned how to fly when he was 15 after training with his father. despite the title, mack does not want to lose sight of his education. my next step is to go back to school and just try and catch up on all the work i have missed. congratulations. an amazing accomplishment. pakistan is struggling to cope with the aftermath of weeks of monsoon rains. thousands have been made homeless.

a car driven by the late princess diana is going up for auction. it is thought to be the only model made in black. royal protection officers requested black for discretion. it is expected to fetch at least £100,000. interesting to see who buys it. that is it from me for the moment. let's get the weather forecast. thunderstorms that moved across southern and eastern parts of england made for a noisy and really wet start to today in places. that was the scene in hastings. this is how it looked on the radar picture. this rain piling its way northwards, places in east anglia had a month's worth of rain with

plenty of lightning strikes, thousands of lightning strikes. the wet weather is clearing. it is going to be drier through the rest of the day with some cloud here and there. some spells of sunshine. northern ireland and western scotland seeing more cloud and some showers in places. a fresherfeel more cloud and some showers in places. a fresher feel for the end of the day. and a much fresher night to come. clear spells for many. some fog patches. but the cloud will be rolling in through northern ireland and western scotland with the odd shower. overnight, temperatures tend to 13 celsius. cooler than that in the countryside. this week frontal system pushing in from the west and it will generate a zone of cloud and some showers through northern ireland, parts of southern scotland, north—west england, wales, south—west, further east, early fog will clear. more cloud developing as the day wears on. top temperatures

ranging from 17 degrees in aberdeen to 24 in london with a fresher feel than we have been used to lately. a bank holiday for many. we will see some spells of sunshine. one or two showers. forthe some spells of sunshine. one or two showers. for the most part, it will be dry. on saturday, most places fine with sunshine. this zone of cloud and rain getting perilously close to northern ireland and western scotland. isolated showers elsewhere. and that is a sign of things to come. as we move into sunday, high—pressure to the north, we will start to develop more of a breeze along these north sea coasts, just one or two showers but also rather cool conditions for some. the best of the sunshine and indeed the highest temperatures will be out towards the west. cardiff or example up towards the west. cardiff or example up to 24 degrees, newcastle, more like 18. monday, a bank holiday for many, looking mainly dry with spells

of sunshine.

gcse results are out today, with grades down on last year but above pre—covid levels. for the first time since the pandemic, the results in england, wales and northern ireland were based on exams rather than teacher assessments. yeah, i didn't expect to get what i did get, considering the year we've all had before, with the pandemic and stuff, but then why opened my envelope it was a really good shock. what we are seeing in these results today is, yes, a return to examinations, but albeit with a number of adaptations reflecting the disruption that young people have faced over the past couple of years, so results are higher than they were when we last had exams in 2019, but lower than under teacher—assessed grades in 2021. today's results also show a north/south divide in england with the southeast doing best. also this lunchtime...