hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm gavin ramjuan. just a day to wait until the premier league kicks off — tottenham have suspended yves bissouma for their premier league game at leicester city on monday, after footage showed the midfielder inhaling laughing gas. spurs have made the move despite the 27—year—old apologising for a "severe lack ofjudgment", having posted a video of himself on social media on saturday which showed him inhaling from a balloon. he has responsibilities, responsibility to his club, to his team—mates, to our supporters, everyone associated with the club. he's failed in those duties so there has to be sanctions for that. he won't be available for monday. we've suspended him from the game on monday, beyond that, there's also some trust building that needs to happen between biss

and me and bissouma and the group. and that's what he needs to work hard out from now on to win that back. plenty of transfer activity to bring you as the season's big kick off approaches. leeds forward gerorginio rutter appears to be on his way to brighton after the seagulls triggered a a0 million pound release clause. united boss daniel farke says the player said goodbye to his team mates at their training ground this morning, though nothing has been confirmed as yet. elsewhere, bournemouth have agreed a club record £402 million deal to sign brazil striker evanilson from porto. evanilson was called into the brazil squad for this summer's copa america, and has won his first two caps this year. he'll replace dominic solanke who moved to tottenham last week in a deal worth up to 65 million pounds. manchester city midfielder, kalvin phillips, is set to join newly—promoted ipswich town on loan for the season. there has been no sale option added to the deal — but phillips has failed to break into the city team since his 45 million pound move from leeds two years ago. the 28—year—old was left

on the bench for saturday's community shield win over manchester united, and spent the second half of last season on loan at west ham. following the news that ac milan have introduced ground—breaking maternity policies for all female players and staff — including offering a contract renewal to their pregnant players — team captain, and scotland international, christy grimshaw, hopes it can spark more change in the women's game. the choice of being a mother or a player is one that definitely in the past a lot of women have had to take. to be granted this opportunity, and i know there are a lot of other opportunities now fifa have introduced different policies as well a couple of years ago. this one really feels extra special because it is like if you are coming up to the end of your contract

and you are feeling scared, things are not i was planned to become a mother, you know, and it is taking that choice away from us now that we can feel so comfortable. obviously, being a mother for a women is a beautiful thing and it is a choice you should not have to make. the wet weather across the country is affecting the hundred — the women's match between birmingham phoenix and manchester originals has been delayed. ——and manchester originals has just been abandoned. phoenix were 98 for 2, before rain stopped play with 30 balls left to play, with captain elyse perry approaching her half century. nothing riding on this one, with both teams out of a knockout tie. the men's game is scheduled to begin at 6.30. australian olympian �*raygun�* has said she has been left heartbroken by the �*pretty devastating' hate she received following her performance in the breaking at the paris olympics. the 36—year—old whose real name is rachael gunn — has spoken out for the first time since her routine went viral on the internet.

gunn said she �*didn�*t realise that it would open the door to so much hate.�* and that's all the sport for now. a 15—year—old boy from sunderland has become the first person to be charged with the offence of riot — following the recent nationwide disorder. rioting is an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison — double that of a charge of violent disorder. with me now is our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. we heard a lot of cases going through court, but this is the first time we've heard about this riot church, tell us how it differs. bbc ist in: church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to _ church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to track _ church, tell us how it differs. bbc is trying to track all of these cases in a spreadsheet and have well over 200 cases of people charged with violent disorder. in close to 100 people have now pleaded guilty to that offence. today this was the first time someone has been charged with the much stronger offence of riot. they both come under the same

act of parliament, violent disorder is when more than three people or are involved in what it sounds like him a violent disorder, but not necessarily with a common purpose. riot is when more than 12 people are acting with a common purpose in terms of creating violence. so you can see why that is a correct charge because in many cases outside of the mosque in southport and outside the asylum—seekers's hotel in rob a rebuke and clearly see more than 12 people acted with a common purpose and it was a judge yesterday questioning prosecution, why are you not charging people with riot and not charging people with riot and not violent disorder intranets it was all that first charge. the reason it matters is because the charge of riot has a maximum sentence of ten years whereas the charge of violent disorder has a maximum sentence of five years which is half that. so if people are going before the courts charged with riot and potentially the sentences can get much different than they already are. ., . , get much different than they already are. ., ., , ., ., are. you have been monitoring the case is going _ are. you have been monitoring the case is going through _ are. you have been monitoring the case is going through the - are. you have been monitoring the case is going through the courts i case is going through the courts today and you have been hearing

about cases, individual attacks, we have seen a lot on attacks on buildings and large—scale movements of people in that sort of thing, but tell us about these individual cases. ~ . , ., ., ., cases. we are starting to get a sense of how _ cases. we are starting to get a sense of how individual - cases. we are starting to get a sense of how individual people j cases. we are starting to get a - sense of how individual people where it really terrified by what happened. we saw the pictures of the protests outside of the mosque in the violence that followed. resolve the violence that followed. resolve the protests of people breaking into the protests of people breaking into the hotel, we heard about police officers being injured, but today we heard today a story in leeds were two men have been sentenced for eight months for making racist gestures and monkey noises towards women in the city. she was describing how she now feels she does not belong in the city where she has spent her entire life. it was a man in manchester sentenced to three years two months per violent disorder after kicking a black man in the face as part of the violence and disorder. so these were not only actions against buildings and against police officers defending

buildings. there were also real terrifying moments for individual people that were caught up in the violence. , violence. the 'udges in their comments. _ violence. the 'udges in their comments, a — violence. the judges in their comments, a lot _ violence. the judges in their comments, a lot that - violence. the judges in their comments, a lot that i - violence. the judges in their comments, a lot that i have| violence. the judges in their - comments, a lot that i have seen, they are referencing this national picture. even with their talk about individual offence by individual people, they talk about how because this was all part of this national feeling of tension and widespread concern, how that is reflected in the sentencing and in the charges that we are seeing. it is absolutely. _ that we are seeing. it is absolutely. i— that we are seeing. it is absolutely. i think - that we are seeing. it is| absolutely. i think those that we are seeing. it 3 absolutely. i think those people who are being charged, some have previously been convicted of violent offences in the past that have got much shorter sentences. and for similar actions. much shorter sentences. and for similaractions. fighting much shorter sentences. and for similar actions. fighting and things like that. but if you are doing it as part of this collective civil unrest is one judge described it today, then it is a much more serious offence because society starts to pray and break down. people start to feel frightened

about living in their own cities. it is because of that the law is clear that the sentences should be much more serious. in order to essentially prevent this happening again. so the law is set as a deterrent in thejudges again. so the law is set as a deterrent in the judges are using their ability to send a very strong messages by the sentences. that is why people are getting, what are really, really tough sentences for some times where individual acts of quite small violence, but because they are part of a collective act, it has been viewed as very serious. thank you for talking us through that. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sanford. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland have been finding out their exam results today, with a—level, t—level, btec nationals and other level 3 results being awarded. the top a—level grades have risen for the first time in three years. 80% of students successfully got into their first

choice university in a year when grading was expected to be restored to the level it was before the pandemic. vanessa clarke reports. it's the day hundreds of thousands of students have been waiting for, but after a morning filled with nerves and a quick scan of their results, it's relief. and some have even done better than they hoped. it feels great. i only thought i get an a, b, b, and i needed a, a, b for uni, so i were a bit worried, but i got what i need, so i'm happy. overall, the number of top grades is still slightly above what it was before the pandemic. there has been a phased effort to bring them back down after a spike of top results when exams were cancelled. in wales and northern ireland, they're returning to pre—pandemic grading for the first time this year, so you are seeing a drop in both wales and northern ireland from last year's gradings which reflects that return. in enniskillen and fermanagh, there is plenty to celebrate, with many students heading to apprenticeships or work. for those doing vocational courses like btecs, there were 22,000 top grades awarded in the uk.

i wasn't really nervous at all, . i wasjust thinking, it's results, i'm just going to go in, see what i got and - move on, you know? then the night before, it hit on me, what if it doesn't go well? - but, yeah, i got the results i was hoping for. _ and in this school in manchester, where the education secretary in england visited, results are better than expected, but there are still regional disparities and although there has been a slight improvement, there are calls for work to be done to close that gap. i do recognise that the gaps that we've seen opening up under the last conservative government where it comes to regional differences are really stark and that gap is widening. there is an awful lot that we need to do and i want to make sure, as education secretary, that we break down those barriers to opportunity for our young people, that where you are from doesn't determine what you can go on to achieve in life. for the class of 2024, whether they have the results they wanted or not, their secondary school experience has been one that they will never forget.

and today marks a huge milestone. joining me now is our education reporter, vanessa clarke and mark anderson, a career coach and a regular contributor on the bbc bitesize careers podcast. hello to both of you. vanessa, we just mentioned there are those regional differences and also differences between the nations, talk us through that. it’s talk us through that. it's interesting, _ talk us through that. it's interesting, overall- talk us through that. it�*s interesting, overall results seem to have gone up, but if you pick that apart and look at anglin, results of gone up about 1%. but in northern ireland and wales, they have dropped. that is part of a concerted effort to bring results back down to pre—star—mac levels. so that seems to be working. as you mention, regional differences as well. as a big priority for the government, that attainment gap is widening and has been since before covid. if you look at the north east and the

midlands, there is a slight increase which is welcome news, but much more needs to be done. the other interesting thing about the stats coming out today is vocational qualifications are very popular. t—levels a new qualification in england have had a very high pass rate, 88% but actually 10,000 students started that course about 7000 finished it. so the drop in —— the number of people dropping out is still significant so i am sure there will be further investigation into that as well. one more interesting fact is maths. it is the first time that more than 100,000 students have sat a a—level paper and that happens to be maths so it's interesting the choice of of students they are making around subject area. it’s a making around sub'ect area. it's a difficult h making around subject area. it's a difficult one because _ making around subject area. it's a difficult one because everyone is in a difficult situation —— different situation but what would you say to someone now that perhaps has not got the results they were after, what

would be your advice to them and their parents? the would be your advice to them and their parents?— their parents? the first thing i would say _ their parents? the first thing i would say is — their parents? the first thing i would say is don't _ their parents? the first thing i would say is don't panic. - their parents? the first thing i | would say is don't panic. there their parents? the first thing i - would say is don't panic. there are going _ would say is don't panic. there are going to _ would say is don't panic. there are going to be — would say is don't panic. there are going to be alternative options you can consider. the key thing i say at this time _ can consider. the key thing i say at this time of— can consider. the key thing i say at this time of year when people are getting _ this time of year when people are getting exam results is, remember, your exam _ getting exam results is, remember, your exam results don't define you. whatever_ your exam results don't define you. whatever grades you get, that does not define _ whatever grades you get, that does not define you as a person. there is a lot— not define you as a person. there is a lot more _ not define you as a person. there is a lot more to — not define you as a person. there is a lot more to you than the grades you get— a lot more to you than the grades you get in— a lot more to you than the grades you get in your exams. there is your skills. _ you get in your exams. there is your skills, qualities, abilities, things you are — skills, qualities, abilities, things you are passionate about. so it is important — you are passionate about. so it is important to hold onto that and realise — important to hold onto that and realise that, you can still make a valuable — realise that, you can still make a valuable contribution in life, regardless of what your results are. what _ regardless of what your results are. what about — regardless of what your results are. what about clearing? in terms of the numbers, how many places are there available in clearing at the moment? this morning there was about 30,000. some may have been used up today, we will get further clarification later. but it is interesting, more students have been accepted to university this year. that is up

about 3—4%. universities are keen on recruiting students, going through a difficult time at the moment. many aren't deficits. so they are keen to attract students. so it is a good time for anyone who is disappointed today in the not giving the results they wanted, to look around and see what is available and see if there is an alternative route to get to where they want to go.- is an alternative route to get to where they want to go. mark, do you still see people _ where they want to go. mark, do you still see people talking _ where they want to go. mark, do you still see people talking to _ where they want to go. mark, do you still see people talking to you - where they want to go. mark, do you still see people talking to you a - still see people talking to you a lot about university, is is still seen as what it used to be in terms of, and the most popular choice, how do you see it when people come to you for advice, do you talk about university as a really great idea or because of the costs, are people looking more at other options? b5 because of the costs, are people looking more at other options? $5 an looking more at other options? as an im artial looking more at other options? as an impartial career— looking more at other options? as an impartial career as _ looking more at other options? as an impartial career as an _ looking more at other options? as an impartial career as an adviser - looking more at other options? as an impartial career as an adviser i - impartial career as an adviser i will always— impartial career as an adviser i will always talk to people about the range _ will always talk to people about the range of— will always talk to people about the range of options whether looking at university— range of options whether looking at university or looking at apprenticeships and you can still -et apprenticeships and you can still get a _ apprenticeships and you can still get a degree by doing an apprenticeship as well. 0r get a degree by doing an apprenticeship as well. or even talking —

apprenticeship as well. or even talking about a gap year. so it is about _ talking about a gap year. so it is about looking at the student and seeing _ about looking at the student and seeing what is best for them. once we look— seeing what is best for them. once we took at — seeing what is best for them. once we look at those options, it is about— we look at those options, it is about looking at the pros and cons of each _ about looking at the pros and cons of each of — about looking at the pros and cons of each of those options in order to help them — of each of those options in order to help them make a good well—informed decisioh_ help them make a good well—informed decision about what is right and what _ decision about what is right and what is — decision about what is right and what is best for them. but there are good _ what is best for them. but there are good alternatives to university, in particular. — good alternatives to university, in particular, looking at for apprenticeships. i am seeing more and more — apprenticeships. i am seeing more and more students interested in doing _ and more students interested in doing an — and more students interested in doing an apprenticeship because they like the _ doing an apprenticeship because they like the idea for earning money rather— like the idea for earning money rather than getting into debt. it is so tric rather than getting into debt. it 3 so tricky because you have to make decisions about what subjects you are going to take and how your life is going to progress so early in terms of the number of subjects you are allowed to take. also about buying yourself time to find out who you are a bit, isn't it?— you are a bit, isn't it? definitely. that is really _ you are a bit, isn't it? definitely. that is really important - you are a bit, isn't it? definitely. that is really important to - you are a bit, isn't it? definitely. that is really important to not i you are a bit, isn't it? definitely. l that is really important to not feel rushed _ that is really important to not feel rushed into making decisions especially after you have finished your formal education. that is white can he _ your formal education. that is white can be good — your formal education. that is white can be good to take a gap year to -ive can be good to take a gap year to give yourself time to think about

what _ give yourself time to think about what is _ give yourself time to think about what is best for you and what your best option — what is best for you and what your best option is. you are going to be working _ best option is. you are going to be working for— best option is. you are going to be working for about 50 years once he finished _ working for about 50 years once he finished university so it makes sense — finished university so it makes sense to — finished university so it makes sense to take your time and make a good _ sense to take your time and make a good decision and to that time to understand yourself a lot better because — understand yourself a lot better because the more you understand yourself, — because the more you understand yourself, the clearer you will be about _ yourself, the clearer you will be about what the right pathway for you is. if about what the right pathway for you is. , ., . . about what the right pathway for you is. y., . . about what the right pathway for you is. if you are a parent, don't put too much _ is. if you are a parent, don't put too much pressure _ is. if you are a parent, don't put too much pressure on, - is. if you are a parent, don't put too much pressure on, rate? . too much pressure on, rate? definitely. parents or teachers, too much pressure on, rate? definitely. parents orteachers, it is important you make a decision right— is important you make a decision right for— is important you make a decision right for you. a lot of young people do feel— right for you. a lot of young people do feel a _ right for you. a lot of young people do feel a bit of pressure from sometimes parents or teachers about what is _ sometimes parents or teachers about what is expected of them. and it is your career— what is expected of them. and it is your career at the end of the day so it is important that you make the right decision for you.— it is important that you make the right decision for you. good advice. thank ou right decision for you. good advice. thank you so _ right decision for you. good advice. thank you so much, _ right decision for you. good advice. thank you so much, mark - right decision for you. good advice. | thank you so much, mark anderson, career coach and vanessa clark, our education correspondent, thank you forjoining us, both. the uk economy grew by 0.6% between april and june as it continued its recovery from last year's recession. there was a strong performance

in services like scientific research and the it industry — although both construction and manufacturing fell. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has been looking at the figures. how was june for you? do you remember it for the sort of downpour? orthis? a chance to kick off a summer of sport. heavy rain stopped play for economic growth in that month. but not in the quarter as a whole, when the service sector put in a strong performance. here's one of my latest pieces. this fashion entrepreneur benefited from an uphold trend in household spending power. i do markets and tattoo conventions and that sort of thing and people want to get out and about again, they want a more personal experience in shopping rather than the faceless corporation, they want to know who they are buying from, that's my opinion but that is what i have experienced. it's been a less smooth process for manufacturing, even thriving once such as this maker of machinery have noticed hesitant customers. maybe they are holding off, waiting

for interest rates to come down, especially on the automation side, it can be expensive. a lot of people will finance that and not purchase it directly. if we are looking at the three latest months, april — june — the uk grew faster than most major economies including france and italy. but take population increases into account, our growth was less impressive, in fact, gdp per person is still slightly lower than it was lastjune, we are still in recovery mode. as the treasury looks over the numbers they have reignited the debate over the state of the government economic inheritance.

we have very challenging economic circumstances, we welcome growth and that's our first and most important mission but we have much more work to do to recover from the mess we were left with. rachel reeves is fuming because this is more data to undermine her narrative that the economic inheritance was bad and she can no longer use that as a pretext for the tax rises she was planning all along. it's been a decent first half but economists suggest growth over the rest of the year may lose steam however the government needs us to up our game on growth permanently if it is to realise its long—term goals. that is one for the chancellor to tackle in the autumn budget. dharshini david, bbc news. major social media networks, including instagram and facebook, are failing to remove self—harm and suicide content from their platforms, according to new research by the molly rose foundation. the charity was set up following the death of the british

schoolgirl molly russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content online. the study looked at more than 12—million posts which were taken down by the six biggest social media platforms. our correspondent angus crawford has more — a warning that you may find some of his report upsetting. molly russell ended her life when she was just 1a. herfather, ian, horrified by the self—harm and suicide content she'd been fed by social media. "this world is so cruel and i don't want to see it any more." and some of it's still there. just this week, we found similar images on instagram — glorifying suicide and self—harm — too graphic to show. and the content on x, formerly twitter, was even worse. my youngest daughter died on the 21st... ian russell now campaigns for online safety. the corporate culture at these platforms needs to change. we travelled with him to silicon valley. one tech boss told us things would get better.

i don't think we'll ever be in a place where every single image that violates our policies is off of our platform, but it's our responsibility to get that number to as close to zero as possible. content moderators, like these in berlin, alongside automated systems, try to remove the most harmful posts. the platforms have made progress, but today's research by the charity set up in molly's name says there's much, much more to be done. it analysed 12 million take down decisions made by the big social media companies about self—harm and suicide material. facebook and instagram, owned by meta, each accounted forjust1% of those decisions. x was worse, reporting just 1—in—700. and while tiktok did remove three million items, it only suspended two accounts. this is about investment.

this is a choice because the technology is there to detect this. we can see some platforms rolling it out, but in the absence of any incentives, in the absence of data, in the absence of anything that will make the companies do this, they simply will not do it on a voluntary basis. it's difficult to find the right words, because i guess one that comes to mind is disappointment that the the big platforms don't seem to be living up to their own promises. meta told us... tiktok said it didn't want to provide a statement. x failed to respond to our request. the online safety act was meant to force reform on silicon valley, but ofcom, which has the power to levy huge fines, is still consulting on its codes of practice. it's about putting the onus of responsibility on to the tech firms. ian russell at ofcom in april, questioning the delay. he also met the new labour secretary of state and is demanding a toughening up of the act. the internet companies have had two decades and nothing much has changed.

we're playing catch—up for those two decades and we have to keep pace with the lightning fast pace of the tech industry, so the government needs to act and act soon. molly's family want a safer internet for all. this research shows their work in her name is not yet done. prince harry and meghan have begun their four—day tour of colombia. the couple are expected to support projects aimed at safeguarding young people from online harm. it comes ahead of a global ministerial conference about ending our south america correspondent ione wells is in bogota and sent this report.

they're not stirring some of the more public appearances having visited a school in the where they were discussing with teenagers the potential dangers of the internet and online harms. they are now going to an art centre for a welcome summit with the vice president and meeting later today as well with activists, experts, all in the field of protecting children from potential harms online. this is something which both vice president of columbia but also the couple have said they feel passionately about, they went to campaign about. obsolete in terms of why they are here, this is not of course any more a royal visit because they are not working royals, but for them, this is partly about trying to promote their campaigning work in this particular area, both the vice president, but also prince harry and megan have both spoken quite openly about their own experiences for example of discrimination or face an online

abuse and harassment.- discrimination or face an online abuse and harassment. that's all from me today. _ abuse and harassment. that's all from me today. thank— abuse and harassment. that's all from me today. thank you - abuse and harassment. that's all from me today. thank you very l abuse and harassment. that's all- from me today. thank you very much for your company. from me today. thank you very much foryour company. bye from me today. thank you very much for your company. bye for now. hello there. although skies did brighten up across scotland, northern ireland later in the day, it was a pretty soggy one for most, with outbreaks of rain and a strong south—westerly breeze. tomorrow's looking better, more sunshine around, and it'll feel slightly cooler and fresher, certainly across northern areas. those weather fronts continuing to move southwards and eastwards, then, through the overnight period. some spots of rain on it, maybe the odd heavier burst, but generally it will be much weaker than what we had earlier in the day across northern and western areas. a few blustery showers across the north—west of the uk. clear skies for most mean a cooler, fresher night to come, but still quite warm and muggy in the far south—east. now, for tomorrow, then, we've got a ridge of high pressure building in behind this weather front, so plenty of sunshine around.

a bit of a chilly start out there, the odd mist patch. it stays quite blustery through the day across scotland, northern ireland. one or two showers pushing in certainly western scotland, but dry elsewhere. and we'll see the clouds clear from the south—east. temperatures will reach around the mid 20s in the south. further north, high teens, maybe low 20s and lower humidity so it'll feel a bit more comfortable, certainly across southern areas. now, through friday night, we hold onto the breeze, further blustery showers across western scotland, northern ireland. it's going to be a chillier night to come for all areas, ranging from around 7—11 degrees. now, for the weekend, it's looking pretty good. we're in between weather systems both saturday and sunday, so a lot of dry weather around. maybe the odd shower for the north—west corner of the uk closer to this area of low pressure, but higher pressure, the azores high in the south, will keep much of england and wales dry with light winds. a lot of sunshine around. could see the fairweather cloud tending to bubble up into the afternoon. like i mentioned, more of a breeze. the odd shower for western scotland, but i think the vast majority will stay dry. and temperatures range from around high teens in the north, mid—20s in the south,

pretty much where we should be for the time of year. sunday, we see this area of low pressure perhaps influence the weather a bit more across the north of the uk, so a greater chance of seeing showers or longer spells of rain in the north—west of scotland. the odd shower, i think, for northern ireland, western england, western wales. otherwise, again, the vast majority will stay dry with plenty of sunshine. temperatures range from 18—24 degrees. as we head into next week, it does start to turn more unsettled again, especially across northern and western areas. could see some pretty heavy rain at times. better chance of staying drier, warmer and sunnier across the south—east. take care.

at six — the number of students with top grades goes up for the first time in three years. a—level, t—level and b—tec results are out, and there is good news for those going on to university. the uk's economy grew by 0.6% between april and june this year as it recovers from the recession at the end of last year. a 15—year—old becomes the first person to be charged with riot, which can mean up to ten years in jail, following violence in sunderland earlier this month. at least one arrest is made in connection with the death of the friends actor matthew perry, according to us media reports, after he was found dead in a hot tub. the australian breakdancer widely mocked at the olympics says the reaction and the hate

towards her have been devastating. and coming up on bbc news, if you've been counting the days, you'll only be holding one more finger up — the premier league is back tomorrow, with manchester city going for five in a row. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of students with top a—level results has risen for the first time since 2021. just under a third of all grades were marked a or a—star. but it is a mixed picture, as results are down in northern ireland and wales, and there is a north—south divide in england. for those going on to university, 82% of students have got theirfirst choice. there's also been a rise in the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds being offered university places. and 400,000 qualifications were awarded in more