if it was common sense, it was forced on gavin williamson, the education secretary and borisjohnson williamson, the education secretary and boris johnsonhnson the prime minister that we believe is on holiday in scotland, rather than them coming to it unforced. it built up of the weekend andl it unforced. it built up of the weekend and i think coming from the conservative back benches during the day today, it's pretty obvious that they were going to have to make the change in the very fact that there was no minister, nobody else willing to go and defend the policy this morning, i think toward his other this change was coming. shall we go to the metro. the exams u—turn with the striking exam a—level students, stop playing postcode politics because really, at its heart, that is what it came down to, didn‘t it? with this algorithm. in reading a bit more detail about today, i was struck by how skewed it really was, especially for private schools. if you are lucky enough to be in the school with three or four of the pupils, you are judged school with three or four of the pupils, you arejudged accordingly and sometimes are taken out of actual

moving to the guardian, "confidence in williamson draining away." boris johnson'son draining away." borisjohnson‘s on holiday in scotla nd away." borisjohnson‘s on holiday in scotland at the moment and is still recovering from coronavirus, but calls from him to personally lead the back—to—school campaign because not only have we got gcses results on thursday, but goodness knows how many millions of kids going back to school. that is something which has been set in stone by the government. yes, it is very important that youngsters do go back to school in september — partly because they need to get back to school so their pa rents to get back to school so their pa re nts ca n to get back to school so their parents can go back to work and the economy can pick up a bit. but also for the sake of children, they've had four months out of school, we are hearing in the rise of mental health problems. they've lost so much learning, and teenagers especially need to be socialised, they need other teenagers around them to grow up. so very important that kids get back to school.

resignation of the education secretary gavin williamson think is the system being classist exam regulator said there was no evidence of bias in the system. and prime minister boris johnson defended the results calling them robust we spoke to me not bunting mitcham whose grades were far lower than she expected. when i opened my results and saw 3 days i went into complete. shock i went to complete meltdown and i thought my life was just completely over i think to me it's a very clear case of discrimination and that deny now i really fail for students like me that go to a further education college or 6 phone call age or just a normal college really affected by this whereas they should have just based on the college that they go to that they have chosen to go to i'm trying to stay really close to really hopeful and i want everyone to be aware so i'm trying to get my voice had you know it's not just me that's that affected it's other students and i think eventually something will come of that and students will eventually hopefully get the grace that they worked for. still to come here on our t.v. new research has found that facebook not only tolerate but promotes holocaust d

the spaces, create and ensure every single school, every single nursery is covid 19 secure. you've mentioned you've called for gavin williamson to resign over the exams controversy. apparently he overdid an boris johnsondid an borisjohnson rejected it which i find extraordinary. you mentioned ki rsty find extraordinary. you mentioned kirsty williams who is the education ministry in wales, a liberal democrat. you didn't call for her resignation and she too had to apologise to students for the mess 7 apologise to students for the mess he apologise to students for the mess up? the difference between england and wales as they have a different system, she put flaws in place, they we re system, she put flaws in place, they were using this algorithm but she said no one would get less than they would have got with their as—level, we change that in england, we didn't have the same checks and balances in the system. —— she put floors in place. sheep follow joyce to appear sleep for the mess. she should stay in post? even though there is a mess and wes? what she has done differently, it's not the same, the same level of risk, is not true, i have to say this. all i ever wanted from this government was openness an

resignation of the education secretary gavin williamson think is the system of being classist exams regulator says there was no evidence of bias in the system and prime minister boris johnson defended the results calling them robust we spoke to nina bunting micho who's grades were far lower than she'd expected. when i open my results and so 3 days i went into complete shock. i went to complete meltdown and i thought my loss was just completely over i think to me it's a very clear case of discrimination and that deny now i've really found for students like me. a further education college are 6 phone call an agent just a normal college radio affected by this whereas they should just based on the college that they go to they have chosen to go to i'm trying to stay very close to really who. i want everyone to be trying to get my voice you know it's not just me that's that affected it's of this you. and i think eventually something will congress and students will eventually get the grace to say what. 2 police officers had been hospitalized after reportedly being hit by a rock thrown by a black lives matter protester in portland oregon police fired smoke grenades while demonstra

resignation of the education secretary gavin williamson accused the system of being classist exams regulators said that there was no evidence that a bias in the system by mr boris johnson defended the results calling them robust we spoke to one student. this is not fair i know that if i don't my i would do better than what i have got now i think i would i would shift it should have a big impact with their. fate in our final fried they know. more than any computer system does or any minister does i think that the students who are in private schools and who live in more educated areas where they have a chance of getting the higher grades in the appeal system isn't the best we don't know when we're going to get our final results back it's going to be in time for me to go to university so i don't have to see that exit time. 2 offices have been hospitalized after being hit by a rock thrown by black lives matter protesters in portland oregon police fired smoke grenades on demonstrators allegedly sprayed graffiti on the sheriff's office . i. think. hundreds again came out in portland to protest against police 2 hours of relative calm some started to throw rocks and tried to s

the point is this government is utterly incompetent. gavin williamson must go and i don't understand why boris johnson gavin williamson must go and i don't, and teachers, and universities out there for the mess that his government has created. i put the same point to you that i put two anti—burnham layla moran that we have spoken to a lot of stu d e nts moran that we have spoken to a lot of students whose results were downgraded so they are not benefited from this change. —— i put two anti—burnham. they have also been very stressed by what has happened. they're also stressing relief and gratitude for the fact that the government listened. does it deserve any respect for that? of course they feel that finally someone has listened. but when someone listens, being dragged kicking and screaming to this position, this isn't a government that saw the issues coming, reacted quickly, or indeed reacted in advance to mitigating the problem. they have been forced into this position and what it speaks to at its heart is borisjohnson not speaking up for the very people that he claims that he cares about. this algorithm of grading by postcode meant pe

the education secretary, gavin williamson, insists there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools. his comments follow boris johnson'ss from today. and — in a ukfirst, children's soft play areas will also be able to open for the first time since march. areas which are not easy to clean, like ball pits, must remain shut though. the welsh government has said that businesses are legally required "to minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus" on their premises. after days of scorching temperatures, large swathes of the uk could be hit by severe thunderstorms this week. the met office has issued a broad yellow warning covering much of the uk from monday to thursday, saying thunderstorms "could be significant and disruptive". this is bbc news, the latest headline: lebanese protests against corruption — as the world bank says there'll be new systems to deliver aid to the people. clashes in cities across belarus — after official exit polls say president alexander lukashenko has secured another term in office. canopy growth — one of the best—known names in the legalised cannabis industry — reports its q1 results before the

the labour party, for gavin williamson to resign or be sacked. that may be because they do not expect it to happen and downing street is defending gavin williamson this morning. boris johnsonmaking sure universities are not oversubscribed and that waiting to further problems. and then they return to school for pupils at the start of term in september, both big tests still to come for gavin williamson. this afternoon we'll be answering your questions on the government u—turn on how a—level exams will be graded. simon mccoy will be joined by grainne hallahan from the time educational supplement and mary curnock cook, former chief executive of ucas. that's coming up at 3.30 this afternoon. the democratic party convention has got under way in the united states. but like everything these days, it looked very different, with none of the razzmatazz usually on show when america's major political parties meet to elect their presidential nominee. instead of speeches in front of cheering crowds, during a two—hour televised event, there was series of live—streamed and pre—recorded appearances by the party's — and some republican — big names. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowe

boris johnson should be new political leadership as well and borisjohnson has decided that he is backing the education secretary all the way and asi education secretary all the way and as i new of this behind mr williamsonousands of officials across whitehall and the whole of the uk civil service who now know that ministers are happy to shoot the blame off of them when it was their own fault and for government, it isa their own fault and for government, it is a pretty dangerous place to be in that they will come and bite it in the back before the next crisis lands and they‘ re in the back before the next crisis lands and they're going to find themselves in a situation where officials won't take the blame any more. also on the guardian, the rush for vaccine can make the pandemic worse. why. it completely makes sense and to or brexit cliche, the problem of the stories that bad vaccine is worse than the vaccine at all. because of bad vaccine on the vaccinates 20 or 30% of the people who get it, but 100% of those people feel competent that they're not going to get it. you can see how that will make a bad situation a lot worse. it will be lowered into a fourth sense of security when in fa ct, fourth sense of

the government he wouldn‘t be in my team. that is a massive white boris johnson. gavin williamsony. it helped the beatles on their way to international stardom, but the famous cavern club in liverpool is now facing financial ruin because of the coronavirus lockdown. the venue‘s owners have warned they‘re losing £30,000 a week and have already had to make 20 staff redundant, as breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been finding out. the cavern club is the most famous club in the world. the place is packed, people listen to the music. it‘s hot, it‘s sweaty. when this all happened, i mean, you know, you‘re thinking, how are we going to continue? the thought of the cavern club not being here, that is inconceivable. but it‘s a real threat. so this is it. welcome to the cavern. # i like it, i like it #. it is an institution. today, empty — and at risk of staying that way. how scary was it when all of this hit and you knew you just couldn‘t carry on? er. . . it was very scary. it‘s costing us — to not open — £30,000 a week. we can keep that going a bit longer without reopening. but then our res

last night, the education secretary for england, gavin williamson, in the face of political pressure from labour who say the boris johnsonevel grades will be awarded. as before, students will get a grade based on a prediction from their teachers and adjusted in line with their school results in previous yea rs. their school results in previous years. there is then an appeals process that schools can take advantage of, on behalf of pupils. on the grounds for appeal have been widened, so that mock exam results taken by students before the coronavirus lockdown can be taken into consideration. pupils also have the option, as before, to sit an exa m the option, as before, to sit an exam in the autumn and take those grades if they prefer. reaction to this announcement, labour have dismissed it as an afterthought and say it has been rushed. from teaching unions as well there is surprise. the head of the school and couege surprise. the head of the school and college leaders associationjeff barton says it beggars belief the government is making changes at this late stage but says it could help some pupils in england. there is an

believe you don't care about the perception of your government though, and there is a perception that no one seems to be in charge. gavin williamson, 0fqual, boris johnsonriends and there are limitations there as well so these are extraordinary times, and i will work with anybody who tries to focus on young people, and support for businesses, on support for communities. we can have the reckoning for politicians and governments when we have the inevitable inquiries. at the moment let's focus on young people. i have to declare an interest, my eldest daughter is due to get her gcses this week as well so i know only too well the concerns for every young person during these exam times. let's focus on them. we have certainty now so let support young people who missed out on their university course first choice and see if we can get them in. jason mccartney, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. a—level and as—level students in northern ireland will be awarded the highest grade either predicted by their teacher or awarded officially last week. let's hearfrom northern ireland education minister peter weir. i have today instructed that all of their a—level and as