elaine dunkley, bbc news. tonight, lockdown restrictions have been reimposed in the city of aberdeen in scotland. pubs, cafes and restaurants have been ordered to close after a spike in coronavirus cases there. residents have been told they can't visit each other‘s homes or travel more than five miles from where they live, unless for work or education, as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon now reports. aberdeen, back into a local lockdown. more than 200,000 people living here facing restrictions on what they can do and where they can go. this, a last pint poured in a granite city pub before, like other venues, at five o'clock it had to close. instead of closing down aberdeen, maybe close the two or three bars, that's fair enough. some people, this is the only enjoyment they get.

elaine dunkley in 2147483051:37:06,341 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 salford.t this is bbc news, the headlines at 6: the exams regulator sets out the criteria for appeals against downgraded a levels in england after nearly 40% were marked lower than predictions. minimumi minimum i needed a aa, a, b. i only actually needed three seas to get into the foundation course for the veterinary foundation, which was my back—up, but on thursday i discovered that i had just been awarded three ds. prince charles leads commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day — the day world war 2 ended with victory over japan. we salute all those who remain among us and offer our most heartfelt and undying gratitude for those who are gone before. music: the last post the prince of wales and veterans, lay wreaths at the national memorial arboretum — as part of a service of remembrance. music: the last post we'll have the latest from events in the uk and around the world — as we remember the day as we remember the day world war 2 ended. also thousands of holidaymakers have arrive

here is our education correspondent elaine dunkley.feel failed by the system. mandy was hoping to study law at oxford university but has missed out on her place. she wa nts has missed out on her place. she wants the government to follow scotland's example and upgrade results in line with teachers' predictions. we want a u-turn like scotla nd predictions. we want a u-turn like scotland has done, they have admitted they were wrong and they we re admitted they were wrong and they were soi’i’y admitted they were wrong and they were sorry and that is what we need as well. we organised this process today because it is simply not fair, students across the country have been let down by the system. there is no idea what is going on about the appeal process and that is my future hanging in the balance. 0fqual, the exam regulator, has set out guidance for those appealing based on their mock exams, and they will also consider non—exam assessment marks. the rule states that marx must have been supervised and taken under timed conditions. there must

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in liverpool.that last hour the exams regulator for england has dramatically suspended its criteria for students hoping to challenge their a—level grades on the basis of their results in mock exams. in a brief statement, quual said the policy was "being reviewed" by its board and that further information would be released "in due course". around the world, many industries have been impacted by coronavirus, not least the clothing industry in bangladesh where thousands of garment workers have lost theirjobs. one such worker is 18—year—old sonia. she lost herjob because of the coronavirus pandemic and now she struggles to pay for food and rent. the bbc spoke to sonia. this is her story. this is sonia. she is 18 years old. she is just one of millions of factory workers that have been affected by the collapse of the globalfashion and clothing industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic. translation: i am in a lot of difficulties after i lost myjob. i don't have money to pay for my rent and food. my husb

elaine dunkley, bbc news.g cutting up to 1—thousand 5—hundred jobs 11% of its workforce the retailer has described its recovery following the coronavirus lockdown as "slow". figures show its revenue was down by 57% last month compared with july 2019. our business correspondent, simon gompertz says it's just the latest big high street name to cutjobs in response to the pandemic: yesterday, it was pizza express and currys pc world, nearly 2000 job losses announced then. today, wh smith is the biggest, up to 1500. they divide their business into two in the uk. they are the high street shops that we are familiar with, a lot of those have post offices in. if they had a post office, they stayed open through the lockdown, said it did do business and they have reopened all of those, around 570 shops have opened and they're not doing brilliantly. trade is about 25% down from normal. the other half of the uk business is what they call travel. it is smaller shops in stations and in airports and there, the drop in trade h

elaine dunkley, bbc news.the uk shows there were 892 new confirmed cases of covid—19 in the latest 2a hour period. the seven—day rolling average is 820 daily cases. you can see from the chart that the number of new cases is rising steadily. 65 deaths were also recorded in that same 2a hour period. it takes the total number of deaths in the uk to 46,364. on average, in the past week, 58 people have died every day from coronavirus. meanwhile, a group of mps has criticsed the government's failure to bring in border restrictions earlier, saying that mistakes accelerated the scale of the pandemic in the country. ministers insist they were guided by the science. here's our health editor hugh pym. the final ba flight from mainland china to london in late january as concerns about coronavirus began to grow. officials at the time assumed the main risk was people arriving from asia. that proved to be wrong, with a lot more cases coming in from europe. now a committee of mps says in subsequent weeks the government should

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in liverpool.an, private joseph hammond, became known worldwide for his efforts to fundraise for vulnerable veterans and front line health workers fighting covid—19 in africa. private hammond, who's now 95 years old, was one of 100,000 africans who fought for the british army against the japanese in the burma campaign. private hammond has been reflecting on his time in burma. and a warning, viewers may find some of the images distressing. i see the fighting. the artillery. the bombs from the aeroplane. it is madness. i've met two officers at the recruitment centre. they take a liking to me. i was going to the war in india and burma. the fighting was so ferocious. i have never seen anything like that fighting. when you see a enemy, you killed him straightaway. we were not sluggish. we were prepared to kill or to be killed. in some of the river it was up killed. in some of the river it was up to our neck like this. a bullet touches your brother and he fell. you just luck. you have no right to go back

that report there from our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it has been a hot and humid for some parts of the country again with temperatures not quite as high as yesterday, around 29 degrees because we have seen more cloud and more thundery downpours and this time gci’oss thundery downpours and this time across the midlands and parts of wales and southern england there has been over 12,000 lightning strikes together with torrential downpours and some localised flooding as well. let me put the cloud on that, and you can see there is more cloud gci’oss you can see there is more cloud across the north—east of scotland and north—east of england as well and north—east of england as well and here in county durham, under the cloud, it's only been 16 degrees. we will see a similar contrast in the next couple of days. 0vernight we have more of these thundery downpours threatening southern parts of the uk and elsewhere we will see me stand low cloud reforming and developing more widely in this muggy airand it will developing more wi

that report there from our education correspondent, elaine dunkley.ising. the dolphins leap so fast they spend more time in the air than in the water. around 300 dolphins were caught on camera as they travelled at rapid speeds near dana point in southern california. david anderson is a sail boat captain, and he's been describing what he saw. people ask me, what is the most amazing thing you have ever seen? it is for sure without a doubt it is a dolphin stampede. imagine you are in a truck and you are driving along in a stampede of horses, that is what it is like. how do they know how to take off all of a sudden? a lot of the times these things will happen as though somebody fired a gun and theyjust go. isn't that wonderful? he must‘ve been late. i wonder where were heading? philip is up next. hello there. it's still been very humid, but it's not been quite as hot today across more southern parts of the uk. that's because we've had all these downpours developing, some very heavy bursts of rain, a lot of lightning as well, particularly across southern p

elaine dunkley, bbc news.t what other countries are doing. in france, pupils over the age of 11 need to wear a mask at all times in school, as do teachers. in germany, masks are recommended for pupils aged 15 and over. some regions have made masks compulsory, though only the north rhine—westphalia region has mandated mask wearing in classrooms. in denmark, children and teachers were not required to wear masks when schools reopened and there was no rise in infections. and in the us, face coverings are recommended in schools by the centre of disease control, but they are not mandatory. let's speak now to leora cruddas, ceo of the confederation of school trusts which represents trusts in england. hello to you. good morning. are you happy with this latest advice? the decision made by the government last night cleans up the uncertainty over the use of face coverings in light of the who advice. but now parents and carers are confident about a return to school in the autumn because absence from school is harmful acad

our education correspondent elaine dunkley has this.t will soon be back to school for children across england, and face coverings could be an essential part of their kit. new guidance issued by the government will leave it up to head teachers to decide on whether it is necessary for staff and students to wear face coverings in communal areas such as corridors. however, face coverings will be compulsory in areas where there is a local lockdown. the government says the guidance does not include primary schools, because the risk of transmission is low, but does apply to secondary schools, colleges and universities. what we recognise are so important, we cannot have a system where children going back to school in those local lockdown areas, we want schools to be returning in every pa rt schools to be returning in every part of the country. so putting an extra level of precaution and reassurance to both pupils, parents and staff we felt was an important thing to do. the department for education had initially been reluctant for children to we

colleges will be able to appeal on behalf of students from monday. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkleyl work. after the anxiety and adrenaline of a levels result stay, many students will now go through those emotions again when it comes to the appeals process. the exam board regulator 0fqual have set out the criteria which schools must follow in order to challenge the grades awarded to students. there are eight different requirements that must be met, peels can be made where a student has been awarded a grade lower than one achieved in a mock exam and it can occlude a non—exam assessment which could include cosmic. this applies to gcse results which will be out next week. the government says that overall the system has been fair and there has been an increase in the number of top grades awarded to students, but this year's results as ina students, but this year's results as in a backlash across the whole of the uk and there have been calls for a u—turn which we saw in scotland this week with the government apologising and thousands of results upgraded to teachers predictions. here, no

the bbc‘s education correspondent elaine dunkley explains how the appeals process will work.ine of a—level results day many students will now go through those emotions again when it comes to the appeals process. the exa m it comes to the appeals process. the exam board regulator quual has now set out the criteria schools must follow in order to challenge the grades awarded to students. there are eight different requirements that must be met. appeals can be made where a student has been awarded a grade lower than the one achieved in the mock exam. it can also include non—exempt assessments, which could include coursework. this also applies to gcse results, which will be out next week. is all they say it has been fair and there has been an increase in the number of top grades given to students. but this has received a backlash across the whole of the uk and there have been calls for a u—turn, which we saw in scotland earlier this week with the government there apologising and thousands of stu d e nts apologising and thousands of students grades updated to their predictions. her

let's speak to our education correspondent elaine dunkley. hearing a lot about in the rest of the uk in the coming months. on the 12th of august we'll hear about btec results, then it is the turn of a—level students, then gcse results. this has been a year like no other for students sitting exams and assessments. students will be anxious that the work they did before exams were cancelled was not a true reflection of their abilities as they were focusing and gearing up for the real exams in the summer and there is anxiety about the future, going to university, what will courses at university life look like? there are fears about the jobs market and the economy. will stu d e nts market and the economy. will students be able to do the jobs they have trained and studied for? there isa have trained and studied for? there is a huge amount of strain on young people trying to sort out their lives, in terms of scotland's results, there was a rise in pass rates at national file, higher and advanced highers, and there has been advanced highers, and ther

our education correspondent elaine dunkley reports. it will soon be back to school for children across england, and face coverings could be an essential part of their kit. new guidance issued by the government will leave it up to head teachers to decide on whether it is necessary for staff and students to wear face coverings in communal areas such as corridors. however, face coverings will be compulsory in areas where there is a local lockdown. the government says the guidance does not include primary schools, because the risk of transmission is low. but does apply to secondary schools, colleges and universities. i think what we've got is clarity. that if you are in an area which is higher risk, higher transmission rates, then there is an expectation young people around school will be wearing those face coverings. but, equally, there is the flexibility in other areas for you as a leader, working with your staff, working with your governors, working with the community, to do what is right in your context. the department for education ha

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we're joined now by our education correspondent elaine dunkley who can try to provide some clarity onfficult time for students and for teachers. at no time in history have exams been corrupted in this way so if a student is awarded a grade today, they can appeal the decision. there has been a widening in terms of the appeal process which has received a lot of criticism for being too strict. in terms of students today, the options are, they can accept the grade they have been awarded and if it's grade they have been awarded and if its lower than what they got the mock exam, they can now appeal or they can do it again in autumn. that appeal process, how will the appeal process work? labour schools will make the appeal in behalf of stu d e nts make the appeal in behalf of students but this is where we are getting into a bit of confusion over clarity because they haven't said what the appeals process will look like. they're looking at this urgently. and there are lots of stu d e nts urgently. and there are lots of students waiting who will need to know what options they have to them. we d

so how have they coped with it all. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley, has been getting reactionhis is liverpool. like towns and cities across the country thousands of students are still waiting for a btec results. we caught up with three best friends. iam eve. i am alicia and i want to be a forensic scientist or a doctor. i am alethea and my dream is to become an air hostess. ian travelaa and my dream ian travelaa and the iream

our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, has been getting reaction in liverpool.towns and the country this is liverpool. like towns and