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jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, afterry in the 1 metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and prove myself, and to see that score and see me in first place, i wanted to cry. it is an amazing feeling, but i've still got
jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, afterry in the 1 metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after...
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and jack laugher dives for gold for great britain, in the1m springboard, at the european championshipster on bbc london, noise levels as big as a motorway. coming up on sportsday and bbc news, stan kroenke looks to take sole control of arsenal with a £600 million offer to buy the remaining shares in the club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. six men have been found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants across the english channel. the old bailey heard that one vessel was so overcrowded, it started to sink and those on board had to be rescued. the national crime agency described the plot as "staggeringly reckless," and said the men had been risking lives for profit. two other defendants were found not guilty. frankie mccamley has the story. around a mile and a half off the coast of kent in the pitch black, a boat designed for six people carrying 20 and taking on water quickly. 18 albanian migrants on board. each had paid £5,500 for the crossing. all desperate to be rescued. the only two on board with life jackets were robert stewart and mark stribling both pleadin
and jack laugher dives for gold for great britain, in the1m springboard, at the european championshipster on bbc london, noise levels as big as a motorway. coming up on sportsday and bbc news, stan kroenke looks to take sole control of arsenal with a £600 million offer to buy the remaining shares in the club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. six men have been found guilty of trying to smuggle albanian migrants across the english channel. the old bailey heard that one vessel was...
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and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — britain's most decorated diver, jack laugher, clinches golde men's 1 metre springboard final at the european championships. team—mate james heatly took bronze. good evening. the prime minister has backed calls for borisjohnson to apologise for comments he's made about muslim women wearing full—face veils. the former foreign secretary wrote in a newspaper article that the women "look like letter boxes" and that the burqa was "weird" and "ridiculous." theresa may says women should be able to choose how they dress, and that some of mrjohnson‘s words "obviously caused offence." mrjohnson has so far has refused to apologise, amid accusations of islamophobia. here's our chief political correspondent, vicky young. from online abuse to attacks on mosques, crime figures suggest islamophobia is on the rise in britain, and the conservative party's faced accusations it's not done enough to deal with incidents in its own party. now, borisjohnson‘s underfire — the prime minister backing calls for him to apologise for comments he's made about muslim face vei
and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — britain's most decorated diver, jack laugher, clinches golde men's 1 metre springboard final at the european championships. team—mate james heatly took bronze. good evening. the prime minister has backed calls for borisjohnson to apologise for comments he's made about muslim women wearing full—face veils. the former foreign secretary wrote in a newspaper article that the women "look like letter boxes" and that the burqa was...
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jack laugher and chris mears won silver in the men s synchronised three metre springboard final.sov and ilia zakharov took the gold. jack laugher and chris mears had led and, as planned, attempted a dive with a high degree of difficulty late in the contest. they couldn't quite do enough with it to stay ahead of the russians. they have to settle for silver. great britain's alistair brownlee missed out on a triathlon medal at the european championships. the two—time olympic gold medallist finished fourth with france's pierre le corre taking gold. britain's barclay izzard finished ninth, whilst glasgow—born home favourite mark austin could only manage 35th after a heavy crash on the bike. still to come on sportsday, we hear from the former liverpool and newcastle playerjose enrique, his world turned upside down by a brain tumour. we have a lot of worries, everyone, no matter how much money you have or how you live, but we have to do every day and i appreciate every day. rain did little to dampen england's spirits at lords today. they won the toss and decided to bowl. james anderson
jack laugher and chris mears won silver in the men s synchronised three metre springboard final.sov and ilia zakharov took the gold. jack laugher and chris mears had led and, as planned, attempted a dive with a high degree of difficulty late in the contest. they couldn't quite do enough with it to stay ahead of the russians. they have to settle for silver. great britain's alistair brownlee missed out on a triathlon medal at the european championships. the two—time olympic gold medallist...
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remember these guys, jack laugher and christmas won the hearts whether their synchronise goals.t on their heels. it is stunning! this was a proper ding dong, with their final dive, they needed 79 points to regain the european title they won in 2016. this is going to be mega clothes. just half a point stood between them and what would have been jacked's third gold the championships. the russians are our numberone championships. the russians are our number one rivals. they are our friends but also massive competitors and it is nice to go head—to—head with them and sometimes beat them. it isa with them and sometimes beat them. it is a fun and healthy competition. the triathlon always looks fun, at least the way alistair brownlee does it, but boy, it is a tough sport. marc austin reminding usjust it, but boy, it is a tough sport. marc austin reminding us just how tough. sticking with the leaders during the 40 kilometres cycle, brownlee was looking to put a bad season behind him with a final kick for gold, but then came the wall. bradley won gold here four years ago, there would be n
remember these guys, jack laugher and christmas won the hearts whether their synchronise goals.t on their heels. it is stunning! this was a proper ding dong, with their final dive, they needed 79 points to regain the european title they won in 2016. this is going to be mega clothes. just half a point stood between them and what would have been jacked's third gold the championships. the russians are our numberone championships. the russians are our number one rivals. they are our friends but...
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coming up jack laugher and chris mears are on the hunt for another medal and at lord's it is a case ofay out the water as rain causes further delay ops day two of the second test. all that coming up at 2.30. and what about the weather. here is i promise you later on the weather will be betterer and i will have the also coming up — there's a lot of hot air in bristol. the annual balloon fiesta is under way — and it's celebrating its 40th anniversary. and hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. mike ashley's sports direct has agreed a deal to rescue the struggling department store chain, house of fraser. sports direct are paying 90 million pounds to buy the business, which had gone into administration earlier on today, putting 16 thousand jobs at risk. staff are now waiting to find out what mr ashley plans to do with the 59 house of fraser stores he's bought. here's our business correspondent, rob young. house of fraser has a long, proud history. it started in glasgow in 1849 and has been on the high—street ever since. but early this morning, the company collapsed into
coming up jack laugher and chris mears are on the hunt for another medal and at lord's it is a case ofay out the water as rain causes further delay ops day two of the second test. all that coming up at 2.30. and what about the weather. here is i promise you later on the weather will be betterer and i will have the also coming up — there's a lot of hot air in bristol. the annual balloon fiesta is under way — and it's celebrating its 40th anniversary. and hello everyone — this is afternoon...
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olympic and commonwealth champion jack laugher won two gold medals in the 1m and 3m springboard at thein the synchronised 3m springboard. and laugher came in to bbc sport today to show off his medals. so, these are my first ever individual european titles. i won backin individual european titles. i won back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. i am back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. iam really back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. i am really pleased to get three medals in front of the home crowd. especially two golds. it is like a crowd. especially two golds. it is likea dream crowd. especially two golds. it is like a dream come true for some it isa like a dream come true for some it is a team sport and things go wrong. in the commonwealth games we still got a gold medal. in the world cup, i dropped my diet which caused us to come second instead of first. this time it was down to chris. he dropped his dive. it is something to work on for the future. when you are diving, do you know when you have made a mistake like that? you can feel when something is right or wrong.
olympic and commonwealth champion jack laugher won two gold medals in the 1m and 3m springboard at thein the synchronised 3m springboard. and laugher came in to bbc sport today to show off his medals. so, these are my first ever individual european titles. i won backin individual european titles. i won back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. i am back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. iam really back in 2006 in the sink robenn with chris. i am really pleased to get three medals in...
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and so are the divers — jack laugher won gold in the three metre springboard.d gold in the championships, after victory in the one metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of them and they couldn't get ahead of me, neither of us were letting each other go. i wanted this, especially since 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and seeing myself in first place, i wa nted seeing myself in first place, i wanted to cry. but i still have to feel focused, but i feel amazing. adam peaty secured his fourth gold of the european championships alongside duncan scott, james guy and nicholas pyle in the men's 4x100 metres medley relay. scott swam the anchor leg, clinching victory ahead of russia, in a new championship record time. the woman's relay team have just followed that up with bronze and that means britain have matched their best ever championships. ben proud followed up his 50 metres butterfly silver with his first ever euro
and so are the divers — jack laugher won gold in the three metre springboard.d gold in the championships, after victory in the one metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of them and they couldn't get ahead of me, neither of us were letting each other go. i wanted this, especially since 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and seeing myself in...
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jack laugher went one better. the championships, britain's most successful driver in historyjust keeps getting better. i really wanted to come here and prove myself. to see that score, and show me in first place, i wanted to cry. a different kind of dive is required for the triathlon but it is no less taxing. the defending european champion was leading the way but heading into the final session of running, the swiss athlete overtook her. silver then. among the medals in the pool tonight ben proud triumphed in a close race to become britain's first european champion in the 50 metre freestyle. and, in the last half an hour, adam peaty made it four golds from four in the men's medley relay, a perfect way to end seven days of swimming. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. summer, finally come to an end? no, we will have weeks of fine wetter i am sure still ahead of us by the time autumn arrive, the weather will be coming off the ocean, at least in the next few days so it will be cool the next fe
jack laugher went one better. the championships, britain's most successful driver in historyjust keeps getting better. i really wanted to come here and prove myself. to see that score, and show me in first place, i wanted to cry. a different kind of dive is required for the triathlon but it is no less taxing. the defending european champion was leading the way but heading into the final session of running, the swiss athlete overtook her. silver then. among the medals in the pool tonight ben...
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winning two golds in the european championships in glasgow, 0lympic commonwealth diving champion jack laugherl. last year's suicide bombing at manchester arena was the most deadly terror attack in the uk for over a decade. 23 people were killed and more than 130 people were injured. among the dead was the suicide bomber salman abedi. the mosque in didsbury in the south of the city which he attended was quick in the wake of the attack to condemn his actions. but questions still remain over how he came to be radicalised. the bbc has obtained a recording of a sermon delivered at the mosque six months before the bombing. we've played it to two islamic scholars who described it as a call "for armed jihad". the imam denies ever preaching radical islam or calling for armed jihad. our special correspondent ed thomas has this exclusive report. is this a call for armed jihad? heard not in syria or iraq but in a mosque in manchester. it's wrong, it's evil, it shouldn't be happening in manchester. mustafa graf, these are your words. "you must dojihad in allah's path." tonight, we confront the imam in cha
winning two golds in the european championships in glasgow, 0lympic commonwealth diving champion jack laugherl. last year's suicide bombing at manchester arena was the most deadly terror attack in the uk for over a decade. 23 people were killed and more than 130 people were injured. among the dead was the suicide bomber salman abedi. the mosque in didsbury in the south of the city which he attended was quick in the wake of the attack to condemn his actions. but questions still remain over how...
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jack laugher winning gold in the 1 metre springboard, as he aims to repeat the hat trick of titles heething like that on my holidays. didn't work. how did it and? —— and. —— end. the mother does a perfect dive, i will have to find it now. crosstalk. will find it and get it out there for you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is lovely. i do know where it is, but i will try and find out. today what you will notice in the south—east it is going to be much colder than yesterday. use the word colder than yesterday. use the word cold loosely. yesterday, the top temperature was 30 point two celsius. the many parts of the uk, it is going to feel fresher than yesterday and we are looking at a few showers. some showers could prove to be heavy. there is quite a bit of clout across some parts of the uk as well. this brought thunderstorms into the south—east last night and they are now cleared away. a few showers dotted across south—west england and some across the north—west courtesy of this weather front ringing those showers in. —— bringing. breezy particularly in the nort
jack laugher winning gold in the 1 metre springboard, as he aims to repeat the hat trick of titles heething like that on my holidays. didn't work. how did it and? —— and. —— end. the mother does a perfect dive, i will have to find it now. crosstalk. will find it and get it out there for you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it is lovely. i do know where it is, but i will try and find out. today what you will notice in the south—east it is going to be much colder...
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the last hour it was the men's synchronised 3m springboard with britain's most decorated diver jack laughermmonwealth champions. they'd been looking good, topping the leaderboard after 5 dives, but their final dive just wasn't strong enough, which meant the gold went to russia — who were always going to be their main competition in this event. so it's a silver for great britain and a third medalforjack laugher at these championships — 2 golds and a silver. if you want to follow the fortunes of britian's alistair brownlee in the triathlon, its live on bbc two. he is out in front, in the mix, with ten kilometres to run. they have run about four kilometres, so the first of three laps, and you can follow the climax on bbc two. meanwhile over in berlin, another british athlete in medal contention — katerina johnson—thompson — is currently second in the women's heptathlon, with just one event left to go. but she's in a real battle with the world and olympic champion naffi thiam. johnson—thompson won the long jump earlier today, to pull further ahead. then came the javelin — which is kjt's weakest
the last hour it was the men's synchronised 3m springboard with britain's most decorated diver jack laughermmonwealth champions. they'd been looking good, topping the leaderboard after 5 dives, but their final dive just wasn't strong enough, which meant the gold went to russia — who were always going to be their main competition in this event. so it's a silver for great britain and a third medalforjack laugher at these championships — 2 golds and a silver. if you want to follow the fortunes...
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jack laugher has won gold in the 3 metre springboard.on in the same event, in the same pool at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. britain‘s noah williams and matt dixon took silver in the 10m synchronised platform event. they‘re both just 18 — but they are no strangers to the podium at major events, having won european bronze in budapest last year and taking silver behind tom daley and dan goodfellow at the commonwealth games in april. russia won the gold today. ben proud folowed up his 50m butterfly silver — with his first ever european title. he can offically can call himself the fastest man in water in europe winning gold in the 50 metres freestyle in 21.34 seconds. earlier, britain‘sjess learmonth took silver in the triathlon behind former olympic champion nicola spirig. she now has a silver medal to go with the one she won at the commonwealth games earlier this year. learmonth was the defending european champion but finished behind spirig, the olympic champion at london 2012 that is a hard course, definitely. i‘ve str
jack laugher has won gold in the 3 metre springboard.on in the same event, in the same pool at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. britain‘s noah williams and matt dixon took silver in the 10m synchronised platform event. they‘re both just 18 — but they are no strangers to the podium at major events, having won european bronze in budapest last year and taking silver behind tom daley and dan goodfellow at the commonwealth games in april. russia won the gold today. ben proud...
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jack laugher and chris mears won silver in the men s synchronised 3—metre springboard final, missingu'll ever see...if you can even call it a celebration. this is maria lasitskene, she's russian but competing as an authorised neutral athlete who won the high jump. looks like she's had better days. she won? she wins gold in the high jump. she looked blank, so take it back down. everyone has their own way of going about things. anyway, golf. in the last golf major of the year — gary woodland set a new lowest 36—hole score at the us pga championship to lead before a thunderstorm postponed friday's play. the american shot a four—under 66 with shots like this with a fairway wood, and at 10 under par he's one shot clear of kevin kisner, who had a six—under 64. england'sjustin rose is 6 shots off the lead with tiger woods a shot further back. wigan warriors beat castleford tigers to close the gap on superleague leaders st helens. an early liam marshall try set wigan on their way to a 20—0 half time lead... there looked no way back for castleford, but they rallied in the second half — scorin
jack laugher and chris mears won silver in the men s synchronised 3—metre springboard final, missingu'll ever see...if you can even call it a celebration. this is maria lasitskene, she's russian but competing as an authorised neutral athlete who won the high jump. looks like she's had better days. she won? she wins gold in the high jump. she looked blank, so take it back down. everyone has their own way of going about things. anyway, golf. in the last golf major of the year — gary woodland...
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jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, after it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and prove myself, and to see that score and see me in first place, i wanted to cry. it is an amazing feeling, but i've still got one more competition, i've got to stay focused, but i feel amazing. he is on form isn't he. adam peaty secured his fourth gold of the championships alongside duncan scott, james guy and nicholas pyle in the men's 4 by 100 metres medley relay. scott swam the anchor leg, clinching victory ahead of russia,in a new championship record time. the women's relay team have just followed that with bronze, which means that great britain have matched th
jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, after it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after 2016 finishing second to a...
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jack laugher showing why he is britain‘s most decorated diver.the scores going into the final dive, we we re scores going into the final dive, we were aware of the potential but you had to stay calm? i am never aware of the scores in juniors, you just have to do a good dive. it is a good job we both did. this is actually only their second competition together — and eden cheng‘s senion debut. she is only 15 years old. earlier, we had the final of the men‘s keirin event and in the end it was a pretty tight race but glasgow‘s very own jack carlin clinched the bronze medal in front of a delighted home crowd. in a frenetic final lap, germany‘s stefan botticher pulled ahead to claim gold but it there was some initial confusion over second and third place with the top four crossing the line with the narrowest of margins between them, but it was carlin who took his place on the podium and another bronze medalfor great britain, earlier this afternoon matt walls won gold in the men‘s elimination race earlier, which sees the last rider across the line on ev
jack laugher showing why he is britain‘s most decorated diver.the scores going into the final dive, we we re scores going into the final dive, we were aware of the potential but you had to stay calm? i am never aware of the scores in juniors, you just have to do a good dive. it is a good job we both did. this is actually only their second competition together — and eden cheng‘s senion debut. she is only 15 years old. earlier, we had the final of the men‘s keirin event and in the end it...
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among the medal hopes for great britain today are jack laugher and chris mears, in the men s synchronded their commonwealth title in april so they're in good shape, and laugher has already won two gold medals at these championships. the final starts at 1.30pm, and you can follow it across the bbc. there was a late burst of activity on transfer deadline day but nothing came close to the excitement of santi cazorla's presentation at villareal. take a look. the ex—arsenal player's return to the spanish club was marked by an extravagant magic trick on the pitch, as shown on their tv channel. cazorla came through the youth ranks at villareal and said he felt he was home — although presumably we can expect a rather more conventional entrance on match days. manchester united manager jose mourinho wasn't happy that they didn't manage any more signings in the transfer window, but it's closed, now it's time for action and united welcome leicester city to old trafford tonight in the first premier league game of the season. and after conceding that he'll have to work with the squad he's got, mou
among the medal hopes for great britain today are jack laugher and chris mears, in the men s synchronded their commonwealth title in april so they're in good shape, and laugher has already won two gold medals at these championships. the final starts at 1.30pm, and you can follow it across the bbc. there was a late burst of activity on transfer deadline day but nothing came close to the excitement of santi cazorla's presentation at villareal. take a look. the ex—arsenal player's return to the...
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more action later — first up it's jack laugher hoping to win his third gold of these championships, ind exciting deal sport to look forward to. —— what an exciting day of sport. now, would you stay off your phone if it meant winning free stuff? a new app is to offer rewards to families for talking to each other around the dinner table rather than checking their screens. the tech is currently used help students study — and it comes as facebook and instagram release a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps. catrin nye has been looking at the rise of anti—tech tech. can i ask you both how much you check your phone? uh... recently? every day. every hour. quite often. quite a lot. probably too much! at work, probably every hour. quite bad, actually. a fair few hours a day. at home, at least every 20 minutes. every couple of hours? i'm always on it. and now i've got a phone call! that is a lot of screen time. a new report by the telecoms regulator 0fcom says, on average, people check their smartphone once every 12 minutes while they're awake. there are now loads of apps o
more action later — first up it's jack laugher hoping to win his third gold of these championships, ind exciting deal sport to look forward to. —— what an exciting day of sport. now, would you stay off your phone if it meant winning free stuff? a new app is to offer rewards to families for talking to each other around the dinner table rather than checking their screens. the tech is currently used help students study — and it comes as facebook and instagram release a new tool to limit...
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if he is now swimming's dominant force, britain's jack laugher has has become diving's spinning winner leader after the opening round of the uspga championship — the last golf major of the season. but there are some well—placed britons in the field. justin rose and ian poulter are in a large group, three shots off the pace, after rounds of 67. johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal after a busy day. she completed victory over victoria azarenka in a match delayed overnight because of rain. but she then lost in straight sets to the defending champion elina svitolina. lots of tweets this morning about wasps, because you are saying earlier there were a lot more of them coming to september. a top tip for distracting them away from your picnic is to get a paper bag, stuff it with other paper bags, put it on a fence, it replicates a wasp's nest, and they will all go that way instead of towards your orange juice. i will be trying that camping tomorrow. so if i get stung, i will be coming back to you. we will find out. mike, thank you very much.” wasjust asking if out. mike, than
if he is now swimming's dominant force, britain's jack laugher has has become diving's spinning winner leader after the opening round of the uspga championship — the last golf major of the season. but there are some well—placed britons in the field. justin rose and ian poulter are in a large group, three shots off the pace, after rounds of 67. johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal after a busy day. she completed victory over victoria azarenka in a match delayed overnight...
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jack laugher will be here with the latest additions to his gold medal collection after 8:30am.hern ireland will receive their a—level results this morning, with many also finding out if they have a place at university. it is the second year of major reforms to the qualification. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to meet some sixth—formers waiting to get their results. soon, the wait will be over — the results of two years of hard work for thousands of a—level students. there have been major changes to a—levels in england, with a move away from coursework, and grades resting on the final exams. i was prepared for the challenge, but it definitely was a challenge. you can get so stressed out, and in the exam, like, i get loads of hot flushes, so i'm like, ooh! for the university to encourage me more to still focus on my grades, and get these grades, they actually offered me £1,000. the department for education says that changes will improve standards, but there are concerns that universities guaranteeing a record number of students a place before they sit their e
jack laugher will be here with the latest additions to his gold medal collection after 8:30am.hern ireland will receive their a—level results this morning, with many also finding out if they have a place at university. it is the second year of major reforms to the qualification. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to meet some sixth—formers waiting to get their results. soon, the wait will be over — the results of two years of hard work for thousands of a—level students....