james shaw has been at a school in paisley. it's all about the waiting. some pupils will not have slept much, some might be dreading this day, others are looking forward to it. and then, via text, e—mail, or in a white envelope, the moment of truth. i got all as. a moment which might be life changing. was that a surprise? yes, i was aiming for that, but you always have doubts, like after you have sat the exam and you are like, was that an a? but i'm glad it was. what does that mean for you and your future? i got a d in maths which means i will take it again next year. hopefully do better, and then go onto uni there, hopefully. so you soldier on? yeah. if you were to sum up how you feel this morning? amazed. i did a bit better than expected. across scotland, 133,000 pupils sat exams this year. the pass rate at national 5 level was up 0.7%. but it was down 2% at higher level and 1.1% for advanced highers. the exam system is different in scotland from elsewhere in the uk. the national 5 exam is done in fourth year, highers in fifth year. but, like in the res

thank you to james shaw and john campbell.t how a no—deal brexit could affect tourism and the import of some of our favourite foods from the rest of europe. british airways has cancelled almost 100 short—haul flights because of technical problems affecting its check—in systems. thousands of travellers are facing delays and long queues. leigh milner reports from heathrow. this was the scene at half past eight this morning in terminal 5 at heathrow airport. hundreds of passengers queueing at check—in to find out what's happening to their flights. then, at nine o'clock, this happened. unfortunately, i apologise, but we've had an it system failure this morning. we are currently unable to do a number of activities through our it systems. that does mean that any short—haul flights this morning are currently cancelled. we are being told our flight has been cancelled. it's not going to be rebooked today. and we basically were told we either have to book a hotel for the night or go home. our next flight, we've been told, is friday at 5

james shaw, bbc news, dunfermline.gh the pacific ocean, scientists say. the sea of pumice — the size of 20,000 football fields — was first reported by australian sailors earlier this month. experts say the mass likely came from an underwater volcano near tonga, which erupted around august 7th. this has been the hottest late august bank holiday on record — though it is not a holiday in scotland. temperatures rose to more than 33 degrees celsius in west london — beating the previous record of 28 degrees two years ago. richard lister has more. it's europe's biggest street party and, this year, the notting hill carnival was hotter than ever. over the past two days, over a million people danced their way through temperatures in the 30s. officially, today's temperature record was broken rather more quietly here at tibenham in norfolk, when the thermometer hit 28.6 celsius. in frinton, a nearby resort in essex, beach—goers were undeterred by a possible contamination issue that made 150 people seek medical attention yesterday

james shaw, bbc news, dunfermline.eals are being trapped in a "cycle of despair", according to charities. a cross—party group of mps estimates 3 million children are at risk of hunger during the summer break. the government says it's spent more than £9 million on schemes to provide meals outside term time. our correspondent judith moritz reports. i think about it 24/7. 24/7. money is on demi's mind all the time, especially when it comes to feeding her son. it's even worse in the summer holidays, when he doesn't get free school meals. so this is a real lifeline. a mini—market at the gateway centre in bradford where you only pay what you can afford. it's about that little boy. i don't need to eat. my son does. i don't want to bury my son. have you ever had to go without food so he can eat? i don't eat at all. why is that? because my son comes first. i don't need to, it's not about me. i've lived my life. he's only six years old. how old are you, demi? 25. it's not about me. i'm a mother. all right, guys, who want sandwic

james shaw, bbc news, dunfermline.ecord — though it is not a holiday in scotland. temperatures rose to more than 33 degrees celsius in west london — beating the previous record of 28 degrees two years ago. richard lister has been braving the temperatures. it's europe's biggest street party, and this year the notting hill carnival was hotter than ever. over the past two days, more than a million people danced their way through temperatures in the 30s. officially, today's temperature record was broken rather more quietly here at seven in norfolk when the thermometer hit 28.6dc. —— tibenham. but temperatures climb to over 33 degrees in nearby places. beach—goers were undeterred by a possible contamination issue at this age which made 150 people seek medical attention yesterday after swimming in the sea. today, they couldn't get enough of it.” swimming in the sea. today, they couldn't get enough of it. i have never been here before.” couldn't get enough of it. i have never been here before. i didn't know this was here, in

james shaw there. petrol bomb attack on their home in greater manchester — has died more than a year and a half on from the fire. the blaze happened in december of 2017 in walkden, and it killed demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson. in april, ms pearson came out of the coma she had been in since the fire and was told of her children's deaths. zak bolland and david worrall were both given four life sentences for the children's murder in may last year. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s. that's the message from the prime minister who's suggested the corporation has gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune, it was announced that only low—income households, where one person received pension credit, would be eligible for a free tv licence. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, tom barton. he says there's a disagreement between borisjohnson and the bbc. over whether or not the licence fee settlement, agreed

james shaw, bbc news, paisley.ased qualifications people have been getting these results for today. 5a,000 of those across scotland. james, thank you. the water level at the damaged dam in derbyshire has now dropped by eight metres. emergency workers are hoping to inspect the damage soon. it's day six for the 1500 people who were forced out of their homes in the town whaley bridge because of the risk of flooding. they hope to find out later when they can return. justin rowlatt has been speaking to the emergency services about the scale of the operation to save the dam. it is sort of the biggest incident in terms of scale i've ever attended in my career, just in terms of the number of people we've got working here, and the scale of the whole incident is huge. this time last week, this was the whaley bridge under 16s football pitch. it is now, it hasn't been the fire service, it has been one of the engineering firms working here who have put this roadway in. this has all been assembled pretty much since last thursday

james shaw, bbc news, dunfermline. it is coming up to past eight.y more optimistic about striking a brexit deal after meeting g7 leaders in france — saying it's the job of everyone in parliament to deliver on time. leaders at the summit pledge $22 million to help tackle the devastating fires in the amazon rainforest. the largest earthquake thought to be caused by a fracking site in the uk has been felt in lancashire. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's eleanor roper. hello, good evening. johanna konta is through to the second round of the us open. she beat russia's daria kasat—keena over three sets. nick parrott was watching the action at flushing medows. since losing in the quarterfinals at wimbledon, johanna konta's form has gone missing. new york isn't the easiest place for her to try and find it — she's lost in the opening round at flushing meadows for the last two years. at first, it looked like it would be third time lucky quite quickly against captain tina, the british number one was dominant, aggressive, and con

james shaw reporting. killed in a petrol bomb attack on their home in greater manchester — has died more than a year and a half on from the fire. the blaze happened in december of 2017 in walkden, and it killed demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson. in april, ms pearson came out of the coma she had been in since the fire and was told of her children's deaths. zak bolland and david worrall were both given four life sentences for the children's murder in may last year. hollywood producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to a new indictment against him. weinstein appeared at new york state court in manhattan. the producer's criminal trial has been delayed to january. he's already pleaded not guilty to charges including rape and sexual assault. the bbc should "cough up" and pay for free tv licences for all over—75s. that's the message from the prime minister, who's suggested the corporation has gone back on a deal to fund the licences, but the bbc said there was no such guarantee. injune, it was announce

our scotland correspondent, james shaw ,is in dunfermline. what is happening now?someone has been charged and arrested in connection with this fire, a 14—year—old boy who we expect to appear in court tomorrow. the police have also say that they are grateful to the public for the information that they have had on this fire, also for the help that the public have given the firefighters supporting overnight. as you can see, things have calmed down now, there's still a very big presence by there's still a very big presence by the fire service but the fire has been substantially put out, they are still damping down hotspots. the fire service numbers have reduced somewhat, but i guess what happens now for them is that they have two really get into the seat of the fire, and understand exactly how it has been started. that will presumably help the police with their enquiries as well. for the school itself, we are talking about a large number of pupils, 1400, who should be at the school today, and are currently homeless. dunfermline is an expanding town, its schools are ful

james shaw is at the school for us now. james, what are the police saying?d boy has been arrested and charged. we would expect him to appear in court tomorrow. the police also thanked local members of the public for the help they have given in providing information about this fire. the alarm was raised just after 5p yesterday and as you can see very extensive damage. the single—storey building you can see is an additional support unit attached to the school, and then the two story 01’ the school, and then the two story ora the school, and then the two story or a three story building is the main block of the school and it looks as though at least a third of it has been completely burnt out and there will be substantial damage in other parts of the building as well. firefighters are still here damping down hotspots, making sure that they have dealt with every part of this very extensive and complicated fire. but the main concern for fife council is what happens to the 1400 pupils who were at this school. they are trying as a matter of urgency to find places fo

our correspondent james shaw is in peterhead in aberdeenshire, which is one of the busiest fishing portsfraction of the boats are based here. it is around about 110 at the moment, and the value of the fish landed last year, £202 million. it is a hugely valuable industry for scotland and for the united kingdom, but what with or what would a no—deal brexit mean? let's talk to james stephen, a skipper, his boat is the harvest of hope, i think i got that right, james. just in broad terms, what would it mean to you? we need brexit, deal or no—deal. we then become a coastal state and it gives us become a coastal state and it gives us the power to readdress the imbalance and injustice that was done to the industry when we first joined the eu in 1973. done to the industry when we first joined the eu in 197311 done to the industry when we first joined the eu in 1973. i should explain, the boats are getting theme behind us, explaining the noise we can hear. you have talked in general terms about why you think you want a no—deal brexit or brexit, anyway. what would happen with no—deal on day one? w

our scotland correspondent james shaw is in paisley for us this morning. good morning.s rosie mccafferty. you have just near glasgow. this is rosie mccafferty. you havejust become near glasgow. this is rosie mccafferty. you have just become the deputy head girl, that is a lot of responsibility. yes, but it is and i am quite willing to do it. how did you get on this year?|j am quite willing to do it. how did you get on this year? i got most of what i was expecting apart from one, but i have still got another year left at school so i can retake it. that is a hard thing to talk about. you have done well in some places and in others not so well, but it is important to and in others not so well, but it is im porta nt to reflect and in others not so well, but it is important to reflect on the fact that sometimes things don't go as well as you might hope. tell us about that. definitely, history was one of the ones i was expecting quite a high mark in, so to get a low mark, i am starting to focus on the good results i got and focus on those next year. it is brave of you to face

more on this now here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. james, has significant is this?this is happening just a few weeks before the actual brexit date of the 31st of october. it does have high—profile figures like the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, supporting it and members of the snp in particular, the lawyer and mpjoanna of the snp in particular, the lawyer and mp joanna teddy. of the snp in particular, the lawyer and mpjoanna teddy. and heidi allen, of course, a former conservative mp —— joanna teddy. there is no certainty as to what will happen to this legal challenge. how long is it likely to take? time is of the essence. we have talked about the fact that brexit happens and is scheduled to happen at the end of october. the people pushing this case supporting this case, hope that the court of session can reach a decision sometime in september or 0ctober. a decision sometime in september or october. the next hearing is scheduled for the 6th of october. they believe that they can get a resort for before the end of 0ctober. resort for before the end of o

our correspondent james shaw is with some pupils in paisley. 0h! good morning, james. good morning.ll—important exam results and we have two of those pupils with us this morning. please introduce yourself. i've been studying english, maths, german angiography. i'm also 17, i'vejust sat my hires. i sat english, maths, chemistry, biology and modern studies. did you get any sleep? how are you feeling? yes, got a bit of sleep. it is a long time to wait for your results. i got some sleep, it's never outing —— your results. i got some sleep, it's never outing — — nerve your results. i got some sleep, it's never outing —— nerve wracking, but i'm 0k. how important are these results do you? i haven't decided what i'm going to do yet, but ijust wa nted what i'm going to do yet, but ijust wanted to do as well as i could. what does it mean to you? it is difficult because it's determining what happens next year for me. depending on what i get today depends on the subjects soldiers next year and what happens after that. it has a big part to play for university applications as well so it is really

more on this now here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. james. wa nt to october. these parliamentarians who want to stop the uk government from suspending harm and want to get their ruling from the scottish courts as quickly as they can. that is what they were asking for the court session today. they asked the judge to fast—track this case so that there could be a hearing as quickly as possible. he seemed to be sympathetic to that to some extent soa sympathetic to that to some extent so a hearing will take place on the 6th of september. so we are at the start of this whole legal process which could take many weeks to resolve, possibly up to and beyond the end of october. but the person in charge of the legal team representing these parliamentarians, she said it was an extraordinary case in extraordinary times. she said it was an extraordinary case in extraordinary timesm she said it was an extraordinary case in extraordinary times. it is a huge constitutional issue. it isi of their biggest and most important we have seen. it is an extraordinary t

let's go live to peterhead in north east scotland now and speak to our correspondent james shaw.nd probably the question a lot of fishermen and people in the fish processing business are asking right now. fish is incredibly important in the north—east of scotland. the value of the fish landed here in peterhead last year was £202 million. there are 110 votes in this harbour, the biggest in the uk, and somebody who can give us a sense of the preparations is jimmy, somebody who can give us a sense of the preparations isjimmy, the head of the scottish seafood association. "110 of the scottish seafood association. —— 110 boats. of the scottish seafood association. --110 boats. since there has been a change of administration and prime minister, and he has made it quite clear that he is prepared to walk away without a deal, and we are all hoping there will be a deal yet, but we have to be practical. there is that risk. and not to be prepared would be foolish. we are full on heading towards preparations for a no deal situation. right now, how prepared is the industry? the industry is ver

our scotland correspondent james shaw is in paisley for us this morning. ant day that my and perhaps with heartache or with relief that peoples have got the results they need. we do have a sense of that across scotland this morning, nationalfive, the national exa m morning, nationalfive, the national exam ta ken morning, nationalfive, the national exam taken in fourth year. the pass rate was up 0.7%. but in highers, taken in the 58 was down 1.1% for advanced highers and those are the exams you need to get to get into university in scotland. a mixed picture in terms of the pass rates, but let's talk to the head teacher here. this is lisa chalmers. looking at those figures we have just talked about, what do you make of that? at those figures we have just talked about, what do you make of that7m is positive to see an increase in national five passes for fourth year pupils. it shows they are challenged at an appropriate level and the syste m at an appropriate level and the system is working well. for the higher peoples, there will be disappointed peoples who di

james shaw is at a school in paisley. it is all about the waiting.than expected. across scotland, 133,000 pupils sat exams this year. the pass rate at national five up 0.7 percentage points but down two percentage points but down two percentage points but down two percentage points at higher level and 1.1 percentage points for advanced highers. the system is different in scotland to elsewhere in the uk with a national five exam donein in the uk with a national five exam done in the fourth year, highers in the fifth year but like in the rest of the country, help is available for people who feel they need it. it's important to realise that this is the here and now and there is a lwa ys is the here and now and there is always a still a pathway for young people to move forward. and that they should not be too disappointed by anything they get today, if it's not quite what they hoped for because there is always a next step.. here at this high school in paisley it will take a while for some pupils to figure out what their results mean for their future opti

brandon wag shaw was arrested after a tip said he bought high powering magazines out of state he too was interested in mass violence he signed a statement saying he did not have intention of mmom james reardon threaten ed jewish commuty las vegas police say he communicated with a neonazi group and talked with an undercover operative about attacking a synagogue or a gay bar. reports show him patrolling his neighborhood with an assault rifle. pete williams, nbc news washington >>> now to iran and more of lester's exclusive visit inside the tensions escalating between the u.s. and iran. we wanted to look at something we hardly ever see, the impact on the people there. lester, i know you've been talking to people from all walks of life. >> yes, savannah the u.s. is maintaining its beefed up military presence in the persian gulf region.r ec omic sanctions agaiful.ir we tried to understand is there a breaking point for as many headlines as it makes in america, iran is a country we rarely get to see one of the first things you notice here, a stalled construction project along the tehran skyline unemployment is high food prices have doubled things are very expensive? >> yes >> shoppers in t