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with me are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister and mihir bose, author and evening standard calling for more clarity over the status of eu nationals after brexit — following the fall in net migration figures. the metro has more on the woman accused of wasting police resources with false rape allegations. the telegraph says new "driverless" lorries are to be trialled on uk motorways next year — despite warnings over safety from the aa. the mail also has that story. it says up to three wirelessly connected vehicles could be moving in convoy. the express has more on britain's lowest net migration figures in three years. and the i has girls scooping most of the top marks in this year's revamped gcse results. the mirror has predictions of travel, is this bank holiday weekend as millions are addicted to clog the lords. and the guardian approach for ca i’s lords. and the guardian approach for cars on the bad minister to rethink oui’ cars on the bad minister to rethink our thoughts on foreign students, as figures show that less than 5000 at sta ke figures show that less than 5000 at

thank you, ros and mihir. goodbye. asa as a result, it will be feeling a little cooler.is adnan office, because we are closer to this area of low pressure. eventually, it will head out into the sea this weekend and take a more savvy then. we still have more rain to come after the overnight rain. we have already had some flooding during the week, and shelley read across scotland. farther south and east, the best of the sunshine. not a grey deal of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. get some sunshine across the north—east of scotland, and it could trigger some heavy showers in the afternoon. workload across northern england. could bring rain as well. most of wells could be dry, more cloud during the afternoon. sunnier skies on friday for the south—east, and it will be warmer. to the north, we have low pressure, and it gives the rain coming across scotland overnight. it does tend to become a little drive across northern ireland. clueless guys in the south. temperatures around ia or 15 degrees. quite a lot of clouds as we head into saturday, and the wet weather stil

and at 10:40 i am joined by the journalist mihir bose and the former pensions minister ros altman torow's headlines in the papers. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh woozencroft. the main headlines this evening: there's a tough draw for spurs and celtic as this season's champions league groups are revealed. england manager gareth southgate says he fully understands wayne rooney's decision to retire from international football. is and we'll be live in las vegas as floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor save the bad blood for the ring. coming up later, i'm here at the badminton world championships with the latest including the difficult day for british players. good evening — there's plenty to come this evening, we'll be hearing from joe root and sir mo farah too but we have to start with football and a day many fans across europe look forward to. the champions league draw has been made and doesn't make the best reading if you're a fan of spurs or celtic. 5live and match of the day commentator conor mcnamara joins me now. conor, let's take a

our guests joining me tonight are baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister and mihir bose, authore results were out today. across england, wales and northern ireland there's been a slight dip in the number of students getting the top grades. in england, this was the first year when pupils taking english and maths were sitting new, tougher exams. and they're marked differently. the old a star and a has been replaced by grades 7, 8 and 9. b and c grades are now six, five and four. and d, e, fand g are now 3, 2 and 1. but it wasn't just students in england who faced some changes — as education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. a jumble of letters and numbers. mainly cs, a d... two 65 and a 5. three bs, a 7, two 55 and an a. making sense of their gcse results. the first 16—year—olds to take the tougher exams. there's loads more new content that you have to learn. there's just not much time to learn it in. we're learning a—level stuff as well as gcse stuff. it's really difficult. it was a shock. it'sjust making sure smarter people get the grades they deserve, i say. maybe? at this nott

with me now is the journalist mihir bose, the author midnight to glorious morning, which explores howous change. when i was growing up, the fear was that india wouldn't survive because it has been partitioned. many religions, races, languages. many dialects. the moment the prime minister died, the country would split up, that is what people said. it was a time of shortages. you couldn't invite more than 50 people toa wedding. couldn't invite more than 50 people to a wedding. food came from america. you had a £2 restriction if you went abroad. i came here to study from loughborough university because it wasn't one of the 0xbridge university, people were snobbish. i had to pay for the first year. it was that kind of country, it didn't look like it would manage change. it has. literacy was 12%, now it is 74. in that sense, india -- it now it is 74. in that sense, india —— it has survived. pakistan was considered the strong state, stopping communism. it is completely changed. come along way and defied expectation. yes. that makes me optimistic, but what worries me is that young indians i