duncan at ucas _ doing as well. very good advice. duncan at ucas hq, _ doing as well.pens at one o'clock. we have got lots of help and advice on the bbc news website, they have been doing your questions answered, but if i don't have the right results, can i still go through clearing? how do i do research? you will find that on the bbc news website. armoured vehicles have been seen inside russia. ukraine's president has said his country's troops have advanced well into russia's region and russia says it will set up evacuation routes. ukraine says it'll set up evacuation routes for civilians in the areas that it's captured, allowing them to go to russia or to ukraine. vladimir putin has vowed to expel the ukrainian troops from his country. the uk's ministry of defence says ukraine has a clear right to use british weapons for self—defence and that does not preclude operations inside russia. a former nato analyst is with us. patrick, what do you make of the fact that challenger two tanks have been seen as part of this incursion into russia?— into russia? good afternoon, it

live from ucas hq. the message - available this morning. live from ucas hq.e end of a work—out. a lot of students have questions, also parents, and that is why the bbc news website is up and running with a live page. they will be doing a special edition edition of your questions answered at 1130. if you have any questions about the ucas system or vocational courses and what is on offer in terms of apprenticeships which a lot of people will decide to do, head to the pub website or app, click on the live page and from 11 don't 30, there will be answering your questions. i'll be back later in day, for the moment, back to you in the studio. we have been reporting on the russian, the encroaching from ukraine into russia, and we have received information that a uk source has confirmed that challenger two tanks have been used in this incursion into russia. the ministry of defence has responded to this information emerging saying that it is not commenting on it. we would not expect it to. and what specific uk supplied weapons are being used. this is cutting edge tech

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duncan kennedy their life at ucas hq. it all duncan kennedy their life at ucas ho.nes of the figure so far, is that those top grades, a and a stars are up for the first time since 2021. and four out of five students who want to go to university have got their first choice of university. a reminder again, we have a life page up and running on the bbc news website and app with lots more details from our correspondence around england, northern ireland and wales. we should of course mentioned that scotland got the highest last week and it will be the gcs east next week. forthe and it will be the gcs east next week. for the moment, and it will be the gcs east next week. forthe moment, back and it will be the gcs east next week. for the moment, back to you in the studio. studio: i do not know if i can take the excitement. thank you so much. now, to the uk economy. the uk's economy grew by 0.6% between april and june as it continued its recovery from the recession at the end of last year. the latest figure was in line with forecasts and follows a 0.7% increase in the first

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'ust some, will involve ucas. ., , . ., ., ucas.rease on last year and presents a lot of choice for students wanting to go on to different universities to the ones they had planned. to get an idea of what is available and what students should be doing this morning i had the chief executive of ucas with me. obviously a very emotional day, a lot going on for a lot of people this morning. 82% of students have the first choice, an increase on last year. a lot of happy students this morning. last year. a lot of happy students this morning-— this morning. today is about students- — this morning. today is about students. i— this morning. today is about students. i offer— this morning. today is about students. i offer my - this morning. today is about - students. i offer my congratulations for everyone, a record number achieving — for everyone, a record number achieving their first choice at university. we are seeing record numbers— university. we are seeing record numbers of disadvantaged students, by all— numbers of disadvantaged students

i instantly logged into ucas, - and ijust saw "congratulations".didn't get what they were hoping for, life is life. - everything will work out in the end. such a weight off my shoulders... others were weighing up different options. apprenticeships, i think, offer more, like, life skills. also you get paid for it, which is always nice. i've done however many years of, like, learning. i feel i'm ready to go into the working world now. it's always an emotional day. there's elation, sometimes a little bit of disappointment. but whatever your grades are today, if you want to go to university, there are plenty of choices. nice. maths is now the most popular a—level in england, contributing to a small increase in top grades. vocational qualifications are a big part of today's celebrations. some were getting t—levels in burnley, though across england, a quarter dropped out from this newer qualification. and in enniskillen, keyan and his friends were getting b—tecs. was feeling a wee bit anxious before today. i kind of knew that i was pretty, you know, set

there will be thousands, run 30,000, places available through ucas, so that will be going on. later with more of the students who have had their results. back to you in the studio. thank you very much indeed. notice how he mentioned the free meal going. once a journalist, always a journalist! taylor swift returns to london's wembley stadium on thursday night for the final leg of her uk eras tour. swift will be playing five final shows from tonight, with the excitement already ramping up at wembley, as fans flock to buy official merchandise. security will be tight, after her shows in vienna last week were cancelled following the arrest of three teenagers for allegedly planning a terrorist attack. we can cross live to wembley and our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher. i'm hazarding a guess that you have some swifties with you? i i'm hazarding a guess that you have some swifties with you?— i'm hazarding a guess that you have some swifties with you? i have some swifties here — some swifties with you? i have some swifties here on _ some swifties with you? i have some swifti

i instantly logged into ucas, - and ijust saw "congratulations".took so much - weight off my shoulders. anyone that didn't get what they were hoping for, life is life. - everything will work out in the end. such a weight off my shoulders... others were weighing up different options. apprenticeships, i think, offer more, like, life skills. also you get paid for it, which is always nice. i've done however many years of, like, learning. i feel i'm ready to go into the working world now. it's always an emotional day. there's elation, sometimes a little bit of disappointment. but whatever your grades are today, if you want to go to university, there are plenty of choices. nice. maths is now the most popular a—level in england, contributing to a small increase in top grades. vocational qualifications are a big part of today's celebrations. some were getting t—levels in burnley, though across england, a quarter dropped out from this newer qualification. and in enniskillen, keyan and his friends were getting b—tecs. was feeling a wee bit anxious before tod

and there's clearing and there's ucas schemes isn't there . ucas schemes isn't there.ing to go to university and you've got the results and you're in massive congratulations, if there'd been a journalism apprenticeship that i could have gone on and been paid, and then also sort of do a degree in the background , i, degree in the background, i, that would have been great. but that's one of the things, isn't it? i think this would be a very practical job that you could learn on the job. yeah. i don't think you necessarily need a degree for it, but it's the way forward, loads of things. >> it's like nurses now all need a degree and all that and is it really necessary for stuff like that? i mean, i think there's maybe we've gone a bit, a bit degree mad. yeah. >> maybe we have. >> maybe we have. >> going back to the old fashioned ways might not be a bad thing. yeah, >> let us know what you think . gbnews.com/yoursay. >> right. still to come, we'll take you through all the sport with paul coyte in just a moment time for the sport with paul coyte. >> but before we do the spor

does that create more of a headache for ucas? i mean, we are| headache for ucas?aff and the main message i give to my teams if you do this is if someone is calling ucas, who do you want them to speak to? brothers, sisters, mums and dads. we are here to help. sisters, mums and dads. we are here to helt. , , . to help. interesting piece i saw this morning. _ to help. interesting piece i saw this morning. your _ to help. interesting piece i saw this morning. your boss, - to help. interesting piece i saw this morning. your boss, the l to help. interesting piece i saw. this morning. your boss, the chief executive of ucas, is encouraging a—level pupils to choose degrees they enjoy rather than one they think will earn the money or let them progress doing the right thing or may be what parents want them to do. what are your thoughts? it is or may be what parents want them to do. what are your thoughts?- do. what are your thoughts? it is an investment — do. what are your thoughts? it is an investment in _ do. what are your thoughts? it is an investment in your _ do. what a

ucas clearance system opens out 1pm, but right now we have eight your questions answered going on oning stand in your way. just keep moving forward. that is the important thing in the circumstances. speaking of moving forward, taylor swift returns to wembley stadium for the final leg of her uk tour. swift will be playing five final shows from tonight, with the excitement already ramping up at wembley, as fans flock to buy official merchandise. security will be tight, after her shows in vienna last week were cancelled following the arrest of three teenagers for allegedly planning a terrorist attack. let's speak to our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher, who is outside wembley stadium, where taylor swift will start tonight the second leg of her eras tour concerts in london. i'm a i'm a bit disappointed that i cannot see any sparkles or tassles. you have had a few hours to get this together, do you need to buy some merchandise? i together, do you need to buy some merchandise?— merchandise? i will actually buy a “um er merchandise? i will actually buy a jumper later. _ merchandise

microdistrict has been serviced by the management company zhelservis rodniki, but in january a second uca suddenly appeared. prom zhil servis. since then, residents have started receiving two payment notices instead of one. we want to pay, but we are not rich enough to pay double. out of despair many stopped paying altogether. then the new management company took extreme measures, started installing plugs for debtors. look, sof, there's a pipe here, do you see it? yes. that's it, they lower a plug down it, that's what happens in an apartment when they use such a punishment, what does a plug mean? the water is flowing, the drain is open, the water doesn't go away, and with your permission i'll close it, otherwise we'll just flood, we're on a high floor, and if we use water now, the toilet, i don't know, the sink, wash dishes, then we'll just flood the neighbors, that's it, for example, andrey paid... but it didn't help the old management company, the new one installed a plug for him, despite the fact that there were five minor children in the apartment, my wife, at that time she was the on

catches last year for 1342 yards and 7 touchdowns that earned him a spot on the all pro second like uca area athlete to cash in today, the golden state warriors announced tonight they have signed steph curry to a one-year 62.6 million dollar contract extension. that's going to keep with the team through 2027 becomes free. to put that in perspective. that's more than the entire oakland a's payroll this season. it's also the second highest annual salary in nba history. just behind celtics star jayson tatum who signed a 5 year extension worth 315 million. so curry now, 36 years-old. he's got 2 years left on his current contract over the next 3 seasons. he's going to get 178 million dollars. he'll join lebron james, kevin durant and paul george. as the only basketball players ever to surpass 500 million dollars in career earnings. not too a 10 time all-star and a two-time mvp, steph has previously said that he only wants to play for the warriors in his career. it looks very likely that's going to be the case after this extension. all right. now to baseball, the giants were looking for a ser

chancellor of manchester metropolitan university and thank you also to sam sykes, school leads at ucasnd thank you to all of you who sent in your questions. you can follow the latest coverage and students across england, wales and northern ireland get their results. we have a live page “p get their results. we have a live page up and running and analysis from our education team. there are lots of explainer is there. if you have any more questions, you can find them on the bbc news website and app. thank you for watching. do stay with her is here and bbc news. this our transport correspondence was in court today. this this our transport correspondence was in court today.— was in court today. this wasn't really about — was in court today. this wasn't really about whether _ was in court today. this wasn't really about whether people i was in court today. this wasn'tl really about whether people did was in court today. this wasn't - really about whether people did or didn't pay rail fares really about whether people did or didn't pay railfares it really about whether people did or didn't p

i instantly logged into ucas, - and ijust saw "congratulations".off my shoulders. anyone that didn't get what they were hoping for, life is life. - everything will work out in the end. such a weight off my shoulders... others were weighing up different options. apprenticeships, i think, offer more, like, life skills. also you get paid for it, which is always nice. i've done however many years of, like, learning. i feel i'm ready to go into the working world now. it's always an emotional day. there's elation, sometimes a little bit of disappointment. but whatever your grades are today, if you want to go to university, there are plenty of choices. nice. maths is now the most popular a—level in england, contributing to a small increase in top grades. vocational qualifications are a big part of today's celebrations. some were getting t—levels in burnley, though across england, a quarter dropped out from this newer qualification. and in enniskillen, keyan and his friends were getting b—tecs. was feeling a wee bit anxious before today. i kind of knew tha

but a far, according to ucas.ff uplifts to exam marks has not been granted to all pupils who had their education disrupted by the collapse risk. concrete crisis despite calls from schools and families affected , the economy is affected, the economy is continuing its recovery from last year's recession, with growth extending over the latest quarter. the for office national statistics says gross domestic product increased by 0.6% between april and june. former conservative chancellor jeremy hunt says today's figures are further proof. labour has inherited a growing and resilient economy. but labour's chancellor rachel reeves, says she has inherited more than a decade of low economic growth from the tories . train drivers from the tories. train drivers are to vote on a new offer aimed at ending their long running pay disputes, which has resulted in days of strike action. the aslef union said the offer was made in talks at the department for transport, which started after labour won the general election following mont

we have heard this year that it is a buyers' market, 30,000 different courses that ucas has on offera fight to get a place at university. irate it was almost a fight to get a place at university-— at university. we have had a clearin: at university. we have had a clearing system _ at university. we have had a clearing system in _ at university. we have had a clearing system in the - at university. we have had a clearing system in the uk i at university. we have had a | clearing system in the uk for at university. we have had a - clearing system in the uk for more than 60 years and you get fluctuations. in my observation, the number supplying through clearing and the number of places available are quite similarto and the number of places available are quite similar to what we had backin are quite similar to what we had back in 2022, immediately after covid. this isjust fluctuation back in 2022, immediately after covid. this is just fluctuation that universities, colleges and schools are used to managing. universities of course need _ are used to managing. universities of course need t

to courteney sheppard, who is head of customer contact for the higher education admissions service, ucas had such a positive experience when she went through clearing, she now works to support young people through clearing, as well as her studies. thank you both forjoining us. i'm will admit, thank you both forjoining us. i'm willadmit, iam thank you both forjoining us. i'm will admit, i am the parent waiting for a levels results tomorrow so i will start with courtney if i can and ask you, tomorrow, incredibly stressful. what do people do if they don't get the results that they are hoping for. don't get the results that they are hoinu for. ., ., ., , hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful- — hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our— hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our advice - hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our advice to - hoping for. tomorrow can be - stressful. our advice to students up and down the country is to have a plan, do some research and assess your options ahead of tomorrow's you know what you can do in the events that things don't go according to plan. so you

i'm doing a degree apprenticeship in pwc and well, it's 112 ucas points and i was a bit nervous at theysics and stuff, but i got my grades and i got the envelope and i've got in now, so i'm really, really happy with it. i'm happy with the day. yeah, i'm sure it feels like a major moment at the end of your time at school, the end of two years studying the end of many years of exams before then. it's been three solid years of exams, like, but i'm happy now that they're all sort of over, but sort of sad as well to say goodbye to some, some people, like. but i've made good friends and i will keep in contact with them. absolutely. well, very well done. and, lucy, what's the news for you? so i got the grades that i wanted. i'm pleasantly surprised, - i have to say, but i'm delighted. i'm going to do biological sciences. i'll be doing two years - at belfast met, and then i'll be doing three years- at queen's university belfast. and i was studying biology, chemistry and drama, - quite hard hitting subjects, - but i'm delighted with my results. yeah, it's written all over your face, i have to s

recent figures from ucas showed a decline in the proportion of school leavers in the uk applying to higheres as students in scotland are today set to receive their exam results, while a—level results in the rest of the uk are coming out next week. a us judge has ruled that google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on online searches. they said the tech giant paid tens of millions of dollars annually to ensure that its search engine was the default on smartphones and browsers. its parent company, alphabet, says it will appeal that decision , and stock markets that decision, and stock markets around the world are starting to bounce back after falling sharply yesterday over fears the us economy is heading for a recession. london's ftse 100 suffered its biggest fall since july last year and in asia, shares closed closed yesterday with a big drop, the biggest since 1987. black monday . and since 1987. black monday. and lastly, a quick recap of the sporting news for you. keely hodgkinson has become just the 10th british woman to win athletics gold at the olympics, as she stormed to victory i

ucas will be operating into 0ctober.tional path, go to our website. we have a live page “p to our website. we have a live page up and running. here on bbc news, will be at answering all of your questions at half past two this afternoon. so if you do have a question, you can e—mail as ad bbc jaco .ukjust after half past two will be answering some of those questions. does this make you remember when you got your exam results? it remember when you got your exam results? , ., ., ., ., results? it is far too long ago. nicky reporting _ results? it is far too long ago. nicky reporting there. - middle east — two significant developments. in qatar — new talks are getting under way to try to reach a ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages. hamas says it won't directly join the negotiations. it accuses israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu of adding new conditions to earlier proposals. the talks are at a time of heightened tension in the region. this was a funeral of the high mass leader who was recently killed. more th

so cal surprise ucas, the governing body, want more people to do degrees that are their passion.g mickey mouse degrees. what's your take? is there such a thing as a pointless degree? >> well, there are some degrees that are, that don't meet the figour that are, that don't meet the rigour and standard and when the assessment comes around, they get quite rightly axed. and that does happen from time to time. but what is a degree for. i think there are two kinds of degrees. there's a very small number of professional degrees that if you want to go into that career and it's probably going to be the career for you, the rest of your life, you've got to do the degree. medicine is the easiest one. law is probably another one engineering. there are a few that directly or indirectly give you a qualifications to go and work in that sector. the vast majority of degrees have never been like that. physics, you know , general that. physics, you know, general physics is not like that kind of chemistry. on its own is not like that. they are very useful. and in fact, most of our industrial base is b

it has to be said , ucas kassim. this week, the university admissions board, of course, they were saying do whatever you you like. that's your passion. pursue your passion. but the fact of the matter is, we have degrees now in minecraft. the video game, a degree in eastenders, the soap opera and the degree in surf science. now, kassim, before their money or easily parted, it's their choice to do so, of course. but in terms of future earning potentials , a lot of people are potentials, a lot of people are asking is university worth it? what's your take? >> i think we've got to look at university as a whole, you know, is university as a whole delivering for the skills that we need in work today? >> and while a lot of people do choose to go on to do degrees that they're passionate about and study subjects that they're passionate about, that might not necessarily link directly to a job they do. >> i mean, i did a degree that had a route into employment. >> i did a law degree, but i'm not working in law today. and, you kn

that's according to new ucas figures.dmissions service is reporting a drop in school leavers applying this yearin school leavers applying this year in scotland today, 145,000 students are receiving their exam results, but 7000 were met with blank emails because of a distribution fault. the scottish conservatives are blaming the snp for what they've called a chaotic and shambolic situation . chaotic and shambolic situation. the national waiting list for children's gender care in england and wales has risen, despite the opening of two new specialist centres. figures at the end of may showed that there were more than 5700 young people still on that list. on average , still on that list. on average, children are having to wait 100 weeks for a first appointment, with the nhs england saying it will set out further plans to transform the provision of care in gender services . in gender services. international news for you and several us personnel have been injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in iraq. us defen

uca retraction of that as well as seven out of ten say they don't want to buy an easy because the charge isn't there, the battery technology. threat ev owners have them are considering switching back to cast vehicles. shouldn't we be tailoring to people who want them ask seem like ten or 15% instead instead of forcing people a complete band by 2035 like california started. >> was one of the reason we haven't forced anyone is we want this to be met by consumers making choices, and consumers are choosing ev's more every sicker than it did the previous you. that reflects the fact as prices come down more and more americans decide it's the right answer for them. >> thank you, madam chair. >> the gentleman yield spec. the chair recognizes mr. garcia for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair and ranking member, and thank you, secretary buttigieg for being here today. from the positive passf infrastructure investment and jobs act in 2212 today, there's been an immense amount of investment and steady sometimes slow progress towards her infrastructure goals for the country. as we look to fiscal

you look at ucas application statistics, there's high, high demand still from young brits wanting tor is that the care sector at the moment is run by these big companies that aren't prepared to actually invest in the british workforce, and instead pay themselves huge dividends on the university point, i think it's become a bit of a ponzi scheme, to be perfectly honest with you. i think far too many of our universities are incredibly low grade. they don't actually offer a high value education. what they do simply offer is a visa factory type situation where people are able to get themselves on an undergraduate course to study things like wardrobe design or video game music composition, and then before you know it, you know, thanks to the government, the previous government's brilliant graduate visa route as well, they were then able to stay for an additional two years. so i think we need to recalibrate and reassess. really the argument that immigration is vital for a thriving, proper, higher education sector, because at the moment it just seems to be propping up, those that are perhap