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Pupils get GCSE grades as BTec results are pulled

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 03:28
Thousands get their results after a disrupted academic year, but BTec students face further delay.

Coronavirus: Adventure days for NHS staff and families

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 03:12
The key workers are given a chance to escape the stress of Covid-19 by an outdoor centre.

Channel crossings: Why can't the UK stop migrants in small boats?

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 02:57
Ministers vowed to cut Channel crossings, but more and more people are making the dangerous journey.

Chicken rehoming charity gets 52,000 lockdown hen requests

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 02:28
A shortage of eggs in shops early in lockdown sparked thousands of requests for birds across the UK.

Tilbury Port Grain store blast caused by 'dust explosion'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 01:22
Firefighters remained at the port in Tilbury for 20 days extinguishing flames after July's blast.

Meet the UK's youngest qualified pilot, aged 14

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 01:06
Jack Jenner-Hall has qualified as a pilot at the age of 14 after flying a glider alone.

Exam-crisis-algorithm authori Jessica Johnson's uni place reinstated

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 01:02
Orwell Youth Prize winner Jessica Johnson is "relieved" to get a place at her first choice university.

Coronavirus: How is the pandemic affecting life in Scotland?

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:43
New deaths from Covid-19 have declined but the pandemic continues to have an impact on life.

Plan to make Highland firth a free trade zone

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:32
Also known as a free port, firms at Cromarty Firth would be exempt from normal tax and custom rules.

Linda Nolan and Bill Turnbull urge public not to delay cancer checks

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:31
The call comes after concerns were raised that people have delayed seeking help due to the pandemic.

Breast cancer: One-dose radiotherapy 'as effective as full course'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:30
A University College London study followed more than 2,000 women for five years after the treatment.

Nearly 600 in Soctland may have caught Covid at work

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:28
The 594 cases reported in Scotland since lockdown includes eight people who died with the virus.

Coronavirus: 'My dad built me a beauty salon in the garden'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:16
Some parents have gone to great lengths in order to help their children start a career in a pandemic.

GCSE results come in Wales after week of turmoil

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:12
Pupils are promised no grade will be lower than their teacher's estimate of how they would have done.

Former swimmer Harry Needs on coming out as bisexual

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:06
Former swimmer Harry Needs says bisexuality isn't "a gateway to becoming gay" or "greedy".

'We have had parents crying for us to open'

UK News BBC News Feed - Thu, 08/20/2020 - 00:04
The children's activities sector says it has been hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown.

Newspaper headlines: BTec results pulled amid 'exam fiasco'

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 23:07
The fallout from the 'exam turmoil' continues to dominate several of Thursday's front pages.

BTec grades pulled on eve of results day

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 22:38
Some 450,000 pupils are having their grades withdrawn on the eve of results day.

Halifax 'choke' video arrest man Hassan Ahmed feared for life

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 22:38
Hassan Ahmed was "afraid" for his life as he was held on the ground in Halifax by the police officer.

IS 'Beatles' will not face death penalty in US

UK News BBC News Feed - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 22:11
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh will not be executed if found guilty of hostage killings, UK is told.

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