25/08/2012 BBC Weekend News

Good evening. The exams regulator, Ofqual, is to look again at GCSE

gradings amid claims that thousands of students have been treated

unfairly. The move comes amid threats of legal action from local

authorities and teachers. They are complaining that English entries

were particularly unfair, with a change in grade boundaries between

January and June in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. With more

details, here's our deputy political editor, James Landale.

Other class of 2012 paying the price for decades of grade

inflation? Something so and one the results to be independently

investigated and even tested in the courts. We are working with other

organisations asking for urgent investigations. If we are not

satisfied by the response we are determined to take this forward and

we are looking at grounds for in legal Challenge, we feel so

aggrieved about what has happened to these young people.

Top-grade GCSE passes fell this year for the first time since 1986.

In part because of tougher science exams. But teachers also believe

that the goalposts were moved unfairly in English. Some pupils

taking the exam at different times faced different standards, they

claim. We're asking the secretary of state to take decisive action to

move the situation forward. It is clear from the outcry that there is

a significant problem. This afternoon the exams watchdog

finally responded to this pressure and said in a letter, we are acting

on these concerns and looking closely in the coming days at the

detail of the grades and the boundary setting for English GCSEs.

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education secretary has denied putting the watchdog under pressure.

Universities and employers want these pupils to take exams that are

rigorous and credible but their teachers also want to make sure

that they're fairly tested. And James is in Westminster for us now,

James. How significant is that decision was MAC I think it is

significant for those parents and pupils up their food feel they have

been treated unfairly especially concerning the English GCSEs.

There's at least a chink of hope that the issue may be addressed and

action taken. Politically it is significant because it takes a

little pressure off the Education Secretary and the government.

Something is now being done. The watchdog are having a look at it.

But the Labour Party are still saying that they welcome the

inquiry and it should be comprehensive and is still want an

independent inquiry by MPs. Samsung has been ordered by a US

court to pay Apple more than �650 million in damages for infringing

intellectual property. A jury found that the South Korean

firm copied critical features of its rivals iPhone and iPad.

Samsung says it will appeal. As Dominic Laurie reports, the case is

seen as the most important of a number of patent disputes between

the two companies. No wonder the lawyer for Apple is

smiling. In the complex world of patent law this was an unusually

clear verdict that left the Samsung team frustrated.

Might reaction to the ruling is that we're disappointed. Samsung

says it plans to appeal. But far more serious about the patents,

those governing how the smart phone works.

Apple had claimed things like pinch to zoom. A hand these are

fundamental to using a smart phone. The victory in California may worry

some of Apple's competitors. It has already said it is seeking the ban

on the import of several Samsung products into the United States. If

they succeed, some models could be pulled from shelves around the

mould -- around the world. It is a question many consumers will be

concerned about. Apple really has led in the design area within the

user interface. Now we will have to seek other vendors looking at

design elements as well which means we will have multiple options

coming forward. So it is good for the consumer. Sansom has said it

will appeal with many commentators saying this is the most decisive

judgment they have ever seen, they could be disappointed.

Seven police officers have been injured in the aftermath of a

loyalist parade near the centre of Belfast. Scuffles broke out after a

band defied a ruling by the parades watchdog and marched past a

Catholic Church. None of the officers were seriously hurt.

The Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, and French president,

Francois Hollande, have both said Greece will stay in the eurozone,

after talks on the country's economic crisis in Paris. Greece is

continuing to push for more time to implement major spending cuts in

return for more European bailout money, as Mark Lowen reports.

Till recently elected leaders on the opposite sides of the euro-zone

spectrum. France, the strong economy, Greece the one in need.

The press wanted more but there's little time for a photo opportunity

when you're trying to solve the Greek crisis. The French President

Francois Hollande said Greece must stay in the euro but warned Athens

to commit to the spending cuts required by the bail-out. The Greek

Prime Minister asked for more time to cut the deficit. France and

Germany say that would depend on future progress.

TRANSLATION: some people keep speculating that Greece will not

make it. That they will not remain in the euro-zone. I came here to

say that Greece will make it. The Greek president faces a

daunting Challenge to cut deeper to secure the bail-out money while

trying to buy time from Europe to lighten the austerity. If he does

not get a concession, protests here will grow. The anti bail-out

opposition will be strengthened and his government could start to look

fragile. As a sturdy bikes, Greece buckles and businesses fear the

worst. With record unemployment and growing poverty, this nation is

feeling the heat. Our business is down 60%. We paid

too much tax. Stoke the Way We Live Now is hard. There is anger

bubbling here beneath the serene surface. Europe's patience with

Greece is wearing thin and if the pain does not ease, this country's

patience with its own government might soon run out.

A tropical storm has hit the coast of Haiti, bringing lashing rain and

high winds. Aid groups have warned of the extreme vulnerability of

some 400,000 people still living in makeshift camps, following a

devastating earthquake two years ago.

Sport, and Warrington Wolves have won Rugby League's Challenge Cup

final at Wembley this afternoon. They beat Leeds Rhinos by 35 points

to 18 to lift the trophy for the third time in four years, as Drew

Savage reports. Wembley is fast becoming the happy

hunting ground for the Warrington Wolves. They have the firepower to

rise to the showbiz occasion. There was a strong sense of deja Who when

Warrington got the lead in the 7th minute. Leeds did their best to

avoid history repeating itself and they briefly let. But the

Warrington Wolves bit back soon afterwards through Trent Waterhouse.

The game was still in the balance until Warrington came out and

dominated the second half. Chris Riley had the first of three tuck -

- tries in 10 minutes. And then a single point drop goal from their

captain. Leeds Rhinos did respond but Warrington had already done

enough for their third Challenge Cup win in four years. That winning

feeling is a hard habit to break. In the Premier League, Swansea City

continued their great start to the season, going top after the day's

early kick off. They beat West Ham by 3 goals to nil, Danny Graham