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:00:00. > :00:08.Hello, it's Thursday, it's 9am, I'm Joanna Gosling,

:00:09. > :00:11.More than 500,000 teenagers are getting their GCSE

:00:12. > :00:13.results this morning, with pupils in English

:00:14. > :00:15.schools finding out how they did in the new,

:00:16. > :00:27.and harder, maths and English exams.

:00:28. > :00:33.I am here at the outward Academy city school in Sheffield, where we

:00:34. > :00:39.know that handful of students have managed to reach the top grade of

:00:40. > :00:40.nine. There is some confusion about the new GCSE system, but also some

:00:41. > :00:42.excitement. We'll be speaking to students

:00:43. > :00:52.and teachers and looking at the best Also... A teenager who has lived in

:00:53. > :00:54.the UK most of her life with her British mother said that her life

:00:55. > :00:59.has been turned upside down by Brexit.

:01:00. > :01:03.We always said whatever the Brexit result we will still be able

:01:04. > :01:12.to get me citizenship, but obviously that didn't work out.

:01:13. > :01:18.And we will have the extraordinary story of how a violinist who

:01:19. > :01:20.suffered a serious brain injury at the age of 19 is making music again,

:01:21. > :01:30.29 years later. Welcome to the programme,

:01:31. > :01:33.we're live until 11am this morning. And over 40% of middle-aged people

:01:34. > :01:37.don't manage one brisk walk a month. If you're one of them, tell us why

:01:38. > :01:40.you're so bad at exercising. We also want to hear

:01:41. > :01:42.from you if you've started And we want to hear

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:02:00. > :02:10.at the standard network rate. Our top story today... More than

:02:11. > :02:13.500,000 teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving

:02:14. > :02:16.their GCSE results this morning. Major changes. Once in England are

:02:17. > :02:21.coming into place for the first time. More difficult exams in

:02:22. > :02:28.English and maths are being graded using a numerical system going from

:02:29. > :02:28.9-1. Exams in Wales have also been made harder.

:02:29. > :02:31.Thousands of 16-year-olds will find out if all that hard work three

:02:32. > :02:39.But there are new pressures this year in England and Wales.

:02:40. > :02:41.Maths, English and Welsh have all been restructured.

:02:42. > :02:46.And in England, there's a new numerical grading system

:02:47. > :02:52.for the English and maths papers, running from grades 1-9,

:02:53. > :02:55.with nine being the highest score, identifying the best students

:02:56. > :03:01.Under the new system, grade four is broadly being compared

:03:02. > :03:04.to an old-style grade C, considered a standard pass.

:03:05. > :03:06.The Government says the new grade five should be

:03:07. > :03:16.The old alphabetic system is still in place for other GCSE

:03:17. > :03:19.subjects until next year, head teachers are accusing

:03:20. > :03:24.the Government of trying to reform too quickly and causing a muddle.

:03:25. > :03:27.The consequences for teachers are that they have had to start

:03:28. > :03:31.teaching new courses, partly post-16, partly at GCSE,

:03:32. > :03:33.while other things have been changing in schools.

:03:34. > :03:37.And that will lead to a sense of frustration that there hasn't

:03:38. > :03:40.been sufficient time to plan for it, there are not enough practice papers

:03:41. > :03:46.There is no doubt these changes to English and maths have been big

:03:47. > :03:49.changes for England's schools, but employers have to get

:03:50. > :03:54.I think I'm going to be slightly confused.

:03:55. > :03:59.But I think over a period of time obviously we'll work it out.

:04:00. > :04:03.A standard pass, that would be our borderline, I think.

:04:04. > :04:08.The Westminster Government was determined to make GCSEs harder,

:04:09. > :04:12.to end what some see as a dumbing down.

:04:13. > :04:14.This year's results, the first of the reformed exams,

:04:15. > :04:28.will put ministers' ambitions to the test.

:04:29. > :04:35.Let's go to Chi in Stoke-on-Trent with a group of students getting

:04:36. > :04:39.their results. How are they feeling? We are here at the outward Academy

:04:40. > :04:44.city school in Sheffield, with a group of students and some teaching

:04:45. > :04:46.staff who have been helping them through their new GCSEs. Shannon,

:04:47. > :04:53.you did particularly well, didn't you? Yes, I got an eight, which I

:04:54. > :04:56.was really proud about, and a seven in maths, and as in all of the

:04:57. > :05:02.science subjects. You want expecting to do as well as you did, where you?

:05:03. > :05:07.No, I was stressed about English in particular. Liam, you managed to get

:05:08. > :05:11.a nine grade, how did that feel? Yes, I've put in the hard work and

:05:12. > :05:16.it paid off. How long were you studying for and how hard was the

:05:17. > :05:20.actual exam? I think the longest was two hours and 15 minutes, the whole

:05:21. > :05:26.exam. I've been revising all year, basically. How did you manage to do?

:05:27. > :05:29.I got a seven in maths, a seven in English-language and an eight in

:05:30. > :05:33.English literature. How do you feel about your grades? I'm really proud

:05:34. > :05:43.of myself, yes to kill Isabel, you did really well? I got a stars. How

:05:44. > :05:46.did you feel? I felt really happy because I wasn't expecting to do as

:05:47. > :05:54.well as you did. And into do A-levels at six form. Meyer, how did

:05:55. > :05:59.you do? I got an eight in maths, and in both English I got sevens. Billy,

:06:00. > :06:04.you were one of the teaching staff that helped the students through.

:06:05. > :06:09.How was the stressful change for them? They actually held up really

:06:10. > :06:13.well. We had a few tears and pan drums. And a few cuddles and

:06:14. > :06:16.breathing techniques. But they got through it and I'm really proud of

:06:17. > :06:20.them today. Andrew, you are the principal of the school. Overall,

:06:21. > :06:25.how you feeling about how your school has done? Immensely pleased

:06:26. > :06:28.with the students have performed in this school and across the Trust as

:06:29. > :06:32.a whole, phenomenal. They really celebrate across the country with

:06:33. > :06:36.children like these. A handful managed to get the top grade of

:06:37. > :06:40.nine. How have your staff managed to corral them into that? It has been

:06:41. > :06:43.hard work and dedication from students and staff as a whole,

:06:44. > :06:47.really working together as a team to make sure that this community is

:06:48. > :06:51.successful. That's what they have done. A handful of the students have

:06:52. > :06:56.managed to reach the top grade of nine. We'll be talking to some are

:06:57. > :07:05.then later on today. Thank you very much Chi at the outward Academy in

:07:06. > :07:07.Sheffield. We would love your thoughts as well of course. If

:07:08. > :07:10.you're getting your results, how you are feeling if you are a parent of

:07:11. > :07:13.somebody getting their results. How has your life turned out since

:07:14. > :07:17.compared to how you felt at the time was like we would love to get your

:07:18. > :07:20.thoughts this morning. Meanwhile, Anita is in the newsroom for a

:07:21. > :07:25.summary of the rest of today's. Good morning. Dutch police are continuing

:07:26. > :07:26.their investigations into a possible terror threat which forced the

:07:27. > :07:29.cancellation of a concert in Rotterdam last night. Acting on a

:07:30. > :07:32.tip off from Spain - they arrested the driver of a van found to be

:07:33. > :07:34.carrying gas canisters. In the last hour a second arrest has been made

:07:35. > :07:37.in the south of the Netherlands. Let's get more now with our

:07:38. > :07:47.correspondent Anna Holligan who's in the Hague. Tim Allman reports. Anna,

:07:48. > :07:52.Watmore are the police saying at this point about the discovery of

:07:53. > :07:59.the van with those gas canisters in it, and the arrests? I'm actually

:08:00. > :08:04.outside the venue now in Rotterdam, just behind me here is the rock

:08:05. > :08:10.concert venue. The band were scheduled to go on stage last night,

:08:11. > :08:19.a US band. Police cordoned off the venue. They took everyone...

:08:20. > :08:24.INAUDIABLE STUDIO: Apologies for the problems

:08:25. > :08:29.with the line to Anna Holligan in Rotterdam. We will bring you more on

:08:30. > :08:31.that story throughout the morning. There's to be a major investigation

:08:32. > :08:33.into the impact that international students have on the UK's economy.

:08:34. > :08:35.The government commissioned study will examine their effect on the

:08:36. > :08:37.labour market and education sector. British universities are the second

:08:38. > :08:46.most popular destination in the world, after those in the United

:08:47. > :08:49.States. More than six million adults in England spend less than ten

:08:50. > :08:51.minutes each month walking at a brisk pace, according to a new

:08:52. > :08:53.report. Public Health England is launching a campaign to encourage

:08:54. > :08:56.ten minutes of brisk walking a day, particularly among the middle aged.

:08:57. > :08:58.It's claimed that it can help prevent cancer, heart disease and

:08:59. > :08:58.poor mental health. Our Health correspondent Dominic Hughes

:08:59. > :09:07.reports. In Denton, in Manchester, the first

:09:08. > :09:10.steps towards a healthier lifestyle. This walking group is starting

:09:11. > :09:13.slowly, but already some members are feeling the benefits

:09:14. > :09:19.of a regular stroll. Getting some exercise,

:09:20. > :09:28.and it's company as well, because I live my own,

:09:29. > :09:33.so that helps a lot. And I decided when I retired that

:09:34. > :09:38.I wanted to do lots of different things, and I've done lots of things

:09:39. > :09:43.to keep the mind going, but not The beauty of walking is,

:09:44. > :09:48.of course, it is free. You don't need any special training,

:09:49. > :09:51.or indeed, any special kit. But health experts say doing

:09:52. > :09:53.at least ten minutes of brisk walking every day,

:09:54. > :09:56.well, that can have a really And it's brisk walking,

:09:57. > :10:03.around three mph, that is the key. GP Dr Zoe Williams practices

:10:04. > :10:05.what she preaches to her patients, but millions of adults

:10:06. > :10:10.are missing out. Four out of ten adults

:10:11. > :10:13.between the ages of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten

:10:14. > :10:16.minutes of brisk walking per month, which sounds unbelievable,

:10:17. > :10:19.and lots of those people will be walking, but they are not

:10:20. > :10:27.walking at a brisk pace. Walking can help with weight loss,

:10:28. > :10:29.back pain, diabetes, and even Now, we are all being urged

:10:30. > :10:39.to get up and get moving. The clear-up is continuing

:10:40. > :10:43.in Northern Ireland after nearly two thirds of the average August

:10:44. > :10:46.rainfall fell in under nine hours. More than 100 people had to be

:10:47. > :10:48.rescued after being trapped At one point, the fire service

:10:49. > :10:51.received an emergency The north west was worst affected,

:10:52. > :10:55.particularly Londonderry, as well as other parts of the county

:10:56. > :11:03.and Tyrone. A hospital in Portsmouth has been

:11:04. > :11:06.given a formal warning notice by the health watchdog for putting

:11:07. > :11:21.vulnerable patients Inspectors said that hospital staff

:11:22. > :11:25.at the Queen Alexandra Hospital said medication to patients by hiding it

:11:26. > :11:29.in their meals. Inspectors also had to intervene to help a choking

:11:30. > :11:32.patient went two staff members failed to act. The hospital said it

:11:33. > :11:35.would be confident that it was able to improve. Australia's top court

:11:36. > :11:36.has begun examining a constitutional crisis threatening to topple the

:11:37. > :11:39.country's conservative government. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce

:11:40. > :11:41.is among at least five senior government figures under threat from

:11:42. > :11:53.an obscure law that bars dual citizens from sitting in Parliament.

:11:54. > :11:54.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:11:55. > :12:09.The circus around Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor continues in Las

:12:10. > :12:14.Vegas? It is a fight that makes headlines around the world. Conor

:12:15. > :12:18.McGregor, the mixed martial artist, and Floyd Mayweather, the undefeated

:12:19. > :12:22.champion, are in Las Vegas. This is part of the build-up to the clash

:12:23. > :12:26.this weekend. This was the last press conference before the fight,

:12:27. > :12:30.which will take place in the early hours of Sunday morning. Some are

:12:31. > :12:35.calling it a pantomime, others love it. It is set to be one of the most

:12:36. > :12:39.lucrative boxing matches in history, with both fighters set to earn

:12:40. > :12:42.millions of pounds, including a diamond encrusted belt. Usually

:12:43. > :12:48.there wasn't the typical exchange of insults between the pair. Have a

:12:49. > :12:54.listen. The best fighting the best. He's the best at what he do, I'm the

:12:55. > :12:57.best at what I do. When it's all said and done, Conor McGregor is

:12:58. > :13:05.like myself. He's undefeated standing up. He can do a lot of

:13:06. > :13:08.this, I can do a lot of this, but it comes down to the skills, and it

:13:09. > :13:13.comes down to us fighting and competing and giving you guys what

:13:14. > :13:16.you want to see. When you face a manual about to fight, it's very

:13:17. > :13:20.hard to keep everything in check at times, you make mistakes, you make

:13:21. > :13:23.errors, you slip up on the tongue, where only human. I think the whole

:13:24. > :13:33.lot of it, the whole spectacle, there's been many ups and many

:13:34. > :13:36.downs. It's nice to come full circle. I think the whole experience

:13:37. > :13:38.of it has been great for boxing, mixed martial arts and combat sport

:13:39. > :13:41.all over the world. We're two athletes at the end of the day,

:13:42. > :13:45.coming and risking at all, we should be respected for that. A bit of

:13:46. > :13:48.football for you now, later the -- draw for the group stages of the

:13:49. > :13:55.Champions League will be taking place. Liverpool lead Hoffenheim 2-1

:13:56. > :14:01.from the first leg. They scored three goals in the first 20 minutes

:14:02. > :14:05.in a 4-2 win on the night. Emre Can scored twice. Liverpool will be

:14:06. > :14:13.amongst the third seeds for the draw, that takes place in Monaco.

:14:14. > :14:17.It's not looking good for Rafa Benitez in Newcastle after another

:14:18. > :14:22.defeat? Not so good, I'm afraid. Two Premier League sides out of the AFL,

:14:23. > :14:27.including Newcastle. Let's have a look at some goals. Before the draw

:14:28. > :14:32.happened, West Ham made it through to the second round. Charlton had a

:14:33. > :14:36.bright start, Diafra Sakho put a stop to that, giving the hammers the

:14:37. > :14:42.control they needed before half-time. The match finished 2-0.

:14:43. > :14:47.Newcastle United, the Premier League club knocked out by Championship

:14:48. > :14:52.side Nottingham Forest. Last year's finalists Southampton also lost 2-0

:14:53. > :14:57.to waltz. The chances are you lot was sleeping when the draw was made

:14:58. > :15:04.at about 4:15am as it took place in China.

:15:05. > :15:11.There are plenty of all Premier League ties.

:15:12. > :15:17.The full list can be found on the BBC Sport website. Finally, a blow

:15:18. > :15:23.for England women's Rugby World Cup final? Yes, fullback Danielle

:15:24. > :15:25.Waterman has been ruled out for the women's Rugby World Cup final

:15:26. > :15:30.against New Zealand. That is taking place on Saturday. She was taken off

:15:31. > :15:35.during Tuesday's semifinal win over France. We're told she is suffering

:15:36. > :15:37.from concussion. After failing a head injury assessment, she won't

:15:38. > :15:44.have time to make that final. England do say that they have a

:15:45. > :15:48.number of other strong options available, so all is not lost.

:15:49. > :15:51.It's been a tense wait for GCSE students, their parents

:15:52. > :15:54.But hopefully if someone in your house is getting

:15:55. > :15:56.their results this morning, it's good news.

:15:57. > :15:58.Throughout the programme this morning we'll be hearing

:15:59. > :15:59.from students and teachers around the UK.

:16:00. > :16:02.We'll bring you this year's headline pass rate just as soon

:16:03. > :16:06.We'll also look at some of the alternatives to A levels

:16:07. > :16:09.for students who want to take a more vocational path in sixth form.

:16:10. > :16:12.But much of the focus today is on the new grading system

:16:13. > :16:14.for maths and English GSCEs in England.

:16:15. > :16:24.It gives you more grades to strive for, makes you want to work harder.

:16:25. > :16:27.To get a higher grade you have to put a lot of work into it.

:16:28. > :16:34.It means you want to work harder because you don't know

:16:35. > :16:46.The new grades are going to be one to nine.

:16:47. > :16:49.What do you reckon is the top and what is the bottom?

:16:50. > :16:52.It couldn't be anything else, could it?

:16:53. > :17:04.When I went for my interview at Debenhams they were confused

:17:05. > :17:07.as to what the numerical grades meant so I had to spend time

:17:08. > :17:10.in my interview explaining to them exactly the impact

:17:11. > :17:12.that they would have and what they would all correlate to.

:17:13. > :17:16.I was speaking to my parents the other day and I was telling them

:17:17. > :17:19.in maths how I would at least get a seven and they were like, a seven,

:17:20. > :17:31.I was like, wait, you guys don't understand, that is an A or A*.

:17:32. > :17:33.Mums and dads get there because their children are talking

:17:34. > :17:36.I think the biggest challenge will be employers.

:17:37. > :17:39.What I don't want to happen is for somebody who has got a C

:17:40. > :17:44.grade last year versus somebody who has got a four or a five this

:17:45. > :17:47.year, I wouldn't want that four or five CV to be discarded just

:17:48. > :17:50.because the person who is looking at it did not understand

:17:51. > :18:01.Let's speak to now to Dominic Isles, who is a GCSE English teacher.

:18:02. > :18:03.Dallan Campbell, who marked some of this year's English GCSE papers.

:18:04. > :18:06.Jacques Szemalikowski, who is the headteacher

:18:07. > :18:07.for Hampstead School in North London.

:18:08. > :18:14.And we also have some students from City Learning Trust in Stoke

:18:15. > :18:22.Sallanon Trent, who got their GCSE results this morning.

:18:23. > :18:34.Thank you, all. Welcome to you all. You have got your results. Zoe, you

:18:35. > :18:38.are happy to open your results live on air for us, is that right? Yes.

:18:39. > :19:02.Go ahead. Good luck! I'm happy. Tell us what

:19:03. > :19:08.you got. I got a seven in maths, English language, five, English

:19:09. > :19:18.literature, eight. Fabulous. Well done. What about the rest? The rest,

:19:19. > :19:27.I got A, apart from history, and I got A* for that. The numbered

:19:28. > :19:34.system, that is the change. The others, tell us how you've done. I

:19:35. > :19:38.got seven in maths, seven in English language, and a six in English

:19:39. > :19:51.literature. And the rest of -- and the result rest of them for you? Is

:19:52. > :19:57.as. I got seven in maths, eight in English language, eight English

:19:58. > :20:04.literature. I got As in sciences, A in photography, history and music

:20:05. > :20:12.capital B. You have all done brilliantly. Pretty Queen sleep --

:20:13. > :20:17.clean sweep of the top grades. Sevens and eights are obviously As.

:20:18. > :20:24.How have you felt about this new system? Sally, did you feel it was

:20:25. > :20:28.harder? It is obviously different from previous years. How did you

:20:29. > :20:35.feel about it? Because there were more exams, it felt like exam after

:20:36. > :20:39.exam, and it was really draining and tiring compared to previous years,

:20:40. > :20:44.where you had an exam and then a bit of a break. I think that was the

:20:45. > :20:53.most difficult, having that stamina to carry on keeping high

:20:54. > :20:59.performances in your exams. Zach, how did you find the experience? I

:21:00. > :21:04.found it quite hard, because this time we were thrown in at the deep

:21:05. > :21:07.end. The exams we did amounted to the final grade, so it was much

:21:08. > :21:15.harder than it would have been in previous years. And what about you,

:21:16. > :21:19.Liv? It was hard to learn the syllabus because a lot of it was new

:21:20. > :21:22.stuff we hadn't learned in previous years, so stuff we had already

:21:23. > :21:27.learned was not really relevant to the new system. It was hard to get

:21:28. > :21:33.your head around certain aspects and the exam was more pressure. Did you

:21:34. > :21:44.feel like guinea pigs? Yes, to some extent. Let's bring in the teachers.

:21:45. > :21:48.Dallan, what do you think? You have marked some of the papers. To be

:21:49. > :21:57.honest, I feel really bad for our students this year. I think guinea

:21:58. > :22:01.pigs is probably Bill of Rights -- probably the right word. Many of

:22:02. > :22:07.them were not prepared well for the new system. Who's fault is that? It

:22:08. > :22:10.can only be put down to the people up above, responsible in the

:22:11. > :22:17.education Department. When you say not fully prepared - give examples.

:22:18. > :22:21.The year 11s would only have been prepared for this new system over

:22:22. > :22:28.the past two years. As teachers, we've only been preparing ourselves

:22:29. > :22:35.in those last two years, so we have been trying to be one step ahead,

:22:36. > :22:38.trying to go to as many training sessions as possible with the exam

:22:39. > :22:44.board, trying to stay ahead and stay on top of things. But because the

:22:45. > :22:47.students at Key stage three were prepared for a different set of

:22:48. > :22:56.exams, they have been finding it more difficult. Dominic, how do you

:22:57. > :22:59.see, as a teacher? I agree. Eventually, this system will become

:23:00. > :23:04.normal and it will be OK for the pupils as long as it doesn't change

:23:05. > :23:07.again. However, this cohort have had it quite hard this year, and I think

:23:08. > :23:12.they have been treated as guinea pigs. They have come up with a

:23:13. > :23:14.mixture of numbers and letters from the old system, which don't

:23:15. > :23:20.particularly link with each other. Sixth form colleges are a bit

:23:21. > :23:26.confused about what level capital C is, whether it is a four Moret five.

:23:27. > :23:31.As you saw in the video, employers might favour applicants with the old

:23:32. > :23:37.GCSE grades as opposed to this new, more confusing system. The students

:23:38. > :23:42.we spoke to this morning, they got the As, and it sounds they have done

:23:43. > :23:48.as well as they would have last year. Which is fantastic. This

:23:49. > :23:52.system is good for the high achieving pupils. My concern is for

:23:53. > :23:59.a child who gets level three level two, and I think because the new for

:24:00. > :24:07.English has been so much more rigorous, I don't think some

:24:08. > :24:10.children have gained much from it. Jack, you're a headteacher - do you

:24:11. > :24:18.feel that pupils have been disadvantaged this year? The

:24:19. > :24:29.challenge this year was the mixture of the old-style GCSE and the new

:24:30. > :24:33.one. A good way of preparing his through past papers, and there have

:24:34. > :24:38.been none. Sarita interrupted you, Jack, but we are struggling to hear

:24:39. > :24:41.you. I think we might lose you for a moment and try to get a new

:24:42. > :24:48.connection, and hopefully we will get a better line and talk to you

:24:49. > :24:51.again. Back to the students, in the end, do you feel you have done as

:24:52. > :24:55.well in English and maths as you would have done last year? Do you

:24:56. > :25:01.feel like these grades reflect what would have happened had you at the

:25:02. > :25:06.exams last year? Yes. But they took a lot more work than other years

:25:07. > :25:09.might have done. We are staying behind constantly to try and catch

:25:10. > :25:18.up on work and make sure we understood the new system. Liv, you

:25:19. > :25:24.got sevens in the papers you were telling us about. That would have

:25:25. > :25:38.been a straight A last year. Would you prefer to have an A or the

:25:39. > :25:43.numbers, which allow people to see where you fall within the band? It

:25:44. > :25:48.is understood a lot more by people. If you tell people you had an A,

:25:49. > :25:52.they would understand. Now, if you tell someone you have got seven, you

:25:53. > :25:57.have to explain it to them before they understand. Zach and Zoe, how

:25:58. > :26:03.do you feel about that? I agree. It is easier to say that you've got an

:26:04. > :26:16.A rather than explaining what a seven is. Why can't you say A

:26:17. > :26:19.instead of seven? Dallan, do you think this is a system that will be

:26:20. > :26:24.beneficial to kids in the end? The idea is to be able to differentiate

:26:25. > :26:29.people who have done particularly well at the top. Dominic might agree

:26:30. > :26:34.on this, it's not really a system set up for a lot of the children

:26:35. > :26:43.from the poorer areas in the country. It is a very difficult and

:26:44. > :26:48.rigorous system with an incredibly dynamic testing system. For example,

:26:49. > :26:54.at the minute, they have to do four English exams in a short period of

:26:55. > :26:58.time, and it is quite intensive. Not being able to control any of that

:26:59. > :27:03.with any coursework I feel is just unrealistic. It might be OK in

:27:04. > :27:07.certain parts of the country where students are better prepared than

:27:08. > :27:11.literacy levels are higher, but some areas will find this exam system

:27:12. > :27:15.very difficult, and I really don't think in the long-run... What will

:27:16. > :27:22.you be looking for in the breakdown when it through? We will be looking

:27:23. > :27:26.at seeing who fell short of the mark. We will have a much better

:27:27. > :27:31.idea when we see the boundaries. That has been a big issue - we had

:27:32. > :27:35.no information about the grade boundaries. We have been feeling our

:27:36. > :27:39.way in the dark. We may have said to the students, you may be a five or

:27:40. > :27:44.six, but we don't know. We haven't been given that information. We will

:27:45. > :27:48.look at that and we will look at what the exam boards want and how we

:27:49. > :27:56.can achieve that ourselves. We have Jack back. Can you hear me now? I

:27:57. > :28:00.think so. I hope so. What has it been like for the students this

:28:01. > :28:05.year? And can you compare the results kids are getting this year

:28:06. > :28:17.with what happened last year? I'll answer your second question first -

:28:18. > :28:25.absolutely not. We have no coursework and no modules, so some

:28:26. > :28:33.students who are perhaps not so good at examinations will have found this

:28:34. > :28:40.difficult, so it is incomparable with previous years. Until we get a

:28:41. > :28:45.period of stability,... INAUDIBLE

:28:46. > :28:49.The line is not a huge lot better, I'm afraid. I think we got the gist

:28:50. > :28:53.of what you were saying. Dominic, do you think you can compare what

:28:54. > :29:05.happened last year with this year? In the end, these kids will be

:29:06. > :29:10.putting in CVs for job applications alongside the people who got their

:29:11. > :29:12.GCSE results last year in the year before, so employers would

:29:13. > :29:16.necessarily make the distinction. And I don't think it's fair that

:29:17. > :29:21.students should have to explain to employers what the new system means.

:29:22. > :29:25.It is not their job to do that. It has been incredibly hard because it

:29:26. > :29:32.has all been closed book exams. Students have had to learn hundreds

:29:33. > :29:37.of quotations, including old English from Shakespeare. Is it a good

:29:38. > :29:42.discipline? It is going back to the old-fashioned ways. For high ability

:29:43. > :29:46.pupils, it is good discipline. You have to remember, there have always

:29:47. > :29:50.been learners who struggled with English. This new system will not

:29:51. > :29:58.help them at all. We encourage our pupils to grow up in a diverse

:29:59. > :30:02.society, and yet what we have in English is a curriculum which is

:30:03. > :30:08.narrow and rigid and only covers text from British writers, who tend

:30:09. > :30:19.to be quite, deceased establishment types. -- who tend to be white,

:30:20. > :30:23.deceased establishment types. Silly, Zach and Liv, we will let you get

:30:24. > :30:26.back to celebrating. Well done. Let's go to our educations

:30:27. > :30:29.corresponding, Gillian Hargreaves, who is in Sheffield and can give us

:30:30. > :30:38.the breakdown. The students are just about to come

:30:39. > :30:42.through the doors, so it may get quite noisy. The National overall

:30:43. > :30:49.picture shows that the pass rate has fallen slightly to 0.6%. The pass

:30:50. > :30:57.rate in English and maths in England has a numerical value now. Instead

:30:58. > :31:01.of a grade C, candidates are given a grade four, which is officially the

:31:02. > :31:07.pass rate for GCSEs in England in those subjects. The number of top

:31:08. > :31:12.grades, the new grade seven for English and maths, is down.

:31:13. > :31:19.Throughout the UK, the number of top grades, a and above, has fallen by

:31:20. > :31:23.0.5%. Although they sound very small figures, giving year on year there

:31:24. > :31:27.has been a lot of stability, and in previous years there has been quite

:31:28. > :31:30.a lot of growth in those top grades, it shows that this year students

:31:31. > :31:35.have found some of the papers a little more difficult. In England

:31:36. > :31:40.and Wales, English, maths and Welsh have been beefed up. New academic

:31:41. > :31:43.qualifications, and some teachers and students have argued that this

:31:44. > :31:48.year are the guinea pigs year, if you like, the first year to try them

:31:49. > :31:54.out. There may be some volatility, some turbulence in some candidates'

:31:55. > :31:58.results. So, what will be read into these results, Gillian? Well, when

:31:59. > :32:02.it comes to the top grades in English and maths, intriguingly,

:32:03. > :32:10.boys are doing better. More boys have got the very top grade, nine,

:32:11. > :32:13.for maths and -- in England. When it comes to English, girls have scored

:32:14. > :32:18.two thirds of the top grade nine. We have been told that in England, with

:32:19. > :32:25.these new specifications for English and maths, only about 2000

:32:26. > :32:29.candidates have got the top grade nine in all three subjects. That's

:32:30. > :32:32.mathematics, English literature and English language. You can see this

:32:33. > :32:36.new top grade nine is very thin on the ground. Very few candidates are

:32:37. > :32:40.going to get the top grade in all three subjects. Of course, that

:32:41. > :32:44.plays into the theme of trying to stop what sometimes Government

:32:45. > :32:49.ministers have called the race to the bottom, that it's been easy to

:32:50. > :32:53.get that top grade. It looks like it's much harder now. Certainly when

:32:54. > :32:57.it comes to all three subjects, very few candidates have achieved that.

:32:58. > :33:01.Gillian, thank you very much. We will be talking much more about the

:33:02. > :33:04.GCSE results throughout the show and we would love to hear your thoughts

:33:05. > :33:14.on the results. Hashtag Victoria Mize. Also, coming up... Her father

:33:15. > :33:18.is British -- father is French and her mother is British. She has not

:33:19. > :33:20.been granted permanent residency because of health insurance. We will

:33:21. > :33:21.find out more, shortly. How one woman's dream of composing

:33:22. > :33:26.and playing music again after a devastating brain injury 29

:33:27. > :33:38.years ago were made possible. Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

:33:39. > :33:50.with a summary of today's news. Thanks Joanne, good morning again.

:33:51. > :33:55.The portion of teenagers receiving top grades at GCSE has fallen to its

:33:56. > :33:59.lowest level since 2007. More than 500,000 teenagers in England, Wales

:34:00. > :34:03.and Northern Ireland are receiving their GCSE results today. The

:34:04. > :34:10.proportion of those receiving grade a or above, or seven or above in

:34:11. > :34:14.England, has fallen to 20%. Down half a percentage point on last

:34:15. > :34:17.year. There are major changes for students in England coming into

:34:18. > :34:25.place, with a new numerical grading system and tough exams. A second man

:34:26. > :34:30.has been arrested in connection with the cancellation of a rock concert

:34:31. > :34:34.in Rotterdam last night following a terrorism related tip-off from the

:34:35. > :34:36.Spanish authorities. A van containing gas canisters was

:34:37. > :34:41.discovered near the venue several hours later. The driver of the

:34:42. > :34:44.Spanish registered van was detained. Authorities in Egypt say they have

:34:45. > :34:50.broken up a ring of criminals involved in the trafficking of human

:34:51. > :34:53.organs. Police have shut down a medical centre in Cairo that

:34:54. > :34:57.specialised in kidney transplants, and arrested doctors and members of

:34:58. > :35:01.staff. They are suspected of removing the kidneys of poor people,

:35:02. > :35:05.including some refugees, for the use of wealthy foreign patients.

:35:06. > :35:08.More than six million adults in England spend less than ten

:35:09. > :35:10.minutes each month walking at a brisk pace -

:35:11. > :35:13.putting their health at risk, according to a new report.

:35:14. > :35:15.Public Health England is launching a new campaign to encourage ten

:35:16. > :35:18.minutes of brisk walking a day, particularly among the middle-aged,

:35:19. > :35:19.which it's claimed can help prevent cancer,

:35:20. > :35:21.heart disease and poor mental health.

:35:22. > :35:23.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:35:24. > :35:40.Thank you, Joanne. Conor McGregor says he wants a career in both

:35:41. > :35:45.boxing and martial arts after this fight. It was their final press

:35:46. > :35:48.conference before the record-breaking fight in Las Vegas.

:35:49. > :35:52.Liverpool are through to the Champions League group stages.

:35:53. > :35:57.Jurgen Klopp's side beat Hoffenheim 4-2 at Anfield to win their play-off

:35:58. > :36:02.match 6-3 overall. There will be six British sides in the draw, made

:36:03. > :36:05.later today. West Ham beat Cheltenham 2-0 last night to reach

:36:06. > :36:11.the second round of the EFL Cup. The draw was made for the second round

:36:12. > :36:15.this morning in China. All of the results or on the BBC Sport website.

:36:16. > :36:21.England will be without Danielle Waterman for Saturday's women's

:36:22. > :36:24.Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand in Belfast. The full-back is

:36:25. > :36:25.suffering from concussion. I'll have more

:36:26. > :36:30.in the next half-hour. Banks, Leah. Some breaking news on migration to

:36:31. > :36:32.the United Kingdom. The latest migration figures have

:36:33. > :36:41.just been published. The official estimates show that net

:36:42. > :36:47.long-term international migration to the UK was 246,000 in the year

:36:48. > :36:56.ending March 20 17. That is the lowest level for three years. The

:36:57. > :37:02.number was down 81,000 to 246,000 over the past year, which is the

:37:03. > :37:06.lowest level for three years. And the Office for National Statistics

:37:07. > :37:11.are saying that that fall in EU net migration to Britain was driven by

:37:12. > :37:14.an increase in emigration for EU citizens. So, EU citizens leaving

:37:15. > :37:18.this country. We are going to be talking a bit more about that

:37:19. > :37:21.shortly. Do let us know your thoughts on that.

:37:22. > :37:24.A teenager who's lived in the UK most of her life with her British

:37:25. > :37:27.mother says her life has been turned upside down by Brexit.

:37:28. > :37:29.Estelle Dragan, who has a French father, has lived

:37:30. > :37:33.After Brexit, she applied to become a permanent resident in the UK,

:37:34. > :37:37.Her story will be familiar to many EU nationals

:37:38. > :37:39.who are worried about their status, despite assurances by

:37:40. > :37:41.the British Government that most will be allowed to stay.

:37:42. > :37:58.This is me and my sister at primary school. That was my first day at

:37:59. > :38:06.high school. You look very grown-up. My high school Prom. I kind of felt

:38:07. > :38:10.safe in a way because I thought I would be able to become a citizen.

:38:11. > :38:17.We always said, you know, whatever the Brexit results are, you know, we

:38:18. > :38:22.will still be able to get me citizenship. But obviously that

:38:23. > :38:26.didn't work out. This is home for Estelle. The 19-year-old student was

:38:27. > :38:30.born in France to a French father, but when her parents divorced, she

:38:31. > :38:35.left for the UK with her younger sister and British mother. For the

:38:36. > :38:38.past 13 years, she's lived here is an EU National. But when Brexit was

:38:39. > :38:42.announced, she felt she needed to begin the process to become a

:38:43. > :38:48.British citizen. The first step was to become a permanent resident. But

:38:49. > :38:54.her application was rejected. This is the refusal letter. It says that

:38:55. > :38:58.my application has been rejected. It actually says on the notice, it also

:38:59. > :39:01.explains whether and when you are required to leave the United

:39:02. > :39:05.Kingdom, which obviously was really scary to read. Here are the reasons

:39:06. > :39:10.for my refusal. You have not provided evidence of preferences

:39:11. > :39:17.insurance cover whilst studying in the UK is required by the

:39:18. > :39:21.immigration... I think are -- I cried, rising to remember. Students

:39:22. > :39:26.who want to become permanent residents have to have comprehensive

:39:27. > :39:30.sickness insurance, a form of Private medical cover. But because

:39:31. > :39:34.of the NHS, many never thought they needed it. Had Estelle Bean and 18,

:39:35. > :39:40.things would have been different. It's horrible, because I feel

:39:41. > :39:45.responsible. Had I gone for British citizenship for her before she

:39:46. > :39:49.turned 18, she would have had it. But at the time, Brexit wasn't on

:39:50. > :39:55.the cards. There was no need for it, because she had the same rights as

:39:56. > :39:59.anybody else living here. I feel, like, in a way, my life has been put

:40:00. > :40:02.on hold. Because I don't know what is going to happen. I don't think

:40:03. > :40:07.anybody does, really, know what is going to happen. While this isn't a

:40:08. > :40:10.new law, Brexit has sharpened the focused on what has become

:40:11. > :40:13.significant role for some EU nationals. Justin Howard is an

:40:14. > :40:18.immigration lawyer who has dealt with numerous cases involving CSI.

:40:19. > :40:24.What's your reaction to the current situation around permanent residents

:40:25. > :40:28.and CSI? I keep hearing, I didn't ever expect to consult a lawyer.

:40:29. > :40:35.What's comprehensive sickness insurance? I just didn't know that I

:40:36. > :40:41.was supposed to have private medical insurance to study. And my response

:40:42. > :40:44.is always to the last comment is, nobody knew. What has made things

:40:45. > :40:49.more upsetting for Estelle is that her younger sister, Clara, was able

:40:50. > :40:53.to become a British citizens. That's because she is under 18, so a

:40:54. > :40:59.different set of requirements apply. How did you feel when your passport

:41:00. > :41:03.came through? I felt quite guilty in a way. Because I'd got it all quite

:41:04. > :41:08.easily. Whereas I know my sister is going through quite a hard time to

:41:09. > :41:15.try and get her citizenship. Obviously I was happy for my sister,

:41:16. > :41:17.but it was upsetting at first. Obviously, you we're sisters, we've

:41:18. > :41:21.grown up together and we do everything together and we now have

:41:22. > :41:25.different nationalities. It feels very strange, actually, and very

:41:26. > :41:28.unfair, it kind of intensifies how ridiculous this whole thing is. We

:41:29. > :41:32.approached the Home Office for a response but they told us they would

:41:33. > :41:35.not comment on an individual case. They told us that people like as

:41:36. > :41:40.Dell do not need British citizenship to stay in the UK. -- people like

:41:41. > :41:50.Estelle. In a statement, they told us...

:41:51. > :41:55.And it is this new proposal of a settled status which would give EU

:41:56. > :41:59.national Right to stay here in definitely. If it is approved,

:42:00. > :42:04.people could stay without needing private medical insurance. Weigl

:42:05. > :42:11.well, I think it's not the law yet, it's a suggestion. There isn't a lot

:42:12. > :42:16.of guidance on what this new settled status proposal is, what the

:42:17. > :42:20.requirements are for it. I think it's hard to say to my clients, oh,

:42:21. > :42:24.don't do anything. At the moment there will be this new settled

:42:25. > :42:28.status. At the moment I don't know enough about it. The proposal is to

:42:29. > :42:32.narrow. It is the starting point, the reassurance I need just feel

:42:33. > :42:36.kind of welcome in this country, at least. But to be honest, it's not

:42:37. > :42:42.really enough terms of fairness. Because, you know, I should be able

:42:43. > :42:45.to become a citizen, you know, because I'm part British.

:42:46. > :42:48.Let's speak now to Emma Brooksbank, who is an immigration

:42:49. > :42:52.Nicolas Hatton, who is Co-chair of The3millon, a campaign group that

:42:53. > :42:55.works to defends the rights of EU citizens, who joins us from Bristol.

:42:56. > :42:57.And here with us in the studio we have Andrew Rosindell,

:42:58. > :43:10.Welcome, all of you. How do you see this, Andrew? The sisters see it is

:43:11. > :43:15.ridiculous and unfair. Being a British citizen is not a right. You

:43:16. > :43:20.have to earn that right. Whoever you are and whatever direction you come

:43:21. > :43:23.from. So everyone goes through a process if they want to apply to be

:43:24. > :43:27.a British citizen. There are anomalies with the system, of

:43:28. > :43:32.course. If in this particular case is still feels aggrieved, of course

:43:33. > :43:36.she can appeal and reapply. The fact of the matter is, nobody is going to

:43:37. > :43:41.ask her to leave the United Kingdom. She is a French citizen. That means

:43:42. > :43:46.that as an use it as an she will have the right to stay in the UK. My

:43:47. > :43:50.advice to her is to appeal or to reapply. I'm certain that there will

:43:51. > :43:54.be a solution to her individual issue. You say that nobody has a

:43:55. > :43:58.right, you have to earn that right. But how do you think they feel, as

:43:59. > :44:02.sisters, where one has been told, you don't have the right, and the

:44:03. > :44:06.other is told, you do? Well, we are all individuals and there are

:44:07. > :44:10.different statuses. The other sister is and 18, so there is a different

:44:11. > :44:17.role. One of that age compared to somebody who is over 18. These

:44:18. > :44:19.things can all be resolved. It is not a political issue, it's not

:44:20. > :44:21.about Brexit. It's about actually going through the process and

:44:22. > :44:26.attaining the status that you require. It is all coming to light

:44:27. > :44:29.they because of Brexit, people are feeling vulnerable and wanting to

:44:30. > :44:34.get their status assured. And that is why they went down the path that

:44:35. > :44:37.they went down. The Government says that there will be a new settled

:44:38. > :44:42.status that will give EU nationals the right to stay in the UK

:44:43. > :44:46.indefinitely. But clearly people aren't reassured, which is why they

:44:47. > :44:51.are going down the path of trying to get security. Can you understand

:44:52. > :44:54.that? Well, I do understand it, but I also understand the importance of

:44:55. > :44:59.Britain controlling the numbers of people coming into our country. And

:45:00. > :45:04.other countries similar systems. The EU obviously has been a different

:45:05. > :45:08.situation because we have had free movement. That is going to end in

:45:09. > :45:12.2019. The Government is quite tense of liberty in a new mechanism which

:45:13. > :45:16.means that every single EU citizens that is legally here at the moment

:45:17. > :45:21.can actually say. Nobody is going to be asked to leave provided they are

:45:22. > :45:24.here legally and law-abiding and provided that they have gone through

:45:25. > :45:28.the process of applying for settled status. So I don't think that

:45:29. > :45:36.anybody needs to worry. After we leave the EU, new people that want

:45:37. > :45:39.to come in, of course there is going to be a new situation with that. And

:45:40. > :45:41.therefore I think those who are currently here, so long as they are

:45:42. > :45:44.here legally, of course, have nothing to fear and they will be

:45:45. > :45:45.welcome to stay. Nicholas, are you reassured by what you hear from

:45:46. > :45:57.Andrew? I think that is Del's case shows

:45:58. > :46:07.that there are Monty Python type rules when it comes to EU citizens.

:46:08. > :46:11.Too many of us have been receiving letters asking us to leave in error,

:46:12. > :46:18.and the rules are too complicated. The rules are changing. A lot of us,

:46:19. > :46:22.when we came to this country, if we required CSI, we were not told at

:46:23. > :46:28.the time that we needed it, and then we get caught in the system.

:46:29. > :46:36.Ultimately, the letters you referred to were described by Theresa May as

:46:37. > :46:40.unfortunate, sent out in error, so those who were told they have to

:46:41. > :46:45.leave are not in that position. The overall position of the Home Office

:46:46. > :46:48.and the Government is that there will be a settled status that means

:46:49. > :46:54.that EU nationals living here do have the right to stay indefinitely.

:46:55. > :47:01.Can you close your ears to the noise and just sort of sit comfortably and

:47:02. > :47:08.trust that everything will be all right in the end? We need to work on

:47:09. > :47:12.a solution that will work for the 3 million EU citizens that came here

:47:13. > :47:18.in good faith, made the UK their home and want to stay. At the

:47:19. > :47:24.moment, I think we are not really there. There is a negotiation, the

:47:25. > :47:31.Brexit negotiation, and the settled status is just a proposal, not our

:47:32. > :47:34.policy, and we're working quite closely as an organisation to

:47:35. > :47:38.propose solutions that will work for everybody. We want something parent

:47:39. > :47:42.practical, and I think Andrew will agree that it has to be fairer and

:47:43. > :47:47.practical for the people living here. Andrew, respond to that. It is

:47:48. > :47:55.a good point, isn't it? The settled status is a aspiration, a proposal,

:47:56. > :47:59.which is why people are trying to settle the state is now before

:48:00. > :48:04.everything gets nailed down. The negotiations are taking place now.

:48:05. > :48:08.What is bad is that the EU have ignored the British offer. Theresa

:48:09. > :48:14.May made an offer a year ago that all EU citizens living in the UK

:48:15. > :48:17.would be welcome, provided it is reciprocal. Unfortunately, the EU

:48:18. > :48:25.have not come back and agree to that. They are playing politics. If

:48:26. > :48:29.the UK is prepared to offer, why not give people the assurance? It has to

:48:30. > :48:34.be reciprocal. We have large numbers of citizens living in EU countries

:48:35. > :48:39.and we can't abandon them. If the EU keeps playing politics with people's

:48:40. > :48:43.lives like this, we have to put the interests of British citizens first.

:48:44. > :48:48.We want EU citizens who are here legally to stay here, and they are

:48:49. > :48:52.welcome. There are 3.2 million EU citizens here, all of whom are

:48:53. > :49:04.welcome to stay. We will give them settled status. The matter will be

:49:05. > :49:06.resolved, and people should not fear. They should be telling

:49:07. > :49:08.Brussels to stop playing politics with people's lives and agree to a

:49:09. > :49:11.reciprocal arrangement. What is the best advice to give people now? The

:49:12. > :49:18.message from the Government seems to be, sit tight, you don't need to

:49:19. > :49:25.scramble now to sort yourself out. Andrew is perhaps overstating the

:49:26. > :49:29.case in terms of the security that EU nationals can feel in response to

:49:30. > :49:36.this announcement. As Nicola says, it is simply a proposal. It is

:49:37. > :49:40.contingent upon a reciprocal arrangement being put in place for

:49:41. > :49:44.British nationals overseas. It is not at all certain, and we can't

:49:45. > :49:51.have any guarantees at this stage that this will be put into policy.

:49:52. > :49:54.We are advising our clients that they may want to apply for permanent

:49:55. > :49:59.residence now because we don't know what the future will hold. At the

:50:00. > :50:03.same time, by applying for permanent residence now, you may have to go

:50:04. > :50:07.through an own risk of a difficult application process now and again in

:50:08. > :50:11.the future in order to be able to secure settled status. For some

:50:12. > :50:17.clients, it will be right for them to sit tight and see how it pans out

:50:18. > :50:22.and what happens in the future. How many people are coming through to

:50:23. > :50:31.you on this? We have had a huge surge in enquiries, 70% of those

:50:32. > :50:36.coming from EU nationals relating to permanent residence. A significant

:50:37. > :50:39.number of those have issues with comprehensive sickness insurance.

:50:40. > :50:49.Andrew, the office for National statistics figures are just out on

:50:50. > :50:55.net migration, down dramatically, and the ONS says that that big fall

:50:56. > :50:58.is driven by an increase in emigration for EU citizens. It

:50:59. > :51:03.sounds like they are leaving because they don't feel welcome. I don't

:51:04. > :51:07.think so. I think it is good news. I think the British people have wanted

:51:08. > :51:12.to see a reduction in immigration. It has been Government policy for a

:51:13. > :51:15.long time. We have the highest number of people in employment at

:51:16. > :51:20.the same time, so that may indicate that actually some people are

:51:21. > :51:25.leaving the UK but it's not necessarily affecting the job

:51:26. > :51:30.market, in that sense. I think most people in this country will be

:51:31. > :51:34.pleased that at last we are seeing a reduction in the numbers of people

:51:35. > :51:37.coming into this country. We do have to limit the immigration numbers,

:51:38. > :51:41.and I think the British people have said that in the referendum, in

:51:42. > :51:46.general elections, and if this is now happening, I think it will be

:51:47. > :51:55.welcomed by most people across the country. Thank you very much. We

:51:56. > :52:01.will talk more about those figures. Thank you for joining us. Let us

:52:02. > :52:04.know your thoughts. A brain-damaged violinist has

:52:05. > :52:08.performed in concert with her best friend 29 years after a devastating

:52:09. > :52:13.accident left her unable to play. Rosemary Johnson was wired up to a

:52:14. > :52:16.computer using specialist software, allowing her to compose and play

:52:17. > :52:21.music again. This month, for the first time, she was able to perform

:52:22. > :52:25.with her friend from her days with the Welsh National Opera Orchestra.

:52:26. > :52:32.We will talk to Allison in a moment, but first, let's see the project in

:52:33. > :52:36.action. I had this thought - imagine if it

:52:37. > :52:42.would be possible to read information from the brain to

:52:43. > :52:54.compose music. MUSIC PLAYS

:52:55. > :52:59.'S is that somebody can no longer move their body or play an

:53:00. > :53:08.instrument. Imagine if you could design something to reconnect this

:53:09. > :53:15.person with music. When I met Rosie, there was something that clicked. I

:53:16. > :53:28.knew that she was a musician. I knew that she would understand. The

:53:29. > :53:33.system is reading Rosie's brainwaves. She makes a selection,

:53:34. > :53:56.and the violin player plays those phrases. That moment was magical.

:53:57. > :54:04.The idea of playing with Rosie again after so many years was something I

:54:05. > :54:17.had never imagined would be possible.

:54:18. > :54:46.Well, I am very pleased to say we can now speak to the violinist,

:54:47. > :54:51.Alison Balfour, who performed at that concert. It is incredibly

:54:52. > :54:57.moving and beautifully put together - how did you feel doing that? Well,

:54:58. > :55:02.it was a privilege. I felt honoured to be playing with rosy after all

:55:03. > :55:11.this time. It was extraordinary to see her reaction, to see what was

:55:12. > :55:17.possible, not just for rosy but for possibly many other people. Tell us

:55:18. > :55:22.more about her before the accident, and your friendship. We weren't best

:55:23. > :55:27.friends. She was a bit younger than me. But we were all together in the

:55:28. > :55:37.orchestra, and we were all violinists together. When she had

:55:38. > :55:44.this accident, we all felt utterly broken, and it took a long time to

:55:45. > :55:47.get over that. People will know, of course, that listening to music can

:55:48. > :55:56.be transformational for your feelings. How much do you think it

:55:57. > :55:59.has meant to her to do this? Well, I hope it has meant quite a lot to

:56:00. > :56:05.her. Her reaction when we were doing the recording was wonderful to see.

:56:06. > :56:12.She looked so happy. She was smiling, and she had a look of total

:56:13. > :56:19.exhilaration, I have to say. And what do you take away from it? The

:56:20. > :56:25.wonder of what can happen with technology. It is extraordinary. Are

:56:26. > :56:35.you hoping that you will be able to do more with her, going forward? I

:56:36. > :56:39.would like to. Who knows? Just sort of being there, in it, describe,

:56:40. > :56:47.because we are seeing pictures of the reconstruction, somebody who

:56:48. > :56:50.looks like her before the accident cut with you and her now. It is an

:56:51. > :57:00.extraordinary thing that technology can do this, as you say. When you

:57:01. > :57:03.were in the moment, realising that it was her brainwaves driving what

:57:04. > :57:14.was happening, what was going through your head? I was just hoping

:57:15. > :57:18.to reproduce for she was selecting off her screen in terms of musical

:57:19. > :57:27.excerpts for me to perform as they came onto my screen. So, it was a

:57:28. > :57:31.collaboration. It was very exciting. We appreciate your joining us. Thank

:57:32. > :57:35.you very much indeed, Alison, for talking to us. It is a beautiful

:57:36. > :57:42.thing you have done there. Let's catch up with the weather.

:57:43. > :57:51.We have seen some beautiful sunrises across the UK today. This one was

:57:52. > :57:56.sent in. There has been a fair amount of cloud, much of it high,

:57:57. > :58:03.Fairweather cloud, except in the North of Scotland, where thick cloud

:58:04. > :58:07.is producing rain. This morning, a fair bit of cloud here and there,

:58:08. > :58:11.producing one or to make showers. The showers are heaviest across

:58:12. > :58:17.Northern Ireland and western Scotland, so we will see a feud

:58:18. > :58:24.dotted around the country. -- we will see a few showers across the

:58:25. > :58:27.country. Showers across the Southern uplands, and slow-moving showers

:58:28. > :58:31.across the north-east of Scotland, one or two of them thundery. Showers

:58:32. > :58:37.in western Scotland and Northern Ireland. In between, there will be

:58:38. > :58:45.bright spells and sunny spells. Wales can't rule out a shower this

:58:46. > :58:56.afternoon. Sunny intervals across the South West, with one or two make

:58:57. > :58:59.showers. Driest and brightest in the south-east and East Anglia. We can't

:59:00. > :59:08.rule out a shower across the Midlands. It will be a chilly night

:59:09. > :59:14.with clear skies. Some mist and fog patches, nothing too dense. The

:59:15. > :59:19.showers will be with us first thing in the morning, but if anything,

:59:20. > :59:25.they will build up again, giving heavier showers. Some prolonged rain

:59:26. > :59:33.across Northern Ireland and western Scotland, drifting to the east.

:59:34. > :59:36.Cloud will start to build. A fine day with hazy sunshine, the top

:59:37. > :59:42.temperatures in the south-east, 25 Celsius. Cooler under this band of

:59:43. > :59:48.rain in the north-west. At the weekend, a North - South split. Low

:59:49. > :59:56.pressure in the North will produce showers. Across England and Wales,

:59:57. > :00:04.high pressure. In the North, showers moving from west to East. Further

:00:05. > :00:08.south, brighter skies, sunshine, hazy at times. An action replay on

:00:09. > :00:15.Sunday. Hello, it's Thursday,

:00:16. > :00:17.it's 10am, I'm Joanna Gosling, The proportion of GCSE

:00:18. > :00:26.students getting top grades Has dropped slightly following the

:00:27. > :00:35.introduction of tough exams. Students in English is that new

:00:36. > :00:39.exams in England and maths. We had no coursework, so we were thrown in

:00:40. > :00:45.at the deep end. It was much harder than what it would have been in

:00:46. > :00:49.previous years. We will speak to students and teachers and looking at

:00:50. > :00:52.the best options for how you have done. Four in ten middle-aged people

:00:53. > :00:57.in England don't do any exercise at all. The Government wants to change

:00:58. > :01:01.that. Health experts are telling us that everyone, particularly

:01:02. > :01:08.middle-aged people like me, need to do ten minutes of brisk walking

:01:09. > :01:11.every day for the good of our house. We will speak to the experts leading

:01:12. > :01:13.the campaign and three people it is aimed at.

:01:14. > :01:15.Europe's biggest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival, is taking

:01:16. > :01:19.The route goes close to Grenfell, and the organisers have arranged

:01:20. > :01:27.We'll find out what they are just before 11am.

:01:28. > :01:36.Let's go straight to Annita in the BBC newsroom for the latest summary.

:01:37. > :01:40.Thanks, Joanne. The latest immigration statistics show a

:01:41. > :01:45.massive decrease in EU migration to the UK since the Brexit folk. Net

:01:46. > :01:50.long-term international migration to the United Kingdom was 246,000 in

:01:51. > :01:54.the year ending March 20 17. It is the lowest level for three years,

:01:55. > :01:59.according to official estimates. There has been a small drop-off in

:02:00. > :02:05.English and maths grade following the introduction of new, tougher

:02:06. > :02:10.exams. 500,000 teenagers in England and Wales are receiving their GCSE

:02:11. > :02:14.results today. The proportion of those receiving grade a or above, or

:02:15. > :02:19.seven or above in England, has fallen 20%, down to 0.5% on last

:02:20. > :02:23.year. For the first time this year there are some major changes for

:02:24. > :02:26.students in England coming into place, with a new numerical grading

:02:27. > :02:31.system and tough exams. A second man has been arrested in connection with

:02:32. > :02:36.the cancellation of a rock concert in Rotterdam last night, following a

:02:37. > :02:39.terror related tip-off from the Spanish authorities. A van

:02:40. > :02:44.containing gas canisters was discovered near the venue several

:02:45. > :02:50.hours later. A man was arrested in connection with drunk driving, no

:02:51. > :02:54.relation to the terror threat. There is to be an investigation into the

:02:55. > :02:58.impact that international students have on the UK's economy. The

:02:59. > :03:01.Government commissioned study will examine the effects on the labour

:03:02. > :03:11.market and the education sector. Both universities and political

:03:12. > :03:16.parties received... More than half of the money went to the

:03:17. > :03:21.Conservative Party, which took over ?25 million from donors in the three

:03:22. > :03:24.months from April- June. Compared to ?9.5 million for Labour.

:03:25. > :03:26.The clear-up is continuing in Northern Ireland after nearly two

:03:27. > :03:29.thirds of the average August rainfall fell in under nine hours.

:03:30. > :03:31.More than 100 people had to be rescued after being trapped

:03:32. > :03:34.At one point, the fire service received an emergency

:03:35. > :03:38.The north west was worst affected, particularly Londonderry,

:03:39. > :03:46.as well as other parts of the county and Tyrone.

:03:47. > :03:49.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:03:50. > :04:05.It's the fight that keeps making headlines around the world. Conor

:04:06. > :04:09.McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, the undefeated champion, are in Las

:04:10. > :04:12.Vegas in the build-up to their clash this weekend. There was a press

:04:13. > :04:16.conference last night, the last one before the fight takes place in the

:04:17. > :04:21.early hours of Sunday morning. Some are calling it a pantomime, others

:04:22. > :04:24.love it. It is set to be one of the most lucrative boxing matches in the

:04:25. > :04:28.history of the sport, with both fighters set to earn millions of

:04:29. > :04:31.pounds, including a diamond encrusted belt. There wasn't the

:04:32. > :04:36.typical exchange of insults between the pair. It's about the best

:04:37. > :04:40.fighting the best. He's the best at what he do, I'm the best at what I

:04:41. > :04:48.do, but when it's all said and done, Conor McGregor is like myself. He's

:04:49. > :04:53.undefeated standing up. He can do a lot of this, I can do a lot of this,

:04:54. > :04:58.but it comes down to the skills and it comes down to us fighting and

:04:59. > :05:03.competing and giving you guys what you want to see. When you face the

:05:04. > :05:07.man you're about to fight, it's hard to keep everything in check at

:05:08. > :05:12.times, you make errors, you make mistakes, used pup in the time,

:05:13. > :05:17.there have been many ups many downs. It's nice to come. Cool, but the

:05:18. > :05:21.overall experience of it has been great for boxing, mixed martial arts

:05:22. > :05:25.and combat sport all over the world. We are two athletes coming and

:05:26. > :05:29.risking it all, we should be respected for that. Liverpool have

:05:30. > :05:33.made the group stages of the Champions League after beating

:05:34. > :05:37.German side Hoffenheim 4-0 at Anfield to win their qualifying

:05:38. > :05:44.play-offs 6-3 overall. There are six British sides in the qualifying

:05:45. > :05:49.which will take place later today. Jurgen Klopp is upbeat. It is so

:05:50. > :05:55.exciting to be part of it. For me personally, I don't know exactly,

:05:56. > :05:58.two or three years ago, or three years ago, I loved it always, and I

:05:59. > :06:04.still love it, the players loved it, the crowds love it. We have a few

:06:05. > :06:09.fantastic Anfield makes, European nights at Anfield. It's all good at

:06:10. > :06:12.the moment. Whilst most people were sleeping, the draw for the third

:06:13. > :06:16.round of the EFL Cup placing China. Leicester City will play Liverpool

:06:17. > :06:22.in the pick of that is. There are four all Premier League ties in

:06:23. > :06:24.total, with Crystal Palace hosting Huddersfield and bright in

:06:25. > :06:29.travelling to Bournemouth. Manchester United will host Burton,

:06:30. > :06:34.whilst Arsenal face League 1 side Doncaster. England full-back

:06:35. > :06:40.Danielle Waterman has been ruled out from the England World Cup final,

:06:41. > :06:45.against New Zealand in Belfast on Saturday. The 2014 World Cup winner

:06:46. > :06:49.left the field in England's first half final victory over France.

:06:50. > :06:55.Britain's Chris Froome has extended his lead at the Vuelta is by no. The

:06:56. > :07:02.fifth stage was one by the Kazakhstan athlete. Chris Froome is

:07:03. > :07:06.aiming to become the third man to win the Vuelta and the Tour de

:07:07. > :07:07.France in the same year. That's all from us.

:07:08. > :07:14.Thanks, see you later. The latest migration figures have just been

:07:15. > :07:16.published - they show a fall in net migration, partly driven by an

:07:17. > :07:18.increase in the numbers of EU citizens leaving the country. Let's

:07:19. > :07:25.get all the details from our Home Affairs correspondent Dominic

:07:26. > :07:31.Casciani. A really big drop in the figures, Dominic. Tell us more? Yes,

:07:32. > :07:34.Joanne, this is a statistical OMG in some respects. That brief bit of

:07:35. > :07:37.science. Net migration is the difference between the number of

:07:38. > :07:42.people coming in as immigrants and the number of people who leave,

:07:43. > :07:45.emigrate. That gives us effectively a net figure every year of how many

:07:46. > :07:49.people it adds to the population. It is way above the Goverment's

:07:50. > :07:55.self-imposed target. It has missed that six years in a row now. Net

:07:56. > :08:01.migration in the year to March, 246,000 people. That is down 81,000

:08:02. > :08:07.on last year, and two thirds of that fall, this is the key thing, two

:08:08. > :08:10.thirds of that for is down to Eastern and Central European

:08:11. > :08:13.citizens. What that basically means is fewer people from Eastern and

:08:14. > :08:20.Central Europe are coming into the UK, and more of them are leaving at

:08:21. > :08:24.the same time. We are nine months in in data terms from the referendum

:08:25. > :08:27.results. But that is starting to look like a bit of a trend in terms

:08:28. > :08:31.of people's responses to the referendum and looking at their

:08:32. > :08:35.long-term options. It is really, really interesting. Within that, the

:08:36. > :08:39.ONS says we have to be careful about whether or not this is definitely a

:08:40. > :08:44.trend. But the trend is definitely that net migration is currently

:08:45. > :08:48.going down. And a great deal of that is down to Eastern and Central

:08:49. > :08:52.European workers. Another piece of really, really interesting data has

:08:53. > :08:56.come out today, about what happens to international students. This has

:08:57. > :08:59.been a huge row going on, very politically tense, about what to do

:09:00. > :09:02.about international students over the next couple of years.

:09:03. > :09:05.Universities are desperate to get more of them into the UK, they say

:09:06. > :09:10.that they add to the brainpower of Britain, they are economically

:09:11. > :09:14.valuable, and the project soft power of Britain back out into the world.

:09:15. > :09:17.But people who want to control immigration say that they want to

:09:18. > :09:22.cut international students, that they are of Estelles who abuse the

:09:23. > :09:28.system. The data today says that these students don't abuse the

:09:29. > :09:32.system. The migration data counting those who actually leave the that 97

:09:33. > :09:37.the scent of students from outside of the EU leave at the end of the

:09:38. > :09:40.course either leave or transferred to a different reason. We're not

:09:41. > :09:45.sure what happens to them, some of them may have other reasons to stay.

:09:46. > :09:48.That is effectively good news for the universities, who say there is a

:09:49. > :09:54.strong case for encouraging more students to come to the UK. Really

:09:55. > :09:58.interesting statistics, thank you, Dominic. Let us know what you think

:09:59. > :10:01.about that big drop in net migration. I spoke to a Conservative

:10:02. > :10:05.MP earlier he says it is a good thing and people will welcome it. We

:10:06. > :10:09.are going to be speaking to people in industries who rely on EU workers

:10:10. > :10:14.and the impact on their businesses as a result of a decrease in the

:10:15. > :10:20.number coming here. Let us know what your view is. The usual ways of

:10:21. > :10:22.getting in touch. Hashtag Victoria Mize. Breaking news from

:10:23. > :10:27.Switzerland. Eight people are missing after a landslide that

:10:28. > :10:33.forced the evacuation of several small villages of South eastern

:10:34. > :10:38.Switzerland. It -- eight people at the time of the landslide have not

:10:39. > :10:42.been found. The local police said the missing include a German,

:10:43. > :10:48.Austrian, and Swiss citizens. We will keep you updated if we hear any

:10:49. > :10:51.more on that. GCSEs passes have dropped slightly across the range of

:10:52. > :10:53.subjects, with some bigger changes in new, tougher exams sat for the

:10:54. > :10:55.first time in England. Teenagers across England, Wales and Northern

:10:56. > :10:58.Ireland have been collecting their GCSE results this morning - and

:10:59. > :11:00.those in England have been the first to sit the new, more rigorous exams.

:11:01. > :11:03.Instead of the traditional A* to U grades, English and Maths students

:11:04. > :11:05.now have a numbered grading system. Overall in England, Wales and

:11:06. > :11:07.Northern Ireland, passes (grades C/4 and above) dropped 0.6 percentage

:11:08. > :11:09.points to 66.3%.In England, the English literature pass-rate fell

:11:10. > :11:11.2.5 percentage points to 72%, but in maths it rose from 61.5% to 68.9%.

:11:12. > :11:14.Both are the new, tougher exams. Let's speak now to our reporter Chi

:11:15. > :11:17.Chi Izundu who is at a school in Sheffield. We are here at the

:11:18. > :11:19.outward Academy city school in Sheffield. As you can see behind me,

:11:20. > :11:22.there is a lot of excitement with students opening their GCSEs. 181

:11:23. > :11:24.students sat the exam this year. The things you need to know about the

:11:25. > :11:29.reform changes is that the content, what the children actually have to

:11:30. > :11:33.study in the exam, has been beefed up and made harder. When it comes to

:11:34. > :11:42.the grading system, it is no longer a- G. It is now 1-9, with nine being

:11:43. > :11:44.the top grade. This year, the subject affected our maths, English

:11:45. > :11:47.literature and English language. Let's talk to one student who

:11:48. > :11:52.managed to get a grade nine in her GCSE. This is Morgan. Morgan,

:11:53. > :11:58.congratulations on your GCSEs. What Weigl results? I got an eight in

:11:59. > :12:01.maths, a grade nine in English language and nine in English

:12:02. > :12:05.literature. And how did you feel when you got your results? So

:12:06. > :12:10.relieved, I didn't expect the grace that I got, but I did work really

:12:11. > :12:15.hard all year so I'm proud of myself. Mum and dad, you initially

:12:16. > :12:21.didn't even want Morgan to come to this school? Not originally, because

:12:22. > :12:26.it had a bad reputation. But the grade or outstanding. I am so proud.

:12:27. > :12:36.You didn't expect Morgan to do as well as she did do today, did you?

:12:37. > :12:40.No, they have changed it all around. Morgan's results are outstanding,

:12:41. > :12:46.I'm so proud of her. Congratulations. What do you plan to

:12:47. > :12:50.do? I'm going to do A-levels in English literature, history and

:12:51. > :12:55.biology. Fantastic. Let's talk to Martin Oliver, the CEO of the

:12:56. > :12:59.Academy's Trust in this area. You have 17 secondary school that you

:13:00. > :13:02.look after. What is the overall picture for those was blog

:13:03. > :13:08.fantastic, I'm so proud of all of our students and staff across the

:13:09. > :13:12.whole Trust. It is a great celebration. When you look at the

:13:13. > :13:16.grade nine, we have got 63 students across our 70 academies have a grade

:13:17. > :13:24.nine in maths. 93 have a grade nine in English. 18 students have a grade

:13:25. > :13:28.nine in both England and maths -- English and maths. How hard was it

:13:29. > :13:33.to prepare the students for this change. The criticism has been that

:13:34. > :13:36.it has come in quick as block all change is difficult, but when you

:13:37. > :13:41.put effort into professional development and you are supporting

:13:42. > :13:44.staff in your schools, I have a great team in my schools and across

:13:45. > :13:48.the whole Trust, the professional element and the preparedness to work

:13:49. > :13:55.together, it makes us a stronger unit. That is one of the benefits of

:13:56. > :13:59.being a multiple Academy Trust. Liem is the last student we will talk to

:14:00. > :14:04.just now. Lee, you have just opened during some results, how did you do?

:14:05. > :14:13.I'm really happy with what I got. I got quite row a Styles, two as, one

:14:14. > :14:18.A. This is this year's results. Where you are selecting to get those

:14:19. > :14:24.results? No, not at all, especially science, I got two a Styles. What do

:14:25. > :14:26.you plan to do next? I plan to do a mighty apprenticeship doing

:14:27. > :14:31.programming and networks and things like that. Why did you want to go

:14:32. > :14:37.down that route? I think the experience is important. The college

:14:38. > :14:41.is going higher and higher, I can afford the debt at University and

:14:42. > :14:51.get work experience, that's what I'm thinking. Fantastic. How did you do,

:14:52. > :14:59.Sam? I did phenomenally, yes. Are you very happy? Over the moon. What

:15:00. > :15:03.you plan to do next? I found to do A-levels, physics, maths and

:15:04. > :15:07.computing. There is a lot of excitement here. We have quite a

:15:08. > :15:11.number of students that have managed to get the new grade nine in either

:15:12. > :15:15.maths, English literature or English-language. As we said,

:15:16. > :15:20.overall the grades are down this year. Thank you very much, Chi.

:15:21. > :15:21.There are going to be lots of kids out there thinking about what they

:15:22. > :15:42.will do next. We're joined by Matthew, who did not

:15:43. > :15:50.do very well in his GCSEs but now runs a gardening company.

:15:51. > :15:55.Annie, how many calls are you expecting to the helpline today? I

:15:56. > :16:00.couldn't tell you exactly how many. We have had thousands of calls since

:16:01. > :16:09.we opened on a results day. We are very busy now. And what is the sort

:16:10. > :16:17.of general flavour of calls that you might expect? We're having literally

:16:18. > :16:21.a whole range of calls this morning. People who have not done as well as

:16:22. > :16:27.they were hoping, but also students who have done much better than they

:16:28. > :16:31.were hoping and it opens up a whole range of options for them. Our job

:16:32. > :16:37.is to support them, whatever their questions. Let's talk about some of

:16:38. > :16:43.those options. I mentioned, Matthew, that you didn't do very well in your

:16:44. > :16:47.GCSEss, which is obviously subjective, but what happened when

:16:48. > :16:53.your results came through? It was a strange experience. It is the first

:16:54. > :16:57.time you get something which is could define your life. I got them,

:16:58. > :17:02.realised they were average, and just thought, well what will I do next?

:17:03. > :17:12.That is when the planning started. What did you decide to do next? I

:17:13. > :17:16.sat at a levels. Schools don't push apprenticeships as much as they

:17:17. > :17:24.possibly should, so I fell into the A-level group and went down that

:17:25. > :17:31.route. You are here to say that if you don't do as well as you were

:17:32. > :17:35.hoping, you can go on and make a success. I took a year out of

:17:36. > :17:40.education, because I was undecided what to do. There was a fair amount

:17:41. > :17:49.of pressure to go to university but which, coming from... I went down

:17:50. > :18:01.the apprenticeship route, where I did a level two is in ICP. Robin,

:18:02. > :18:05.you are a lecturer at a college for 16-18 -year-olds. It was interesting

:18:06. > :18:11.hearing Matthew saying that schools don't push kids down alternative

:18:12. > :18:13.routes. What is your experience of kids who make their way to the

:18:14. > :18:22.college where you are right lecturer? Is if children aren't

:18:23. > :18:26.achieving academically highly, they aren't given lots of options in

:18:27. > :18:29.terms of going down a vocational route or job specific

:18:30. > :18:34.qualifications, they are encouraged to do general things because they

:18:35. > :18:36.have more options. A lot of people want to go straight into learning

:18:37. > :18:40.the skills they will be doing in their job every day. If they are

:18:41. > :18:48.really passionate about something like games design, they can start

:18:49. > :18:56.learning those skills straight after GCSEs. What kids might be attracted

:18:57. > :19:00.to the course that you teach? We have a whole range of students

:19:01. > :19:04.applying, some from crate of backgrounds, some of them really

:19:05. > :19:06.passionate about music or games, but the nice thing about games

:19:07. > :19:15.development is that you have all skill sets, so you could be a

:19:16. > :19:19.producer, if you're good at design and layout, you could be a level

:19:20. > :19:22.designer, right through to working in PR and marketing, and these are

:19:23. > :19:26.all things that we cover on the course to give a good overview of

:19:27. > :19:33.the industry. You did really well in your GCSEs, didn't you? Do you need

:19:34. > :19:39.to have done really well to make the switch? I think it is more being

:19:40. > :19:43.really willing to work hard for what you want to do. I loved school and

:19:44. > :19:56.studying lots of different subjects, which led me into games design. You

:19:57. > :20:03.got all A*s and Is as. That was a lot of missing parties and focusing

:20:04. > :20:07.on my studies. Annie, what is the best advice to someone who has not

:20:08. > :20:12.got what they were hoping for today? Really important is, don't panic. We

:20:13. > :20:21.have been hearing that there are loads of options available. We have

:20:22. > :20:29.dozens of careers advisers who can give advice. Give us a call. We are

:20:30. > :20:34.on Facebook and Twitter as well, so please do get in touch if there are

:20:35. > :20:39.any concerns that you have. Allen says: I did terribly because I

:20:40. > :20:43.wasn't interested. I always wanted to be a forklift truck driver, and

:20:44. > :20:49.as soon as I was old enough, I got my license. I have been driving them

:20:50. > :20:54.for 20 years and still love it. GCSEs aren't everything. Mike says:

:20:55. > :20:58.I worked with students through many exam changes, and never once did I

:20:59. > :21:03.consider myself for the students to be guinea pigs. I talked to the best

:21:04. > :21:06.of my skill and for the benefit of the students. These changes are

:21:07. > :21:19.nothing new, you have to get on with it. Anna says: I am concerned about

:21:20. > :21:23.the grading. Scotland's standards are numbered 1-7, with one being the

:21:24. > :21:35.best. It is completely counterintuitive for nine to be seen

:21:36. > :21:40.as better than one. It is important to understand that the colleges and

:21:41. > :21:43.universities are well aware of that. There are different qualifications

:21:44. > :21:48.and different levels in different parts of the UK, so I think

:21:49. > :21:58.employers, colleges and universities are aware of this. As long it is

:21:59. > :22:07.clear on your CV or your application form. People should maybe put in

:22:08. > :22:14.brackets A*, A whatever the equivalent is? Employers and

:22:15. > :22:18.universities know where you are at. There is no direct equivalence. I

:22:19. > :22:22.would go with the grade you have got, because it can be understood

:22:23. > :22:28.within the marketplace. Thank you, all of you, for joining us. Do keep

:22:29. > :22:32.your comments coming in. Still to come: Notting Hill Carnival this

:22:33. > :22:35.taking place in the streets of London this weekend, but with its

:22:36. > :22:38.route going through North Kensington, what is being done to

:22:39. > :22:42.mark what happened at Grenfell Tallaght? We will have some of the

:22:43. > :22:47.tributes performed live in the studio just before 11am.

:22:48. > :22:52.Where often hearing we need to exercise more to stay fit and

:22:53. > :22:55.healthy, but a new study this morning reveals what it calls

:22:56. > :23:03.shocking levels of inactivity amongst adults. Many adults do not

:23:04. > :23:10.even manage a brisk ten minute walk once a month. The benefits include

:23:11. > :23:14.increased fitness, mood, a healthy weight and a reduction in the risk

:23:15. > :23:28.of dying prematurely. On average, we are 20% less active than we were in

:23:29. > :23:33.the 1960s. Walking 15 miles less a year than we did to make decades

:23:34. > :23:40.ago. We will talk to a couple whose lives have been transformed through

:23:41. > :23:43.exercise. First, Dominic Hughes gives us five top tips to stay

:23:44. > :24:38.healthy. Health experts are telling us...

:24:39. > :24:46.Lets talk to Doctor Jenny Harries from public health England, and

:24:47. > :24:51.Sarah, who has been using the application. Why did you start to

:24:52. > :24:55.use it? I had a knee operation, and I had been walking and doing

:24:56. > :24:58.exercise prior to that to increase my fitness level before the

:24:59. > :25:03.operation, and I was aware that after the operation I was quite slow

:25:04. > :25:06.walking, so I used the application to tell me how many active minutes I

:25:07. > :25:11.was having, and it helped me enhance the speed of my walking to make sure

:25:12. > :25:17.I was walking briskly for ten minutes a day. What impact has it

:25:18. > :25:23.had on you? I recovered from the operation within four weeks, which

:25:24. > :25:30.previously would have taken a couple of months, and I feel much healthier

:25:31. > :25:37.and better in myself. I've lost 1.5 stone in weight in the last year.

:25:38. > :25:43.Just from ten minutes of brisk walking everyday? Is not ten

:25:44. > :25:47.minutes. How much have you done? On a Sunday, I woke with a club for

:25:48. > :25:54.about an hour, and then another hour on my own. Lets talk to Jenny Harris

:25:55. > :26:04.from public health England. Sarah's story is a clear impact that walking

:26:05. > :26:09.can have. Why does walking have such a powerful impact? Obviously, Sarah

:26:10. > :26:13.has done well, and she's a great exemplar of how you can go from a

:26:14. > :26:17.short amount of walking to something much more substantial. We have

:26:18. > :26:22.looked at the evidence which leads to the Chief medical Officer's

:26:23. > :26:27.guidance that 150 minutes of moderate activity a week will really

:26:28. > :26:32.have an impact on your health, reducing your risk of diabetes by

:26:33. > :26:37.40%, affects cardiovascular risk, although sort of things. We know

:26:38. > :26:40.that that puts a lot of people off because they don't see it as

:26:41. > :26:45.attainable. We have looked at that first bit, the dose response for

:26:46. > :26:48.every minute of exercise you do, what the health benefit is. We have

:26:49. > :26:54.found that, for ten minutes of continuous, vigorous walking each

:26:55. > :27:01.day, you can get most of those health benefits. Let's bring in Paul

:27:02. > :27:05.and Alex, who say their life has been transformed through exercise.

:27:06. > :27:09.They are with their trainer, Brian page. Thank you for joining us. Wide

:27:10. > :27:22.EU your life has been changed walking? Because we used to not do

:27:23. > :27:29.any exercise, we were overweight and and unfit. We were asked to try out

:27:30. > :27:35.the application, which got us into walking briskly for ten minutes a

:27:36. > :27:39.day. And that was the start of the journey. You say you used to not do

:27:40. > :27:46.any exercise at all. We have pictures of how you used to be. The

:27:47. > :27:52.audience can't see, but I can see that you are grimacing at the

:27:53. > :27:56.pictures. How did you feel then? Completely unfit. We never wanted to

:27:57. > :28:02.go out. We were always making excuses not to go anywhere or do

:28:03. > :28:15.anything. We just sat around doing nothing, really. And Paul?

:28:16. > :28:23.It has absolutely changed my life. Brisk walking now, ten minutes a

:28:24. > :28:28.day, it led me on to a lot of running, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

:28:29. > :28:32.I would encourage everyone that ten minutes of brisk walking is

:28:33. > :28:35.fantastic, helped in every way, from breathing just a motivation, and

:28:36. > :28:40.keeps you moving for the rest of the day. Could you have imagined then

:28:41. > :28:46.that you would be running? How much running do you do now? How have you

:28:47. > :28:52.changed? Massively. I have always liked sport, but running was never

:28:53. > :28:56.something I like. I average a minimum of five kilometres every

:28:57. > :29:00.day, which is a long distance, and I can do that continuously without

:29:01. > :29:06.having to stop, just an unbelievable change of life, starting from just

:29:07. > :29:11.brisk walking and moving on to what I am capable of now, which is a

:29:12. > :29:17.total life changer. Could you pass the microphone to Brian, the

:29:18. > :29:21.trainer? There will be people at home watching who are thinking, five

:29:22. > :29:25.kilometres every day or every week - I couldn't possibly get to that. How

:29:26. > :29:33.do you persuade someone who feels like they really couldn't do it that

:29:34. > :29:40.they can? We like to introduce our runners to people like Alex and

:29:41. > :29:48.Paul, people who are live Hayes Case histories. There are applications

:29:49. > :29:57.that you can use to get going. They guide people on how to build up from

:29:58. > :30:01.nothing to five kilometres over an 8-10 week period. It is difficult

:30:02. > :30:06.not to find anything. It is all over social media, what people can and

:30:07. > :30:10.are doing. If anybody took up the ten minutes of brisk walking per

:30:11. > :30:19.day, what impact could it have on the nation's health and the cost to

:30:20. > :30:22.the NHS? Is about ?0.9 billion is going out in expenses on the NHS

:30:23. > :30:26.just are, so there is a clear financial impact. I think the

:30:27. > :30:30.well-being element is important for this. I had the pleasure to meet

:30:31. > :30:34.Paul and Alex yesterday, and the important thing for the viewers is,

:30:35. > :30:38.they are doing fantastic things now, but many people won't be able to

:30:39. > :30:42.picture themselves running five kilometres. If they download the

:30:43. > :30:45.application, they will be able to see how fast they are moving when

:30:46. > :30:50.they are walking, and it will give them positive messages to show when

:30:51. > :30:54.they have reached a speed and intensity which is helpful to help.

:30:55. > :30:58.All they need to do was put on a pair of trainers or flat shoes,

:30:59. > :31:02.build that into their daily lives, take the kids to school a bit

:31:03. > :31:09.faster, walk a bit faster, whatever it is, and it can really contribute

:31:10. > :31:11.to a reduction in the risk of diseases, benefit their mental

:31:12. > :31:16.health and strength in their muscles and bones. A brilliant thing to do.

:31:17. > :31:18.Great to talk to you all. Thank you very much.

:31:19. > :31:28.Fewer people are arriving from the former Eastern Bloc countries. What

:31:29. > :31:30.does it mean for certain sectors? We'll have the details

:31:31. > :31:33.of the special tributes to Grenfell arranged by the organisers

:31:34. > :31:35.of the Notting Hill Carnival, which is taking place

:31:36. > :31:46.in London this weekend. Let's joint Annita for the latest

:31:47. > :31:51.news summary. Thank you, Joanne, good morning again.

:31:52. > :31:53.The latest immigration statistics show a large decrease

:31:54. > :31:57.in EU migration to the UK since the brexit vote.

:31:58. > :31:59.More EU citizens are also leaving the country.

:32:00. > :32:01.Net long-term international migration to the United Kingdom

:32:02. > :32:03.was 246,000 in the year ending March 2017.

:32:04. > :32:05.It's the lowest level for three years according

:32:06. > :32:16.There has been a small drop-off in top grades in English and maths

:32:17. > :32:21.GCSEs in England following the introduction of new, tougher exams.

:32:22. > :32:24.500,000 teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been

:32:25. > :32:29.receiving their GCSE results today. The proportion of those receiving

:32:30. > :32:41.grade a war above, seven or above in England, has fallen to 20%, town

:32:42. > :32:42.0.5% on last year. A new numerical grading system and tougher exams

:32:43. > :32:51.have been introduced. Dutch police have arrested a

:32:52. > :32:55.22-year-old man in connection with the cancellation of a rock concert

:32:56. > :32:59.in Rotterdam last night following a terrorism related tip-off from the

:33:00. > :33:04.Spanish authorities. Police say the driver of a van containing gas

:33:05. > :33:06.canisters was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, with no apparent

:33:07. > :33:08.connection to the terror threat. There's to be a major investigation

:33:09. > :33:12.into the impact that international students have on the UK's economy.

:33:13. > :33:15.The Government-commissioned study will examine their effect

:33:16. > :33:17.on the labour market British universities

:33:18. > :33:19.are the second most popular destination in the world,

:33:20. > :33:22.after those in the United States. The clear-up is continuing

:33:23. > :33:24.in Northern Ireland after nearly two thirds of the average August

:33:25. > :33:27.rainfall fell in under nine hours. More than 100 people had to be

:33:28. > :33:29.rescued after being trapped At one point, the fire service

:33:30. > :33:34.received an emergency The north west was worst affected,

:33:35. > :33:38.particularly Londonderry, as well as other parts of the county

:33:39. > :33:47.and Tyrone. That's a summary of

:33:48. > :33:49.the latest BBC News. Conor McGregor says

:33:50. > :34:05.he wants a career in both arts after his fight

:34:06. > :34:12.with Mayweather. It was their final press conference

:34:13. > :34:14.before the record-breaking Liverpool are through to

:34:15. > :34:17.the Champions League group stages. Jurgen Klopp's side beat

:34:18. > :34:19.Hoffenheim 4-2 at Anfield to win their play-off

:34:20. > :34:21.match 6-3 overall. There will be six British sides

:34:22. > :34:23.in the draw, made later today. West Ham beat Cheltenham 2-0 last

:34:24. > :34:26.night to reach the second The draw was made for the next

:34:27. > :34:40.round at 4am this morning in China. All of the results or

:34:41. > :34:43.on the BBC Sport website. Fewer people are arriving in the UK

:34:44. > :34:46.from the eight former Eastern Bloc countries that include Poland,

:34:47. > :34:48.Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary. That's according to the latest

:34:49. > :34:50.figures from the Office And more nationals from these

:34:51. > :34:55.countries are leaving the UK. It means net migration has fallen

:34:56. > :35:00.to its lowest amount from these countries since they joined

:35:01. > :35:02.the EU in 2004. So why is it happening,

:35:03. > :35:04.and what does it mean for the sectors that rely

:35:05. > :35:10.on EU nationals? Let's speak now to Nigel Howard,

:35:11. > :35:13.who works for MPS Crane Operators, a company that supplies crane

:35:14. > :35:15.operators to building He says they have seen a drop

:35:16. > :35:18.in EU national workers, but the UK nationals are keeping

:35:19. > :35:20.up with supply. John Hardman runs Hops Labour

:35:21. > :35:26.Solutions, an agency which supplies farm workers and relies

:35:27. > :35:28.on EU workers. He says there is a shortage

:35:29. > :35:32.of workers, and crops will be left rotting in the future

:35:33. > :35:34.if it continues. Aiste Lukociute is from

:35:35. > :35:40.Lithuania and has been She works for Poskitts,

:35:41. > :35:43.a farming business which supplies vegetables to supermarkets,

:35:44. > :36:00.and has seen lots of Lithuanians Thank you all very much for joining

:36:01. > :36:05.us. Nigel, tell us more about the picture that you have seen in terms

:36:06. > :36:09.of the drop in EU national workers? Well, the company that I work for

:36:10. > :36:14.has been involved not just in deploying crane operators all over

:36:15. > :36:18.the world for the last 30 years, but also employing the operators from

:36:19. > :36:23.all over the world. And, yes, we have seen a marked decline in the

:36:24. > :36:29.number of people wanting to come and work in the UK is crane operators.

:36:30. > :36:35.This could be for several reasons, I couldn't really pinpoint one in

:36:36. > :36:39.particular. It's just happened. And over the last six months, I haven't

:36:40. > :36:45.had any body contact me, you know, with a request for training and a

:36:46. > :36:50.change of certification to work over in the UK. I mentioned that you said

:36:51. > :36:56.that UK nationals have been making up the shortfall. So, has it

:36:57. > :37:03.mattered for your business? Not really, no. I think there has been

:37:04. > :37:06.an increase in there I say it, UK people taking up an interest in

:37:07. > :37:11.crane operating -- there I say it. Because, at the end of the day, it's

:37:12. > :37:14.quite a well-paid job and it's relatively easy to get into because

:37:15. > :37:20.you don't have to do any lengthy apprenticeships. You can go on a

:37:21. > :37:23.two-week course, and within two weeks you are virtually qualified to

:37:24. > :37:28.go and work on a construction site. Rightly or wrongly, but that's the

:37:29. > :37:32.it is. It's the way that the training is structured at the moment

:37:33. > :37:37.-- that is the way it is. John, what has your experience been? For this

:37:38. > :37:41.season, we have had one of the worst shortfalls we have seen in many

:37:42. > :37:44.years. Since the Brexiter vote, we have had devaluation of the pound,

:37:45. > :37:51.which has had the biggest impact of white goods. Our country is

:37:52. > :37:58.sometimes -- impact on workers. Our country is sometimes viewed as

:37:59. > :38:02.xenophobic. Nigel says that in his area, the shortfall in EU workers

:38:03. > :38:05.has been made up by UK nationals. You are saying there is a shortage

:38:06. > :38:10.of workers and crops will be left rotting in the future if it

:38:11. > :38:14.continues. UK workers not stepping in? With the benefit system as it is

:38:15. > :38:19.run at the moment, there isn't really any incentive for UK workers

:38:20. > :38:24.to come off benefits and come and work in agriculture. Quite often,

:38:25. > :38:30.where we have large populations of EU workers is not where we have

:38:31. > :38:34.hotspots of UK unemployment. If we look in Bradford or Hull, it is very

:38:35. > :38:41.difficult to commute those people down into Herefordshire or Kent.

:38:42. > :38:45.Aiste, you are from Lithuania. You said you have seen lots of

:38:46. > :38:50.Lithuanians leaving the UK in recent months, why do you think that is?

:38:51. > :38:58.Well, after all of the conversation with friends we have who suggest the

:38:59. > :39:02.people that left, yes, it is the unclear situation in the UK after

:39:03. > :39:06.the Brexiter vote. For the new arrivals, they are not sure where

:39:07. > :39:13.they stand, if they are welcome to the UK and if they will try to find

:39:14. > :39:18.work or create their life. As well as, already somebody mentioned that

:39:19. > :39:22.the pound has dropped. That happened recently. And all of the friends and

:39:23. > :39:28.people I know, for one or another reason, come here to work and find

:39:29. > :39:34.may be more savings to send back to help the relatives in their own

:39:35. > :39:39.countries. And when the pound drops significantly, it is now hard to

:39:40. > :39:42.say, you know, just a the point of this Dane Piedt -- to see the point

:39:43. > :39:47.of staying here when you can go back to our own country. Would you

:39:48. > :39:53.definitely stay or would you think about returning? I don't think about

:39:54. > :39:57.returning to Lithuania at the moment, but it really depends.

:39:58. > :40:02.Because this is an clearness after Brexit really bothers me as well. I

:40:03. > :40:06.try not to think about it at the moment and just do my own daily

:40:07. > :40:10.routine. And we'll see what's happened, and then we'll make

:40:11. > :40:17.decisions as well. As well as other people like friends choose more

:40:18. > :40:25.welcoming countries like Scandinavia, like Norway and Sweden,

:40:26. > :40:28.Germany. Places where they can earn and be more welcome, maybe. It is

:40:29. > :40:32.taking that hard decision to leave their own country, you don't want to

:40:33. > :40:37.feel unwelcome in the country you choose. So that's what probably

:40:38. > :40:43.drops the UK at the moment, with all of the Brexit, onto the bottom list.

:40:44. > :40:47.Briefly, John, I spoke to a Tory MP only about the net migration figures

:40:48. > :40:52.and the fact that there has been a dramatic fall, down eight to 1000 to

:40:53. > :40:55.246,000 over the course of the past year. He said people will welcome it

:40:56. > :41:01.and it is a good thing. How do you see those stats was blog certainly

:41:02. > :41:06.if that has come from a Tory MP, the Tories promised the net migration

:41:07. > :41:10.into tens of thousands for many years and never achieved it. Brexit

:41:11. > :41:14.vote has certainly turned the tide, and that is why they are seeing a

:41:15. > :41:17.drop in net migration. I would like to ask that Tory MP who is going to

:41:18. > :41:24.pick our fruit and vegetables in the future. Thank you all very much

:41:25. > :41:27.indeed for joining us. The widower of a woman who was killed by a

:41:28. > :41:31.cyclist with no front brake is launching a campaign to change the

:41:32. > :41:36.law. Yesterday, 19-year-old Charlie Alliston was convicted of wanton and

:41:37. > :41:40.furious driving, an offence dating back to 1861, in relation to the

:41:41. > :41:44.death of Kim Briggs. He was cleared of manslaughter. Tim's husband

:41:45. > :41:48.Matthew is calling for laws of death by dangerous cycling. She was out on

:41:49. > :41:54.her lunch break on February the 12th last year. She left for work, a very

:41:55. > :42:02.normal morning. And she didn't come back. Your world falls apart. But

:42:03. > :42:08.you have to get up. You're a father. So many times... So many times in

:42:09. > :42:12.this sort of modern world we are told, you know, you don't have to do

:42:13. > :42:16.this, you don't have to do that. Actually, when that happens, you're

:42:17. > :42:21.the dad, you're the person left. So you get up every single morning, you

:42:22. > :42:29.do the normal things. You make breakfast, you look after your kids.

:42:30. > :42:36.And you do your duty. And in doing that, slowly, sometimes painfully,

:42:37. > :42:43.you rebuild your family over that period. And that's what I've tried

:42:44. > :42:53.to do. Tim's case was quite specific, that there was an agreed

:42:54. > :42:57.illegal act -- Kim. Riding an illegal bike, a bike without front

:42:58. > :43:01.brakes. After much consideration, and I believe it was an awful lot of

:43:02. > :43:07.consideration on behalf of the CPS, it was felt that the charge of

:43:08. > :43:12.manslaughter could be brought. But the vast majority of cases,

:43:13. > :43:16.manslaughter would not be applicable, and the CPS would have

:43:17. > :43:20.to fall back on a Victorian Law. And what do you think about that's

:43:21. > :43:25.Weiyuan Lu easy about that Brazil are uneasy about the charge -- were

:43:26. > :43:29.you uneasy about that? Uneasy about the charge? I have an enormous

:43:30. > :43:33.respect for the justice system, and that respect has actually grown. I

:43:34. > :43:37.have huge respect for the police and the CPS. And I was in their hands.

:43:38. > :43:44.And I think they have done the right thing. In doing this. But it's shown

:43:45. > :43:47.that the law is inadequate. People sort of keep saying, you're calling

:43:48. > :43:52.for new laws. I'm actually not falling for a new law, I'm calling

:43:53. > :43:55.for a change to the law to cooperate cycling. We have dangerous driving

:43:56. > :44:02.and reckless driving and causing death... And calling for cycling to

:44:03. > :44:06.be included in that for the law to catch up. I haven't yet met anybody,

:44:07. > :44:10.be they a politician or anybody else, he says that that doesn't make

:44:11. > :44:17.sense or can't be done. From where I sat, it seems to me very. Let's get

:44:18. > :44:20.this done, so that the next, you know, it will happen again,

:44:21. > :44:25.unfortunately, and the next person who is that he hasn't had to go

:44:26. > :44:31.through this. Tim was an intensely private person -- Kim To be with,

:44:32. > :44:37.she was so much fun. She had a wicked sense of humour. Great fun, a

:44:38. > :44:45.great friend. She lived for her family, she lived for her kids. So

:44:46. > :44:49.I'm doing this to one her. It's not an easy thing to do, to put myself

:44:50. > :44:53.out there, when we've been quite a private family up until now. But it

:44:54. > :44:58.comes back to my earlier point, sometimes you just have to do the

:44:59. > :45:03.right thing. And it occurs to me that, you know, this is the right

:45:04. > :45:07.thing to do. And, yes, I'm doing it in Kim's name. But I'm also doing it

:45:08. > :45:08.to ensure that, you know, just perhaps we can stop this happening

:45:09. > :45:17.again. Europe's biggest street party,

:45:18. > :45:21.the Notting Hill Carnival, will bring calipso and colour

:45:22. > :45:23.to the streets of London this weekend, but its route takes it

:45:24. > :45:26.into the shadow of the remains The fire in June claimed the lives

:45:27. > :45:30.of at least 80 people, There have been calls

:45:31. > :45:34.for the carnival not But instead of cancelling it,

:45:35. > :45:37.organisers have arranged a number of events to pay respect to those

:45:38. > :45:40.caught up in the tragedy, as well as asking revelers to not go

:45:41. > :45:43.through the estate around Let's talk to Toby Laurent-Belson,

:45:44. > :45:47.who is an organizer of the Green for Grenfell campaign,

:45:48. > :45:54.and who lost a friend in the fire. Socrates, who is

:45:55. > :45:55.a Calypso performer, who will be performing his song

:45:56. > :45:58.about the tragedy at the Carnival. And Will Wiles from the Kids

:45:59. > :46:01.on the Green Project, who has organised a float

:46:02. > :46:04.for children caught up in the fire. And Chelsea Dann who

:46:05. > :46:12.will be on the float, Welcome, all of you, and thank you

:46:13. > :46:16.for joining us in bringing some colour to the studio with bits from

:46:17. > :46:21.the floats. Toby, I mentioned that there were calls for the carnival

:46:22. > :46:27.not to go ahead - how are you feeling about it? The response to

:46:28. > :46:33.those calls was swift, immediate and very clear, that the community is

:46:34. > :46:37.Carnival, and Carnival is the community, so there was never any

:46:38. > :46:45.question of Carnival being moved, postponed in any way. We are all

:46:46. > :46:51.feeling is slightly nervous, of course, because we are still a

:46:52. > :46:55.grieving community, however, we feel that Carnival is a celebration of

:46:56. > :47:03.life, of the cycle of life, and we are all looking forward to creating

:47:04. > :47:10.a wonderful time for our community is in our process of healing. And

:47:11. > :47:17.thinking of the residents, there will be quiet areas, and there has

:47:18. > :47:23.been a request for the estate where the Grenfell Tower is so that --

:47:24. > :47:30.Grenfell Tower is only to be open to residents. I grew up walking through

:47:31. > :47:37.that the state, next to Shepherd's Bush roundabout, five minutes away.

:47:38. > :47:41.So every year, I would make that walk down Saint Hans Road and come

:47:42. > :47:50.through the estate. A lot of people come from Shepherd's Bush through

:47:51. > :47:55.Latimer Road. Things that work is clearly requested from the families,

:47:56. > :48:00.the protection of the estate, silences on both days, Sunday and

:48:01. > :48:09.Monday, at 3pm, and of course, is our wonderful Green for Grenfell

:48:10. > :48:13.campaign to bring solidarity and peace to the Carnival. Will, you are

:48:14. > :48:20.involved in a float for the carnival that will have kids from Grenfell?

:48:21. > :48:23.All three of us have been participating in a project called

:48:24. > :48:31.Kids on the Green, which was set up in response to the Grenfell fire.

:48:32. > :48:36.The fire affected a radius around the site of the tower. All the

:48:37. > :48:42.residents who live nearby witnessed some really horrible things on the

:48:43. > :48:48.night. Residents have lost teachers and friends, and when that happens

:48:49. > :48:52.to people all in one place, you can no longer say that the people

:48:53. > :48:57.affected were only the ones living in the tower. A lot of people who

:48:58. > :49:00.lived in the tower are finding it hard to get back to the

:49:01. > :49:04.neighbourhood because of where they have been relocated. The Carnival

:49:05. > :49:10.has been set up as a healing process for the whole area, the whole

:49:11. > :49:16.Latimer Road area, and I understand that people are quite fixated on

:49:17. > :49:20.Grenfell Tower and its people, who experienced the worst tragedy, but

:49:21. > :49:26.we are also trying to deal with moving on for a whole area. How do

:49:27. > :49:29.you see it? You live ten minutes away from the tower, but you're

:49:30. > :49:35.obviously part of a wider community that is affected. It has affected

:49:36. > :49:39.everybody. It's not just affected the people that were close to

:49:40. > :49:48.Grenfell. It has affected all around the area. We're trying to just get

:49:49. > :49:54.people to take their minds off it and try to look forward to Carnival.

:49:55. > :49:57.Kids on the Green have made some lovely artwork which will be on the

:49:58. > :50:05.float. And Chelsea, you will be on the float - what will you be doing?

:50:06. > :50:10.I will be blowing up balloons and letting them off, 1000 balloons for

:50:11. > :50:19.everyone in Grenfell. I will also be minding children, and doing some

:50:20. > :50:26.stewarding as well. Kids on the Green is a nice project, open to

:50:27. > :50:34.anyone who was affected by the fire. And for people who don't know, what

:50:35. > :50:39.is the aim of it? Is the aim is to take everybody's mind off, even if

:50:40. > :50:43.it is not about the tower, you can come and reflect, sit down and talk

:50:44. > :50:48.to people about anything, not just that. Children can come, they can

:50:49. > :50:56.make bracelets, do anything they like. There is a part. There are

:50:57. > :50:59.mass Irishs, hairdressers will stop it is lovely, but it has taken

:51:00. > :51:04.something like this for a community to build and get together. What

:51:05. > :51:08.would you say has been the impact of the project? And how important is

:51:09. > :51:13.what is happening this weekend as part of that? Chelsea just said it

:51:14. > :51:20.really well. In terms of what has been set up, I'm an entertainer by

:51:21. > :51:24.trade, and I was asked to come and do some workshops with the kids.

:51:25. > :51:33.When I arrived, the thing I thought was amazing was that all the

:51:34. > :51:38.families were connected with therapists, well-being in general.

:51:39. > :51:43.So it was providing for the immediate relief efforts weren't.

:51:44. > :51:48.They were focused on the material aspect, but what is happening is an

:51:49. > :51:52.emotional story for a lot of people. There are people dealing with loss,

:51:53. > :51:59.so it is picking up where the more systemic response doesn't go. Is

:52:00. > :52:19.Carnival is very much about that too. The project is is running a

:52:20. > :52:30.float for... Lots of tragedies like Grenfell happen to people who live

:52:31. > :52:36.in favelas in Brazil as well. It sounds funny to say it, but the

:52:37. > :52:41.celebration is not simply just about being happy as any skate, it is also

:52:42. > :52:48.about that moment where you release grief is and you let go of the bad

:52:49. > :52:56.thing that has happened is. And sometimes even make an effort to be

:52:57. > :53:00.with your community and have joy. So, really, that's one of the

:53:01. > :53:06.reasons why they have given us a float. It is a big honour. Do you

:53:07. > :53:11.think it will be that moment for the community, seeing it as a time to

:53:12. > :53:19.release grief and let go? Yes, to a degree. Medicine is something that

:53:20. > :53:24.we have in our community, medicine men, community leaders who always

:53:25. > :53:28.seek to do that. It is within us as a culture in Ladbroke Grove and in

:53:29. > :53:34.that part of west London. So I do believe bringing all of these people

:53:35. > :53:37.together - and we are still looking for volunteers over the next three

:53:38. > :53:47.days to support our efforts to turn the streets green - and we will be

:53:48. > :53:51.collecting at various points. To go through these things that will

:53:52. > :53:55.absolutely help us to actually heal and come together. Socrates, you

:53:56. > :53:58.will be performing at the Carnival, and you are going to perform the

:53:59. > :54:05.song that you have written for us in a few moments. Tell us about it. I

:54:06. > :54:11.am a singer songwriter from the Caribbean. Over the past five years,

:54:12. > :54:16.I have come to London to be part of the Notting Hill celebration. I was

:54:17. > :54:26.here about a week when I saw the fire, and it really impacted me. Is

:54:27. > :54:34.in July, I wrote the song. I had to take in the solemnity of the holy

:54:35. > :54:43.event. I wrote the song is, and some of the guys from the committee asked

:54:44. > :54:48.me to perform it. I was asked to perform the song here today, and on

:54:49. > :55:00.Saturday. And what is the message of the song? It speaks about healing,

:55:01. > :55:08.healing after a tragedy. The refrain is, may their souls rest in peace.

:55:09. > :55:12.For the loved ones who sadly perished, may their souls rest in

:55:13. > :55:19.peace. It is about the healing process. Do you think the mood of

:55:20. > :55:24.the Carnival will be different? I think everyone will be there,

:55:25. > :55:30.thinking of what has happened and just try to keep the spirit going

:55:31. > :55:33.for them, really. Toby, you were talking about Green for Grenfell,

:55:34. > :55:38.the idea that people will wear green to show that they are thinking about

:55:39. > :55:42.the people affected by it. Are you expecting that many people will go

:55:43. > :55:49.to the Carnival wearing green? I think so. It has been a massive push

:55:50. > :55:54.amongst the community. As has been mentioned, we are such a close

:55:55. > :55:58.community. People always come to Ladbroke Grove, around Shepherd's

:55:59. > :56:02.Bush, Holland Park, Notting Hill, and a mention, this is like the old

:56:03. > :56:15.days. Is there a palpable sense that things have changed? Is there are

:56:16. > :56:18.people who talk about before Grenfell and after Grenfell, and

:56:19. > :56:22.there are a lot of people who are already working towards change since

:56:23. > :56:27.before Grenfell, and it is sad that we did not get that change to

:56:28. > :56:31.prevent Grenfell happening, but after Grenfell, definitely we are

:56:32. > :56:34.moving. Socrates, we would love to hear your song now, if you would be

:56:35. > :56:38.happy to perform it for us. Thank you very much. Socrates is going to

:56:39. > :56:40.play us out of the programme. Thank you very much for your company

:56:41. > :56:57.today. # In horrified shock we watched a

:56:58. > :57:00.raging fire # It climbed up the Grenfell Tower

:57:01. > :57:06.in the dead of night # When most were asleep, we saw a

:57:07. > :57:09.big like and we are still left to grieve

:57:10. > :57:15.# Still in mourning for those who did not survive

:57:16. > :57:21.# While counting our blessings for who made it out alive

:57:22. > :57:26.# Five in the name of our cherished loved ones

:57:27. > :57:30.# Survivors demand justice # For those who are perished, may

:57:31. > :57:40.they rest in peace # May their soul rest in peace

:57:41. > :57:45.# May their souls rest in peace # Our heart goes out to the

:57:46. > :57:48.survivors who from the council demand answers

:57:49. > :57:54.# For their loved ones who sadly perished, may they rest in peace

:57:55. > :58:00.# The anger, the grief, the loss and the pain is

:58:01. > :58:05.# We pray they never happen again # It was glad to see of the

:58:06. > :58:08.community is ready to show its humanity

:58:09. > :58:19.# In this tragedy is most regrettable

:58:20. > :58:23.# Evidently quite preventable # And they are still looking for

:58:24. > :58:31.victims # And the numbers, they increase

:58:32. > :58:33.# Waiting for healing, may they rest in peace sing