24/08/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Naga

It's GCSE results day for more than half a million teenagers -

there's a warning that big changes to the exam system in England

Students sat tougher tests in Maths and English.

The grades A-star to G have been replaced by the numbers 9 to 1.

What impact have those changes had on pupils and staff? I am here at an

academy in north London where staff are waiting to tell students how

they've gotten on. Good morning, it's Thursday

the 24th of August. Also on the program,

shocking levels of inactivity, it's revealed more than six million

middle-aged people in England fail to go for a brisk

walk even once a month. Is the growth of car finance deals

healthy for the motor industry? We built a lot more vehicles

in July that last year, but there are big questions

about what's fuelling the demand. Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather

declare a truce ahead of the big fight on Saturday.

Rain over the Northern Isles for most of the day, but for most of the

UK, some showers. Especially in the south. Feeling fresher than of late.

All the details in 15 minutes. More than half a million

teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get

their GCSE results this morning. There are some major changes

for students in England coming More difficult exams in English

and Maths will be graded using a numerical system,

going from nine at the top to one Other subjects will continue to be

graded from A star to G. Exams in Wales have also been made

harder, as our education correspondent Gillian

Hargreaves explains. Thousands of 16 -year-olds will find

out if all their hard work has paid off. But there are new pressures

this year in England and Wales. Maths, English and Welsh have all

been restructured. And in England, their's a new numerical grading

system for the English and maths systems, running from grading 1-9,

with nine being the highest score, identifying the best students in the

country -- there's. Great for is broadly being compared to a previous

grade C, considered a standard pass. The government says the new grade

five should be considered a strong past. The old alphabetic system is

still in place for other GCSE subjects until next year, head

teachers are accusing the government of trying to reform too quickly and

causing a muddle. The consequences for teachers are that they have had

to start teaching new courses, partly at GCSE, while other things

have been changing in schools. It will lead to a sense of frustration

that there hasn't been sufficient time to plan for it, there are not

enough practice papers to work on. There is no doubt these changes to

English and maths have been big changes for schools, but employers

have to get their heads around it as well. I am slightly confused. I am

sure in time we will work it out. A standard pass, that would be our

borderline, I think. A four. The Westminster government was

determined to make GCSE harder, two and what some see as a dumbing down.

The first of the reformed exams will put these ambitions to the test --

GCSE's -- to end. And we'll be discussing this

with the Labour Shadow Minister for education at ten

to seven this morning. More than six million adults

in England spend less than 10 minutes each month walking

at a brisk pace, according Public Health England is launching

a campaign to encourage 10 minutes of brisk walking a day,

particularly among the middle aged. It's claimed that it can

help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor

mental health. Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes reports. In Denton, in Manchester, the first

steps towards a healthier lifestyle. This walking group is starting

slowly, but already some members are feeling the benefits

of a regular stroll. Getting some exercise,

and it's company as well, because I live my own,

so that helps a lot. And I decided when I retired that

I wanted to do lots of different things, and I've done lots of things

to keep the mind going, but not a lot to keep

the body going. The beauty of walking is,

of course, it is free. You don't need any special training,

or indeed, any special kit. But health experts say doing

at least ten minutes of brisk walking every day, well,

that can have a really positive And it is brisk walking,

around three miles an hour, GP Dr Zoe Williams practices

what she preaches to her patients, but millions of adults

are missing out. Four out of ten adults

between the ages of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten

minutes of brisk walking per month, which sounds unbelievable,

and lots of those people will be walking, but they are not

walking at a brisk pace. Walking can help with weight loss,

back pain, diabetes, and even reducing

the risk of cancer. Now, we are all being urged

to get up and get moving. We'll be speaking to

Public Health England There's to be a major investigation

into the impact that international The government commissioned study

will examine their effect on the labour market

and education sector. New figures will be published this

morning showing how many foreign students went on to leave Britain

after finishing their courses. Dutch police are questioning

the driver of a van about a possible terrorist attack on a concert venue

in the city of Rotterdam. Police stopped the

Spanish-registered van, which was found to be

carrying gas canisters, and called off the concert

after a tip-off from Spanish The husband of a woman

who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist has called for new laws

to tackle irresponsible 20-year-old Charlie Alliston

is facing a jail term He was riding a bike

with no front brakes. The judge in this case said she

hadn't seen one iota of remorse from Charlie Alliston at any stage. He

was cleared of manslaughter, but convicted of wanton or furious

driving. He collided with Kimberly Briggs while driving in a legal bike

that was not fitted with a front brake. Police in London released a

video to show the distance it can make to stopping distances --

difference. The first bike was fitted with both back and front

brakes, which stops within a few meters. And then without, it takes

much longer to stop, around 19 metres. The victim's husband is a

cyclist in London, but he is calling for a change in the law. He wants to

see a new offence of causing death or serious injury by careless

cycling. The same offence already exists for motorists. He said:

Charlie Alliston will be sentenced next month. The judge made it clear

she was considering a jail term, the maximum for the offence is two

years. Eight people have been killed

and many are missing after Typhoon Hato hit

the southern Chinese A further four people

were killed in mainland China, according to media there -

with winds of more than 124 Yesterday, the typhoon battered

Hong Kong, uprooting trees, flooding streets and halting

financial trading. A farmer has defended her decision

to serve up as dinner the piglets, saved from a barn fire,

to thank the firefighters The 18 piglets and two sows survived

the fire in Wiltshire in February, which saw 60 tonnes

of hay catch fire. The firefighters initially said

the sausages were fantastic, but have then apologised

following complaints. Farming is what we do here. It's not

an animal sanctuary, you know, we don't keep animals just for the fun

of it. We enjoy it having them being here and we are very sorry when they

leave the farm and go on. I can appreciate and understand that there

are some people who don't keep meat, but there are also people who do eat

meat, and farming is our life. -- eat meat.

The US Powerball has seen 21 rollovers in a row,

meaning the prize now stands at 700 million dollars -

It's the world's richest lottery, with an average jackpot

But while the prizes are big, the odds are slim -

there's a 1 in 292 million chance of someone taking the cash home.

292 million... Not much chance. How many Wayne Rooney's do you think you

could buy for that money? Not many, probably! He's all over the back

pages this morning. Every paper has their own tribute. It is quite a

sensible thing for him to do at this point. Back at Everton, he could

prolong his club career for another three or four years by not having to

go and play for England, the extra hands and training he would have to

do. When he played his first tournament for England, it was 13

years ago now, he scored 53 goals for his country.

He's turned down a recall to the squad and will concentrate

Liverpool will be in the draw for the Champions League group stage

later today after beating Hoffenheim 4-2 last night.

They won their qualifying playoff 6-3 overall.

In the EFL Cup last night, West Ham comprehensively beat

And ahead of one of the most lucrative fights in boxing history -

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor face off in an unexpectedly calm

I would even say civilised. I don't understand it, one minute they don't

like each other, the next minute... How many more days of this? Saturday

night, Sunday morning. They have used all of that kind of energy over

the last few days and I think they've realised they have got to

not waste any energy any more and concentrate what is -- on what is

going to happen over the weekend. It has ground to a halt, it will ramp

up again on Saturday night and into Sunday morning. We will talk more

about that a bit later on. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. I don't like the umbrellas when they

come out. Some showers heavy, some thundery, but not all of us will see

them. The driest conditions in the south and south-east. Today we've

got low pressure close by, mostly in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Yesterday's weather front affecting the Northern Isles. In Orkney and

Shetland, some rain. Showers coming in across western Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Away from that, a chilly start. Some of us getting off

to a sunny start. Moving across England and through Wales, a lot of

sunshine first thing this morning. Fairweather cloud around. Miss and

fog should lift quite quickly. You can see across Southern counties in

east Anglia and the Midlands, off to a bright and sunny start. Along the

South Coast, temperatures are in some places already at 70 degrees.

Through the day, some showers merging across Southern Scotland and

Northern Ireland. The rain moving away from the Northern Isles. For

the rest of us, hanging on to sunny intervals. Fairweather cloud

developing through the day. Through the afternoon, hazy sunshine.

Pleasant in the south-east, 23- 24 degrees. Pressure as we push further

north, especially if you are in those showers. As we get into the

evening and overnight, showery out wrecks of rain continuing across the

north-west. Some cloud, some breaks in that cloud. Quite cool for some

of us, especially in the countryside. Some mist and fog

patches forming overnight, clearing quite quickly as we head into

tomorrow. Showers moving from west to east overnight. First thing in

the morning, you can see this cloud coming back into northern Scotland.

Showers on and off through the course of the day. Cloud as we move

further south, temperatures in the west, looking at mid- high teens.

Pushing back down into the south-east, we will import some wind

from the near continent. Temperatures a little bit higher,

22- 24. From Saturday into the weekend, high pressure in charge of

the weather further south. However, we do have a set of fronts coming in

from the Atlantic. They are going to bring some rain with them. Also

rather breezy. That is largely going to be across the northern half of

the country. Rain moving from west to east courtesy of those weather

fronts. Away from that, back into some dry conditions with highs of

two about 24 degrees. Temperatures roughly where they should be at this

stage of the year. It is about time! I like them a little bit higher. I

know, but it has been cold. I agree with you. I like it higher. I am

glad we are moving in the right direction. Thank you.

Let's take a look at this morning's papers.

We are all sitting comfortably. Yes, thanks. Shall I begin? Yes. The

Daily Mail, this is about inactivity. This is about how much

you walk on a routine basis. This report shows a shocking lack of

activity to do with the notion of how often you go for a brisk walk,

and saying some people don't do ten minutes a month. And this is

children on set on the ITV news set, and you can see Alistair Stewart,

who has had a little invader while on air. It has happened here if you

dance. It is my favourite moment when that happens. They should

always take over. Some would say that we have. The Sun is looking at

the BBC being blasted last night apparently for giving 10% pay rises

for almost 1800 staff, and saying it cost ?8,000 each, and it will cost

the licence payer ?14 million. Looking at students, how many

foreign students will leave the UK when they finish their study, and

the BBC Scotland editor who will host Sunday Politics. I have two

papers and one story. The front of the FT, the euro is at an eight year

high against the pound, or at the pound, which is at an eight-year

low. If you are looking to go abroad, you will look at this. It is

effectively level. Parity. If you look at how much it has changed

since April, it was 0.85, now 92p, going to the Daily Mail,

holidaymakers get just 0.87 euros, 87 cents to the town at the airport.

How many times have we said not to get currency at the airport? It is

worth shopping around even more than normal because... You can get it at

the airport if you book online and collect at the airport. Yes, it is

not like the people at the airport are not nice. They are lovely. You

don't get the best deal. I love that. People at the airport are nice

people. Shall we look at the best moments Wayne Rooney has had in an

England shirt? The Guardian have five great moments of Wayne Rooney

scoring for England. Look at the scene, the right foot, one of the

most important things in terms of his game. Look at a shot. That is

England... They lost in 2003. He was 18 at that point. He played

excellently in the friendly against Argentina. And the papers are split

on whether or not he was given the chance to play before the World Cup

next year. Some say he turned down an offer. Some say that he decided

on that because he wouldn't get a place that he would call time and

take it into his own hands. Quickly, before I go, this very lucrative

fight this weekend. The Mail have a piece on, -- con at -- Conor

McGregor and how much he has changed and the most significant change is

the boxing gloves. Who knows? Although Mayweather said that he has

a gritty chin. Gritty chin? As in he can take a punch. Absolutely. I love

my job. Good. I mostly love my job. Except when you say things like

that. Not really. Apparently we hate our jobs at 35. Oh, gosh. And the

reason being, when you start your first job you are happy, then when

you get to 35, that is when you get more responsibility. You find it

more stressful. You are not in. You have probably been in work for 14

years since university -- nodding. So, happy zone? I keep refreshing. I

am constantly happy. Age-related happy. If 35 is when you stop being

happy in your job. I am overjoyed. Are you asking for his age? It is a

little bit early for this time of mourning. I don't mind saying I have

been unhappy for a long time. That is just an average. Some of us are

always happy. How old are you? We will find out at the end of this

morning. Will we? I don't know. You can guess. 27. Always say 27. It is

a good one. It is again we are going to play, gas Sean's age it isn't

going to go away. -- guess. Back to our main story now,

hundreds of thousands of students across England, Wales

and Northern Ireland will be But for pupils in England this year

there's a big difference, harder exams and a

new grading system. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is with students at Ark Academy Many nervous students, I imagine.

Yes. Good morning. Welcome to Ark Academy in north London. Students

and parents and staff are gathering to find out the news - how they have

gone in the GCSEs. Big changes in three subjects, English language,

literature and mathematics. It is the way they have been graded, 1-9,

as opposed to A-E, or F or G. We will speak with some of the students

later. We thought it would be interesting to speak with 316

-year-olds as they waited for their results to find out the pressures

they have been under and what it is like to be 16 -- three 16.

I am excited to see how I have done. I know I have tried my hardest. I am

quite nervous. I am quite excited because it is a new stage.

# I've been thinking about tomorrow. # instead of drowning in the past.

This woman dreams of becoming an engineer. Her college is right next

to Silverstone racetrack. Issue passes her GCSE is a highly coveted

apprenticeship awaits. -- if she passes. Aston Martin, doing product

development, which would be within manufacturing, working on their

cars. I thought at first that I wouldn't get through because there

are so many people my age that are more talented than me and have more

experience. How much pressure do you feel under at the moment? There is a

lot of pressure because there is a big change in life. You are just

coming into the adult world. If I fail anything I would have to retake

them. Dinkas crossed. -- fingers crossed. Laurie's be love his

cricket. I have been involved since an early age and I have always just

loved playing. What do you hope to do when you get the results? I would

like to do sports coaching, so I can do something I really like to do.

A-levels give you a better prospect for the future. I am not really

sure. # as I wake up this bright morning. I am excited, nervous, but

I just want to get the results so I can get into sixth form and I can

possibly pursue a career in music. Yash was born partially sighted.

This trip to an indoor ski slope has been arranged for the Royal society

for blind children. Growing up with partial site can be hard to come to

terms with. Now I use it as a strength, not a weakness. If I do

get the grades I am hoping for five grades above B I will have my sixth

form place and my needs will be catered for. What is the best thing

about being 16? You really get to learn a lot around the world. There

are so many options you can have. Mum and dad pay for things like food

and TV. What is the worst thing about being 16? Nothing. # tell them

I am no full. -- fool. Very good luck to anyone receiving

their results today. You just saw from the report, Yash is here. How

did you go? I got into sixth form. But I feel everyone could have done

better and everyone can do better in future. For now this is what matters

for me and at least I got into my sixth form. That was so important

for you. Congratulations. Do you know what you will study? I wanted

to study music. I got C so I can't study music. I have spoken with

other people who say you won't do the modern music in A-level music. I

think music will have to be just a hobby or self learning, whereas I

got a seven in maths, which means I can do maths for a level and I got

good grades in other subjects as well. You have done very well, Yash.

We will talk more later on. How have you gone? I did especially well in

maths, I got nine, so I will plan to go on to maths in future. Yourself?

I have done really well, all As, so I am glad it is done. And a nine in

maths, with the controversy around the grading systems, see you have

done the best you can do. Thank you. It was hard. I was stressing about

getting the nine. I am happy. How about you? I am happy that I got the

majority As and Bs so I got into my sixth form. Congratulations. Head

teacher Delia, how has this grading system being handled? It has had an

enormous impact on the staff and school. We have had to work hard to

write that work schemes and to prepare their children for no

coursework in English, the students have had to memorise things they

have never had to before. The exams are harder and there in maths are

three exams when there was once two. Thank you for having us this

morning. A lot of and excitement. The big day has finally come. The

results are here. Thank you very much. Lots of happy students.

Congratulations. Good luck if you are waiting for your results. If you

are worried or you know someone who is concerned about their results,

there is an advice page. There is a BBC Bitesize advice page

at www.bbc.co.uk/education. Now, though, it's back

to Naga and Charlie. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on Breakfast

this morning... The wait is nearly over

for those teenagers who get We'll share the tension with pupils

throughout the morning and find out why some are hoping for Grade 9's

instead of straight A's. Far too many Brits are so inactive

they don't even manage ten minutes We'll speak to a man who walked

himself fit and lost over four stone And we'll look at one of the great

royal romances with Tom Hughes, who plays Prince Albert

in the hit ITV drama Victoria But now a summary of this

morning's main news. More than half a million

teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get

their GCSE results this morning. There are some major changes

for students in England with English and Maths now graded

using a numerical system, going from nine at the top

to one at the bottom. Exam regulator OFQUAL says it

will help distinguish between students of different

abilities but some teachers say it The consequences for teachers are

that they have had to start teaching new courses, partly post-16, partly

Charlie -- GCSE, and there would be frustration that there has not been

sufficient time to plan for those, not enough practice papers for those

youngsters to work on. We'll be discussing that

with the Labour Shadow Minister for education at ten to seven,

and Nick Gibb, the Minister for Education, at twenty

to eight this morning. More than six million adults

in England spend less than ten minutes each month

walking at a brisk pace, putting their health at risk,

according to a new report. Public Health England is launching

a new campaign to encourage ten minutes of brisk walking a day,

particularly among the middle aged, which it's claimed can

help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor

mental health. But doctors say people need

to speed up their walking For in ten adults between the ages

of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten minutes of brisk walking

per month, which sounds unbelievable. Lots of those people

will be walking, but they aren't walking at a brisk pace. It's

important to walk with glee, because that is when you start to get the

health benefits. Dutch police are questioning

the driver of a van about a possible terrorist threat on a concert venue

in the city of Rotterdam. The concert was called off

at short-notice last night Let's get more from our

correspondent Anna Holligan. -- The husband of a woman

who was knocked down and killed by a cyclist on a bike with no front

brakes has called for new laws to tackle irresponsible

and reckless actions. 20-year-old Charlie Alliston

is facing a jail term after crashing Yesterday he was cleared

of manslaughter but found guilty of causing bodily harm by "wanton

or furious driving". There's to be a major investigation

into the impact that international The government commissioned study

will examine their effect on the labour market

and education sector. Now, I wonder what Postman Pat

would make of these. Royal Mail has unveiled

its new electric delivery vans due Nine of the futuristic looking

vehicles, that come in various sizes and have a range of up to 100 miles

are being trialled in London where they'll distribute post

from the city's central depot. What was his cat called? Jess! And

how does the tune go? I think we can come back to that later. I remember

being in the room when Wayne Rooney did his first interview, that makes

me feel a bit old. But he has barely changed in terms of his manner,

demeanour, how he speaks. All those years and all that publicity, he is

still very similar. That is unusual when you think about the kind of

lifestyle he has led. He has announced his retirement now,

however. That's after turning down a call-up

from Gareth Southgate. Rooney first impressed

at the European Championship 13 years ago and went on to score

53 goals for England. The Everton forward says he regrets

not being part of a successful England side but says

playing for his country The record speaks for itself. He's

got so many caps, goals, he's a record goalscorer. Tournament wise,

it has never really happened for him, apart from when he burst onto

the scene in Portugal. He was so good. You have to remember that the

vast majority of his career, he's only really been the one England

world-class player. There have been plenty of tributes

to Rooney on social media - this from Michael Owen,

"brilliant timing - Well done Wayne Rooney,

an international career to be proud From Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney

an amazing player and goalscorer And tributes not just

from the world of football. Golfer Justin Rose says,

"What an amazing England Liverpool will be in today's

Champions League group stage draw after they won their playoff

against Hoffenheim four-two, Liverpool came flying out

from the start at Anfield. Emre Can put them ahead

in the first ten minutes. They went two up

when summer signing Mo Salah tapped in this rebound, and it was three

when a superb move Roberto Firmino scored a fourth

in between two Hoffenheim goals. We wanted to be part of it with all

we have, and I fought the boys played a few pieces of outstanding

football. How it is in a game like this, especially against a team like

Hoffenheim, we'll all it had some problems, the's how it is. But we

are really happy, we deserve qualification.

Two Premier League scalps were claimed last night in the EFL

Cup as Newcastle were beaten at home by Nottingham Forest and Southampton

West Ham made no mistake against League Two side Cheltenham,

goals from Diafra Sakho and Andre Ayew ensured a 2-0 win.

Burnley cruised past Blackburn in a Lancashire derby.

It finished 2-0, thanks to this goal from Jack Cork -

who joined from Swansea in the summer, and Robbie Brady.

Ahead of the much anticipated fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd

Mayweather this weekend, they were unexpectedly civilised and relaxed.

The fighters declared a truce after weeks of vicious verbal

attacks, Mayweather in particular praising McGregor saying it wouldn't

I will go out and perform. I'm not going to look to implement anything.

I am going to outbox this man at his own game, that is how much of a

different level I am to him. I am taking this extremely

seriously, but the thing is this. When it's all said and done, one

thing I can do, I can fight. I can give it and I can take it. For me to

be 49 and zero, it's obvious. I'm not receiving it, I'm it. -- I'm

giving it. They both quite like a tailored suit, don't they?

England full-back Danielle Waterman has been ruled out of

the Women's Rugby World Cup final with concussion.

Defending champions England face New Zealand in Belfast on Sunday.

The 32-year-old, a World Cup winner in 2014, left the field in the first

half of England's 20-3 semi-final victory over France.

As we've been hearing this morning, the husband of a woman killed

by a cyclist riding an illegal bike has called for new laws to tackle

20 year-old Charlie Alliston knocked down and killed Kim Briggs

Yesterday he was cleared of manslaughter but convicted

of causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving,

Let's talk to Duncan Dollimore, head of road safety and legal

Thank you for joining us. This bike that was used, it was a fixed wheel

bike with no brakes, is that legal? It is a legal bike in terms of the

bike itself, but to go on the road, it has to have a front brake. This

is the sort of like you would see on track, a velodrome. If you are

riding on the road, you have to have a front brake. This rider didn't

have one. I think there has been a perception that someone like myself

will come on the radio and defend the actions of this young man, but

what he did was absolutely stupid. Riding a fixed gear bike on the road

with no brakes endangers yourself and other people. It is entirely

right that he was prosecuted. Talking about the charges before the

attitudes to cyclists and the campaigns for cycling. The event

dates back to legislation in 1861. It does seem that these are quite

archaic laws that need to be brought up-to-date, considering how many

more cyclists there are on the road at the moment? We have been

campaigning for a review of all the laws for a number of years. The

government promised a review of those penalties, but that has sat in

the inbox of four successive justice secretary. It would be churlish of

me to suggest that we should not have a review of similar offences

which date back to 1861. As soon as you talk about what the words wanton

and furious mean, it is properly an indication that we need to talk

about this. There are irresponsible people on the road, whether they are

cyclists or cards, the truth of the matter is, there is great confusion

about what the words mean, what the standards are. A holistic review is

required of all offences when people behave irresponsibly on the roads --

cars. Dangerous is pretty clear? No, it isn't. We used to have a charge

of games -- death by dangerous driving, but it was confused. It was

suddenly reclassified as careless. There is huge depth and discrepancy

about what one person's view of careless is, and what a view of

dangerous is. Is it possible to have the same convictions for cyclists?

Shouldn't they be treated equally as drivers? Anyone who behaves

irresponsibly should be dealt with by the law. We have to look at where

the risk is. These cases cause huge controversy, this one has got a

massive amount of attention. In the last year, over 400 pedestrians were

killed on the roads. 99.5% of them were killed by people in motor

vehicles. One of the reasons this case has got such publicity is that

it is astonishingly rare. But that is no consolation for the family of

Kim Briggs. It is right that this young man has been prosecuted and

convicted. We need to look at where the great risk comes from for those

on our roads, it is from people in vehicles. It is not actually from

those who are cycling. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Good morning. The next couple of

days is similar. We have sunshine and showers. Dry conditions are in

the south. Some will miss showers altogether. Some will be heavy and

thundery. Low pressure is dominating the weather. Not much of a breeze.

It is a fresh start to the day. Having said that, parts of the south

coast are 70 degrees already. Yesterday's rain is over the

Northern Isles -- 17 degrees. We have clear skies in the east. Across

north-west England, more cloud with one or two showers. The east has a

sunny start. Showers for Northern Ireland and some sunshine. Showers

across Wales and some cloud. And bits of pieces of cloud in the

south-west. Equally, some sunshine. For southern counties into East

Anglia and the south-east, a lot of dry weather to start the day. Any

mist or fog will lift quite readily. Through the day further showers

develop across England and were. Southern areas will be mostly dry.

Showers will be heavy across Northern Ireland and western

Scotland -- across England and Wales. In the sunshine further

south, 22, maybe 23. That will feel quite pleasant. Overnight, we hang

on to the showers. In the north-west, rain coming in across

Northern Ireland and western Scotland with the cloud. Further

south, under clear skies, it will be a cool night in the countryside.

Some isolated mist and fog forming, which will clear quite readily

tomorrow. Tomorrow, for England and Wales, we will get off to a

beautiful start with sunshine around and fair weather cloud developing

through the course of the day. The rain gathering across Northern

Ireland and western Scotland. Some of this could be quite heavy. It is

quite cool under the rain with top temperatures 17 or 18. Once again,

in the sunshine, especially in the south-east, we have 23 or 24. For

the weekend, we have low pressure trying to get in from the Atlantic

introducing weather fronts. Further south, bright conditions. Saturday's

forecast - it is a fine day for most of England and Wales. It is going to

stay dry. However, with the weather moving across, it will bring showers

and some of them could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. On

Sunday, as the rain moves west to east, some of that could be heavy,

and you will hear the odd rumble of thunder. Away from that, we are into

dry conditions. So, basically, there are showers around. Equally, there

is dry weather too. Is there a GCSE in whether? There must be something

to do with meteorology or it would be covered in geography weather. Do

you remember your GCSE results? We have this conversation last week. It

was 100 BC. It was a little different. It was a nerve racking

time. Absolutely. I wish everyone good luck. Thank you. I imagine many

have had quite a tense night. It's been a long and nervous night

for teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

waiting to get their GCSE This year sees the start of major

changes to the results system They've sat harder tests in Maths

and English and instead of getting they're being marked

from nine to one. Let's discuss this with

Labour's Shadow Minister How is it gonna work? What do you

think of this change? Congratulations, firstly, to

everyone receiving their results on a red letter day around the country.

In terms of the change, it has been an illogical and ill thought out.

There is confusion about what a great four means, what a great five

means. -- grade. Employers and universities have been told that

grade four is a pass and schools will be judged on how many pupils

got grade five. There is confusion. There was confusion when the A star

was introduced. The A star was introduced around grade inflation.

Government thought it didn't work. They are trying to do that again.

The proof of the pudding will be how many pupils come out with a grade

nine and whether the grade inflation is going to be a problem moving

forward with the system. If a Labour government comes into power, would

you get rid of the system? Schools have seen enough changes. As the

head teacher said, they are under enormous pressure. Schools have seen

huge budget cuts, 4 billion over the next three years, a massive problem

with teacher recruitment. One quarter of teachers who have trained

have left the profession. I would be careful about introducing a whole

new system. We will have to see how it pans out. That is a no, isn't it?

I would like to hear back. The other thing we don't know is how many

children will appeal. We have more grades in the system. There will be

more problems with appeals going forward and people wanting to try to

get their graves on through the appeal system. We don't know how the

system will pan out over the next couple of hours. For a lot of

people, lots of parents will know the system, can I make it clear

about what he said about a nine - you say it that will be the test as

to whether it works? It will be one of the test. The reason the

government introduced this is because of great inflation. So many

students under the previous system were getting A star. I would like to

complement everyone who got the A star who got the top results. They

are trying to get to a system where less students gets the nine to

differentiate the bright from the brightest. If there are a lot of

nines, can you give us a sense of what you're looking for? If there

are a lot of nines, the system won't worked and they will have spent tens

of millions of pounds introducing the system and half ?1 million

trying to explain what the new system is. Would it mean there are a

lot of excellent kids who were not previously recognised? They were

being recognised. That is why they change from the A star. So many

children were getting that. They were being recognised. They will

have spent millions of pounds on a system if everyone comes out with

Anae nine that won't have done what they wanted it to do. -- with a

nine. It has nine, eight and seven, equivalent with A star and A. There

isn't more differentiation to make it easier for employers to look at

these kids. The CBI is a time pressured HR consultants won't know

what the four or five degrees. Is a nine the A star? The government

hasn't made it clear. It is harder to differentiate the new system and

what it means. Thank you for your time.

We'll be discussing this with Education Minister Nick Gibb

Do you remember your results? I do indeed. I went to school in my

constituency. It was 1985. I am not sure I want to share all of the

results. Why? I did the O level system and I got five passes at the

time. I was pleased. I exceeded expectations. That is the most

important thing. Thank you. How did you do? Not terribly well. To be

honest, it was even longer a go. It has turned into a blur. Suffice to

say it was an unhappy day in the Stayt household. You did well. We

wish everyone luck. Don't worry. It is not the end of the world if it

doesn't go to plan. We are talking about car sales and

the means by which we purchase them. If I could get you to guess what

percentage of car sales are done with a finance deal, what would you

say? 90%. Ask Mike. Charlie isn't far off. I think he has read it.

On the surface these figures out today are very good news

Well, the number of cars built last month in factories around the UK

The number of cars made to be sold here in the UK was up nearly 20%,

that after we've had seven months in a row of decline.

Got to remember we've got the new registrations coming

in September, so production is often ramped up in July.

Why does this matter how the industry does?

Well, it employs around 170,000 people directly,

plus thousands more across the whole supply chain.

Let's have a chat with Mike Hawes, who is Chief Executive

of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Good morning. Let's focus on July. It seems like a big figure. 8%

increase on the before. Why was there this increase? Absolutely.

There has been a lot of investment in UK manufacturing. It takes four

or five years to come three in the new models. You see cars like Jaguar

Land Rover bringing models to the market. In July a couple were at

full production. That has ramped up production. The other issue, always

in July and August you increase production ahead of the September

numberplate change. Added to that of course is the fact that things can

change. July and August can change a lot depending on the summer

shutdown. What is the general trend? We have seen falling production and

sales as well. It has been an erratic year with production. The

last three or four months have been in decline. That would reflect

reducing demand at home. If we look at new car sales, they have been on

the decline going into the second quarter. When sales are on the

decline, dealerships and manufacturers will be looking to

find ways of getting customers to buy cars. It is a good time to buy a

car. You see the deals everywhere, and the Bank of England said 85% of

sales are car finance deals. Is there a worry that many people rely

on loans to buy these cars? The guidance and the restrictions, the

regulations around the selling of finance are very strict. There are

affordability tests and credit checks. And you have to make sure

that the consumer understands their responsibility. Our members doing

more checks, are they doublechecking more? There has always been the

checking in place because if you buy a new vehicle you have to know what

the mileage will be, and people have to make sure they keep to the

mileage. For many people it is an opportunity to purchase a car which

they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. Thank you. 85% was the

answer. Within the margins. Thank you.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Naga

It's GCSE results day for more than half a million teenagers -

but there's a warning that big changes to the exam system

in England will leave employers confused.

Students sat tougher tests in Maths and English.

The grades A-star to G have been replaced by the numbers 9 to 1.

What impact have those changes had? I am at an academy in north London

where staff, parents and pupils are gathering to find out the results.

Good morning, it's Thursday the 24th of August.

Also this morning, shocking levels of inactivity as it's revealed more

than six million middle-aged people in England fail to go for a brisk

More bad news for holiday makers as the pound has fallen to an 8-year

But some experts are predicting it could go even lower.

I'll be talking to a currency expert in about an hour.

In sport, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather declare a truce

as they square up in a rather subdued final press conference ahead

There is now a diamond encrusted dealt at stake. -- belt.

Rain ensconced across most of the Northern Isles, looking at sunshine

and showers. The driest conditions in the south, feeling fresher than

it did yesterday. More in 15 minutes.

More than half a million teenagers in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland will get their GCSE results this

There are some major changes for students in England coming

More difficult exams in English and Maths will be graded

using a numerical system, going from nine at the top to one

Exams in Wales have also been made harder, as our education

correspondent Gillian Hargreaves explains.

Thousands of 16-year-olds will find out if all that hard work three

But there are new pressures this year in England and Wales.

Maths, English and Welsh have all been restructured.

And in England, there's a new numerical grading

system for the English and maths systems, running from grades 1-9,

with nine being the highest score, identifying the best students

Grade 4 is broadly being compared to a previous

The government says the new grade five should be considered a strong

The old alphabetic system is still in place for other GCSE

subjects until next year, head teachers are accusing

the government of trying to reform too quickly and causing a muddle.

The consequences for teachers are that they have had

to start teaching new courses, partly post-16, partly at GCSE,

while other things have been changing in schools.

It will lead to a sense of frustration

that there hasn't been sufficient time to plan for it,

there are not enough practice papers for youngsters to work on.

There is no doubt these changes to English and maths have been big

changes for schools, but employers have to get their heads around

I think I'm going to be slightly confused.

I am sure in time we will work it out.

A standard pass, that would be our borderline,

The Westminster government was determined to make GCSE's

harder, to end what some see as a dumbing down.

The first of the reformed exams will put minister's ambitions

We'll speak to the Schools minister Nick Gibb at around twenty to eight.

More than six million adults in England spend less than ten

minutes each month walking at a brisk pace -

putting their health at risk, according to a new report.

Public Health England is launching a new campaign to encourage ten

minutes of brisk walking a day, particularly among the middle aged,

which it's claimed can help prevent cancer,

heart disease and poor mental health.

We'll be speaking to Public Health England at ten past

There's to be a major investigation into the impact that international

The government commissioned study will examine their effect

on the labour market and education sector.

New figures will be published this morning showing how many foreign

students went on to leave Britain after finishing their courses.

Dutch police are questioning the driver of a van about a possible

terrorist attack on a concert venue in the city of Rotterdam.

Police stopped the Spanish-registered van,

which was found to be carrying gas canisters,

and called off the concert after a tip-off from Spanish

The husband of a woman who was knocked down and killed

by a cyclist has called for new laws to tackle irresponsible

20-year-old Charlie Alliston is facing a jail term

He was riding a bike with no front brakes.

The judge in this case said she hadn't seen one iota of remorse

He was cleared of manslaughter, but convicted of wanton or furious

He collided with Kim Briggs while driving in a legal bike

that was not fitted with a front brake.

Police in London released a video to show the difference it can

The first bike was fitted with both back and front

brakes, which stops within a few meters.

And then without, it takes much longer to stop,

The victim's husband is a cyclist in London,

but he is calling for a change in the law.

He wants to see a new offence of causing death

or serious injury by dangerous or careless cycling.

The same offence already exists for motorists.

Charlie Alliston will be sentenced next month.

The judge made it clear she was considering a jail term,

the maximum for the offence is two years.

A holidaymaker from west Sussex arrested in Turkey is facing three

years in prison for trying to take home page and coins he found while

on a family holiday. Toby Robyns is believed to have

said his children found the coins He is being detained in prison

on suspicion of smuggling historical Eight people have been killed

and many are missing after Typhoon Hato hit

the southern Chinese A further four people

were killed in mainland China, according to media there -

with winds of more than 124 Yesterday, the typhoon battered

Hong Kong, uprooting trees, flooding streets and halting

financial trading. A farmer has defended her decision

to thank fire crews by giving them sausages made from the meat

of piglets they'd saved The 18 piglets and two sows survived

the fire in Wiltshire in February, which saw 60 tonnes

of hay catch fire. The firefighters initially said

the sausages were fantastic, but have then apologised

following complaints. It's not an animal sanctuary,

you know, we don't keep animals just We enjoy having them

being here and we are very sorry I can appreciate and

understand that there are some people who don't eat meat,

but there are also people who do eat The US Powerball has seen

21 rollovers in a row, meaning the prize now stands

at 700 million dollars - It's the world's richest lottery,

with an average jackpot But while the prizes are big,

the odds are slim - there's a 1 in 292 million chance

of someone taking the cash home. But a huge chance, really, is it? --

not. Inactivity amongst the middle aged

is on the rise and is costing the NHS almost a billion pounds each

year, according to Public Health Its research found that six million

adults don't manage just 10 minutes We're joined now by Graham Ward,

who took up regular walking after he was diagnosed

with Type 2 diabetes, and Doctor Jenny Harries,

Deputy Medical Director Can you first of all take us through

what you're saying to people? Ten minutes of brisk walking, can you

explain... It is quite a shock that 6 million are not doing ten minutes

of brisk walking each month. I have to admit I didn't believe it, I

downloaded our app, and I wasn't either. It is about three mph and

equates to moderate activity. But if people just go out and get their

hearts pumping, that is the right level. People might be a bit

confused by that and think, I walked from the bus to work, I walk around.

You're separating out that kind of walking from something more

strenuous? Yes, we are saying we want people to up the speed, the

duration and intensity of what is important. Just ten steps is

important. It keeps you moving. But it is not the same as ten minutes of

continuous risk exercise. Getting your heart pumping a little bit,

being a little bit rate. Your heart pumping, the easiest way is to

download a free app which will tell you how many minutes have been

brisk. And Graham, you have converted to walking? What got you

into it and why? I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I was told

I needed to make some changes in my life. I enrolled in a local course

where they talked about life changes. We are seeing a picture of

you before? That is a pretty good image, that's how you looked when

you saw the nurse? Absolutely. I did a local course and they said, you

need to try and do 10,000 steps per day, it is difficult but you need to

try. I joined a local walking group. It was absolutely tremendous. I had

a pedometer to count the steps. The changes that made, using the

pedometer, gradually walking further and faster, the weight started to

fall. I was amazed. Tell us about before and after. Before, why won't

you doing more exercise? What was going on in your life? Like most

people, I was busy, working, a sedentary job. I was telling myself,

I would never fitted in. Now I know that I could. The opportunity was

there, but you didn't take it? At lunchtime, go for a rate brisk walk,

cleared the head -- go for a -- clear. It has been a massive

difference, just going out there and walking. A lot of people have been

in touch, inspired by your story. Susan has said, she walks about six

miles per day, averaging 15,000 steps. Their's no need to walk

briskly as long as you are as active as you can be? My guess is, if she

is doing 15,000 steps and she's a keen walker, she would probably be

walking quite briskly anyway. The evidence we have used is very much

about the intensity. Moderate activity, going back to Graham's

story, it's a fabulous example of how you can fit walking into your

daily life. A lot of people think they can't fit it in, 10,000 steps

is a huge ambition if you haven't been walking before. Gram, your

story, you needed a shock to get you to do this. You're doing it a nice

way, launching a lovely campaign. Clearly people had probably said

this to you before, you had to have a shock to make a change? Like most

people, I think I am indestructible. Get to it. When you get a shot, you

think, it is going to affect my wife, my grandchildren. Thank God I

did think about that. People don't look at... The campaign is to

highlight to people what they aren't doing at the moment and how

dangerous it is to their long-term health. It allows them to get into

walking in an easy and accessible way. Just walk more quickly when you

are taking the kids to school and that sort of thing. Use the stayers.

Park in the underground at the supermarket. I am guilty, I go to

the closest point I can. I'll spend extra time just to get close. It is

amazing how quickly you can go from 2000 the -- steps per day to 10,000.

Thank you very much for all of your comments.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: Teenagers across England,

Wales and Northern Ireland get their GCSE results this morning

with a new grading system in English and maths for pupils in England.

There's a warning many middle-aged people in England

are putting their health at risk by falling far short

of the recommended guidelines for walking.

So, we were talking about GCSEs today. We wish you luck. We were

reminiscing getting our results. It doesn't matter. You tend to think

people are doing well. Inevitably some don't get what they want.

Anything can happen. Just don't panic. There is always help to help

move forward. Good luck. Sean was talking about the year he took his

GCSEs. What year? The pound was about... It was before the euro...

We were talking about exams, age, and Sean refuses to say how old he

is. Which is perfectly fair. I am thinking of the future line of

presenters who have to tell their age. I am laying down the law. Good

for you. How did you do? All right, yes, quite happy. They were GCSEs?

Yes. We will get there in the end. Who was number one? I have no idea.

Carry on. Talk about the euro. Yes. Have you got a trip

around Europe planned? The pound has hit an eight year

low aganst the euro. So on the official exchanges you it

costs you 92p to buy a euro but of course when your

getting your holiday money, it's not far off ?1 a euro,

and even more in some places. I'll have more on that in about half

an hour. About half an hour ago I was talking about cars,

because there's been a big increase in the number of cars

built in the UK. We built about 8% more in July

than the same time last year, that's according to the body that

represents car makers. Many carmakers increase production

in July ahead of new models going on sale in September

and summer shutdowns. However, the number of cars made

in the UK in the first seven months of the year fell 1.6%

to about one million. Almost four out of five cars that

roll off British production And there are issues about phasing

out that ?1 coin. Businesses have been reminded to collect the old and

new ones separately. Half of the Queens returned to sorting centres

are the new Queen. The government is telling cashier is and shopkeepers

to make sure they don't give the old Queen back to shoppers. October 15

is the deadline. -- the old coin. Really? It feels like we have talked

about it for ages and you can kill swap them after, though it will

become a pain. -- you can still swap them. You are still getting them

back in changing places. I am surprised when I see anyone in my

purse. Really? Yes, I expect to see the old one. Millions of them

around. I mustn't have enough. Thank you, Sean.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. This morning we have a fine start for many. It is cooler

than yesterday for most of the UK. For the next couple of days the

forecast is similar with sunshine and showers, some of them merging to

get heavy spells of rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland with

the driest conditions in the south. That holds true today with low

pressure driving the weather once again. And the closer you are to the

low pressure the more showers you are likely to see. Further south it

is dry and bright and we lose mist and fog patches. You can see rain

across the Northern Isles, that is the remnants of yesterday. Showers

for western Scotland. The rest of Scotland has a dry and bright start

with sunshine. One or two showers for Cumbria and Lancashire. Some of

them getting into the Pennines. North-east of England is dry.

Northern Ireland has one or two showers. Bright spells and sunshine,

the same for Wales and south-west England. As we move east we are

looking at a lot of dry weather and any mist and fog patches lifting

quite readily. Through the day we will see showers develop. Some

across Wales into the Midlands, the further south you are the further it

is likely to stay. We continue with showers across the Highlands into

Aberdeenshire and they might be quite heavy. In between, there will

be sunshine with a temperature range of 13 in the north to 22 or 23

further south. This evening and overnight the showers turned heavy.

We will see more rain coming in across Northern Ireland. There will

be a lot of dry weather and around and some clear skies. In the

countryside it will be nippy. Some local mist and fog patches. They

will move off through the morning and for the bulk of England and

Wales it will be another fine day. Like today with fair weather cloud

developing. For Northern Ireland and Scotland there is more rain moving

slowly eastwards through the course of the day. 14- 17. As we look south

east we are looking at 22- 24. Friday into Saturday we have low

pressure close to us. It is bringing weather fronts moving west to east.

Further south high-pressure is dominating the weather. We are

looking at settled conditions. To put some pictures on that you can

see what I mean. Here is the rain moving west to east across Scotland,

Northern Ireland, showers across northern England later, a lot of dry

weather into the south and it is still quite all is well. Thank you

very much. We will see you later on. Breakfast's Tim Muffett

is with students at Ark Academy Good morning. The wait is over for

600,016 -- 600,000 16 -year-olds. Parents and teachers are waiting to

find out their results. We thought it would be interesting to see how

some students have gone in the lead up to the results and the pressure

they have been under and what it is like to be 16 years old.

I know I've tried my hardest, whatever results I get.

But I'm quite excited because it's a new stage.

# Instead of drowning in the past.#

Chenise dreams of becoming an engineer.

Her college is right next to Silverstone Racetrack.

If she passes all her GCSEs, a highly coveted apprenticeship

Aston Martin, doing product development, which would be

within manufacturing, working on their cars.

I thought at first that I wouldn't get through because there

are so many people my age that are more talented than me

How much pressure do you feel under at the moment?

Well, obviously, there is a lot of pressure because it is a big

You are just coming into the adult world.

If I fail anything I would have to retake them.

I've been involved since an early age and I have just always

What do you hope to do when you get the results?

I quite like the idea of doing a sports coaching apprenticeship,

so I can do something I really like to do.

A-levels give you a better prospect for the future.

I'm excited, nervous, but I just want to get the results

so I can get into my sixth form and I can possibly pursue

This trip to an indoor ski slope has been arranged by the Royal Society

Growing up with partial sight can be hard to come to terms with.

Now I use it as a strength, but not a weakness.

If I do get the grades, I'm hoping for five grades above B,

I will have my sixth form place and my needs will be catered for.

What is the best thing about being 16?

You really get to learn a lot about the world.

Being 16, there's so many options you can have.

Mum and dad pay for things like food and TV and things like that.

What's the worst thing about being 16?

And best wishes to everyone receiving their results and we will

speak with Shanice and Laurie later on. Yash is here this morning. How

did you go? Mostly Bs. The most important thing is I got into the

sixth form, the most important part for me. Congratulations. Thank you

very much. Delia is head teacher here at Ark

Academy. How are you feeling about the results? Thrills. Students and

teachers have worked so hard at the exams, incredibly hard -- Thrilled.

We have improved grades, so, well done. The three subjects, English

and maths, there is a grading system 9-1, so how have you gone, if you

can compare it? The government has said for this year in this

transition that anything that was A A star would be seven and above and

that would stay roughly the same, so we are thrilled that in maths, which

we specialise in, we have 32% of seven and above, and it was 30% last

year, so we have maintained on a much harder exam, much harder. Most

importantly, seven students got grade nine, which is a completely

new great. How has it been handled, will confuse employers? In the first

couple of years it will be confusing. We will be looking at

comparisons, like metric, the old and new money. In a year or two's

time, we won't be talking about the old grades, we will understand. Just

to know that nine, eight and seven are the top grades and anything

above four is a past. Congratulations. Thank you. Cannot

interrupt you, how did you go? Really well. I got a nine in maths.

I am really happy. And yourself? I did well as well. Eight in English

literature, which I am really happy about. The grading system has been

more complicated, do you think? We had a lot of challenges. Thanks to

the teachers we covered everything. We prepared for the worst. And you

did well? I did well. I got all As and I got an eight in maths, which

is great. Congratulations and thank you for everyone for sharing their

results with us. A lot of excitement. Indeed. Thank you. We

will be back with him later on picking up on the results. And we

will speak with the Minister for Education shortly.

And if you or anyone you know is worried about results,

there is a BBC Bitesize advice page at www.bbc.co.uk/education.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

The District Line has now cleared up, so a good service on all lines

on the tube. More in half an hour. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga The main story this morning: More

than half a million teenagers in England, Wales and Northern

Ireland will get their GCSE There are some major changes

for students in England, with English and Maths now graded

using a numerical system, going from nine at the top

to one at the bottom. Exam regulator OFQUAL says it

will help identify students of different abilities -

but some teachers believe it has We'll talk to the Schools Minister

Nick Gibb in about ten minutes More than six million adults

in England spend less than ten minutes each month

walking at a brisk pace, putting their health at risk,

according to a new report. Public Health England is launching

a new campaign to encourage ten minutes of brisk walking a day,

particularly among the middle aged, which it's claimed can

help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor

mental health. Four in ten adults between the ages

of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten minutes

of brisk walking per month, which

sounds unbelievable. Lots of those people will be

walking, but they aren't It's important to walk

briskly, because that is when you start to get

the health benefits. Dutch police are questioning

the driver of a van about a possible terrorist attack on a concert venue

in the city of Rotterdam. Police stopped the

Spanish-registered van, which was found to be

carrying gas canisters, and called off the concert

after a tip-off from Spanish police There's to be a major investigation

into the impact that international The government commissioned study

will examine their effect on the labour market

and education sector. British universities are the second

most popular destination in the world, after those

in the United States. Now, I wonder what Postman Pat

would make of these. Royal Mail has unveiled

its new electric delivery vans due Nine of the futuristic looking

vehicles, that come in various sizes and have a range of up to 100 miles

are being trialled in London where they'll distribute post

from the city's central depot. You know what we need? We need to

have a split screen where we can see postman Pat's car at the top, and

this one... Be careful what you wish for, because here, what you ask for,

you will receive -- Postman Pat. Coming up on the programme,

Carol will have the weather I remember being in

the room when Wayne Rooney did his first interview,

that makes me feel a bit old. In terms of his goals, he is

prolific. The thing that will let him down is a lack of tournament

success. You can't beat those players from 1966, ever. Let's have

a look at him now. He is playing for England, that fantastic right foot.

People say, he hasn't won anything, how can you compare them? This is

what one important man had to say. He's got so many caps, goals,

he's a record goalscorer. Tournament wise, it has never

really happened for him, apart from when he burst

onto the scene in Portugal. You have to remember that the vast

majority of his career, he's only really

been the one England Liverpool will be in today's

Champions League group stage draw after they won their playoff

against Hoffenheim 4-2, Liverpool came flying out

from the start at Anfield. Emre Can put them ahead

in the first ten minutes. They went two up

when summer signing Mo Salah tapped in this rebound, and it was three

when a superb move Roberto Firmino scored a fourth

in between two Hoffenheim goals. We wanted to be part

of it with all we have, and I thought the boys played a few

pieces of outstanding How it is in a game like this,

especially against a team like Hoffenheim, we also had some

problems, the's how it is. But we are really happy,

we really deserved qualification. Two Premier League scalps

were claimed last night in the EFL Cup as Newcastle were beaten at home

by Nottingham Forest and Southampton West Ham made no mistake

against League Two side Cheltenham, goals from Diafra Sakho

and Andre Ayew ensured a 2-0 win. Burnley cruised past Blackburn

in a Lancashire derby. It finished 2-0, thanks to this

goal from Jack Cork - who joined from Swansea

in the summer, and Robbie Brady. While most of us were sleeping, the

draw for the next round was picked. Leicester will play Liverpool

in probably the pick of the ties. Holders Manchester United

will host Burton Albion. West Brom have drawn Manchester City

at home and Arsenal face League Were exactly is Burton Albion? That

is not even the question I thought you were going to ask. I thought you

were going to ask, why China? They were sponsored by a Chinese energy

drink but I don't think it had a big effect. Most people who wanted to

see the draw will probably be waking up to the news now.

England full-back Danielle Waterman has been ruled out of

the Women's Rugby World Cup final with concussion.

Defending champions England face New Zealand in Belfast on Sunday.

The 32-year-old, a World Cup winner in 2014, left the field in the first

half of England's 20-3 semi-final victory over France.

Britain's Chris Froome has extended his lead at the Tour

The fifth stage was won by Alexy Lut-sen-ko,

after he broke clear on the uphill finish.

Froome's aiming to become the third man to win the a Vuelta

and the Tour de France in the same year.

He now has a 10-second advantage over his nearest rival.

England's men have reached the semi-finals of the EuroHockey

They beat Ireland 2-1 to progress as runners-up,

behind Germany and follow in the footsteps of England's women,

who face the Netherlands in their semi-final today.

Ahead of the much anticipated fight between Conor McGregor

and Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas both were unexpectedly relaxed

as they saw each other for the final time before Friday's weigh-in.

The fighters declared a truce after weeks of vicious verbal

attacks, Mayweather in particular praising McGregor saying it wouldn't

I'm not going to look to implement anything.

I am going to outbox this man at his own game,

that is how skilled and how much of a different level I am to him.

I am taking this extremely seriously, but the thing is this.

When it's all said and done, one thing I can do, I can fight.

For me to be 49 and zero, it's obvious.

All you need to know is that it is going to be the richest fight in

history. Hundreds of millions of dollars involved. We are still

trying to track down a picture of the belt for you. It is made from

alligator and is covered in thousands of diamonds. Not my

favourite look ever. Not a huge fan. It's been a long and nervous night

for hundreds of thousands of teenagers waiting to get

their GCSE results this morning. For pupils in England there's

the added drama of big changes to the way Maths and

English are assessed. Instead of getting alphabetic grades

- from A star to G - they're being marked from 9 to 1

to indicate a more challenging, But, Labour's Shadow

minister for Education, Mike Kane, says the changes

are causing confusion. In terms of the change, I think it

has been illogical and ill thought out. There is confusion about what a

grade four or five means today. I wish to take nothing away from those

pupils receiving their results, but employers and universities are being

told that great for is a pass, whereas schools will be judged on

how many pupils got Raid five going forward. There is still confusion.

Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, is here to discuss this with us.

It is a nervous day for those opening their letters this morning?

Very nervous, and they deserve all our congratulations, hundreds of

thousands of students. They have worked in credit we had to get to

this point. Also to say thank you to all of the teachers who have

responded well to what is a more demanding curriculum. There are

other subjects that have also been reformed and we will see those

results next year. We have spoken to some students this morning, I might

--I understand correctly, we don't have figures yet, that we have

wrought in these changes, you are presumably looking for something,

but what for? We are looking for stability in results. We have been

determined to eliminate grade inflation from the system. We want

consistency and stability across the system. These are more demanding

exams. We have been determined from 2010 to raise academic standards in

our schools. It started with a better way of teaching children to

read in primary school, we see the dramatic improvement in six

-year-olds's reading ability, we reformed the primary curriculum so

that maths is more challenging and children are better prepared for the

demanding curriculum at secondary school. Now we are seeing the

reformed GCSEs which are more demanding. They are on a par with

the best qualifications around the country. This is a reform process

that is very important. We need to ensure that our education system is

enabling every child to fulfil their potential and that they are equipped

and ready to enter a more demanding global economy and jobs market in

the future. It is really helpful when people can compare themselves

to someone else. If you are a student in England, we have spoken

to some this morning who have done remarkably well and have gotten

grade nine in maths. If you get a nine in maths in England, but and

A-star in Wales, who is the better student? It is difficult to compare

them, the Welsh have not reformed their system in the way we have --

an. To get that dark does require considerable effort. At the GCSEs in

England are formed and they are more demanding and on par with

international qualifications of a similar age group. So, you can't

compare these incompatible things? Employers and universities to make

comparisons. People from Wales will apply for the same courses as people

from England, so there will be asking those questions. Yes, we have

a communications plan that is quite extensive in place. Since 2014 when

these new grading systems were announced. 90% of secondary head

teachers are aware of the new grading system. 80% of parents of

children in secondary schools understand the system and 70% of

businesses. It is straightforward, minus the top grade reserved for

exceptional performance, down to number one. You are saying you are

trying to get rid of grading, sorry, grade inflation, are you expecting

more students to fail in those English and maths groups? Your proud

boast is that exams have gotten harder, that is a good thing. Are

you expecting more students to fail? No, we want consistency from

year-to-year. We don't want any student to be disadvantaged simply

because we have introduced a new and more demanding set of GCSEs. Roughly

the same proportions should be achieving the grades as previously.

Doesn't that make the idea a bit nonsense?

There is more content in the maths GCSE. They are better prepared for

technical education when they leave school at 16. That is the purpose.

What are they learning, how well educated are they? The reason for

that is to draw the distinction between the demanding GCSEs and the

old GCSE. That is why we have got the distinct numeric system. The

concern about employee is not understanding the grading system,

the notion of the five and four in line with the B and C, are you

concerned about that? The survey shows business understands to the

same level as they understand the existing system. Four is equal to

the C. We said we want schools to do even better than that. That is why

the performance tables will record the levels of proportions at Shiva

in a five so that schools can do better in the years ahead. -- at

schools achieving five. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Is it my imagination, I am thinking

back, we had a period of hot weather, I think, in summer that

happened, didn't it? It did. Will it happen again? At the end of June we

had a fabulous spell over the Wimbledon fortnight as well we had a

fabulous time. It was sunny and hot. Summer is in just over. As we go

through the next few days temperatures rise. What we have is a

mixture of sunshine and showers. Some of the showers will merge to

give long spells of rain. Dry conditions and high temperatures in

the south and the south-east. Today low pressure is driving the weather

and areas close to the low pressure in Northern Ireland and western

Scotland will see prolific showers not just this morning but into the

afternoon as well and some of them will be slow-moving. Away from those

areas and we have right conditions through the day, high cloud, fair

weather cloud, so the sunshine will be hazy in places with more showers

across Wales and the Midlands. Showers will be around in Northern

Ireland this afternoon. Some of them merging. And also north-east

Scotland into Aberdeenshire some will be heavy with the odd of

thunder. Away from those we are looking at some bright skies with

sunshine. One or two showers across northern England and parts of Wales.

As you can see, many of us will miss them and have a dry day. That holds

true across southern counties. A fair bit of sunshine. You might see

the odd shower in south-west England. You probably will across

Wales with cloud building through the day. It is turning the sunshine

a bit hazy. Through the evening and overnight if anything to showers

will merge and turning to showery outbreaks of rain as they push

across Northern Ireland and western Scotland. One or two getting into

northern England. Away from that a lot of dry weather with clear skies,

chilly in the countryside and there will be local mist and fog forming.

That means it won't be everywhere and it will clear quickly tomorrow

morning. Tomorrow for England and Wales if you like it's only you are

in for a treat because that is how it is going to start. The sunshine

is turning hazy. Across Northern Ireland Scotland we have rain coming

in through the day. It will move from the west heading in the

direction of the east. What about the weekend? We still have low

pressure close to the north-west with the attendant fronts. It will

bring rain west to east. A little ridge of high pressure further south

keeps things fairly settled. Saturday has the rain coming in

across the north-west Scotland. We could see some of that across

Northern Ireland. Showers getting in across northern England. It won't be

raining all the time. Away from that we have dry and bright weather. Lots

of festivals on. In southern areas there is the chance it will be dry.

On Sunday there is more of the same. We have rain moving west to east.

Some of that will be heavy and thundery. Further south we have dry

and warm conditions. All in all it is not too bad. It could be better.

It is not too bad. We would like it a little bit better, wouldn't we?

Well, we do because we like son. And if you are looking for the sunshine,

maybe you are going to the south -- sun. Sean says you will be in for a

nasty shock when you spend your pounds and euros. Especially if you

don't have your currency already. Good morning.

We all know that the pound has been falling in value againts the euro

Before the vote to leave the EU, at the start of June last year,

a pound would get you about 1.30 euros.

With the growing uncertainty over Brexit, it's been

Today you'll get closer to 1.08 euros.

That's the lowest level since October 2009 and some experts

are predicting that by the end of this year you'll get

That's clearly going to be bad news for holidaymakers,

though it's better news for toursists heading to the UK.

Let's talk to Jeremy Cook, who's Chief Economist at currency

Morning. Morning. We have the initial fall after Brexit part in

the recent days and weeks there is been another drop. Why is that? The

initial fall was about the sterling weakness and the uncertainty of

Brexit and possible hits to the UK economy. The recent one has been

about European strength. We ended the year worried about the political

atmosphere in Europe. The Dutch and French and German elections which

take place next month have dissipated a little bit and also the

economic data coming out of Europe has been particularly strong,

stronger than it has been, growing at twice the rate we are in the UK.

Investors look at the Euro and say it is a better bet than the pound.

They look at it that way - what are the consequences for the UK it

investors look at Europe that way so --? If the pound continues to fall,

we have heard about inflation this year, rising at 3%, above the Bank

of England target, people talking about interest-rate rises, and it

means that can't ignore pocket is worth less, it is buying less

imports coming from abroad, so how can businesses fund themselves? Can

they protect themselves against the rises and make sure they can sell

their products at a margin, which keeps them viable? As an exporter

you would be looking and thinking, great, my products look more

valuable. It depends on how sterling trade is doing over the course of

the next couple of days but we could be at the worst level ever since

records began. We haven't seen a pickup in exports without. We have

seen some changes with exporters happy but the production isn't as

good as it should be. While it might come on soon, exporters still have a

lot of slack to pick up. If we look at the holiday aspect of it, the

story in the Mail today, holidaymakers getting 87 euros per

pound. If there is one thing you do it is watch how much ?1 is worth.

When you see airports offering that kind of price, are they making a lot

of money out of it? It is a captive audience in the departure board. You

have to go to one place and that is the only place you can get it. If

you think ahead, much like a business, if you plan your

expenditure moving forward and you say, I need to buy some heroes for

the holiday in Spain or Italy, then I know how much I will need and I

can buy it forward, I can buy it ahead, then lock it in your pocket,

it is just like... Are their consequences for European countries

that lots of Brits like to go on holiday to, do they not want a

stronger euro and a weaker pound, because it feels like people might

not spend as much as they did? We have heard from the European Central

Bank over the past couple of weeks they are worried about the strength

of the euro for multiple reasons. Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, which

in summer depend on tourist coming from within Europe and also from

abroad coming in and spending their money. It has been tough, anyway,

for a couple of years. And they will turn into the black in June, July,

August, September as people spent two weeks by the beach. Thank you

very much. Yes, so, lowest level in eight years. Even when you go

abroad, all other countries are competing against each other for

your euro, for your pound. You may still be able to get some decent

deals when you are out there. Plan ahead, that is the trick, I think.

In the next hour we'll be talking about the husband calling

for a change in the law for prosecuting cyclists,

following the death of his wife who was knocked down and died

Many of you have been in touch. Thanks very much. Ian says it is

about time all cyclists were registered and have an annual test

and insurance. He says his car was hit by a cyclist who laughed and

rode off leaving him with a ?200 repair bill. That has been picked up

by a couple of people. Richard has been in touch. He is a cyclist. He

thinks we need some sort of licence. There should be more education in

schools to make people aware of the danger. People talking about how

cyclists are punished. Simon says if it was a driver of a car they would

have been calling for ten years behind bars. It is time idiots on

bikes have the same punishment. And then there is the infrastructure

issue. Sue lives near a main road with a cycle path and she says

cyclists use it as a racetrack. Woe betide if you are in their way. And

a key issue in this case was the bike that was in question, which was

a specialist bike, it shouldn't have been on the road in the first place.

Still to come this morning: We'll find out the secrets of a good

investment with the two new multi-millionaires who've taken

Tej Lalvani and Jenny Campbell will be with us at around 8:40am.

And I think we will need to establish on the GCSE day how they

did in school, because it is always fascinating to hear people's stories

when they have done so well and in this case made so much money, you

think what it was like when they were 16 getting those results. Often

those entrepreneurs did not do brilliantly academically but they do

well in I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Hello, this is Breakfast, with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty. It's GCSE results day for more

than 500,000 teenagers, but there's a warning that big

changes to the exam system in England will leave

employers confused. Students sat tougher tests

in maths and English. The grades A* to G have been

replaced by the numbers nine to one. So what impact have those changes

had? I will be talking to staff and pupils at the Art Academy in north

London as they receive their results.

Good morning, it's Thursday the 24th of August.

We'll be discussing calls for new laws to tackle irresponsible

cycling, following the death of Kim Briggs, who was knocked down

Shopkeepers and caches are being reminded not to give out the old

pound coin in change to help the transition to us all using the new

one. I'll have more on that, shortly.

In sport, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather square up

for the last time before Saturday's fight.

There's now a diamond encrusted belt at stake in what's expected to be

Do you not think perhaps I should sleep in my own quarters tonight?

Hopefully by the morning, you will have recovered your reason.

Victoria returns to our TVs this Sunday evening,

and actor Tom Hughes will be joining us to discuss the fiery relationship

Good morning. We've got rain across the Northern Isles today, but for

most of the UK it is a day of sunshine and showers, the heaviest

across Scotland and Northern Ireland, the driest conditions in

the south of England. I'll have more details in 15 minutes.

More than 500,000 teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

will get their GCSE results this morning. There are some major

changes for students in England coming into place

More difficult exams in English and maths will be graded

using a numerical system, going from nine at the top

to one at the bottom. Exams in Wales have

also been made harder, as our Education Correspondent,

Thousands of 16-year-olds will find out if all that hard work three

But there are new pressures this year in England and Wales.

Maths, English and Welsh have all been restructured.

In order to stretch candidates. The new system has more grades...

And in England, there's a new numerical grading system

for the English and maths papers, running from grades 1-9,

with nine being the highest score, identifying the best students

Under the new system, grade four is broadly being compared

The Government says the new grade five should be

The old alphabetic system is still in place for other GCSE

subjects until next year, head teachers are accusing