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Kamis, 20 Agustus 2020

BBC Weather: Carol Kirkwood warns of widespread chaos as Storm Ellen hurtles towards UK - Daily Express

BBC Weather meteorologist Carol Kirkwood warned strong winds will remain in control across the whole of the UK's west coast as Storm Ellen's remnants trail off. Commuters and travellers have been warned to beware of potential disruption because of the persistent outbreaks of rain as well as gusts of up to 50mph. Ms Kirkwood said: "Today it's going to be windy again in western areas in particular, breezy as we go further east.

"There's a lot of dry weather and a lot of warm sunshine. This area of low pressure has been deepening, this is part of what the Irish have called Storm Ellen.

"Look at all these isobars in the west, telling you that indeed it is windy and today we'll continue with these strong winds out towards the west. It's breezy as we travel further east.

"The other thing, we've had heavy rain moving northwards through the course of the night, still heavy as it traverses the far north of Scotland moving away from Northern Ireland.

"But these black circles are telling you the gusts of wind you can expect this morning so there could well be some travel disruption to ferries, to air and some debris on the road from small trees.

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"A lot of dry weather as I mention, temperatures in the sunshine up to about 26C in Norwich but not pretty if you're in the wind and often some showers further west."

The BBC Weather forecaster noted the rainy conditions are due to persist through the evening but showers are expected to slowly make their way northwards.

Residents and commuters in the southwest have also been warned of potential coastal flooding because of widespread showers.

Ms Kirkwood continued: "Through this evening and overnight still we've got all these showers coming up, the latter part of the afternoon could be thundery, they're drifting further eastwards more rain piling in behind and the environment agency are warning of the risk of some coastal flooding.

"It will move north across Scotland but breaking up as it does so, so turning more showery. But more showers coming in from the west.

"Temperature-wise, of course tempered by the gusty winds, but we're looking at 16C in Lerwick, closer to 25C as we push towards Norwich.

"Then into the weekend, things very slowly start to ease but you can see Saturday we still have an array of isobars so it's still going to be pretty windy but also further spells of rain, particularly so in the west."

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2020-08-20 06:24:00Z
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Hundreds of thousands of GCSE pupils share memes as they await fate - Daily Mail

MORE mayhem for GCSE pupils as email arrives at 8am but link to results DOESN'T WORK... while thousands have yet to receive grades message

By Mark Duell for MailOnline

Published: 07:14 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 20 August 2020

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2020-08-20 06:14:37Z
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Rabu, 19 Agustus 2020

GCSE results latest news: Grades out TODAY as Pearson pulls BTEC scores hours before release – LIVE updates - The Sun

Millions of nervous youngsters are finding out today how they fared in their GCSEs this year.

Students have been told their results will come on time, despite fears that the chaos caused by a recent u-turn will cause delays.

Earlier this week, the Government rowed back on its decision to generate grades by computers, instead grading youngsters through teachers' predicted

However, BTEC students face a nervous wait for their exam results after exam board Pearson pulled their grades just hours before results day.

The exam board confirmed on Wednesday that 450,000 students would receive revised marks to bring them in line with A-Levels and GCSES - meaning their results will not be published on Thursday morning.

Follow our GCSE and A-level live blog for all the latest news and updates...

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2020-08-20 05:52:00Z
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Pupils get GCSE grades as BTec results are pulled - BBC News

Hundreds of thousands of anxious teenagers are receiving their GCSE results, amid a fresh round of exams chaos, this time affecting BTecs.

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will get GCSE grades given by their schools, after a flawed algorithm was scrapped in a series of U-turns.

On Wednesday evening, exam board Pearson announced it would re-grade BTecs in line with GCSEs and A-levels.

This means BTec students will no longer receive their results on Thursday.

Pearson's 11th hour decision affects about 500,000 pupils, 250,000 of whom received their A-level equivalent qualifications last week.

The rest were due to collect their grades along with GCSE candidates this week.

In a statement, Pearson said their results "had been generally consistent with teacher and learner expectations, but we have become concerned about unfairness in relation to what are now significantly higher outcomes for GCSE and A-levels".

'Really sad'

Last Thursday there was anger after 40% of A-level grades were downgraded by exams regulators.

School and college heads were left comforting tearful pupils who had lost out on university places, and young people inundated counselling help-lines with fears and anxieties about their uncertain futures.

One 17-year-old boy who had just failed his AS-levels told the NSPCC's Childline: "I am feeling really sad.

"My friends got such good grades even though they study less than me and it feels unfair."

After angry protests by pupils and an outcry from teachers, MPs, academics and parents, the education ministers of each nation switched - one-by-one - to centre-assessed grades (CAGs), following Scotland's example two weeks earlier.

These CAG results are expected to be higher for most as it is generally thought teachers and schools tend to be more optimistic about their students chances than exam boards.

Earlier this summer, England's exams regulator, Ofqual, revealed CAGs for GCSEs were nine percentage points higher than the previous year's grades.

So to maintain standards over time, the DfE had arranged for CAGs to be modified by the algorithm, later discovered to be flawed.

The U-turns on Monday afternoon left statisticians at Ofqual, and its Welsh and Northern Ireland counterparts, working round the clock to get 5.6m correct grades for each pupil to around 3,000 schools and colleges in time for young people to collect them on Thursday.

Exams regulators for each nation will also be publishing the national picture on GCSEs and the adjusted A-level results on Thursday morning.

Public examinations were cancelled in March shortly before schools were closed to all but key workers and vulnerable children, so most GCSE pupils have received no in-school lessons since then.

'Class of Covid'

After cancelling exams, ministers pledged to create the fairest system possible to ensure these pupils, now dubbed the "Class of Covid", could get the results they deserved and progress to the next stage of their education and lives.

They were to be calculated by a combination of school assessments, pupils' rankings in each subject and Ofqual's statistical modelling - the algorithm.

But on Monday, England's Education Secretary Gavin Williamson apologised for the distress caused, and said Ofqual's standardisation model had "resulted in more significant inconsistencies than can be resolved through an appeals process".

'Uncertainty was the biggest worry'

Evie, 15, from Bexleyheath Academy in London says it's been a challenging year.

"Lockdown was quite tense to be honest, because you're uncertain. That was your biggest worry, uncertainty.

"You sort of just didn't know what to do with yourself, because you've worked this year just to do GCSEs and when it's taken away from you, I was a bit lost."

Cory, 16, says: "2020 has been unfortunate, but I feel like I've made the best of the situation and I've stayed happy for the whole year.

"Even though I could have shown off all my hard work, the stress of GCSEs was kind of dawning on me and I feel like not doing the exams is a big relief."

Harriet, 16, says the situation has been: "a bit of a learning curve for the government, for everyone really, because we've never had to deal with this before.

"It feels a little bit unfair because we've gone five years, four years in school to take no exam that we've been training for...

"But it's this is a lot harder on the Year 12s and Year 10s who have to do all this themselves and get ready for next year."

Geoff Barton, head of the head teachers' union ASCL, said the decision to revert to centre-assessed grades was "the fairest option in the circumstances".

Mr Barton said it was inevitable some students would be unhappy with their centre-assessed grades, but stressed that schools had followed "a rigorous and painstaking process in reaching these decisions".

He said ASCL was not aware of any plans to allow students to appeal against centre-assessed grades.

'Benefit of the doubt'

He added: "Reverting to centre-assessed grades means that, overall, more students will receive higher GCSE grades this year than in past years.

"This is because schools may, understandably, have given some students the benefit of the doubt when they are on the borderline.

"This could have implications for sixth forms and colleges... that could necessitate increasing class sizes in some courses and there may be pressure on the space that is available in some institutions."

The Department for Education said it had provided extra money to boost the condition of sixth form and college buildings in England in the coming year.

"We are continuing to work with the sector to understand how we can ensure colleges in the future can meet their capacity needs."

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2020-08-20 02:28:16Z
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Halifax 'choke' video arrest man Hassan Ahmed feared for life - BBC News

A man who was filmed apparently being choked by a police officer during an arrest believed he was going to die.

A video of the arrest, shared on social media, shows Hassan Ahmed being held on the ground with an arm around his neck.

The 27-year-old, from Halifax, has since been released under investigation and says he was not resisting arrest.

The officer involved has been suspended by West Yorkshire Police pending an investigation

Mr Ahmed said: "I was afraid for my life, I thought 'that's it, he's going to end up killing me'.

"I honestly thought it was my final moments, I was in shock, I was really scared."

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He said the arrest came after he was called to the area by a family member and got into an argument.

"He did push me as if he were going to arrest me, I complied, I didn't resist him, I complied all the way. I even had my hand by my sides."

During the video, a voice can be heard saying "chill out or I'll choke you out, chill out or you're going to sleep".

Mr Ahmed is seen tapping on the floor and another voice can be heard saying "I give up" before he is told to "turn over now", with another officer helping to detain him.

"I was just thinking about my family, I thought 'He's not going to let go, he's going to keep going, he's going to finish me'," Mr Ahmed said.

"I was in pain, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't feel anything, I couldn't even gasp for air.

"He carried on, then he punched me in my face."

Mr Ahmed says the incident has left him unable to sleep or work.

His sister Safyah, earlier joined a demonstration outside Halifax police station by about 100 protesters.

She said she had felt sickened when she saw the video.

The protesters carried signs which read "Stop police brutality" and "You're not above the law".

"It's obviously struck a chord with everyone from every background," Safyah said.

West Yorkshire Police said that after it had been made aware of the video that was circulating, the officer involved was suspended pending an investigation.

"We immediately reviewed the footage and looked into it as a matter of urgency to establish the full circumstances," the force said in a statement.

"We have reviewed the actions of the officers involved and a referral has been made to the Force's Professional Standards Directorate.

"Our investigation remains ongoing and we have made a voluntarily referral to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC).

"The officer involved has been removed from frontline operational duties."

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2020-08-20 00:34:31Z
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Halifax 'choke' video arrest man Hassan Ahmed feared for life - BBC News

A man who was filmed apparently being choked by a police officer during an arrest believed he was going to die.

A video of the arrest, shared on social media, shows Hassan Ahmed being held on the ground with an arm around his neck.

The 27-year-old, from Halifax, has since been released under investigation and says he was not resisting arrest.

The officer involved has been suspended by West Yorkshire Police pending an investigation

Mr Ahmed said: "I was afraid for my life, I thought 'that's it, he's going to end up killing me'.

"I honestly thought it was my final moments, I was in shock, I was really scared."

More stories from across Yorkshire

He said the arrest came after he was called to the area by a family member and got into an argument.

"He did push me as if he were going to arrest me, I complied, I didn't resist him, I complied all the way. I even had my hand by my sides."