17/08/2017

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Today's #PuzzleForToday has been set by Paul Carden, senior lecturer at the computer science and informatics department at London's South Bank University

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It's the first time in almost 20 years that AS levels haven't counted towards the final grade in some subjects. The changes include decoupling AS-levels from A-levels so AS results no longer contribute towards a final A-level mark. Gordon Marsden is shadow minister for higher education, further education and skills.

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The Labour MP for Rotherham has resigned as the shadow equalities minister and apologised for her "extremely poor choice of words" in an article she wrote for The Sun. Yasmin Qureshi is MP for Bolton South East and shadow justice minister and Marilyn Hawes is the founder of Enough Abuse UK.

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The first students to sit new A-levels in England will get their results today. A drop in university applications this year means there will still be many places available. Clare Marchant is chief executive of UCAS and Alistair Jarvis is chief executive of Universities UK.

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In just over an hour thousands of young people in England and Wales will find out their A-level results. They will know what university they will get into. Branwen Jeffreys is the BBC’s education editor and Jo Johnson is the universities minister.

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A new adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey will be performed over five consecutive days on five different Donegal beaches, as the headline act of a new literary and theatre initiative straddling both Northern Ireland and the Republic. Adrian Dunbar is the director.

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The Today programme is almost 60 years old, and we're asking how you think our country has changed in the time it's been on air. One of the greatest changes has been in the way we speak. Jonnie Robinson is the British Library’s sound archive lead curator.

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The first students to sit new A-levels in England will get their results today. Claire Gibson is assistant principal at Kenton School in Newcastle, Sir David Bell is vice-chancellor at the University of Reading and Kirsty Donnelly is managing director of City & Guilds.

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