Angela Nwachukwu, 72, married husband CJ, 27, three months after they met. He added her on Facebook and they met face-to-face on their wedding day. But to their heartbreak, his visa applications for UK have been turned down. Ex-husband Donald Neate said she has ‘problem that she will have to deal with’.
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Narinthorn Alexander found unconscious at Thai Tho in Soho, central London. She only received first aid when police arrived as none of the staff knew any. Miss Alexander had cardiac arrest in ambulance and was in coma for six days.
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Mark and Abi Thornton tied the knot at the Sun City Hotel and Beach Club . However, they were less than impressed with the Oludeniz venue’s cleanliness . A live rat was found in their fridge and hotel staff member fought with a guest. Mrs Thornton said the big day was ‘tarnished by bad memories and experiences’.
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Mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor will take on boxing great Floyd Mayweather in Vegas tomorrow. Mayweather, who has recorded an incredible 49-0 card in his career, has come out of retirement for match. Private jets are ferrying celebrities to Las Vegas and bets worth more than a million dollars are being placed. The bout could surpass the $600m (£468m) generated by Mayweather’s 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao.
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Those taking new higher maths paper only had to get 18 per cent to achieve a 4. Entrants only had to get 52 per cent to get the new grade 7 – equivalent of an A . One exam board gave out a standard pass to anyone who could score just 15 per cent. In 2016 candidates needed to get close to 40 per cent for a standard pass.
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Kathleen Walsh was sleeping with her partner when Galaxy S5 burst into flames. Phone had been left on charge and was resting on their duvet when it erupted. After dousing flames with water, Kathleen was taken to hospital for severe burns .
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First year of overhaul of A* to G grades which are being gradually replaced in England with 9 to 1 system. Key GCSEs of English and maths are first to move across, with other subjects following in next two years . Falls in entries scoring at least an A (or 7), A*-C pass rate and pupils getting top English and maths grades. Just 2,000 students get a clean sweep of 9 grades across maths, English literature and English language . 50,000 grade 9s awarded across the board, with two thirds going to girls as gender gap remains the same. Male – 1.5%. Female: 3.7%. Male – 1.9%. Female – 4.6%. Male – 4.1%. Female – 3.0%. Male – 2.5%. Female – 3.8%. In the first year of the new grading system for English and maths, the top grades dropped by about half. Girls outperformed boys in 9 grades in both English GCSEs, while boys did better in maths . The overall A*-C pass rate dropped 0.6 percentage points to 66.3 per cent. In maths, 3.5 per cent of entries – around 18,617 in total – scored a 9. In English, 2.6 per cent of entries – around 13,754 in total – scored a 9. In English literature, 3.3 per cent – around 17,187 in total – scored a 9 . The new courses feature much less coursework than the old GCSEs, and modular courses – which saw pupils sit papers throughout their studies. New reformed GCSEs are being introduced gradually. The first, which will be awarded for the first time today, are English language, English literature and maths. These are core GCSEs taken by all pupils. The next wave, with grades awarded for the first time next summer, include the sciences, history, geography and some modern languages, with others such as art, music and drama being given grades for the first time in 2018. The new English and maths courses have more content and are tougher . A new grading system has been introduced for the new GCSE courses, to clearly separate them from the old qualifications. Under the new system, traditional A* to G grades have been replaced with a 9 to 1 system, with 9 the highest mark. . The proportion of entries receiving the top grades (A/7 or above) has fallen to 20%, down 0.5 percentage points on last year. This is the lowest since 2007 when the figure was 19.5%. For entries receiving a C/4 grade or above, the figure for 2017 was 66.3%, a drop of 0.6 percentage points on 2016, and the lowest since 2008. In the subjects where a new grading system has been introduced, 3.5% of 16-year-olds in England scored the highest grade 9 in maths, 3.3% scored grade 9 in English literature, and 2.6% scored grade 9 in English. In English literature, 72.6% of entries got C/4 or above, down from 75.1% last year. In English the figure rose from 60.2% to 62.1%. In maths the overall proportion of entries getting C/4 or above dropped from 61% in 2016 to 59.4%. The overall gap between girls and boys getting grade C/4 or above has widened since last year. Some 71% of girls got C/4 or higher compared with 61.5% of boys, a gap of 9.5 percentage points. Last year the gap was 8.9 points. The overall pass rate is unchanged on 2016. The proportion of entries receiving G/1 or above was 98.4%. In total there were 5,443,072 entrants for the exams, up 4% on last year . England 66.1% (down 0.4). Wales 62.8% (down 3.8). Northern Ireland 79.5% (up 0.4). North east England 63.4% (down 1.7). North west England 64.4% (down 1.1). Yorkshire and Humber 63.2% (down 0.3). West Midlands 63.6% (down 0.4). East Midlands 64.1% (up 0.5). Eastern England 66.5% (no change). South west England 66.6% (down 0.3). South east England 68.7% (down 0.7). London 69.9% (down 0.2). All UK 66.3% (down 0.6). England 19.8% (down 0.4). Wales 17.9% (down 1.5). Northern Ireland 29.5% (up 0.4). North east England 16.3% (down 1.0). North west England 17.9% (down 0.7). Yorkshire and Humber 16.8% (down 0.2). West Midlands 17.5% (down 0.2). East Midlands 17.5% (no change). Eastern England 19.9% (down 0.4). South west England 19.5% (down 0.6). South east England 22.8% (down 0.6). London 24.6% (down 0.2). All UK 20.0% (down 0.5). In maths, taking the best result from the two new maths qualifications introduced this year, 10.9 per cent of 16-year-olds got an A*, up from 7.5 per cent last year. Meanwhile the number getting A* to G fell from 65.5 per cent to 63.8 per cent. In English language, the number scoring the highest grade – A* – was up slightly by 0.4 percentage points to 3.2 per cent while the number achieving A* to C grades also increased by 0.6 per cent. In English literature, the numbers scoring the highest grade fell by 0.2 per cent to 4.1 per cent while A* to C was down by 0.4 percentage points to 77.1 per cent.
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Rail firms have ramped up warnings to passengers travelling this weekend with major engineering work. London Euston to close and no Southeastern services will run in/out of London Bridge and Charing Cross. National Express will put on 4,000 extra seats and five million drivers will take to the roads on Monday. Forecasters warn of traditional mixed bag of weather for Bank Holiday weekend with North-South divide. Thursday: 2.5 million. Friday: 3.1 million. Saturday: 4.4 million. Sunday: 3.4 million. Monday: 5 million.
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Police called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 in Rugby, Warwickshire. Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, with four hospitalised. Warwickshire Police said the remaining men have been taken into custody . An investigation has been launched by the force with the Border Agency .
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Vilson Meshi , 31, died after a marine flare was thrown into his Audi A4 estate. It caused a ‘powerful’ blaze which could have burnt as hot as 1,200 degrees. Keani Hobbs, 18, and a 16-year-old were convicted of Mr Meshi’s manslaughter.
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