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University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.
There are 21,130 accepted applicants onto nursing courses this year compared with 22,690 last year, the RCN said.
Ella McEwan had been told that continuing her education was futile due to her severe dyslexia.
Grisha Sheldunov found out on Thursday that he will be studying chemistry.
The former Manchester United star returned to the witness box on Thursday for a second day of cross-examination by the prosecution.
Zorian Tytych, from Kyiv, got four As in his A-levels while helping Ukrainian refugees and soldiers in the UK.
Megan Jowitt spent two years completing a make-up course after leaving school but struggled to get her career off the ground.
The MP admitted she had culpably and recklessly exposed the public ‘to the risk of infection, illness and death’.
This year’s candidates sat their first public exams after two years of teacher-assessed grades due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Elena and Rosa Launder are going to different universities after both getting three A*s after their studies at Millfield School in Somerset.
Teenagers across the country have been anxiously opening brown envelopes showing how they fared in key exams.
Ucas said 20,360 students found out on Thursday that they do not have a place at university.
GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell three points in August to minus 44, its lowest figure since records began.
When Martha Heaps’ family moved from the West Country to Highbury during lockdown, the 18-year-old did not want to disrupt her studies in Bristol.
The pass rate for A-levels at Peter Symonds College this year was 99%, with 40% of the grades awarded being at A* or A.
The latest YouGov survey of Tory members found 66% are backing Liz Truss against 34% who are supporting Rishi Sunak.
The independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Thursday.
The party has written to Boris Johnson demanding that MPs return early in order to freeze energy bills.
The network operator has introduced new technology to spot and block scam calls coming from overseas which pose as UK-based numbers.
The former Labour leader appeared at a picket line outside London’s Euston station to support striking rail workers.