12 Aug 2021

UK correspondent Matt Dathan

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 12 August 2021

Matt Dathan discusses the British embassy worker in Berlin who has been arrested on suspicion of taking a cash bribe to pass sensitive documents to a Russian intelligence agency.

Also 15-18 year-olds in England are set to find out their results from non-existent exams, and women can now wear trousers at the Henley Royal Regatta everywhere after it changed its "draconian" dress code.

A Level students protest outside Downing Street, London, UK, on Agust 14, 2020. Exams were cancelled due to Covid-19 and grades were calculated using teacher's predictions and a formula to standardise results across schools.

File photo: Covid disruption to grades prompted protests last year by UK students, now similar concerns are being expressed. Photo: MI News/NurPhoto/AFP