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<Slug>001 A LEVELS GILBERT</Slug>
<TEXT>Thousands of students find out if they've made the grade when they pick up
their A-Level results today. 

This year's class will be the first to face tuition fees of up to 9-thousand
pounds a year if they choose to go to university.

Clearing service UCAS says applications are down by around 7 per cent.
 
Cathy Gilbert is Director of Customer Strategy - and says the decrease can't
be entirely blamed on the fees.

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<TEXT>Roads across North Somerset are set for improvements to their surfaces from today.

The council's spending two hundred thousand pounds on 'surface dressing' - which they say will help prevent cars skidding, and water seeping into the foundations ... avoiding more costly repairs later.

Weather permitting, the work should be done by next Wednesday.
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<TEXT>The Duke of Edinburgh has spent the night in hospital, where he's being treated for a bladder infection. 

The 91-year-old's expected to stay there for the next few days.
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<TEXT>Royal Mail's done a U-turn over British Paralympic gold medal winners.

Their victories will now be celebrated with first class stamps.

Post boxes will also be painted gold in their home towns.
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<TEXT>The housemates are all safely in for another Celebrity Big Brother. 

Stars taking part include Spandau's Martin Kemp and former Loose Woman Coleen Nolan.
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