Tomorrow is A-level results day: the day each August when tens of thousands of 18 year olds find out how the last two years will affect the next three, and politicians and commentators of all hues get stuck into the annual debate on whether the gold standard of secondary education is becoming tarnished by too much success. EducationGuardian.co.uk is gearing up – reporting on schools minister Andrew Adonis's claim that better teaching and school leadership are feeding the grade increases, and giving students advice on clearing.
In other UK news, we are following up last night's leaks from the investigation into the shooting by police officers of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station last month. Eyewitness accounts reported soon after said he was wearing a thick winter coat and running from police. The leaks say he strode calmly through the station and dressed in a denim jacket. His family's lawyer today claimed the police must be "partly responsible" for the erroneous accounts.
In the world section the events in Gaza will continue to dominate as the Israeli army begins the forced eviction of the remaining settlements. Our blogs will reporting from the Edinburgh festival, examining the sales boom at auction houses as China buys backs its heritage and attempting to find some greater significance in George Bush's choice of holiday reading.
