GCSE results day
Thousands of young people across the Midlands find out their GCSE results.
Two sets of twins earn 39 A*-As at a Leicester school
A school in Leicester is celebrating after two sets of twins achieved no fewer than 39 A* and A grades between them.
Identical twins, Shreeya and Shivani Rayarel, achieved nine and ten A*-As respectively.
Ravi and Reena Seta, who are also twins, were both awarded six A*s and four As.
This comes in a year when many had predicted a fall in GCSE results.
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