'Best ever' Scottish Higher exam results

Almost 160,000 students across Scotland are receiving their exam results - with a record number passing Higher exams.

The pass rate for Highers increased from 75.2% in 2011 to 76.9% this year, which represents a rise of 7% over the past decade.

The BBC's Lorna Gordon spoke to students at a school in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, who had just found out their results.

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