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1. 61. Row erupts over uniform cuts

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 01 June 2005 A MOVE to stop cash grants for school uniforms to more than 10,000 families by the Labour-led city council has been condemned as "taking blazers off the backs of kids".

2. 62. Skills training 'can cut crime'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 February 2008 SKILLS training at a Salford jail, has been praised by the justice minister who says it could cut crime and unemployment.

3. 63. Costs of services spark tax rise fears

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 January 2005 GREATER Manchester council tax payers are braced for above-inflation rises despite a pre-election funding boost from the government.

4. 64. Royal salute to our `Mr Asbo'

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 31 December 2005 MANCHESTER'S "Mr Asbo" has scooped an MBE on a local New Year Honours list dominated not by celebrities but pioneers.<BR>

5. 65. Hands up for the multi-faith schools

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 March 2006 RELIGIOUS leaders across the region have backed calls for faith schools to accept a proportion of pupils with different beliefs.

6. 66. Drug tests for young suspects

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 July 2004 ARRESTED teenagers as young as 14 will be tested for drugs in an experiment in Manchester. Youngsters aged 14-17 will be screened for crack cocaine and heroin once they are charged with a crime. They will be offered support and treatment if they test positive.

7. 67. Labour vow 20mph school zones

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 May 2004 LABOUR has promised to set up 20mph zones around all schools in Manchester if it retains power in the city council election next month.

8. 68. Blair lends an ear

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 February 2004 TONY BLAIR is coming to Manchester - and he wants you to tell him how to improve Britain's schools.

9. 69. Judge rejects 'school or jail' plea

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 March 2004 MANCHESTER city council has failed to get a "go to school or go to jail" order against a 10-year-old boy. A judge placing an anti-social behaviour order on Jordan Talbot refused to impose a condition to force him to be in school or with an adult during term-time school days.

10. 70. Truancy crackdown pays off

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 July 2004 TRUANCY in Tameside has been slashed by half in just a year and is now the second best in the country.

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