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1. 1. Region tops the league of smokers

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 24 December 2005 NEARLY a third of the population in the north west smoke - the highest rate in England. Life expectancy in the region is lowest in the country for men and women and there are more suicides, according to a government study.

2. 2. Teenage booze illness capital

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 December 2005 MORE teenagers under 18 are being admitted to hospitals in Greater Manchester with drink problems than anywhere in the country.

3. 3. Kelly grilling over schools shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 December 2005 TONY BLAIR is under growing pressure to back down over his controversial schools shake-up as Education Secretary Ruth Kelly faces a grilling from MPs.

4. 4. Back to reading basics

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 December 2005 THE traditional method of teaching children to read has been backed by the government.

5. 5. Schools shake-up won't bring back selection - Kelly

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 November 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly today promised Labour rebels her controversial schools shake-up would not bring back grammar school-style selection of pupils.

6. 6. Clarke takes blame for terror defeat

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 November 2005 HOME Secretary Charles Clarke today took the blame for the Labour leadership's humiliating Commons defeat over anti-terror laws last night.<BR>

7. 7. Truancy shock for minister

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 November 2005

   TRUANCY figures in the constituency of Education Secretary Ruth Kelly are among the worst in the country, it has emerged.

   Just over half of all secondary school pupils in Bolton West skipped lessons in the past year, the official statistics show.

8. 8. Black marks for school reform

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 26 October 2005 TONY Blair's much-leaked plans to give parents and private firms more power to run schools, and to sideline local councils, have received poor marks from critics.

9. 9. Kelly unveils big shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 October 2005 A CONTROVERSIAL schools shake-up - including free transport to take poorer pupils by bus to good schools in wealthier areas - has been unveiled.

10. 10. Kelly facing school fury

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 October 2005

    PLANS to bus pupils from poorer areas to better schools and allow head teachers to restrain unruly pupils have been slammed.<BR><BR>The controversial scheme by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly includes helping pupils from poor council estates to move to schools in better areas. <BR><BR>A White Paper would also allow teachers to discipline and restrain unruly pupils.

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