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1. 41. Council blasts 'lies' over schools cash

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 June 2003 AN OPPOSITION council leader in Manchester has been reported to standards watchdogs after being accused of "peddling lies" about the education funding crisis.

2. 42. Inner-city academy off to flying start

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 October 2003 MANCHESTER'S first specialist academy school got off to a flying start - with the release of 3,000 balloons. Opening the new Manchester Academy, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey said the school was "music to his ears" and had parallels with his own education.

3. 43. Eviction threat to truancy families

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 November 2003 PARENTS who fail to make sure their children go to school could risk being booted out of their homes under tough new measures to cut truancy. Proposals being drawn up jointly by Manchester's education and housing chiefs would make school attendance a condition of council house tenancy.

4. 44. Mums in 'save our school' battle

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 September 2003 A GROUP of parents determined to stop the threatened closure of a "rapidly improving" Stockport primary school staged an angry protest - outside another school. More than 20 cars driven by mothers collecting their children from Outwood School, in Heald Green, stopped outside the gates of Etchells School to highlight their row with the local education authority.

5. 45. MPs facing a New Year fight on fees

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 December 2003 LABOUR'S revolt over student top-up fees will come to a head early in the New Year. Desperate briefings by Education Secretary Charles Clarke have failed to head off the massive rebellion, which could threaten Tony Blair's future and which is now supported by more than 180 MPs.<BR>

6. 46. No replacement of teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 22 April 2003 SUPPORT staff are invaluable to the classroom, but they should not be used to replace teachers, according to Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis.

7. 47. Anger at school places for 'outsiders'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 February 2003 PARENTS have slammed Manchester education chiefs for giving priority places at its flagship school to youngsters in neighbouring Stockport.

8. 48. Sam struggles with mounting costs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 November 2003 Sam North is already struggling with the mounting cost of his education at Salford University.

9. 49. Katie's lesson for Ken

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 June 2003 HE is a veteran of TV's best-loved soap opera and no stranger to public speaking. but actor Bill Roache was upstaged by four-year-old Katie O'Sullivan when he launched a health education service for children.

10. 50. Estelle's quick return to top

    Manchester Evening News, Saturday 14 June 2003 FORMER education chief Estelle Morris has been dramatically brought back into the government.

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