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1. 1. Question Time: Education

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 September 2006 TONY Blair's MEN Question Time: education

2. 2. Six city primary schools facing axe

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 September 2006 SIX schools have been earmarked for closure under a review into the future of primary education in Manchester. Council chiefs are considering plans to shut six primaries with low pupil numbers but plan to build two new ones in the city.

3. 3. Merger would create biggest college in Britain

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 11 September 2006 PLANS to merge MANCAT and City College - creating the largest college in the country - have been unveiled by education chiefs.

4. 4. Student boss fears 'pay to learn' future

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 02 September 2006 UNIVERSITY top-up fees are the first steps towards a "privatised" education system, student leaders have warned.

5. 5. Prime Minister's M.E.N Question Time

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 September 2006 THE Prime Minister Tony Blair has visited the new M.E.N offices for a grilling by members of the Manchester public. He was asked a range of questions on topics including education, health, foreign policy and regeneration.

6. 6. Prime Minister's Question Time

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 September 2006 PRIME Minister Tony Blair paid a visit to the brand new offices of the M.E.N., and took part in a question and answer session with invited members of the public. He answered questions on regeneration, forerign policy, education, and health. Here are the images the M.E.N captured of the event.

7. 7. Kids top truancy tables yet again

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 September 2006 MORE children are missing classes in Manchester than anywhere else in England. Government statistics released yesterday show city pupils have the poorest attendance levels in the country for the third year running.

8. 8. Kids fail in basic maths and English

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 14 September 2006 THOUSANDS of 14-year-olds in Manchester have failed to reach basic standards in maths and English. New figures show that only 54 per cent of pupils sitting their Key Stage 3 exams have achieved the standards expected by the government.

9. 9. Brown set to stake his claim

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 September 2006 GORDON Brown will today commit himself to the New Labour brand while staking his claim to the centre ground of British politics. In his final speech to the Labour Party conference before Tony Blair steps down, the Chancellor will set out his long-term vision for a Brown premiership. Making clear he intends no lurch to the left after Mr Blair has quit Downing Street, Mr Brown will appeal to the Prime Minister's supporters with an explicit endorsement of New Labour.

10. 10. How a dustbin held the key to new life

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 September 2006 A FORMER street kid from one of Africaés worst slums has turned his life around to become a Manchester University student... four years after finding a prospectus in a Kenyan dustbin.

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