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1. 1. 'Drop-outs' may face £50 fines

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 March 2007 PUPILS who drop out of education at 16 and refuse to go back will face criminal action and £50 fines under plans to raise the school leaving age. Education Secretary Alan Johnson said all young people should stay in work-related training or education until their 18th birthday.

2. 2. 'Turn off TV and read to kids'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 March 2007 PARENTS should do more to help their children's education by turning off the TV and reading books as a family instead, Education Secretary Alan Johnson said.

3. 3. Lessons in money for teenagers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 March 2007 NORTH WEST building society Britannia is launching a financial education programme for teenagers to be delivered by its staff to pupils in the region.

4. 4. Row over students' parent data

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 March 2007 UNIVERSITY applicants will be asked to declare whether their parents have degrees in a drive to admit more students from poor backgrounds, the admissions service announced.

5. 5. Mother's Day for many teens

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 17 March 2007 IT'S Mother's Day tomorrow - and that means thousands of teenage girls will be among the mums across Greater Manchester who will mark the occasion.

6. 6. 'Fresh start' for new school head

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 March 2007 THE new head of Whalley Range School for Girls has promised a fresh start. The inner city school made national headlines after it was transformed under the leadership of former head Jean Else.

7. 7. Sort out taxes, Brown urged

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 March 2007 BUSINESS leaders in the north west today called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to simplify taxes and cut red tape in next week's Budget.

8. 8. Quit, college chiefs told

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 March 2007 MANCHESTER'S council leader has called for governors at one of the city's biggest colleges to step down.

9. 9. Right to ban veils 'shocking'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 March 2007 NEW Government guidelines spelling out the right of headteachers to ban pupils from wearing religious dress such as the Islamic veil are "simply shocking", a British Muslim leader said.

10. 10. Budget: 2p off income tax

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 March 2007 GORDON Brown announced a shock 2p income tax cut in his 11th and final Budget. Read all the major points in our blow-by-blow account.

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