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1. 1. Discipline purge in school shake-up

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 TEACHERS are to be put back in the driving seat on school discipline in a bid to stamp out hooligan behaviour. The move is made clear in the government's five-year education plan being launched by Education Secretary Charles Clarke today.

2. 2. Increase in frontline jobs in public sector

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 GROWTH in public sector jobs has mainly been in frontline education and health services, not admin staff, since Labour came to power, according to a new report today.

3. 3. Nord Anglia leaps to the top of the class

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 July 2004 LEAPFROG helped Cheadle-based education and training group Nord Anglia to jump into the top spot as the UK's biggest nursery chain.

4. 4. City's blue goals for the whole community

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 July 2004 AMBITIOUS plans involving tackling crime and improving people's health have been unveiled as part of Manchester City Football Club's work in the community. The club has produced a five year blueprint which also involves dealing with the problems of drugs and providing education opportunities. It is part City in the Community, the largest footballing charity of its kind in the country spanning Manchester and Tameside and covering more than 600,000 people.

5. 5. School run to danger

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 July 2004 A LARGE increase in the number of cars in the school run is a danger to children, MPs said today. The number of pupils travelling by car has doubled in 20 years - with 41 per cent of primary, and 24 per cent of secondary pupils, driven to school, says the Commons Education Committee.

6. 6. Blair to set out five-year eduction vision

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 PRIME Minister Tony Blair will today set the scene for a large-scale expansion of specialist schools and city academies with a promise to give greater independence to all state schools.

7. 7. Cash crisis delays axing of 6 schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 July 2004 PLANS to close six Roman Catholic schools in Salford are being stalled by a shortage of cash from the government. Many of the 21 RC primary schools in the inner city and in Little Hulton are half empty because the tradition of having large families has waned.

8. 8. Surge in EU university applicants

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 July 2004 APPLICATIONS to study at British universities from people living in countries which joined the EU on May 1 have shot up by almost 140%, figures showed today.

9. 9. Children shun salad for chips

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 13 July 2004 CHILDREN are bypassing the school canteen salad bar and scoffing chips instead, Government research showed today. And most teenagers would rather eat high fat food than salads for lunch, their data showed.

10. 10. Shock rise in HIV cases

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 July 2004 SHOCK new figures have revealed that the numbers of people getting HIV have tripled over the last eight years. Greater Manchester has seen a 70 per cent increase in two years up to 2003.

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