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1. 1. 'Schools fiddling truancy figures'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 TEACHERS are fiddling registers to improve truancy figures, we can reveal today. An investigation ordered by education chiefs in Manchester found schools had "inflated" attendance by failing to follow registration policy.

2. 2. No hiding place for truants

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 November 2004 POLICE and education officers are joining forces in the latest round of truancy sweeps across the country.

3. 3. Kids' nightmare homes

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 November 2004 BAD housing is blighting the lives of 24,000 Manchester children, a new report claims.Leading housing charity Shelter says children's health, education and future prospects are threatened by the poor state of housing.

4. 4. Lessons in saving

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 November 2004 BETTER financial education is needed to encourage the 46 per cent of Britons who currently have no investments to start saving, research suggested today.

5. 5. Career advice 'needs work'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 THE government's advice service for teenagers, Connexions, was criticised by MPs today for failing to help schools develop careers lessons.

6. 6. Leading head suspended after school probe

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 ONE of Greater Manchester's leading head teachers, Dame Jean Else, has been suspended from Whalley Range High School for Girls after a two-year investigation into the running of the school.

7. 7. Tory schools bid for unruly kids

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 November 2004 A TORY government would set up a new '240 million network of Turnaround Schools to deal with up to 24,000 of England's most disruptive pupils, Conservative leader Michael Howard announced today.

8. 8. Britons spend £38 billion a year raising kids

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 November 2004 THE best things in life are free - unless you're a parent, according to research published today showing Britons spend '38 billion a year raising their kids.

9. 9. School knives shock

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 November 2004 A CHILLING snapshot of the knife culture among schoolchildren is revealed in a Manchester Evening News investigation today.

10. 10. Tips from the tigers of Siberia

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 November 2004 RUSSIAN training techniques could help produce future sports stars in Tameside.

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