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1. 1. The £800,000 win a mum threw away

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 A BETTING syndicate scooped more than '800,000 on the horses - then went into a panic after their winning ticket was thrown away into a wastepaper bin.

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. How Dame Jean changed Whalley High

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 DAME Jean took over the running of Whalley Range High School for Girls nine years ago when there were only 766 pupils on the register, with 23 in the sixth form.

4. 4. Compass maps out new strategy for school meals

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 CATERING giant Compass today said it had become more selective about school lunch contracts after the division contributed to a fall in full-year profits.

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. School brawl boy dies

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 November 2004 A BOY of 15 died today after a fight with another teenager at school. Police were called to Broadoak Comprehensive in Warburton Lane, Partington, at 12.30pm following reports of an "altercation".

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. One week left to ask for school place

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 November 2004 PARENTS of young children in Stockport are being warned they have only a week left to apply for a place in a reception class next September.

9. 9. We're the kids' capital

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 November 2004 WORKING mothers in Manchester are fuelling a boom in baby care facilities. The city has more cr'ches, nurseries and nannies than anywhere else in Britain, according to research based on entries in the British Telecom directory.

10. 10. Full transcript of the text session

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 November 2004 This is the transcript of Prime Minister Tony Blair's text-chat as it went out to mobile phone-users today, supplied by mobile phone operators O2. Mr Blair's contributions are not verbatim transcripts of what he actually said, but summaries compiled by moderators as the chat took place.

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