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1. 1. Schools 'may have to be closed early'

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 30 April 2005 SCHOOLS could be forced to close at lunchtimes on Fridays to make new rules work, it was suggested today.

2. 2. Truant's mother tagged

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 April 2005 A MOTHER has been placed under a curfew and will be electronically tagged because her children played truant from school. Barbara Woodall, 34, is believed to be one of the first people in the country to be punished in this way.

3. 3. Jamie 'chuffed' with Sainsbury deal

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 April 2005 TV CHEF Jamie Oliver said today he was "really chuffed" as he clinched a new seven-figure deal with supermarket giant Sainsbury's.

4. 4. Penguin looks to turn over a new leaf

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 April 2005 BOOK publisher Penguin showed signs of a more stable performance today when its owner said the business had been trading in line with expectations.

5. 5. Diary entry 30: Lessons in planning

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 April 2005 THE one thing all trainee teachers moan about (when I say the one thing I'm temporarily forgetting the kids' behaviour, the poor pay, the fall in respect for the profession, the stress and the sheer fact that you might not always feel like putting on a show for 30 disillusioned kids) is the planning.

6. 6. Noonan funeral 'should not have shut schools'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 April 2005 TWO Manchester secondary schools were wrong to close on the day of gangster Desmond Noonan's funeral, education chiefs have ruled.

7. 7. Parents want tougher online porn laws

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 ALMOST nine out of 10 parents want tougher laws regulating internet pornography, according to the latest research. British families also seem to be more restrictive than their European counterparts when it comes to letting children use the internet, the London School of Economics study found.

8. 8. Blair on attack over education

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 TONY BLAIR arrived in Bolton today and launched a fierce attack on Conservative education policy.

9. 9. I'll go to jail, says mum in school row

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 A MOTHER who was told her son cannot attend their local primary school says she would go to jail rather than send him to another school.

10. 10. Kelly hurt in handcuffs struggle

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 EDUCATION Secretary Ruth Kelly was injured in a scuffle after protesters tried to handcuff her during a General Election debate in Bolton.

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