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1. 1. Pupils shun healthier dinners

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 November 2006 COMPASS reported a weak performance at its schools arm as students shunned healthier food during their lunch breaks.

2. 2. Calls for Brown to cut tax burden

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 28 November 2006 CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown is being urged to tackle red tape and reduce the tax burden on small firms in his tenth pre-Budget report next week.

3. 3. Single-sex schools may share sites

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 November 2006 TWO single-sex Manchester schools could be moved under plans to create new "split-sex" campuses.

4. 4. Magistrates urge cannabis reversal

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 November 2006 MAGISTRATES voted overwhelmingly today to lobby the Government to reverse the controversial reclassification of cannabis.

5. 5. Trippier wins award

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 November 2006 FORMER Conservative minister Sir David Trippier, well known for his various roles in corporate and civic life in Greater Manchester, has received a prestigious award for work in Cambridgeshire.

6. 6. Jon in red tape warning

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 November 2006 THE huge burden of red tape will drive more and more financial services businesses out of the UK, private equity investor Jon Moulton told accountants in Manchester.

7. 7. Cash from land sale will help to pay for schools

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 November 2006 CASH from selling land for a housing estate will help to pay for new primary schools in Salford. The former Kersal High was bulldozed two years ago and the site will now be used for a 230-home development.

8. 8. New school for expelled girl, aged 5

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 November 2006 TAMARA Howard, the girl expelled from school at just five years old over claims of violent behaviour, is back in education - just weeks after the M.E.N. highlighted her case. Tamara, who lives with her mum in Withington, is one of the youngest girls in the country to be permanently excluded from school after being accused of a string of incidents, including attacks on her teachers.

9. 9. Head charged with neglect of two children

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 November 2006 A HEADTEACHER has been charged with the ill-treatment of two boys. David MacDonald, 52, of Gloucester Road, Cirencester, has been charged with three counts of assaulting, ill-treating or neglecting the youngsters, who are aged under 16.

10. 10. Gallery scheme a hit in the workplace

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 November 2006 WHEN Manchester Art Gallery staff heard Charles Saatchi was offering to lend works from his collection to companies for é7,000 to é20,000 a year, they could afford a wry smile.

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