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1. 11. Well-off students abusing hardship grants

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 July 2004 AFFLUENT students are ripping off university funds intended for genuinely hard-up undergraduates after splurging their allowances on booze and clothes, research claimed today.

2. 12. Watchdog warns over school budgets plans

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 July 2004 GOVERNMENT moves to prevent a repeat of the 2003 school budgets crisis may stop cash reaching those that need it most, a public spending watchdog warned today.

3. 13. Head admits fire safety breaches

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 July 2004 A HEAD teacher has admitted breaching fire regulations following a blaze at her school which left more than 30 children needing medical treatment.

4. 14. School runaway is a First Class act

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 July 2004 WHEN Amanda Croston was just 14, she ran out of school and never went back. But now she has proved she really is top class by achieving a First at Manchester University.

5. 15. Matthew defies odds to gain degree

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 17 July 2004 BRAVE Matthew Haven refused to let failing sight hold him back from academic success. The former pupil at Whitworth High School, near Rochdale, has earned a 2:1 BSc degree in leisure and computing technology.

6. 16. Experts to fight bullying torment

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 July 2004 A NETWORK of experts is being set up across the country to tackle bullying in schools. Bullying is a significant problem, with figures suggesting one in five suffer.

7. 17. 'Cruel blow' for teens

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 July 2004 A TRAINING centre providing a stepping stone to work for hundreds of teenagers may close in a row over a council lease. A private company, Partners In The Community Ltd, has run the Silverdale Vocational Centre in Salford for two years, helping 250 youngsters.

8. 18. Clean Air pair in £6.3m sale

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 July 2004 TWO men whose Bolton business makes equipment for science laboratories in schools and universities have sold it for up to '6.3m.

9. 19. Drug tests for young suspects

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 July 2004 ARRESTED teenagers as young as 14 will be tested for drugs in an experiment in Manchester. Youngsters aged 14-17 will be screened for crack cocaine and heroin once they are charged with a crime. They will be offered support and treatment if they test positive.

10. 20. Hundreds expelled for class assaults

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 30 July 2004 TEN children a day were expelled from schools in England last summer for assaulting adults and classmates, figures reveal.

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