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1. 11. Trish pitches in for success

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 August 2006 SHE'S game for a laugh and never afraid to tackle a tricky subject. Little wonder, then, that Trish Goldsmith has ended up in the rough and tumble world of rugby league.

2. 12. Drug test kits used in schools

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 16 August 2006 SCHOOLS in Greater Manchester are to screen their buildings for traces of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, heroin and LSD as part of a drive to stamp out drug use among pupils. Two schools in Oldham have already ordered é195 swab-testing kits that can detect the residue left behind by the drugs on walls, desks and toilets.

3. 13. Physics too tough for today's pupils

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 August 2006 THE study of physics in schools and universities is in long- term decline as many teenagers believe the subject is too hard, academics warn.

4. 14. 400 pupils are kicked out for violent threats

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 August 2006 MORE than 400 pupils have been excluded from Salford secondary schools for threatening or attacking staff. And 95 pupils were kicked out for physically assaulting an adult in cases that included "violent behaviour, wounding and obstruction and jostling".

5. 15. Ofsted blow to after-school clubs

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 19 August 2006 BRITAIN Tony Blair's flagship childcare policy was dealt a blow as inspectors warned that too many after-school clubs were failing to keep children safe.

6. 16. Blair flies home to defections after son's health scare

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 26 August 2006 TONY Blair's eldest son, Euan, has been discharged from hospital in Barbados after treatment for a stomach pain.

7. 17. Britain's obesity timebomb

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 August 2006 BRITAIN is facing an obesity timebomb, with new figures revealing an escalation of the crisis. The alarming Department of Health statistics predict that nearly a third of the population will be obese within the next four years - and that by 2010 more than 14m people will be dangerously overweight.

8. 18. GCSE results 2006

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 August 2006 ALL the Greater Manchester GCSE results will be published here as we get them from the schools and colleges.

9. 19. Commercial property news in brief

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 August 2006 COMMERCIAL property news from across the region.

10. 20. A-Level results are better than ever

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 August 2006 SCHOOLS and colleges across Greater Manchester are celebrating their best-ever A-level results. As students across the country received their grades, many head teachers and principals in the region reported a rise in pass rates.

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