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1. 1. Britannia head in education call

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 February 2004 THE head of one of the country’s largest building societies today called for financial education for children to be a compulsory part of the schools curriculum.

2. 2. Teachers need some education

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 February 2004 TEENAGERS in Greater Manchester are worth a record £83.3m - but they show a worrying lack of knowledge about personal finance.

3. 3. Calls for fewer exams

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 February 2004 CALLS for fewer exams and a new top grade at A-Level were expected to be among the recommendations of the second report from the Government's review of secondary education today.

4. 4. Nord Anglia taking off into cyberspace

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 February 2004 PRIVATE education firm Nord Anglia was today celebrating a £10m contract to create a virtual classroom in cyberspace.

5. 5. Facing up to a better life

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 24 February 2004 YOUNG offenders want to show a new face to the public in an exhibition at The Lowry. Twelve inmates from a young offenders' institution are showing their self-portraits at the gallery until the end of the month as part of an arts education programme.

6. 6. Countdown to £100 fines for truants' parents

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 February 2004 PARENTS who refuse to take responsibility for trying to improve the behaviour and attendance of their children at school will face £100 on-the-spot fines and compulsory parenting classes from tomorrow, the Government said.<BR>

7. 7. Blair lends an ear

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 February 2004 TONY BLAIR is coming to Manchester - and he wants you to tell him how to improve Britain's schools.

8. 8. MP sacked for cocklers joke

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 February 2004 TORY MP Ann Winterton was sacked from the Parliamentary Conservative Party today after publicly joking about the deaths of the Chinese cocklers who drowned at Morecambe Bay.

9. 9. Booze your way to Oz

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 February 2004 IT'S every backpacker's dream flight . . . a pub in the sky on the way to Oz. Instead of extra leg room and posh nosh in the first class cabin, there will be tinnies, karaoke, pizza and talks about the Outback.

10. 10. Reds fans want Fergie to stay out of dispute

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 February 2004 MANCHESTER United fans have given a frosty reception to Sir Alex Ferguson's plea for them to call off their planned protest at Cheltenham racecourse on March 18

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