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1. 1. Targets are slowing down our teens

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 October 2006 TOO many targets and too much testing are behind the "major problem" of teenagers failing to engage in education, according to a report. It also found that the "unprecedented" raft of policy initiatives was unlikely to produce significant improvements to the system.

2. 2. Child expert slams school for expelling little Tamara

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 21 October 2006 THE expulsion of five-year-old Tamara Howard from a Manchester school has been slammed by a leading expert on children's behaviour. Professor Peter Farrell, an education psychologist at Manchester University, said he was "surprised" she was thrown out after attacking teachers.

3. 3. Fresh controversy for Boris

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 October 2006 TORY education spokesman Boris Johnson is at the centre of fresh controversy after he appeared to denounce TV chef Jamie Oliver for trying to promote a healthy diet for schoolchildren.

4. 4. Five-year-old expelled from school

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 October 2006 A GIRL of five has been expelled from her school. Tamara Howard is believed to be the youngest child to be permanently excluded in Greater Manchester after being accused of attacking her teachers.

5. 5. Politicians locked in religion debate

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 15 October 2006 THE simmering row over religious relations in Britain was threatening to boil over today after controversial interventions by politicians from both main parties.

6. 6. Contraception is the name of the game

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 October 2006 FORMER nurse Barbara Hastings-Asatourian invented a unique way to teach children about safe sex, health and contraception.

7. 7. Faith schools to offer places to non-believers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 October 2006 FAITH schools, including Muslim schools, will be made to offer at least a quarter of classroom places to non-believers.

8. 8. Girl, 8, in poison ordeal at school

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 October 2006 A GIRL of eight had to be taken to hospital from school after swallowing a poisonous chemical she found in her headteacher's office. It is believed the youngster thought the caustic soda crystals were sherbet after spotting them in a plastic bag on a shelf.

9. 9. School chiefs cleared after girl swallow chemicals

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 October 2006 SCHOOL bosses will not be prosecuted after an eight-year-old girl swallowed a dangerous chemical kept in a headteacher's office. The pupil at Cadishead Primary in Salford had been sent to see headteacher Michael Gaskill.

10. 10. Manchester '10th worst place to live'

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 October 2006 MANCHESTER has been named the 10th worst place to live in Britain in a television programme. The city is the only place in the north west to feature in The Best and Worst Places to Live in The UK: 2006, which will be broadcast on Channel 4 this Thursday.

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