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Children, Young People & Families e-mail alert - Issue 136

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Issue 136

Mon Jun 19 2006

STORIES & ARTICLES

Social care/childcare/families & parenting

Watch the pennies and forget sex: pack tells new dads how to cope (Guardian news story)So runs the advice to prospective fathers in a government-funded "dad pack".

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Universities rewarded quality mark for services to care leavers (Community Care news story)Care leavers may increase their chances of entering higher education, with the launch of a new scheme today.Source: Community Care Mon Jun 19 2006

Health

Doctor behind MMR scare to face charges (Guardian news story) Wakefield, is to face four charges relating to unprofessional conduct at the General Medical Council.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Tough curbs on Prozac prescribed for children (Guardian news story)Antidepressant only to be used with counselling. Drug manufacturer must continue to monitor safety.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Pupil food pill plan considered (BBC news story)The government is considering giving food supplements to pupils in an effort to improve behaviour and performance.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

City debates ending free school meals (BBC news story)Councillors in Hull have debated a decision to stop giving every primary pupil in the city a free school meal.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Ofcom urged to stiffen policy on junk food (Guardian news story)The Food Standards Agency put itself on collision course with the broadcasting regulator Ofcom yesterday.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Government plans obesity plans (ePolitix news story)Junk food advertising to websites, text messaging, computer games, cinemas and posters, may be controlled.

Source: ePolitix Mon Jun 19 2006

Misplaced autism worries fuel measles outbreak (Guardian news story)England has its biggest measles outbreak in 20 years, fuelled by reluctance of parents to have their children immunised.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Education

Governors "want more training" (BBC news story)Many school governors in England feel unsure about their work and could do with better training, a poll suggests.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Pupils get revision help by text (BBC news story)Pupils at a school in Buckinghamshire have been getting extra help with GCSE revision by texting their teachers.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Help for parents choosing school (BBC news story)Parents could soon be able to consult specialist advisers for help in finding the right school for their child.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Education plan's devolution delay (BBC news story)The government has put off the final decision on whether to remove academic selection until after autumn.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Churches push for school worship (BBC news story)Secondary schools are failing to hold daily collective worship, so limiting pupils' "spiritual and moral" development.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

School "too feminine for boys" (BBC news story)Dr Tony Sewell will call for more nurturing of traditional "male" traits, such as competitiveness and leadership.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

MSPs vote for university fee rise (BBC news story)MSPs have voted 66 to 56 in favour of increasing university tuition fees for students from the rest of the UK.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Crime & legal

Academies facing court challenges (ePolitix news story)The government is set to face a series of high-profile legal challenges over its flagship academy schools programme. Source: ePolitix Mon Jun 19 2006

Paedophile case ignites sentences row (Guardian news story)Reid weighs in over 'unduly lenient' tariff for man who assaulted 3-year-old.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Boy suffered methadone collapse at school (Guardian news story)Police are trying to discover how a seven-year-old boy came to collapse at school after taking heroin substitute methadone.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 19 2006

Culture, media & sport

Non-swimmers get catch-up lessons (BBC news story)Children who cannot swim by the end of primary school are to be given daily catch-up lessons.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

General

Education plan's devolution delay (BBC news story)The government has put off the final decision on whether to remove academic selection until after autumn.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Top editors "educated privately" (BBC news story)More than half the UK's top 100 journalists went to private schools, a survey for an educational charity says.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

Tories want more history lessons (BBC news story)The Tories are calling for children to be given at least a "basic knowledge" of British and world history.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 19 2006

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