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Children, Young People & Families e-mail alert - Issue 173

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Issue 173

Mon Jun 11 2007

STORIES & ARTICLES

Social care/childcare/families & parenting

Don't discriminate against parents with learning difficulties (Community Care news story)Councils should take steps to avoid discriminating against parents with learning disabilities.

Source: Community Care Mon Jun 11 2007

Ministers: "Adopt early intervention programme for disabled children (Community Care news story)Beverley and care services minister Ivan called on all English councils to adopt the programme.Source: Community Care Mon Jun 11 2007

Absent parents shamed on website (BBC news story)Absent parents who refuse to pay maintenance could be named and shamed under plans to reform the CSA.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Child payment defaulters face credit rating penalty (Guardian news story)Parents who refuse to pay maintenance could struggle to obtain mortgages and loans, the government warned.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Health

Both sides in abortion row get ready for battle (Guardian news story)Backbench bill seeks further limits on act. Pro-choice campaigners push for liberalisation.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Obituary: Olive (Guardian news story)Doctor at the forefront of the drive to save 'hole-in-the-heart' children.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Take your test: Are you one of Britain's 8m problem drinkers? (Mail news story)Supermarkets and pubs could face restrictions on the sale of cheap alcohol.

Source: Mail Mon Jun 11 2007

Concern for teenagers' wellbeing as fewer say they have a best friend (Guardian news story)Study of 16-year-olds and counterparts 20 years ago. Friendship seen as closely linked to happiness.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Study urges hepatitis B jab for all children (Guardian news story)The government is failing to protect people against hepatitis B, which can cause liver cancer.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Education

Teaching of Islam is "out-dated" (BBC news story)The teaching of Islam in English universities is based on "out-of-date and irrelevant issues", says government report.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Choice "not aiding black pupils" (BBC news story)Increased school choice does little to enhance the educational opportunities of black pupils, a report suggests.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Empty school places reach 758,000 (BBC news story)The number of surplus school places in England has risen to 758,000 - the highest level since 1998.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

"Struggle" over school governance (BBC news story)Schools in poorer parts of England are struggling to find enough governors to cope with an increasingly complex role.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Slower pupils get one-on-one help (BBC news story)Thousands of pupils will get 1-to-1 tuition as the government announces a pilot scheme to track pupils falling behind.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Teachers' pay review rejected (BBC news story)Teachers' pay in England and Wales will not be reviewed, despite calls for an increase to reflect higher inflation.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Science teacher shortage warning (BBC news story)The government stands accused of failing to address the seriousness of the science teacher shortage in England's schools.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Parents seek school webcam links (BBC news story)Some parents would like a webcam link to their child's classroom to follow their progress, a study suggests.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Parents want online truancy alerts, survey finds (Guardian news story)Parents would like to use the internet to provide "truancy alerts" if their child fails to turn up for school.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Training "hit by online problems" (BBC news story)150 charities say the system run by the Learning and Skills Council kept crashing and losing their applications. Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

New phonic method "gets results" (BBC news story)A system of phonics which builds on a child's own language has been found to boost reading skills, academics say. Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Crime & legal

City bosses two-year old daughter dies (Independent news story)The 2-year-old daughter of a senior insurance executive found at her family home with severe head injuries died last night.Source: Independent Mon Jun 11 2007

Women who force-fed chilli and raw eggs are jailed (Guardian news story)Treatment by Mormons 'bordered on torture'. Youngsters punished if they worked too slowly.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Adam Rickwood inquest jury return suicide verdict (Community Care news story)Rickwood was found hanging in his room in Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in August 2004 while on remand.

Source: Community Care Mon Jun 11 2007

Gag on inquiry report on how killer was freed to rape (Guardian news story)A report on how a murderer released from prison went on to abduct and rape a 10-year-old boy will not be made public.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Culture, media & sport

Young "not allowed out to play" (BBC news story)Some 43% of 1,148 adults quizzed said children should not be allowed out with friends until they were 14.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Sport "calms" disruptive pupils (BBC news story)The results and attitudes of unruly and disaffected pupils can be improved by having 1 or 2 hours of extra sport a week.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

General

MP slams "absurd" grammars policy (BBC news story)Graham Brady said the party was picking a fight with ordinary families over the ending of its support for new grammars.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Madeleine's parents deny involvement in her abduction (Guardian news story)Madeleine's parents deny involvement in their daughter's abduction during a press conference in Germany.

Source: Guardian Mon Jun 11 2007

Iraq police chief's children held (BBC news story)Gunmen have attacked the house of a senior police officer, killing his wife, 13 people and taking away 3 of his children.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

Corruption "damaging education" (BBC news story)Bribery and corruption damage universities and schools across the world, according to the UN's education wing, Unesco.

Source: BBC Mon Jun 11 2007

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