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11 MILLION mention: Children's commissioner asks pupils for positive images (BBC News online)
The Children's Commissioner for England, Maggie Atkinson, was interviewed live on television and radio by School Reporters about her plans for children.
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11 MILLION mention: European Union could ban 'Mosquito' devices because they infringe children's human rights (Daily Telegraph)
A committee of MEPs voted unanimously for a Europe-wide ban on the marketing, sale and use of the Mosquito acoustic youth dispersal devices in all public places.
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NSPCC apologises to Sheffield family abused by father (Children & Young People Now)
The charity was involved with members of Family Q, who cannot be named for legal reasons, between 1975 and 1979.
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Teachers to be trained to spot terrorist children (The Metro)
Secondary school staff from Cornwall are to attend a conference on how to single out would-be extremists before they are old enough to leave school.
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Ministers rule out ban on BNP teachers (The Guardian)
Ministers have ruled out banning members of the British National party from the teaching profession, after an independent inquiry into racism in schools decided such a move would be disproportionate.
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Don't raise your family in Britain, say expats: UK voted worst place in developed world to bring up children (Daily Mail)
Britain is the worst country in which to raise children, while Australia is the best, a study has found.
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Parents who lie on school applications will escape prosecution (The Times)
Parents who cheat to get their children into popular state schools are to escape the threat of being prosecuted or sued after councils were told yesterday to step up their checks instead.
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11 MILLION mention: BBC News School Report 2010 is bigger than ever (BBC News online)
More than 700 schools from across the UK - and a number of international schools - are taking part in BBC School Report News Day this year. The new Children's Commissioner Maggie Atkinson will be giving her first live interview to a group of youngsters.
