One Child Under Six Is Expelled Every Week
At least one child aged five or under is expelled from school every week and dozens more are suspended as bad behaviour among pupils soars.
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Nursery Closure Will Put Increased Pressure On Places
Increased pressure on pre-school education in Moray looks likely following the announcement of the closure of yet another nursery in the area. Parents at the Cherry Tree, based at Elgin’s Dr Gray’s Hospital, have been told the facility – which caters for children up to the age of five – may have to close in June.
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HSE Seeks Tenders For Private Hospitals On Public Sites
The Health Service Executive has begun inviting tenders for the construction of private health facilities in the grounds of six public hospitals across the country. The move is part of Health Minister Mary Harney’s controversial “co-location” scheme, which is designed to free up beds in public hospitals.
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‘Stress Threatens Epidemic Of Heart Disease’
The stress of everyday life is threatening a global epidemic of cardiovascular disease, a report by international health experts has warned. High blood pressure is a “silent condition” which is “grossly underestimated” by patients, their families, medics and politicians, according to the study unveiled at the European Parliament in Brussels.
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Nurses Bid To Shame Abusive Drunks With Poster Facts
Nurses frustrated with abuse from drunken patients have pinned up posters in hospital waiting rooms in Angus showing the growing number of alcohol-related admissions.
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Nurses To Announce Further Work Stoppages
The two nursing unions involved in a dispute with the Government over pay and conditions are due to announce plans for further work stoppages later today.
‘Ben Was Sobbing After Bullying By Bus Driver. Then He Hanged Himself’
A schoolboy hanged himself from his bunk bed after the driver of his school bus regularly joined bullies to taunt him, an inquest was told yesterday. Ben Vodden, 11, was found unconscious by his father, Paul, with shoelaces round his neck.
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Immigration Officers Target ‘Sham Marriages’
Immigration officials and police have launched a series of dawn raids across the west of Scotland in the first crackdown on so-called sham marriages. They said West Africans have been arranging bogus marriages to British citizens to gain entry to the UK under false pretences.
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Former Soldier Jailed For Child Abuse
A former solider has received one of the heaviest sentences ever handed down in Northern Ireland for child abuse. He was jailed for 20 years for abusing girls as young as seven while based in Northern Ireland, including his own nine-year-old daughter.
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Police Call For Tougher Gun Crime Laws
One of the UK’s most senior police officers has called for new laws that would compel the public to give information to the police about gun crime – whether they want to or not.
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