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Child urges parents to ignore UNICEF ‘love, not brands’ report

Authors of a UNICEF report lamenting UK children’s obsession with brands are baffled by the high level bullying experienced by their own child.

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Posted: Sep 16th, 2011
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‘Gordon Brown drew a willy on my book when he was 8,’ reveals new memoir

was also bombarded with rubbers, pencil sharpeners and heavy Trotsky‘My back was only turned for a few seconds,’ says Alec Dunning in his autobiography “Back from the Nit Nurse”, ‘but when I looked at my maths book someone had drawn a big hairy knob on the front cover. Gordon was trying to look all innocent, but I knew it was him.’

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Posted: Sep 12th, 2011
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School head defends ‘soft’ A Level options over ‘boring science stuff’

Dr Keith Gilberts, headteacher of Saxthrupton High School in Norfolk, has defended a new range of ‘A’ Level subjects offered to students, which he claims are ‘just as demanding as traditional tough subjects like maths, physics, and media studies’.

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Posted: Feb 5th, 2011
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Rise of ebooks threatening children’s traditional Google skills

Google 'doomed'Academics are worried that the surge in popularity of ebook readers could lead to a catastrophic loss of children’s basic Google search skills.

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Posted: Dec 12th, 2010
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Girl brands mate ‘crafty bitch’

Fifteen-year-old Stacey Morgan from Swansea claims her friend, Jenny Smith, pretends to like people, but only to use them for things like lifts home from school.

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Posted: Oct 26th, 2010
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