By Maria Ahmed, Simeon Brody and Derren Hayes
Betts brother sex crime
The brother of ecstasy victim Leah Betts was freed on bail
yesterday after admitting sex with tow girls aged 13 and 14.
Source:- The Daily Mirror Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Anthony arrest
A ninth man was yesterday arrested in connection with the murder of
Anthony Walker, 18, in Huyton, Liverpool.
Source:- The Daily Mirror Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Use of the mind-altering drug ketamine is soaring in Britain, a new
Drugscope report has found.
Source:- The Independent Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Kelly talks tough on failing schools
Up to 250 schools which have failed inspections will be told today
they have year to improve or face closure.
The move will be spelt out by education secretary Ruth Kelly, in
her first of the new school year.
Source:- The Independent Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Eviction harm to Travellers
Continually evicting Travellers harms their health as well as
wasting council’s money, the Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health said.
Source:- The Guardian Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Girls find baby in bag in pond
Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby found wrapped
in a bag by a pond by three 11-year-old girls at a Glasgow
park.
Source:- The Guardian Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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‘Happy slap’ case
Thirteen boys, all 15, held after a boy of 13 was tied to a tree,
gagged and burnet in an attack in Bolton that was filmed on mobile
phones will not be prosecuted.
The Crown Prosecution Service said that Kyle Parker, the victim,
could not say which of the pupils at Smithhills school in Bolton
was responsible for which act.
Source:- The Times Tuesday 6 September 2005 page 2
Spending of £1bn to curb truancy
“wasted”
Spending of more than £1 billion has had no impact on truancy
rates over the past decade, a report says today.
At least 70,000 children do not turn up to school each day and the
number of pupils permanently excluded has risen by 20 per cent
since 2000, according to research by New Philanthropy
Capital.
Source:- Financial Times Tuesday 6 September 2005 page
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Bad donations cost charity shops £4.5m
Charity shops waste about £4.5 million each year dealing with
unsuitable donations, such as stained clothing, single shoes and
books with missing chapters, according to the Association of
Charity Shops.
