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| More schools likely to fail under new inspections BBC News More schools are being judged inadequate under a new inspection regime, figures from England's schools watchdog are expected to show. Ofsted introduced a new framework in September 2009 which requires schools to achieve higher results to be rated as... |
| £10m Lottery cash to get students playing more sport BBC News Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport. This comes as a new poll of 1,005 people suggests university students are spending almost twice as much time in pubs as they do on... |
| Craig Brown accepts blame for poor Motherwell display BBC News Despite extending their unbeaten run in the Scottish Premier League to 11 games, Motherwell manager Craig Brown was unhappy at their form at St Mirren. "We were very poor tonight. I take responsibility for that," said the Fir Park boss... |
| David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive BBC News Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. At a lecture in the US, he is expected to urge President Hamid Karzai to work harder to match... |
| Drink price plan 'will cost jobs' BBC News One of the world's leading Scotch whisky suppliers has warned it might have to cut hundreds of Scottish jobs, under plans for minimum drink pricing. Whyte & Mackay said the government- proposed move would force it to compete with more expensive,... |
| Social care deal 'dead in water' ahead of key talks BBC News Hopes of reaching a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water. The three main parties are due to take part in talks hosted by the merged Age Concern and Help the Aged charity. But despite pleas from council chiefs for... |
| 'No evidence' acupuncture boosts chances of IVF baby BBC News There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine increase the chance of getting pregnant through IVF, fertility experts say in new guidance. The methods are increasingly offered as a way of boosting the chances of a baby, but the British... |
| 'Problem kids' risk future pain BBC News Children with behavioural problems are twice as likely to suffer chronic pain as adults than others, say researchers. Scientists at Aberdeen University, who followed the lives of more than 19,000 children, think faulty hormone signals in the brain... |
| DNA of extinct birds extracted from ancient eggshell BBC News Researchers have found that eggshells of extinct bird species are a rich source of preserved DNA. An international team isolated the delicate DNA molecules of species including the massive "elephant birds" of the genus Aepyorni. The... |
| Tensions as Galapagos Islands seek sustainable growth BBC News She was aware of the strict laws regulating migration from mainland Ecuador, so upon leaving her native town of Esmeraldas, on Ecuador's northern coast, she braced herself for a lot of bureaucracy. But what she did not expect was to end up working... |
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