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Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
'Neets' solution could lie in tackling bad behaviour
A softer approach to tackling bad behaviour in schools could help reduce the number of young people not in education, work or training (Neets), it has been claimed. The so-called ‘restorative approach’ encourages pupils to talk…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Make mental health bigger priority
Mental health needs to be more of a priority, with targets for waiting times and more protection for funding, says England's chief medical officer. Dame Sally Davies said there were signs that funding was being cut…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Sierra Leone: Ebola outbreak - British military sent to West Africa
British military engineers and medics are being sent to Sierra Leone to help fight the world's largest-ever outbreak of Ebola. They will set up and run a treatment centre near the capital Freetown. The World Health…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Nigeria: Boko Haram 'seize' Michika in Adamawa state
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state. People fled into bushes as gunfire rang out in…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Libya: 250,000 people flee fighting as Islamist group takes over
Fighting between rival groups in Libya's main cities has displaced 100,000 people, and caused another 150,000 to flee the country, a United Nations report said today. Numerous human rights abuses, including indiscriminate killing and abductions, took…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Somalia: Al-Shabab claims deadly bombing
At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into an African Union convoy near Afgoy, southwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, a local governor…