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Lessons 'tougher for male staff'
Schoolchildren are more likely to disrupt lessons if they have a male teacher, a survey suggests.
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Warning of nut allergy 'hysteria'
Measures to protect children with nut allergies are becoming increasingly absurd and hysterical, say experts.
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Daily nuts may help boost health
Adding nuts to a healthy diet may help release people from a dangerous combination of health problems, research suggests.
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Teachers say no winter strikes
The leaders of the National Union of Teachers in England and Wales say there will be no strike action this winter, following a close ballot.
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Tropical farms 'aid biodiversity'
Long established, low-impact farming methods can help sustain the biodiversity of tropical forests, a study shows.
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Probe over cracked nuts on bridge
Cracks are found in nine heavy duty nuts used to secure the steel ropes that hold up the Forth Road Bridge.
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Will pupils go nuts for squirrel?
Schoolchildren in north Cornwall will be given the chance to tuck into a dish of squirrel on Friday.
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Teachers to hold ballot on strike
Another teachers' strike is threatened - with the National Union of Teachers announcing a ballot for industrial action.
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Kola puts Eden Project in a fizz
The Kola nut, which flavours some of the world's most popular soft drinks, is grown at the Eden Project.
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Legal battle over school closure
The National Union of Teachers is taking a council to the High Court over alleged failure to consult over school closure plans.
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Asthma risk from pregnancy nuts
Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim researchers.
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Teachers strike over extra hour
Teachers at Nailsea School in Somerset are staging a one-day strike over extra teaching hour.
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'Outstanding' schools on hit list
Inspectors have praised many of the schools under threat for not meeting a government target on GCSE results.
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Focus on public pay flashpoints
How have different groups of public sector workers responded to their pay offers?
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Army seeks Senegal ear-choppers
Senegal's army launches an offensive against armed men who cut off the ears of cashew nut pickers.
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Senegalese bandits chop off ears
Armed men cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region.
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Squirrel 'best eaten with nuts'
A butcher in Cornwall hopes to tempt the taste-buds of the more adventurous by selling wild grey squirrel.
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School pay strikes: your views
Your views on Mike Baker's comparison of last week's teachers' pay strike with the one in 1985.
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School pay strikes then and now
Mike Baker compares this week's teachers' pay strike with the last one, in February 1985.
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Striking teachers march in city
Teachers marched through Manchester city centre as part of their one-day strike over pay.
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