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Last Updated: Saturday, 7 October 2006, 07:03 GMT 08:03 UK

Thousands going to 'poor schools'

A top government adviser says about 80,000 children go to underperforming secondary schools each year.

Backdoor school selection curbed

Help for parents choosing schools

Man charged in sex attack inquiry

A man has been charged after a police inquiry into a string of sex attacks in West Sussex over the past decade.

Britons 'spend £97bn on holidays'

Britons are set to spend a total of £97.3bn on holidays this year, a survey by Axa Insurance suggests.

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