More than 510 under 11s have been excluded from schools in Bradford in the past three years, the Bradford Telegraph and Argus reports. Teachers' union NASUWT said children as young as five had brought cannabis into the city's schools and older primary pupils had turned up with knives and BB guns.
The Child Poverty Action Group has hit back at celebrity chef Jamie Oliver after he claimed that low-income families choose to buy expensive ready meals rather than healthier food. Imran Hussein, the charity's head of policy, told the Telegraph that figures show poorer families are less likely be able to afford fresh fruit and spend more on healthy food as their income rises.
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