18 May 2008
One in three young people living in cities thinks it is acceptable to carry a knife in self-defence because violence is so rife, according to research revealed today. (Observer)
Teenagers and twenty-somethings have lost faith in politicians, the police or schools to protect them and increasingly believe they need to be armed to defend themselves against people of their own age. Nearly half said they knew someone who had been a victim of knife crime.
16 May 2008
GCSE and A-level students should not always expect to receive the correct marks in tests, according to the new examinations watchdog. (The Daily Telegraph)
Kathleen Tattersall, the chairman of Ofqual, said the public had a "simplistic" expectation that the marking system should be "perfect".
16 May 2008
The new exams watchdog is to conduct a "health check" of all school tests and exams amid concerns that standards are not being met. (The Guardian)
The Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator will be formally launched today with a promise to investigate the "reliability" of exams
16 May 2008
Scotland Yard has admitted its officers have been photographing children who are stopped and searched even after they have been found to be innocent. (The Guardian)
Police in Lambeth, south London, claim the tactic helps fight street crime and insist the pictures are kept on a database only for intelligence-gathering purposes. But the civil rights group Liberty has condemned the measure, and a leading community group working with the police has described the tactic as "sinister".
