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Two Damien Hirst works of art stolen from gallery
Two signed Damien Hirst works of art worth £33,000 have been stolen from a gallery in London, Scotland Yard said.
Fear and hatred in the Central African Republic
by Susanna Flood, Amnesty International
People in the CAR are caught in an increasingly vicious conflict between the Muslim minority rebels and the Christian majority.
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Unschooling: Kids swap school for 'life experiences'
Mother wants her children to be "free" to think for themselves and let curiosity be their guide rather than the curriculum.
Read the full storyYouTube reveals its biggest video hits of 2013
A viral comic video about how animals eat their food has topped this year's YouTube most viewed in the UK.
Read the full storyMidwifery investigation uncovers catalogue of failures
An investigation into the deaths of three babies and one woman at Furness General Hospital has uncovered a catalogue of failures.
Nittaya and Chester Hendrickson, Joshua Titcombe and Alex Davey-Brady all died following mistakes made by midwives within the maternity ward at the hospital.
A report from the Health Service Ombudsman found midwives given the role of supervising their peers concluded there had been no errors despite obvious evidence of mistakes.
Watch: Father of baby who died at Furness welcomes report into failures
Mandela to lie in state at Pretoria's Union Buildings
Nelson Mandela's body will lie in state for three days in South Africa's capital Pretoria at the Union Buildings - where the president's office is located.
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Nelson Mandela's flag-draped coffin arrives in Pretoria
Nelson Mandela's coffin, which is draped in the South African flag, has arrived at the Union Buildings in the country's capital Pretoria, where the anti-apartheid leader will lie in state.
Ofsted chief to tackle 'culture of bad behaviour'
Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw will today call on leaders in schools who are failing to deal with naughty behaviour to create a "calm and respectful culture essential for learning".
In a speech he is due to give in London, Wilshaw believes lessons should not be undermined by "background chatter, inattention and horseplay".
As part of his annual Ofsted report, Sir Michael will warn that there are "stark inequities" across England, with a child's chances of being taught at a good school far too dependent on where they live.
He will add that the "battle against mediocrity" is gradually being won, but that England is still a nation divided into "lucky and unlucky children".
Hunt: Alzheimer's scan rolled out 'quickly as possible'
The Government is aiming to "roll out" a scan for Alzheimer's disease across the NHS "as quickly as possible", the health secretary told Daybreak.
Jeremy Hunt said the department of health wanted to see "two thirds of people" who suffer from dementia to be diagnosed "by the end of this Parliament".
"The main thing that is exciting about this, is that it is a real palava getting a dementia diagnosis because you have to do these memory tests and people's memories does start to go a bit in old age."
Ofsted wants crackdown on classroom misbehaviour
Schools in England are suffering from a culture of "casual acceptance" of classroom misbehaviour, the Ofsted chief inspector has warned.
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Poor attitudes to education and low-level disruption in lessons are stopping pupils from learning and preventing the nation from moving up international league tables, according to Sir Michael Wilshaw.
In a speech today, Sir Michael is due to say that disruption and inattention has been tolerated for too long and that Ofsted will be cracking down on misbehaviour in schools.
Around 700,000 children are currently being taught in schools where behaviour is not at an acceptable level, figures suggest.
Sir Michael will say there is a "poverty expectation" in many schools that needs to be dealt with and the "poor attitudes to learning" in England are "a million miles away from the sort of cultures we see in some of the high-performing Asian countries".
