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Meabh Ritchie
All articles by Meabh Ritchie
My best teacher - Edith Bowman
The DJ and broadcaster was glad of a guiding hand to help keep her on the right track
23 April 2010
Switched on about bunking off
Truancy is an intractable problem despite pound;1 billion of Government initiatives to address it. But when Plant Hill College, northern Manchester, was ranked joint worst in the country for attendance, it took action
16 April 2010
Marks out of 10 - Don’t have a cow, man
2 April 2010
Naked lunch box
School lunchtimes can be a nutritional minefield of E-numbers, fizzy drinks and salty snacks – and that’s just what the teachers eat. Meabh Ritchie delved into the lunch boxes of one group of staff
26 March 2010
Marks out of 10 - Cheer up why don’t you
19 March 2010
Personally speaking - ‘I wondered if brewing was really for me’
19 March 2010
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