Daily Diamond - Leeds School to Tackle Pupils' Poor Grammar

A school in Leeds is planning to tackle its pupils’ poor grammar and spelling by teaching English as an additional language to all of its students.
Headteacher of the City of Leeds School, Georgina Sale, explained that more than three quarters of her 314 pupils were not native English speakers......
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Daily Diamond - Happier People are Harder Working People

“Some firms say they care about the well-being and ‘happiness’ of their employees,” states the opening of a new research paper from the University of Warwick. “But are such claims hype, or scientific good sense? We provide evidence… that happiness makes people......
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Daily Diamond - Active Mums Make Active Children!

A study by Cambridge and Southampton Universities has shown that a child is more likely to be more active if their mother is physically active, and have published their findings in the journal Pediatrics.
The study involved 554 four-year-old children and their mothers wearing an Actiheart......
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Daily Diamond - Famous Authors Hit Back at Book Ban

A regulation that was brought in November of last year that prevents books being sent to prisoners in jail may end up being thwarted by an outcry that appears to be led by some of Britain’s most famous authors.
The rule doesn’t completely ban prisoners from reading – the prisoners will......
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Daily Diamond - Meningitis B Vaccine: On Its Way

‘Meningitis’ is a word that  brings fear to any parent. It is an infection that causes the protective membranes around the spinal cord and brain to swell, damaging the nerves and brain and causing brain damage, loss of limbs, and death. There have been over 10,000 cases of the......
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Daily Diamond - Dramatic Rescue From Houston Inferno

In a daring escape you are unlikely to see anywhere outside of a movie or TV show ever again, a construction worker who was trapped on the balcony of a burning building was brought to safety – and it was all caught on camera.
A large apartment complex in Houston, Texas, was a mere couple......
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Daily Diamond - UK's Possible Cannabis Legalisation

Could the cogs be in motion for the legalisation of cannabis? Campaigners seem to think so as the battle for a cannabis café in Britain has begun waging once again.
Councillor Ian Driver of Thanet District Council’s Green Party in Kent has said that this week marks the beginning of the search......
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