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Preston National News: Schools Spy on Pupils
A study has claimed that schools that fail to alert students to cameras that record their every move are probably breaking the law.The level of monitoring on pupils in high schools has been compared to the monitoring of inmates in prisons and customers at airports. Cameras in high schools are often installed to check for vandalism, intruders and behaviour, as well as to improve teaching. Most have around 20 cameras.Emmeline Taylor, a researcher, checked surveillance practices in North West high schools and analysed the law that governs the use of CCTV in schools as part of her PhD. She discovered that under the Data Protection Act schools are required to inform pupils when a camera has been installed and why the camera has been installed. Emmeline...
Preston National News: Funding for design studies in clean coal competition
Funding was today awarded to E.ON and ScottishPower for design and development studies as part of the competition to build one of the world's first commercial scale carbon...
Preston National News: Adonis sets out high speed rail proposals
Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis today announced proposals which would revolutionise Britain's rail network by delivering an initial core high speed rail network linking...
Preston National News: Cocaine in false bottom suitcase at Gatwick
Cocaine worth £160,000 was found by officers from the UK Border Agency in the false bottom of a suitcase at Gatwick Airport.
The four kilos of cocaine were discovered when...
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Music Video Of The Week
BBC Radio One have started a trend of playing this song every friday morning, that's why it's our music video of the week.
McFly - Star Girl
Music Video Of The Week
Swamp Thing - The Grid
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Music Video Of The Week
Rage Against The Machine - Killin' In The Name Of
2009 Christmas Number One
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Preston National News: Skies the limit for new military satellite
Military communications on operations are to further enhanced, thanks to a new £400 million contract to use a new satellite, the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, announced today.
The...
Preston National News: Green lorry training proposal to cut carbon emissions
A new proposal to encourage more lorry drivers to take eco-driver training could save up to 3 million tonnes of CO2 over five years and £300 million in fuel costs, according to Transport Minister Paul...
Preston National News: Sports project helping tackle antisocial behaviour will return
A project tackling antisocial behaviour in a popular park, which saw a 75 per cent drop in calls to police, has been praised by Home Office Minister Alan Campbell.
Operation Windburn ran in Wigan's...
Preston National News: Testing the water for wave and tidal potential
Wave and tidal energy in England and Wales today received a boost as plans for the first full Strategic Environmental Assessment for wave and tidal energy were outlined.
The SEA - which will also pave...
Preston National News: HMRC Business Support hits £5billion
HM Revenue & Customs' Business Payment Support Service (BPSS) has helped over 160,000 businesses reschedule more than £5billion of tax in its first 15 months, new figures reveal today.
The...
Preston National News: Government drive to get 7.5 million more people online
Older people and the less well-off are to be the target of an ambitious campaign to get 7.5 million new internet users online by 2014, Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain announced today.
The...
