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JADE GOODY DROPPED BY ANTI-BULLYING CHARITY Jade Goody who is currently in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house has been dropped by the Act Against Bullying charity. The charity reports it has been inundated with angry emails about Jade Goody's behaviour while in the Big Brother house. Jade has been criticized about the treatment of Shilpa Shetty, who is also a current house mate in the Big Brother house. Ofcom have also announced that they are currently investigating allegations of racism inside the Big Brother house.
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2m CHILDREN SKIP SCHOOL TO DODGE BULLIES NEWS of the WORLD Exclusive by Ian Kirby MILLIONS of children across Britain are too terrified to go to school because they are being BULLIED. A shocking new survey reveals that almost a THIRD of all secondary school kids in the country have played truant to avoid their tormentors. Desperate victims, some of them suicidal, dodge classes in any way they can—faking sickness or taking term-time holidays, often with the help of worried parents. The report, by charity beatbullying, highlights the massive damage being done to the education of a whole generation because schools have FAILED to implement effective anti-bullying policies. The study, is the first to establish a link between truancy and bullying, revealing that 42 per cent of victims have bunked off school at some point as a result. John Quinn, development director of beatbullying, told us: "There are half a million absences every day and a third of these children are not in school because they are terrified of the bullying they are going through. The consequences are disastrous. Children who are not in school are most vulnerable to academic failure. They are easily drawn into crime and anti-social behaviour and are more likely to end up unemployed." The findings come in the week that the government reveals a quarter of the 22,000 secondary schools in England and Wales have STILL NOT signed up to the Anti-Bullying Charter, as demanded by the News of the World's Helping Hand campaign three years ago. We called for action after tormented schoolboy Karl Peart took his own life, leaving behind a suicide note bearing his handprint, which we made our symbol of hope. CONTACT beatbullying on 0800 1300 336 or go to www.beatbullying.org
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PARENTS OF BULLIES COULD FACE £1000 FINES Parents of bullies could be forced to attend parenting classes or face a £1,000 fine, Education Secretary Alan Johnson has warned. His message came as campaigners said 20,000 children were skipping school every day to avoid being bullied. Mr Johnson said he wanted to create a "zero tolerance" culture towards bullying in an effort to stamp out the "despicable" and "intolerable" phenomenon. New powers under the Education Act would allow parenting orders to be imposed on mothers and fathers of bullies, with a £1,000 fine if they failed to comply, he said. He also unveiled an extra £480,000 for a peer mentoring scheme for children in schools to encourage the reporting of bullying. In some cases, he said, pupils found it easier to report bullying to their peers than to teachers. Source: Reading Chronicle
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