(Filed: 17/12/2003)

A new and controversial way of measuring educational performance shows that traditional methods still have their merits.

Grammar schools have topped a new “value added” league table designed to be fairer to schools with less able pupils.
They are the most effective at raising standards in the first three years of secondary education even when [...]

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By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent
(Filed: 17/12/2003)

The Royal Navy was forced by the European Court of Human Rights to suspend all courts martial yesterday until an Act of Parliament can be passed changing the way in which they operate.
It also faces the possibility that every Navy court martial since the Human Rights Act was passed [...]

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