The Wayside Waifs shelter in Kansas City says that children who show compassion to animals are less likely to be violent towards people.

The project has been so popular with schools that the shelter now needs more volunteers.

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The recommendation is expected in a report into the events in which teenager Henry Webster suffered brain damage after being attacked with a hammer by an Asian gang at Ridgeway School, Wroughton, in Wiltshire. In 2008, the ringleader was jailed for eight years and 12 other people were convicted.

Schools will also be encouraged to involve the police in racist incidents.

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The popular Teenfocus project, run by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, helps young people with issues like school bullying and other concerns.

In 2009 the ISPCC had record demand for the service and in the first six months of 2010 there were 317 referrals. There are 119 families on the waiting list at the moment.

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The plan would give pupils who need a refuge from bullies somewhere to go at break and is an attempt to come up with ideas to tackle the problem.

Scottish secondary schools have guidance teachers and listening posts would give them the opportunity to hear about pupils' problems first hand. Another idea is that listening posts could be run by members of school councils, giving youngsters the chance to talk to someone of their own age about bullying.

Some schools are already running successful anti-bullying schemes, including Dairy Primary whose head teacher David Fleming said  stepping up supervision in the playground was helpful.

Edinburgh head teachers are also working on ways of combatting cyber bullying and that related to gay issues.

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Education Secretary Michael Gove says he wants to sweep away unnecessary rules which are taking teachers time and the measures may include scrapping the guidelines that urge schools to record all cases of bullying.

John Carnell, Bullying UK CEO, said that it was in schools' interests to record bullying incidents in a pupil's file so that they could show they were taking the problem seriously and putting measures in place to stop it.

"If schools keep a record then they can also see whether the action they have taken has been successful or not," he said.

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But a study by Trinity College, Dublin, has revealed that boys are more likely to be the targets of violence with a third being kicked or hit over the same time period.

More than 5,500 children were surveyed and a quarter of older pupils said they had been the victim of lies or had rumours spread about them. Many of the targets of bullying were too afraid to report incidents to their parents.

John Carnell, Bullying UK CEO, said that parents who found their primary school age children were being bullied needed to contact their child's teacher immediately.

"Many instances can be nipped in the bud before they get out of hand," he said. "But if the class teacher isn't able to resolve the problem then parents need to make a written complaint to the head teacher."

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Medway Council's Brompton, Strood and Bishop of Rochester academies will get funding for new buildings, despite the government scrapping the Building Schools for the Future programme in England.

Two further academies, the Isle of Sheppey and Skinners, in Tunbridge Wells, are also back on the agenda for Kent County Council.

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Comments made using her identity, on the  Diva Chat website, led to the Townsville student being attacked and injured by girls she didn't even know.

The bullies who had stolen her identity had also uploaded a picture of her from her Facebook account.

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The increase in the cost of dinners takes the average cost for a primary school meal up to £346 a year or £1.95 a day.

The price of secondary school cafeteria meals will also increase, due to the rising cost of food, fuel and new nutritional standards.

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Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, says on its website that science has attempted to "remove any notion of God from our understanding of life".

But secular groups have criticised the family owned zoo and claimed that children risk being exposed to "anti-scientific dogma".

The approval has been given by the Government-backed Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.

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Facebook tributes poured in for 15-year-old Tom Mullaney after he committed suicide in May. His friends said that he had been bullied at school in Birmingham.

A tribute site set up on Facebook was targeted with unpleasant and abusive messages and Tom's mum Tracy is calling for action to be taken to outlaw such comments which caused the family huge distress.

Bullying UK CEO John Carnell said that it was already against the law to use the phone system, which included the internet, to cause alarm or distress and that it could also be harassment which was a criminal offence.

"Something like one in five complaints we get are about cyberbullying and most of them are about Facebook so it's time the firm made it much easier to remove abuse. The police should also be prosecuting the culprits as that would send a message to other people that they couldn't get away with their disgusting behaviour."

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And across Yorkshire and the Humber, the figure shows an eight per cent decrease in 2008-09 compared with the previous year.

But Coun Jane Dowson, executive board member for learning at Leeds City Council, said that there were a disproportionate number of pupils excluded who had special needs

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The pupils, from Ling Bob Junior, Infant and Nursery School, have won the award for their compassion and for making the school a better place.

They were chosen for helping children in the playground to build friendships.

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The students, from Kilbarrack, are working on a mural for their local Dart station, that highlights how mobile phones can be used to bully others.

The principal of one Dublin school has said that children as young as eight are sending abusive texts to other pupils.

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The Dorset County Pupil Council, which meets each term, questioned John Nash, the county council's director for children's services, and Toni Coombs, the cabinet member for children's services, in the event at County Hall.

Other issues they raised included drugs and alcohol and the country's financial situation.

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Younger children were often behind at the age of five and struggled to catch up for the rest of their school lives.

The Department of Education report on English youngsters said that those with August birthdays were also less likely to take academic A-levels or go to university.

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But the rate of permanent exclusions fell by 19.4 per cent in 2008-09.

Official figures show that more than 63,000 secondary school pupils were suspended for bad behaviour while 17,000 primary youngsters were excluded for a fixed period.

The statistics, from the Department of Education (DFE) showed that 320 pupils under 11  and 1,450 secondary pupils were expelled from school.

The most common reason for exclusion was persistent disruptive behaviour.

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Missed Opportunity has been shot by young people in the town who have been helped by professional film makers.

The 15-certificate film, created by 20 teenagers, will be shown at the ACE Centre in Cross Street and may be shown later in schools.