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Teachers brand plans for measuring pupil happiness ''absurd''

London, Mar 23 : Head teachers have stood up against plans by the British Government to grade schools based on pupil happiness, and have branded them "meaningless" and "absurd".

The Government''s proposals have been seen as being too bureaucratic, and also leading to schools in deprived areas being "castigated".

As per the plans, schools will be rated on a range of measures, including the take-up of lunches in canteens, the proportion of pupils doing two hours of sport a week, the quality of sex education lessons, and relationship advice.

Schools will also be measured on truancy, exclusions, and the ability to promote "emotional resilience" in their pupils.

Pete Doherty talks of head-butting Moss’ man

 Pete Doherty talks of head-butting Moss’ manLondon, Mar 23 : Brit singer Pete Doherty has revealed that he would not mind head-butting Kate Moss' man Jamie Hince and running off with her.

Doherty, 30, who is still madly in love with Moss, even reckons he would come to blows with Hince if they ever crossed paths, and being asked to stay away from a Lily Allen gig because of Moss, did not help matters much.

"I wanted to see Lily Allen play the other week," the Sun quoted him as telling Q magazine.

Barber finds Christ-like face on church wall

Barber finds Christ-like face on church wallLondon, Mar 23 : A Scot barber has found what he says to be an exact likeness to Jesus Christ's face on a church wall.

Crimper Alan Stocks, 40, had been taking a break between customers outside his shop, when he noticed the image, which had a beard like Jesus and a crown of thorns made from moss growing on the stone.

The wall runs down one side of Greenock Westburn Church in the Inverclyde town.

"I noticed the face on the wall as soon as I saw it - it's incredible. It definitely looks like Jesus," the Sun quoted him as saying.

Ted Hughes' son commits suicide in US - London newspaper reports

Ted Hughes' son commits suicide in US - London newspaper reports London - The only son of late British poet Ted Hughes and his American wife, Sylvia Plath, has committed suicide at his home in Alaska, the London Times newspaper reported Monday.

Nicholas Hughes, 47, had been battling depression for some years, his sister, Frieda, was quoted by the paper as saying.

The death adds a further tragic chapter to the sad life story of Hughes and Plath, who gassed herself aged 30 in the couple's London flat when Nicholas and Frieda were young children.

Amy Winehouse won’t see hubby again

London, Mar 23 : Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has given up on her marriage to Blake Civil Fielder.

Natasha Bedingfield weds Matthew Robinson

Natasha Bedingfield weds Matthew Robinson

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