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<TITLE>nova 7 27/4</TITLE>
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<Slug>013 TEACHERS VOX</Slug>
<TEXT>A poll of teachers shows many believe the recession has created an increase in
the number of children arriving at school hungry, dirty and struggling to
concentrate.

Two in five say they come across students EVERY DAY who don't have clean
clothes, or are hungry. 

That's according to a survey by the Prince's Trust and the Times Educational
Supplement.

These parents think there's no excuse for failing to care for your kids.

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<Slug>ATTACK 1</Slug>
<TEXT>Police investigating an attack on a man at a bus stop in Cheddar - say they want to speak to 2 men that CCTV shows were nearby at the time..

A 32 year old was left with a broken jaw after he was assaulted by a man who was with 3 others - near the Kings of Wessex School at around 6am on Saturday March the 24th.
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<Slug>fuel 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Fuel tanker drivers are being urged to reject proposals aimed at avoiding strike action.

Unite Union reps voted comprehensively against the deal that concerns problems such as health, safety and training.

More than two thousand tanker drivers will now vote on the proposals.
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<Slug>CRIME 2</Slug>
<TEXT>A convicted Weston drug dealer has been ordered to pay back nearly two and a half thousand pounds he made through his crimes..

22 year old Philip Petas has six months to pay up or face three weeks in prison - after being given a suspended sentence for supplying Class B drugs in November last year.
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<Slug>dentist 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Dentists are now so expensive that we'd rather have toothache than pay to get it fixed.

A new survey has found that 55 per cent of us are so put off by dental costs that we just don't go.

Even check-ups at NHS practices are too expensive.
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<TEXT>Nova news - now you're up to date
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