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21/05/2015
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Police Appeal For Next Of Kin Of Oldham Man
Greater Manchester Police are appealing for information to trace the next of kin of a man from Oldham.
Michael Johnson, 68, died at his home on Thursday 7 May 2015. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Tracy Bunn, Police Coroners Officer, on Tel: 0161 856 8565.
Teenager Admits Murdering Student Ashley Woolley
An 18-year-old man has admitted murdering a student in a park in Chelmsford a week before Christmas last year.
Steven Davenport, of Hillside Grove, stabbed 18-year-old Ashley Woolley to death in Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street just after 3.15pm on Thursday 18 December, 2014.
Ashley, who lived in the town, was taken to Broomfield Hospital but died later the same day.
Davenport was arrested in the early hours of Friday 19 December, 2014 and later charged with murder and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.
He initially denied the charges but pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday 20 March, 2015.
Sentencing has been adjourned until 10 July.
Number Of Young People Not In Work Or Education Falls
The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England is at its lowest for a decade.
Official figures show that the proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds recorded as NEET in January to March 2015 fell annually and is now at the lowest comparable rate since records began in 2001.
The highest ever recorded proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds – more than nine in 10 – are now participating in education or training. This trend continues for 19 to 24-year-olds who are NEET with the lowest comparable rate in 10 years.
Skills Minister Nick Boles said: "These record low rates of young people not in employment, education or training demonstrate that our economic plan is working. No young person should be left without the opportunity of a regular wage and high quality training, that's why we will create three million new apprenticeships over the next five years."
(CD/JP)
Greater Manchester Police are appealing for information to trace the next of kin of a man from Oldham.
Michael Johnson, 68, died at his home on Thursday 7 May 2015. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Tracy Bunn, Police Coroners Officer, on Tel: 0161 856 8565.
Teenager Admits Murdering Student Ashley Woolley
An 18-year-old man has admitted murdering a student in a park in Chelmsford a week before Christmas last year.
Steven Davenport, of Hillside Grove, stabbed 18-year-old Ashley Woolley to death in Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street just after 3.15pm on Thursday 18 December, 2014.
Ashley, who lived in the town, was taken to Broomfield Hospital but died later the same day.
Davenport was arrested in the early hours of Friday 19 December, 2014 and later charged with murder and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place.
He initially denied the charges but pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday 20 March, 2015.
Sentencing has been adjourned until 10 July.
Number Of Young People Not In Work Or Education Falls
The number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England is at its lowest for a decade.
Official figures show that the proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds recorded as NEET in January to March 2015 fell annually and is now at the lowest comparable rate since records began in 2001.
The highest ever recorded proportion of 16 to 17-year-olds – more than nine in 10 – are now participating in education or training. This trend continues for 19 to 24-year-olds who are NEET with the lowest comparable rate in 10 years.
Skills Minister Nick Boles said: "These record low rates of young people not in employment, education or training demonstrate that our economic plan is working. No young person should be left without the opportunity of a regular wage and high quality training, that's why we will create three million new apprenticeships over the next five years."
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