News
Welcome to the Young Readers Programme news section. Here you can find all the latest news on the project. You can also seach news items using the box above.
Adults news stories:
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04Feb2011Save Our Libraries Day to take place on 5 February
Save Our Libraries Day, taking place on 5 February, is a day of action that hopes to bring greater attention to the cuts and closures facing many public library services.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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25Jan2011BBC reveals Year of Books
At an event in central London last night the BBC announced its Year of Books 2011.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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21Jan2011New Ofsted report highlights best practice in literacy
Oftsed, the body responsible for inspecting schools, has today released a report highlighting best practice in literacy across all age ranges.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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10Jan2011A Hollywood film is helping to highlight the challenges faced by people with stammers and communication difficulties
The King's Speech, a new film released in the United Kingdom on 7 January, explores how King George VI overcame his own debilitating stammer.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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10Dec2010World Book Night has 10,000 volunteer applications in seven days
World Book Night has processed 10,000 applications through its website attracting over 81,000 individual worldwide visitors since the launch.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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09Dec2010Better World Books launches UK site
US online bookseller and literacy fundraiser Better World Books has launched a UK e-commerce site.
Posted by Farah Pasha
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06Dec2010Study signals UK’s school system 'failing to keep pace' with other nations
Michael Gove told MPs recently that the UK's school system was 'failing to keep pace' with other nations after results from the most respected international study of achievement are likely to show that schools in Britain are performing poorly.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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02Dec2010World Book Night: One million books up for grabs
One million books are set be given away in the UK and Ireland on 5 March to mark the inaugural of World Book Night.
Posted by Farah Pasha
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12Nov2010Authors condemn London library cuts
Writers including Charlie Higson, Will Self and Helen Dunmore have joined former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion in condemning plans by councils that could see 130 London libraries closed.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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09Nov2010School pupils to face new progression measures
New "readiness to progress" measures will be introduced at ages five and 11 to ensure children have the reading, writing and arithmetic skills required to move on to the next stage of schooling.
Posted by Farah Pasha
