Article: Teenagers 'caused pounds 2m school blaze' The Prime Minister yesterday launched the Government's five-year anti-crime plan, insisting it marked the end of the 1960s liberal consensus on law and order. So what influence did that decade have on today's problems? Here and below, Richard Warburton and Neil Connor gauge the views of some who were at the sharp end of the changes.(News)

Article: Parents bidding to save school; EDUCATION MATTERS Last-ditch plea ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  January 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... fight to stay open. Queen Elizabeth Mercian School in Ashby Road, Tamworth ... Staff and parents of Queen Elizabeth Mercian School have begun the new academic ... CAPTION(S): Queen Elizabeth Mercian School in Tamworth has stepped ...

Article: Fight to keep school open; EDUCATION: Parents protest over bid ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  January 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... fight to stay open. Queen Elizabeth Mercian School in Ashby Road, Tamworth ... Staff and parents of Queen Elizabeth Mercian School have begun the new academic ... banners outside Queen Elizabeth Mercian School and (top) Christopher ...

Article: SCHOOL WRECKED BY BLAZE; Arson probe after classrooms ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  April 14, 2003 ;     528 words ... ... lost in the blaze at the Queen Elizabeth Mercian School in Tamworth. Four boys, aged ... alarm was raised at the Queen Elizabeth Mercian site shortly before 2am. 'The ... CAPTION(S): AFTERMATH: Queen Elizabeth Mercian School

Article: High school teachers to strike at council 'job-loss' plans.
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 5, 2009 ;     644 words ... ... the whole of Tamworth on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth Mercian School (QEMS), both of which would be run by the ... respectively. About 12 NUT members at Queen Elizabeth Mercian School are likely to strike on either June 17 or 18 ...

Article: People power victory; QEMS: School will not close.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  January 30, 2009 ;     606 words ... ... cabinet decided not to close the town's Queen Elizabeth Mercian School, known locally as QEMS. It was originally earmarked ... which would be built on the same site as Queen Elizabeth Mercian School. More details at www.staffordshire.gov ...

Article: Fight is on to keep school open.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  January 7, 2009 ;     429 words ... ... is stepping up its fight to stay open. Queen Elizabeth Mercian School in Ashby Road, Tamworth, is due to close in ... Demonstrators have put up banners outside Queen Elizabeth Mercian School, in Tamworth.

Article: 'U-TURN' OVER NO SPRINKLERS.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 7, 2003 ;     574 words ... ... few months. Pupils have now returned to Queen Elizabeth Mercian School, in Tamworth, after a fire attack caused pounds ... Head Gordon Owers at wrecked Queen Elizabeth's Mercian School. It had been decided not to install sprinklers