Teachers will be striking today at a school being forced to become an academy.

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Rafael van der Vaart has urged Tottenham to sign Emmanuel Adebayor on a permanent basis. Adebayor, who is on a season-long loan from Manchester City, scored twice on Sunday to inspire Tottenham to a battling 3-1 win over Swansea City, their first Premier League victory in six attempts.

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A Haringey social worker today accepted undisclosed compensation over the authority's false claim that she did not raise concerns about returning Baby P to his mother.

A council leader accused of presiding over a culture of "dangerous incompetence" which contributed to the death of Baby Peter was fairly removed from her post by the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, the High Court ruled yesterday.

Lawyers acting for Sharon Shoesmith today demanded to be allowed to see drafts of an Ofsted inspectors' report prepared in the wake of the public outcry over the death of Baby P.

Ofsted is facing accusations that it covertly downgraded an official assessment of Haringey council from "good" to "inadequate" in wake of the findings surrounding the death of Baby P.

The council criticised over the Baby Peter tragedy is still failing to protect all vulnerable children adequately, a report said today.

The political row over the "Baby P" case reignited last night as the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, hit back against accusations that his actions had been "breathtakingly reckless".

I don't believe a public inquiry into the Baby P case is necessary. I think the failings in Haringey are already perfectly clear. Why should they not be? They are, after all, the same failings that are revealed in almost every public inquiry, into almost every public service dereliction.