内容摘要：The service has urged smokers to ensure they put out their cigarettes completely.

The service has urged smokers to ensure they put out their cigarettes completely.

It added that it had a responsibility to provide the best learning environments possible for all its learners and it took that "very seriously"."As a council, we will not shy away from this," it said.

"It is no secret that school roll numbers are decreasing, in line with population statistics for the region as a whole."It is our job as the local authority to ensure we are meeting the needs of our learners as best we can to support them through their educational journey."We will continue to engage and consult where appropriate, to ensure this support and learning offer is as strong as it can possibly be."

Memories of throwing stones at "scabs", soup kitchens, and Arthur Scargill rallies during the miners' strike remain, for many, as fresh as ever 40 years on.For mine workers at the heart of the industrial action in 1984-85 across south-west Scotland it was a life-defining time, as thousands across the region downed tools for a year.

They risked not being able to put food on the table amid fears that Margaret Thatcher's government, backed by the National Coal Board (NCB), wanted to destroy the industry.

But the government said the industry was running at a loss and change was inevitable.She tells me she felt betrayed after reading the study: "I think it's awful that companies have been doing this for years to black women and I think we deserve better."

She's now seeking out brands free from harmful chemicals and plastic - and says many of her friends are doing the same."A lot of women I've spoken to about it have agreed that biogradable would be better - it's good for the planet as well."

Ifeanyi has also worn braids since childhood, and says they are the easiest and most convenient style to handle while she's busy studying at university.She argues that the study is not alarming, pointing out that people may come into contact with carcinogens every day, in