Mr Prentice says that it is possible that sedentary, poorly nourished youths will die before their parents.

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But Mr Prentice had a warning for those in the union movement who wanted to split with Labour.

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Mr Prentice later challenged Mr Brown about the time, but the witness said he was "sure it was that Friday".

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Mr Prentice and his counterparts from other Arctic states met in Greenland this week, to discuss offshore drilling among other topics.

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Mr Prentice said it was not known how fast the Passat was travelling when it crashed on Drumcross Road, near its junction with Limefield Road.

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Mr Prentice's warning comes on the day that Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a keynote speech to the Fabian Society where he will stress the need to reform public services.

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Mr. PRENTICE LEE (Associate Superintendent of Schools, District 128): If information is brought to our attention then we'll investigate it, just as we would look into information if Monday morning, somebody walked into the athletic director's office and said, you know, there were five football players who were drinking at a party on Saturday night.

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Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC asked Mr Kerr that if gathering information was "so dear to his heart" why he had not then given a statement to police last month.

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