Ms O'Conner said a rising birth rate and new housing developments had led to the shortage of places.

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Dr Conner said they were concerned by the increase in the number of teenage smokers they found in their study.

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Boeing's head of commercial airplanes Ray Conner said at a joint news conference with Ryanair on Tuesday that the problems with the 787s had not affected orders.

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