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There are not enough Asian teachers in UK classrooms, warns the teachers union NUT. Plus, poor quality surgical instruments from Pakistan are posing a danger to patients in the UK.

Not enough Asians are becoming teachers. That's the warning from the National Union of Teachers. It says around 20% of the country's pupils are from ethnic minorities - but just over 6% of teachers.

Poor-quality surgical instruments from Pakistan are being supplied to British hospitals, leaving patients here vulnerable to potentially life-threatening injury or infection.

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Mon 27 Jun 2011 18:00

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  • Mon 27 Jun 2011 18:00