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Shelterbox, the Cornish aid organisation, has sent 10 tented school rooms to Mbale in the East of Uganda. 

More than 1,300 children are living in a refugee camp in Mbale after being made homeless by mudslides.

The city is close to the Buduba region of Uganda, where torrential rain caused landslides. At least three hillside villages were buried and around 350 people killed.

UCFJourno reporter Stuart Oates in Uganda

UCFJourno reporter Stuart Oates in Uganda

The teenage gunman who went on the rampage at a secondary school in south-west Germany has been killed in a gun battle with police.

At least 15 people are dead after the gunman entered the Albertville secondary school and began firing. Most of the victims are students and teachers.

After finishing his killing spree he fled into the local town of Winnenden in a car with a hostage.

German police used helicopters to search the town, culminating in his death in a shootout.

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Music has the potential to help pupils develop both personally and musically if taught well.

But some schools are failing to harness the full power of the subject, an Ofsted report has found.

Provision was found to be good or outstanding in half of the schools visited. The best progress was made when the school had a “clear sense of why music was important”. 

In these schools music also helped to bolster pupils’ self esteem and increase their development in other subjects.

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