内容摘要：When Nehru reported back to Gandhi, she remained non-committal, Prof Raghavan writes. She instructed her closest aides to explore the proposals further.

When Nehru reported back to Gandhi, she remained non-committal, Prof Raghavan writes. She instructed her closest aides to explore the proposals further.

She said offers of reduced timetables or "time-out" passes, whilst well-intentioned, actually made her children feel worse."I just feel like the secondary school setting is not suitable for every child and, unfortunately, the alternative to the secondary school doesn't exist," Ms Craig said.

She said education authorities need to offer more help to people like her and her children.Ms Craig is now paying to get them schooled in English and mathematics in a private setting."Both of them are very intelligent and they're willing to learn, but they're willing to learn in the right settings, just not a big school."

Omagh-based mental health consultant Bronagh Starrs believes Northern Ireland is facing an "epidemic" of school-based anxiety.She said many of these children are academically capable and want to go to school, but cannot because they have "catastrophic levels of fear".

She added: "The difference between truancy and this phenomenon is that parents are usually aware, or very aware, of the issue and are actively trying to help the young person."

She said schoolchildren had become "entrenched" during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, when they had to stay at home, and then struggled when schools opened up again.Despite Tuesday's announcement of new government investment, work on Sizewell C started some time ago, with the main site being cleared and land being dug up for a new link road.

Chris Matthews, a trainee paramedic from nearby Leiston, said a new nuclear power plant would be a boost to the town."I've lived here 10 years, always in the shadow of two historical power plants so I don't really see what difference a third is going to make," the 36-year-old said.

"It's going to be good for the town, for the local economy. There's the negatives of the traffic, but actually that's bearable when you can see the increased revenue and income coming into the town," he added."Ultimately if we want this country to be independent and self-sustaining we need the resources and the electric to be in-house, so it needs to come from somewhere."