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Should teenagers be given a taste of Army life?

Labour plans to offer courses with the TA, but critics have criticised the proposals as �archaic�, writes Alison Chiesa

Could the drill sergeant triumph where the schoolteacher and youth worker have failed? The First Minister, who wants to reintroduce a new type of National Service for the disaffected, disadvantaged and unemployed youth of Scotland, certainly believes so.