DEFENCE SIR

GEORGE, 6, IN RACE TO TOP

22SELF SCHOOL heads are being urged to stage selfdefence lessons for pupils after a campaign by pals of a murdered teenager.

Ellie Gould, 17, was killed last May by boyfriend Thomas Griffiths, 18, who knifed her 13 times in the neck.

Her three best friends, Tilda Offen, Ellie Welling and Harriett Adams, demanded compulsory training in schools. Conservative MP James Gray backed them and debated it in Parliament.

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SUPER-FAST George Climo looks on track to become the next Lewis Hamilton after signing a racing deal at age six.

George spends all his free time racing and repairing his kart.

His dad Dan, 32, of Warbstow, Cornwall, said: headteachers to consider whether self-defence was “right for their schools”.

Mr Gray, MP for Ellie’s home town of Calne, Wilts, said the

“He could be the next Lewis Hamilton. He’s got a long way to go but he’s got the drive.”

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George, who has signed up with Spedeworth Motorsport, has just finished his first races. Dan said: “I believe in him, he’s got no fear.” tragic teen’s friends believed it was as important as swimming or road safety lessons.

He said: “We want young people to be leaving school with some kind of understanding of how they can conduct themselves in the dangerous world which they will find.”

Education minister Vicky Ford said: “We will work with the Association for PE, Sport England, and the sector to make sure new, clear guidance is available to schools on how to make safe and effective provision.”

She said schools needed to consider pupils’ “age and maturity” so they understood selfdefence could be used only in an emergency.

Griffiths was jailed in November for a minimum of 12 years and six months for the “frenzied attack”.