1.0alt.cardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiffaltcardiffhttps://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/author/altcardiff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aWc78DkRVH"><a href="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2012/11/06/truancy-crack-down-planned/">Truancy crack down planned</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2012/11/06/truancy-crack-down-planned/embed/#?secret=aWc78DkRVH" width="600" height="338" title="“Truancy crack down planned” — alt.cardiff" data-secret="aWc78DkRVH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2012/11/1hoodies.jpg460276Cardiff Council and the South Wales Police continue their bid to moderate truancy levels in the Cardiff area. Several sweeps have been organised, whereby both the Council and Police will literally search a particular area for pupils who are bunking off school.   Focus will be attached to areas such as Ely, Llanedeym, and Rumney.   Last year, the sweep discovered 197 pupils, all of whom had taken it upon themselves to take a day off school.  The education welfare officer, […]