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Music teacher who was ‘absolutely plastered’ during drum lesson avoids classroom ban

Nicholas Smalley appeared ‘absolutely plastered’ while teaching drums at a primary school - but an allegation he was drinking on school premises was not proven

The Independent UK

Teacher banned from classroom after turning up to school open evening drunk

Julia Leith was also seen under the influence of alcohol on a second occasion at another school

The Independent UK

Paedophile teacher who had sex with two boys is struck off

Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

The Independent UK

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West London teacher banned over sexually inappropriate comments

Abu Tanvir made the comments around pupils at William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford

Evening Standard

Teacher, 56, called pupil a ‘sex goddess’ in months-long barrage of social media messages

Mark Rowley had also sent the girl a TikTok video of himself licking his lips and pouting

The Independent UK

South London teacher who took pupil to Travelodge for sex is banned for life

Waleed Nasir, 27, a convicted sex offender, booked a double room with the pupil at the hotel in Whyteleafe, Surrey

Evening Standard

London teacher banned from classroom after changing room voyeurism conviction

Christopher Arnold, who worked at a private school in south London, was placed on the sex offenders register

Evening Standard

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How Did a Teacher Scam Asda Out Of £3,000 Worth of Goods - And Still Kept Her Job

Northumberland teacher scammed Asda out of £3,000 using a checkout glitch but kept her job after a court conviction and TRA ruling.

International Business Times UK

Teacher who sent pictures of herself in underwear to student banned from the classroom

Georgia Lowe continued to pursue the boy after she was suspended, a panel heard

The Independent UK

PE teacher banned after allowing pupil with broken foot to play football

Oliver Barker, 28, was struck off after letting the pupil play football at Percy Hedley School in Tyne and Wear

The Independent UK

Proposed Transmission Line Threatens Texas’ Largest Reservoir

If approved, opponents warn that a massive new utility project could disrupt toxic sediment, and more, in Lake Livingston—Houston’s “most critical” water source.

Texas Observer

Teacher banned from the classroom after twisting colleague’s nipple bar on staff night out

Vincent Collister, who taught at Ovingham Middle School in Northumberland, has been banned indefinitely by a Teaching Regulation Agency panel

The Independent UK

Deputy head who bit and hit student avoids teaching ban

Claire Herbert got into a fight with a student in June 2022

The Independent UK

Science teacher banned from classroom after telling pupil ‘I’m good at guessing bra sizes’

Antony Jones, 59, taught science at Humphry Davy School in Penzance, Cornwall, and sent several inappropriate messages to students

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Ketamine-addicted teacher sent sexualised messages to pupil while in ‘K hole’

Shane Lycett said he couldn’t remember sending the messages because of his drug-taking

The Independent UK

Teacher who had sex with pupil in field during ‘drunken night out’ banned

‘Somehow four of us engaged in a sexual encounter,’ former teacher Jake Green told regulators

The Independent UK

Primary school teacher who turned up at house with two kitchen knives banned from the classroom

Lauren Jenkins admitted possessing a bladed article at North Yorkshire Magistrates’ Court following the incident in August 2022

The Independent UK

Teacher banned over intimate five-month relationship with pupil

Helen Flinders had a five month relationship with a student in 2000

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Evening Standard

Reeves moves to block cheap imports undercutting British high street

The Chancellor announced the move amid the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The Independent UK

Headteacher banned after school pupils ‘shoplifted, drank and had sex’ on Swiss ski trip

Justine Drury, principal of CP Riverside School in Nottingham, has been barred from the profession indefinitely

The Independent UK

Suspected trans rights activists disrupt LGBA conference with live crickets

Thousands of the insects were dropped at the annual LGB Alliance conference in Westminster on Friday

The Independent UK

Eton College music teacher banned from school after searching ‘gay little boys’ on work laptop

David Goode admits remorse over his actions but an investigation found there was a public interest in banning him from teaching for life

The Guardian - UK

Teachers’ regulator in England investigated after claims it has left teachers in distress

Unions calls for urgent reform of TRA amid reports of ‘serious and concerning’ allegations of misconduct

Evening Standard

Mill Hill School: PE teacher at top private school grabbed colleagues' bottoms and put woman 'in a headlock'

Liam Oakes told one colleague ‘you must be horny’ before his unwanted sexual advances, a panel heard

The Guardian - UK

UK officials recommend extending post-Brexit steel quotas

Kemi Badenoch to make final decision on protections amid British industry fears of possible flood of imports

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