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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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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

The Independent UK

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Reeves moves to block cheap imports undercutting British high street

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

Evening Standard

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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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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Post-Brexit watchdog ‘ready’ to investigate flood of cheaper Chinese electric cars

Remarks by head of trade authority come amid fears UK firms could be undercut ‘to extinction’

The Texas Tribune

A&M faculty leaders decry “appearance of outside influence” in botched hiring of journalism professor

The university announced the hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a Black former New York Times journalist, but later backtracked on its offer amid conservative pushback.

Bangkok Post

Sentiment forecast to remain flat in Q3

Retail sentiment in the third quarter is expected to remain bearish because of political challenges, according to the Thai Retailers Association (TRA).

Manchester Evening News

Headteacher's secret affair caught out after four-hour sex session with colleague during schoolday

Adam Price has dodged a teaching ban

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Wales Online

Married headteacher had four-hour sex session while colleagues were being attacked

Four fights broke out among pupils while he was 'engaging in sexual activities' in his office

Manchester Evening News

Teacher who accessed porn on "old" school computer at home escapes ban

"Mr Edwards exhibited poor judgement, he had already suffered the consequences in terms of his departure from the Academy."

Daily Mirror

Lying teacher who told colleagues she had a glass eye after cancer banned from classroom

Julianne Cox has been banned from teaching indefinitely after falsely telling colleagues at St Helena School in Colchester, Essex, she battled cancer and that her eye had been removed

Liverpool Echo

Blue Coat Assistant head previously sacked for relationship with student is suspended

Nick Barends has been suspended by the Blue Coat school in south Liverpool after an historic allegation was made

Bangkok Post

Tourism lifts retail growth projection to 6-8%

Thailand's retail industry is expected to grow by 6-8% this year, double the rate of the GDP, helped by the recovery of tourism, according to the Thai Retailers Association (TRA).

Wales Online

Head of school that won Princess Diana anti-bullying bullied her own staff

One-time 'teacher of the year' Mahzia ‘Pepe’ Hart was found to have bullied pregnant teachers and mocked staff

The Guardian - UK

Lively guinea pig and giraffe toys flagged as ‘Christmas bestsellers’

Toy Retailers Association selects likely ‘must-haves’ for British market with eye on strained budgets

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