10 h. ago A high school teacher offered teenager $2,000 to kill her husband, authorities allege

‘This particular teacher was attempting to groom this young person into committing murder,’ a Columbus police spokesperson said

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17 h. ago Teacher 'offered teen student £1,540 to kill her husband' but his mum snitched

Stephanie Demetrius was arrested after a teenager's mum alleged she had offered her son £1,540 to kill her estranged husband in an odd 'grooming' case in Ohio, US

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31 h. ago School boss who kept condoms in his desk and told female teacher he wanted to 'wrap his snake around her neck' before asking others their favourite sex position AVOIDS classroom ban

Gareth Linwood, a headteacher who kept condoms at his desk and sent female staffers photos of sex positions asking which their favourite was, has avoided being thrown out of the classroom.

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34 h. ago Trans teacher in Texas resigns after online attacks: ‘I’m heartbroken’

Rosie Sandri says her ‘hands were tied’ after slew of criticism, including death threats, led to her resignationA trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very supportive, she recalled to NBC News. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago School locked down as teacher 'attacked and bloodied' and children in tears

Two teenagers have been taken into custody as parents were urgently summoned to collect their children from the secondary school.

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38 h. ago School on lockdown after 'awful' attack on teacher as pupil reveals 'crazy' scenes

Police rushed to a secondary school on Thursday after a teacher was attacked. Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of assault, Cleveland Police has said

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54 h. ago Perv teacher filmed sex with student, 15, after taking her mum out for lunch

Middle school teacher from Florida, Christopher Withers, offered to play the role of "mentor" in the young girl's life after her father died but instead started up a sexual relationship with her

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57 h. ago Newly freed Pittsburgh native Marc Fogel will throw out the first pitch at the Pirates' home opener

Marc Fogel, a Pittsburgh-area school teacher who was deemed wrongfully held in a Russian prison for years before being freed in February, will throw out the first pitch at the Pittsburgh Pirates home opener against the New York Yankees

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62 h. ago Japanese 'megaquake' warning as tsunami waves could reach 100ft and kill 300,000

The Japanese government fears there is between a 70 to 80 per cent chance a so-called 'megaquake' could rattle the country within the next 30 years - in turn triggering a huge tsunami

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4 d. ago Primary school teacher posed as girl to trick boys into sending him naked pics

Daniel Fuge threw himself towards a train after being found to have incited boys to send naked pictures and video

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5 d. ago Art teacher who was school 'favourite' abused young boys in 'secret sex club'

James Waters, 82, was given a 'death sentence' this week years after he used his position as a favourite teacher to lure boys to a 'secret sex club' where he abused them repeatedly

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5 d. ago Texas private school slammed for 'covering up' piano teacher's abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

Trent Muse, a former teacher at Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, is accused of sexually abusing 16 students ranging in age from six to 11 years old.

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5 d. ago Driver, 50, killed in 'road rage attack' was 'kind and inspirational' primary school teacher who asked pupils to help him propose to his wife

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Bowles, 50, died after police were called to reports of two motorists fighting close to a roundabout, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on Wednesday evening.

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6 d. ago Married teacher, 40, struck off for sexually assaulting schoolgirl set up a children's party business for tots as young as one

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Cotton, 40, (pictured) was working as a computing teacher at Perins School for 11 to 16-year-olds in Hampshire when he was accused of feeling up one of his female pupils.

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6 d. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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7 d. ago Probe launched into claims teacher 'caught watching porn' at Scots high school

The incident occurred at Hawick high school in the Scottish Borders.

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7 d. ago Police investigate report of teacher viewing pornography at Scottish high school

A report of a man viewing sexually-explicit images while at school is being investigated by Police Scotland

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8 d. ago Trump auto tariffs could kill 10,000 London area jobs: Observers

Trump auto tariffs could kill 10,000 London area jobs: Observers  The London Free Press

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8 d. ago Doctors warn of common medication mistake that is killing people

A common medication mistake is estimated to kill 200,000 patients across Europe each year and the cost the NHS in England almost £1billion per annum.

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8 d. ago Primary school teacher who sued after colleague imitated famous Lilt catchphrase in Caribbean accent loses race discrimination claim

The tribunal in south London heard a case brought by Ikhals Yousif after her dismissal from Ashley Church of England Primary School in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.

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