37 h. ago Married teacher with children raped boy before getting pregnant and marrying him

Vili Fualaau was in second grade, aged seven or eight, when Mary Kay Letourneau first met the young boy.

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3 d. ago Nursery teacher who drowned boyfriend's daughter sent chilling message before attack

A judge said of the murder charge that Amber Lee Hughes’ actions were "clearly premeditated".

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1 week ago KPopped: the bizarre musical duel where South Korea’s hottest stars make the Spice Girls look like dead weight

This battle of the bands-style show teams western pop artists with K-pop stars to retool their songs. And it isn’t exactly flattering to the likes of Boy George, Vanilla Ice and TLCI would like to understand K-pop better, as I believe it is very popular with the kids. That sentence is a hard-working one: it introduces the information that I have spent this week watching the new Apple TV+ show KPopped (from Friday 29 August), while suggesting I am too old to have any hope of success. But it’s nowhere near as hard-working as a Korean pop star.This battle of the bands-style show aims to raise awareness of K-pop in the west like it’s lymphatic filariasis or something. The format reminds me of PE lessons. You know how gym teachers split groups of friends up, so they concentrate? Here, Korean boy and girl groups such as JO1 and Blackswan are split in half. Each half works with a famous western pop artist, re-tooling their best-known song in K-pop mode. The resulting performances are voted...

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1 week ago Drongan teacher welcomes third generation pupil to classroom after teaching boy's dad and gran

Jacqueline Brady taught Jude O'Neil's dad and gran before he joined her class this week.

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2 w. ago Elizabeth Hurley reveals boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus is teaching her how to play the guitar

She has been busy promoting her new show, Channel 4's The Inheritance, whilst simultaneously pushing her capsule collection for her beachwear range.

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2 w. ago History teacher struck off after telling pupils about his 'top five sh*g list'

Grant Nightingale told a female pupil at the Brunts Academy in Mansfield that 'everything doesn't have to be about sleeping with boys', a Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct panel found

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2 w. ago History teacher struck off after telling pupils about his 'top five s*** list'

Grant Nightingale told a female pupil at the Brunts Academy in Mansfield that 'everything doesn't have to be about sleeping with boys', a Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct panel found

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2 w. ago Female PE teacher denies sexually abusing two girls and a boy, but admits sending sexual communications to child under age of 16

Bronwen James appeared at a crown court and pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing two girls and a boy.

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3 w. ago Married teacher raped boy after luring child to her home for 'play dates'

Alley Bardfield took an 11-year-old pupil home for 'play dates' and gave him money before sharing naked pictures of herself and the boy on social media.

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3 w. ago Teacher lured boy, 11, home for 'play dates' before unspeakable act in marital bed

Alley Bardfield took an 11-year-old pupil home for 'play dates' and gave him $700 before sharing naked pictures of herself and the boy on social media, a court heard

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3 w. ago Married teacher brought boy, 11, to her home for 'play dates' then raped him

Alley Bardfield admitted predatory criminal assault against a minor, whom she taught at a school in Illinois, United States, and she now faces up to 40 years in jail

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3 w. ago Illinois teacher brought boy, 11, to her home for 'play dates' then raped him

Alley Bardfield, 34, is set to be sentenced in September after pleading guilty to predatory criminal assault against a sixth-grade student.

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3 w. ago Abusive PE teacher who attacked boys over 27 years exploited trust, court finds

John Young, 91, was deemed medically unfit to face criminal trial or appear in court but evidence was heard from 24 former pupils.

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3 w. ago Edinburgh crime: Former Edinburgh Academy teacher abused boys for 27 years

The prosecutor said he had committed “a serious abuse of trust” and had “deliberately targeted pupils to cause emotional and physical pain”.

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