6 h. ago Man jailed for murder of former Manchester Grammar School teacher to have conviction reviewed

Benjamin Field was jailed in October 2019 after being convicted of the murder of Peter Farquhar

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7 h. ago Teacher banned after using adult chat sites on school laptop during lessons

Christian Watkinson used a ‘hotspot’ mobile phone internet connection to bypass school safety features and access the content.

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7 h. ago Man jailed for life with 45 years before parole for murder of ex

Elias Morgan shot former prison officer Lenny Scott, a ‘devoted’ father-of-three.

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9 h. ago David Sheerin appointed as headteacher of St Margaret’s Academy in Livingston

Mr Sheerin joins West Lothian Council from East Dunbartonshire, where he served as principal teacher then deputy head at St Ninian’s High School in Kirkintilloch for a number of years.

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10 h. ago Prison officer shooting UPDATES as killer sentenced for murder over jail affair

Elias Morgan tracked down prisoner officer Lenny Scott after he was released from prison and shot the father of three six times as he was leaving the gym in Skelmersdale, on February 8, last year

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10 h. ago Killer church warden who murdered gay lover university lecturer for his inheritance and whose crimes were dramatised in BBC hit the Sixth Commandment gets conviction review

Benjamin Field, 34, of Buckinghamshire is serving life for killing Peter Farquhar, 69, after convincing the retired don he was losing his mind in order to steal his house and money.

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16 h. ago Primary school teacher horrified to find bizarre dead body part under public toilet

A small Japanese village was shook by a body found dead in the cess pit of the toilet. The man was so filfthy he had to be cleaned up twice before he could be identified.

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16 h. ago Primary teacher makes horror discovery in school toilet and no one can explain it

A primary school teacher was horrified to discover the reality of what she thought was a strange object sticking out of a school toilet in a small Japanese village

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47 h. ago UK's most famous killer could walk free in months as Jon Venables wins parole hearing

Jon Venables was released in 2001 following his conviction for the torture and murder of James Bulger, but has been in an out of jail since, now he could walk free again

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60 h. ago Voices: I’m a secondary school teacher: SEND provision changes lives (and there’s nowhere near enough of it)

Jeremy Hunt’s eye on the special needs budget is short-term when schooling prepares children for their working future, writes teacher Charlotte Harrison. We need to support students even further to let them succeed – and remember that we benefit from their success

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2 d. ago Freddie Mercury's 'cataclysmic' sexual abuse horror at the hands of his school teacher... revealed for the first time by the daughter he hid from the world

One of the great mysteries surrounding Freddie Mercury 's upbringing was why in early 1961, when he was 14 years old, the keen student suddenly began to fail in everything except music and art.

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3 d. ago Killer's question to police as they discover his appalling secret

Christopher Barlow was jailed for life for the murder of Mariann Borocz

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3 d. ago My cultural awakening: an Asian Dub Foundation song gave me the courage to take a stand against racism

The group’s campaigning single Free Satpal Ram, about a south Asian man jailed for murder after an alleged racist attack, led me to become an activist – with their lead singer as my mentorIt wasn’t New Labour, my politics A-level or the Tipp-Exed Woody Guthrie slogan “this machine kills fascists” on my friend Simon’s bag that set me on the path to activism. It was a CD single I found in a west London record shop, which I only picked up because it was by a bunch of brown guys.It was the summer of 1998, and I was 17 years old and browsing records in the Harrow Virgin Megastore, when I came across Free Satpal Ram by jungle-punk-rap band Asian Dub Foundation – a buzzing, brilliant, ramshackle protest song about a south Asian man who had been sent to jail after defending himself in an alleged racist attack in 1986. While at an Indian restaurant, Satpal Ram was stabbed with a broken bottle, and retaliated by stabbing his attacker with a penknife; the man late...

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4 d. ago Trump’s NJ golf club liquor licenses remain under review due to felony conviction

Trump’s New Jersey golf clubs are allowed to continuing selling alcoholic beverages, for now

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4 d. ago 'Inspirational' school teacher killed at equestrian event when horse fell on her

Tributes have been paid to the primary school teacher who had a 7-year-old daughter and was said to be a 'committed and passionate event rider'

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5 d. ago Nursery school teacher is convicted of raping and drowning her partner's four

Amber-Lee Hughes was found guilty of the crimes against Nada-Jane Challita in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday.

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5 d. ago Teacher banned from the classroom after trying to take photos of female changing rooms through a window

Christopher Arnold claimed he had done so to ‘provide a moment of respite from feelings of panic and despair’

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5 d. ago British rider Sarah Yorke, 37, died after getting trapped underneath horse when it failed to jump a fence and landed on top of her, inquest hears

Primary school teacher Sarah Jayne Yorke, 37, died from chest and abdominal injuries following the horrific accident at the horse trials in Northamptonshire on August 8.

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6 d. ago Cops arrest suspect in June murder after spotting him in crowd at rap concert at Atlanta arena

Daquonta Hunter, 26, reportedly has long history of crime and is now in Atlanta jail on murder charges for allegedly shooting a man two months ago

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6 d. ago Married teacher banned after having sex in school classroom cupboard

Liyarna Beamish, 39, served as deputy head an elite grammar school for girls, when she began a two-year secret relationship with fellow staff member Gareth Collins, 45.

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