7 h. ago ‘It’s not tokenistic’: how The Assembly became an international hit

Unpredictable questions from neurodivergent audience have created perfect interview format for social media ageIt is an interview like no other. One which has seen Emmanuel Macron confronted over whether it was right to marry his former teacher and Danny Dyer probed about whether he has a joint bank account with his wife. Celebrities have been caught off guard, or left sobbing and laughing in equal measure.The Assembly, in which an audience of autistic, neurodivergent and learning disabled people ask unpredictable, probing and often remarkably direct questions of a celebrity, has won plaudits and rave reviews since launching in 2022. It has now become an international phenomenon. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ITV GMB's Susanna Reid makes cheeky dig at Scots OnlyFans teacher live on air

Kirsty Buchan was struck off after it came to light that she was a OnlyFans model as well as a teacher at Bannerman High School in Glasgow.

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3 d. ago Susanna Reid's brutal quip as she interviews teacher sacked over OnlyFans account

Good Morning Britain viewers found themselves 'switching off' the TV over the ITV show's interview with a teacher who was banned from the profession after posting on OnlyFans

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4 d. ago Scots OnlyFans teacher 'disgusted' at decision to ban her from teaching

Kirsty Buchan who previously taught at Bannerman High School has been struck off the teaching register.

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8 d. ago 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

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2 w. ago Teacher banned from classroom after encouraging pupils to sign petition to remove headteacher

Police officers had to be stationed at school gates over threats received after petition gained 6,000 signatures, panel hears

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2 w. ago Teacher who started online petition to remove London school head for ‘racism’ banned

Joshua Adusei, 31, encouraged students in the playground at the Harris Academy Tottenham in north London to sign the petition in April 2021

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2 w. ago Teacher banned after starting online petition to remove headteacher for ‘racism’

Joshua Adusei, 31, encouraged students to sign the petition

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2 w. ago Teacher who started online petition to remove headteacher for ‘racism’ banned

Joshua Adusei, 31, encouraged students in the playground at the Harris Academy Tottenham in north London to sign the petition in April 2021.

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2 w. ago 'Sexually motivated' school teacher made secret code with pupil and hid in her garden

Graham Coyle, who was a teacher at the private Christian River School until 2017, has been banned from teaching following a misconduct panel after multiple allegations

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3 w. ago 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

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3 w. ago Heroic Southport stabbings teacher wants kitchen knife ban so 'evil can't win'

Evil Axel Rudakubana, 18, murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed class last July

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3 w. ago Teacher banned over intimate relationship with pupil that began after post

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

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3 w. ago English teacher, 31, died after collapsing and banging his head while putting on his trainers, inquest told

Patrick Guthrie, 31, was found dead in the living room by his sister after missing two days of work, an inquest heard.

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4 w. ago Pictured: Rocker religious studies teacher, 38, who was banned from the classroom after swigging cans of cider and reeking of alcohol at school

Jon Downs, 38, who also is a member of a band called Rivers of Rome, has been barred from the classroom indefinitely. The decision came after he confessed to consuming alcohol at school.

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