8 h. ago Lapland UK Santa 'sacked' for being 'too fat' after outfit fails to fit

Mike Mendoza, 77, has spent four decades working as a professional Father Christmas. But after going for a costume fitting he received an email “sacking” him for failing to fit in the suit

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23 h. ago Teacher banned from profession after receiving lewd messages from pupil, 15

A teacher has been banned after failing to report indecent images sent to her by a 15-year-old boy who she had entered into an "inappropriate" relationship with

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27 h. ago Female teacher is banned from the classroom after swapping thousands of messages with boy pupil, 15, and meeting him outside of school

It was also revealed that the teenager had sent the teacher an explicit image of himself as well as a message containing pornography.

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33 h. ago Teacher exchanged thousands of messages and met up with teenage boy

Former teacher Rebecca Whitehurst was given a ban from the professional due to "the seriousness of her conduct"

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39 h. ago Teacher, 49, banned after she sent thousands of messages and met up with teenage pupil

Former Urmston teacher Rebecca Whitehurst was given a ban from the professional due to 'the seriousness of her conduct'

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3 d. ago Teacher struck off after ‘explicit’ sexual conversations with pupils

Newly qualified English teacher banned for two years after ‘extremely misjudged’ remarks to pupils

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4 d. ago Teacher banned from classroom over 'conversations about sex toys' with pupils

Kathryn Matthews, who had been working at The Westleigh School in Wigan for two months, was suspended following the incident, which came to light following a conversation between pupils

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8 d. ago Stefan Dennis pulls out of this week's Strictly Come Dancing due to illness in latest show setback

The Neighbours actor and his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell will instead receive a pass to next week's show.

Culture

9 d. ago Teacher banned from the classroom after hitting pupil with a ruler

West Yorkshire Police handed the 58-year-old teacher a police caution for assault by beating

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1 week ago Teacher banned after telling pupil he would have sex with her when she turned 18 & calling her ‘one horny girl’

A TEACHER has been banned after reportedly telling a pupil he would have sex with her when she turned 18, calling her "one horny girl". Head of science at a south London school, the teacher was suspended and permanently banned following the shocking incident. Amrinder Singh Pannu, 38, made the lewd comments to one of...

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1 week ago Teacher caught on audio recordings telling pupil she had a ‘nice a***’ and is ‘one horny girl’

Amrinder Singh Pannu had also discussed having sex with the girl once she turned 18

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1 week ago South London teacher banned from profession for life after shocking remarks to pupil

Secondary school teacher Amrinder Singh Pannu, 38, made series of sexually explicit comments to teenage pupil

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1 week ago Teacher banned after slapping pupil who laughed at classmate who couldn’t answer question

Bernard Aquilina, 35, has been banned from teaching indefinitely after he assaulted a student for laughing

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2 w. ago PE teacher called child ‘babe’ and sent topless Snapchat pictures to student

The PE teacher claimed his actions, including commenting on a child’s appearance, were ‘banter’ or a ‘joke’

Society

2 w. ago Peter Kay cancels comedy shows as sudden health announcement issued to fans

Comedian Peter Kay has been forced to cancel some of his scheduled comedy shows after receiving advice from medical professionals ahead of his October performances

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3 w. ago ‘They were so feral’: Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman and cast on nose

In the acclaimed new film about boys written off by the system, Murphy drew on his own past as a troublesome schoolboy while Little Simz played a teacher – and wrote a 90s-style banger of a songMonths before the publication of his latest book, Max Porter went on holiday with Cillian Murphy and a mutual friend. “I said, ‘I’ve just finished another novel,’” recalls Porter. “And they said, ‘You’ve only just done one.’ I said, ‘Well, I bang them out fast, then edit them slowly.’” He ended up reading it out aloud, giving them their first glimpse into the “sensejumbled” head of a teen delinquent named Shy, resident of a “shite old mansion converted into a school for badly behaved boys in the middle of bumblefuck nowhere”.Murphy had become close friends with Porter after starring in a stage adaptation of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, his debut novel. It wasn’t that Porter was angling for another collaboration. On the contrary: “I felt it was unadaptable because of it being a kind of we...

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4 w. ago John Lennon was a 'nuisance' and a 'bully' at school, teacher claims

Tom Barry, who is a design and technology teacher at The Calderstone School, formerly Quarry Bank, said Lennon's fame was 'never acknowledged' even during Beatlemania.

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