47 h. ago Consultant anaesthetist, 55, who downed bottle of wine for breakfast then drove away from her £1m home is handed driving ban

Dr Helen Butterfield, of the village of Thelwall, Cheshire, only got her licence back eight weeks ago after receiving a two-year driving ban in May 2023, also for drink driving.

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6 d. ago Teacher who downed bottle of wine and turned up to primary school assembly drunk is banned from classroom

Ashley Atkin came to Horn’s Mill Primary School in Cheshire with a ‘pungent’ smell of alcohol on her

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6 d. ago Primary teacher downed bottle of wine and showed up to school assembly drunk

Primary school teacher Ashley Atkin, 38, was so intoxicated that she was unable to present an award to a pupil during an assembly.

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6 d. ago School teacher, 38, banned after she 'staggered' into school assembly reeking of booze

A tipsy teacher has been banned from teacher after showing drunk up to a school assembly with her pupils – after the incident the drunk Year One teacher was sent home by her colleagues

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6 d. ago Teacher downed bottle of wine and showed up to school so drunk she couldn't walk

Ashley Atkin, 38, had only been employed to teach Year One for a month when colleagues noticed her 'unsteady' on her feet and stinking of alcohol during a star-of-the-week awards assembly at Horn's Mill Primary in Helsby, Cheshire

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6 d. ago Primary school teacher who turned up to class so drunk she struggled to walk and forgot who won star prize is banned from classroom

Ashley Atkin (pictured), 38, was just weeks into a new job at Horn's Mill primary school in Helsby, Cheshire, when colleagues noticed that she smelled of alcohol.

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1 week ago Man who murdered mother, brother and sister in Luton jailed for at least 49 years

Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his family as part of failed plot to kill 30 children at his former primary schoolA “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.Nicholas Prosper admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Falcon, 16, and Giselle Falcon, 13, last month. Their murders were part of a wider plot to storm a morning assembly at his former primary school with a shotgun and “cause the biggest massacre of the 21st century”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago As Jews celebrate Purim, let us end the slaughter in Gaza committed in our name | Peter Beinart

Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselvesLater this month, on the holiday of Purim, Jewish people will dress in silly costumes, eat triangular pastries, and listen to an ancient story about attempted genocide. What we notice, and don’t notice, about that story says a lot about what we notice, and don’t notice, in Israel and Palestine.The tale comes from the book of Esther. It begins with a dissolute Persian king. He hosts a banquet, gets drunk, orders his queen to “display her beauty” to the revelers, and, when she refuses, banishes her from the throne. As her replacement he chooses Esther, a beautiful young maiden who, unbeknownst to him, is a Jew. Then he makes a calamitous personnel decision: he selects Haman, a pathological Jew-hater, to be his right-hand man. The stage is now set for an epic clash. Continue reading...

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