1 hour ago I lost £75,000 gambling. I took out loans for online casinos despite being a private school teacher. Then I had to tell my husband the truth: ANNIE MILLWARD

Few things have given me a greater thrill than buying a round of drinks for my family in a pub recently. Before that, if ever I had a spare £35 I'd blow it on a game of online roulette.

Economics

2 h. ago Scots private school teacher arrested as police probe 'online video'

Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen has suspended a male member of staff after a video reportedly emerged on social media.

Events

5 h. ago Teachers join high school picket line in strike over 'violence and abuse from pupils'

The majority of pupils have been told to stay home with only two year groups allowed in school

Events

25 h. ago Teachers at a Stockport high school plan six days of strike action over 'violence and abuse from pupils'

The first day of strike action is planned this Thursday

Events

33 h. ago Trump administration sued over crackdown on school diversity programs

Teachers union says the crackdown violates the First and Fifth Amendments

Politics

42 h. ago Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs

A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money

Politics

55 h. ago Teacher who sexually assaulted up to ten students showed off her stripper pole and sex toys to them, police say

‘It is just bizarre you come to a school, see a teacher and you are supposed to be able to trust them’ said the victim as per court documents

Events

55 h. ago History teacher, 39, at £40,000 a year private school banned from classrooms after secret sexual relationship with pupil

Paedophile Thomas Marriott was working as a history teacher and rowing coach when he embarked on the sordid relationship with a student at St Peter's School in York.

Economics

58 h. ago London teacher sacked after joking about 'whacking' pupils if they failed a test

A London primary school teacher has claimed they were dismissed after a pupil misunderstood a joke about 'whacking' them

Events

61 h. ago ‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention

Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they facedMore than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of tortureDr Issam Abu Ajwa was in the middle of performing emergency surgery on a patient with a severe abdominal injury at al-Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza when the soldiers came for him.“I asked them what they were doing coming into the operating theatre,” he says. “One of the soldiers pointed at me and said: ‘Are you Dr Issam Abu Ajwa?’ I said: ‘Yes, that’s me.’ And then the beating began.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Head teacher retires after 18 years of service to All Saints Primary School in Airdrie

Michelle McMullen was honoured with a celebration Mass at Holy Trinity and All Saints Church in Coatbridge.

Society

6 d. ago Praise for 'tiny bit mighty' Gilmourton Primary after Education Scotland report

The report stated that the Strathaven school was led effectively by the head teacher.

Politics

6 d. ago Night of violence erupts in town centre as shop workers attacked and abused

'Significant' reports of anti-social behaviour were recieved by police

Events

7 d. ago Cycling to school almost became extinct – until one man revived the bike bus

Sam Balto took the idea from a local school to the White House and beyond, inspiring a global movement in which children feel the benefits of cycling together“It’s a movement, not a moment.” That’s the mantra from Sam “Coach” Balto, a former school teacher from Portland, Oregon who quit his day job to stoke a revolution called the “bike bus” – groups of kids and families cycling to school together.How did one person in a mid-sized American city turn a weekly bike ride into something of a phenomenon? He leaned on the power of social media. In the past two years his videos have been viewed by hundreds of millions of people. Continue reading...

Transport

8 d. ago Nurses at major London hospital to wear body cameras amid significant rise in patient abuse and violence

Staff will wear cameras at the Royal Free Hospital, the Barnet Hospital and the Mary Rankin unit at St Pancras Hospital

Events

9 d. ago Christian teacher who was sacked for 'hate speech' after talking about his beliefs on same

Ben Dybowski, who worked at The Bishop of Llandaff school in Wales, told headteacher Marc Belli that 'a boy who identifies as a girl is not a girl'.

Politics

9 d. ago Tiny and 'friendly' Scottish island school seeks head teacher on £64k salary

It could be a dream posting for a headteacher seeking a slower pace of life.

Economics

9 d. ago Primary school teacher who killed church bellringing couple in horror car crash is jailed for seven years

A teacher who killed an elderly bellringing couple on their way to church in a horror car crash has been jailed.

Events

9 d. ago Tribunal backs school’s handling of teacher’s expression of religious views

Teacher Ben Dybowski was sacked having shared his views about same-sex marriage, abortion and Sharia law during a training event.

Politics