12 h. ago First picture of 'lovely teaching assistant' who died at Glasgow home as OAP charged

A 78-year-old man has now been charged in connection with her death.

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17 h. ago Tributes pour in for 'lovely teaching assistant', 71, found dead at home after 'disturbance': Man, 78, arrested

Margaret McGowan, has been named locally as the 71-year-old pronounced dead at her home on Newfield Square in Nitshill, Glasgow, at around 9.45pm on Saturday following 'disturbance'.

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17 h. ago Tributes flood in for 'lovely' teaching assistant, 71, found dead at home as OAP detained

Margaret McGowan has been named locally as the 71-year-old who died after police were called to a disturbance at a property on Newfield Square in Nitshill at around 9.45pm on Saturday

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17 h. ago Tributes pour in for 'lovely teaching assistant', 71, found dead at home after 'disturbance'

Margaret McGowan, has been named locally as the 71-year-old pronounced dead at her home on Newfield Square in Nitshill, Glasgow, at around 9.45pm on Saturday following 'disturbance'.

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21 h. ago Tributes paid to 'lovely teaching assistant' who died at Glasgow home as OAP detained

Margaret McGowan has been named locally as the 71-year-old who died after police were called to a disturbance at a property in Nitshill.

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3 d. ago BBC music star who entertained millions dies aged 74: Tributes pour in after musician's sudden death

He was best known for his work with the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Proms, the Highgate Choral Society and the London Chorus.

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5 d. ago Tributes pour in for former Fulham footballer after his sudden death aged just 37: Teammates say 'he was the best of us'

The former Fulham and AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper, who made 23 appearances for his National Team, died after being in coma for weeks.

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5 d. ago Murder victim's brother 'broken' after death at Glasgow home as tributes pour in

Josh Taplin, 28, was dead at a property on Caldwell Avenue in Knightswood at around 3.35pm on Monday.

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7 d. ago Former EFL star Tom Youngs dies aged 45 after battle with MS as tributes pour in

Former EFL striker Tom Youngs has died at the age of 45 following a battle with MS, his former club Cambridge United have confirmed, as tributes are paid

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7 d. ago Reform promise to use 'every instrument of power available' to ban migrant hotels in areas where they control the local council

Over the weekend the party's chairman Zia Yusuf also said young people needed a moral re-education and schools would teach a love of Britain if his party was in power.

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8 d. ago Tributes pour in for boy, 14, killed in fire at derelict warehouse

Devastated relatives of a 14-year-old boy killed in a fire at a derelict industrial site - leading to the arrest of 14 children - told how they had been left 'numb' by the tragedy.

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1 week ago Four girls, aged 7 to 18, killed after car crashes into Illinois school building named as tributes pour in

Marianne Akers, 44, drove a vehicle into a school building on Monday which left four girls dead and six other children injured, one of whom remains in critical condition in hospital

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast star Jon Kay announces sad death as tributes pour in online

BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay has taken to social media to share the heartbreaking news that one of his guests from 2021 has died, with many fans of the show offering their condolences

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1 week ago The Alarm frontman Mike Peters dies after long battle as tributes pour in for 'icon'

The Alarm's beloved frontman Mike Peters has sadly died at the age of 66, after a long battle with blood cancer for 30 years, following a diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995

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2 w. ago Tributes pour in for British 'cycling legend' killed in horror Majorca race fall

Philip Williams died after a fall between Esporles and Valldemosa in Spain as he took part in the gruelling Mallorca 312 event, with his loved ones remembering the 'exceptional' rider

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2 w. ago Coronation Street legend who appeared in show's first ever episode dies age 88 as tributes pour in

The actor, who appeared in the first ever episode of the ITV soap as Dennis Tanner, passed away on Friday, his publicist shared in a statement.

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2 w. ago Headteacher attacked deputy with wrench due to ‘overwhelming sexual jealousy’

Anthony Felton beat colleague Richard Pyke at work in row over teacher love triangle, court told

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2 w. ago The Voice Kids star dies aged 17 after stroke as tributes pour in

The Voice Kids star Karen Silva, who appeared on the show in 2020, tragically died after a hemorrhagic stroke from bleeding into the brain by a ruptured blood vessel

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2 w. ago Legendary Queen star Roy Thomas Baker dies aged 78 as tributes pour in for Bohemian Rhapsody hitmaker

Queen's producer Roy Thomas Baker has died aged 78. 

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2 w. ago ‘Oh my God sir, you’re on Love Island!’ What happens to teachers who do reality TV?

How do you control a class of kids after the whole nation’s watched you backstabbing on The Traitors, snogging strangers on Love Island or starving half to death on Hunted? Three teachers reveal allWhen English teacher Joe Scott used to sign homework planners, it was because students were in trouble. But things changed in January, when the Southampton-based secondary schoolteacher appeared in the latest series of the BBC reality show The Traitors. Pupils started voluntarily pressing their planners into his hands – for autographs. “It felt funny,” says the 38-year-old. “It was such a juxtaposition.”Teachers have always gone on reality TV – but they haven’t always come off well. In 2001, a contestant on the second series of Big Brother was fired from her job at an east London girls’ school after her towel slipped on air. Six years later in 2007, parents complained after an American elementary school teacher missed 22 days of work to appear on The Bachelor. Just last year, a Canadian e...

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