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A whistleblowing teacher who was sacked after revealing how naughty children were kept hidden away on squash courts during an Ofsted inspection has won a claim for unfair dismissal. Ged Thomas told Ofsted that unruly pupils were kept hidden away from inspectors during a visit to ‘inadequate’ Berwick Academy, in Northumberland. The PE and Maths … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a late-medieval era soldier, complete with his sword and boots, at the bottom of a lake in Lithuania. The 500-year-old skeleton was discovered during an underwater inspection of a bridge over Lake Asveja, about an hour outside Vilnius. The body was under a layer of silt and sand some 30 … Read more
A Sicilian mafia boss serving a life sentence bit off and swallowed a prison guard’s finger during an altercation, an Italian news report said on Tuesday. Guiseppe Fanara, 60, who was serving a life sentence at Rome’s Rebibbia prison, attacked seven guards in June when they came to inspect his cell, the daily Il Messagero … Read more
BBC licence amnesty: Inspection officers are to stop prosecutions and home visits due to coronavirus lockdown Prosecutions for non-payment of TV licences are paused amid coronavirus crisis Licencing officers are no longer being sent to homes and letters are stopped TV Licensing has been criticised in the past for its heavy-handed tactics Coronavirus symptoms: what … Read more
Bachelorette star Michael Turnbull wears a face mask and gloves as he conducts a private inspection on a Brisbane property amid the coronavirus pandemic By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:47 GMT, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 05:47 GMT, 28 March 2020 Former Bachelorette star Michael Turnbull is also the principal owner of … Read more
The V&A is home to works of art including J. M. W. Turner and John Constable and treasures of the Renaissance such as Rapahel’s cartoons, but it also includes more modern and unexpected treasures such as Kylie Minogue’s dressing room. In a new BBC2 series, Secrets of the Museum, rock and pop curator Vicky Broackes reveals that … Read more