A former primary school head and the newly-qualified teacher he left his wife of 15 years for have been banned from the profession for unfairly trying to improve SATS results. Michael Watt, 44, the former headteacher at North Yorkshire's Colburn Community Primary School in Catterick Garrison, has been struck off along with Emma Kelly – the 29-year-old year six tutor […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters Two pilots took on oxygen after a British Airways flight was diverted back to Heathrow Airport minutes after taking off. The flight, which was a British Airways a320, set off for Nice before having to return after crew reported "fumes" in the cabin. According […]

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters The UK is set for an "unsettled period" over the coming days as freezing air from America's wild blizzards makes its way to Britain. The Met Office warned that a jet stream carrying cold air across the Atlantic is set to impact Brits in […]

Group of friends bought an abandoned high school in Pennsylvania for $100,000 and turned it into a stunning 31-unit apartment building Jesse Wig, Adam Colucci, Dan Spanovich bought the abandoned school in 2019 The high school in Homestead, Pennsylvania was purchased for $100,000 Classrooms became modern apartments and auditorium is now a shared space   They had considered a wedding venue, […]

The latest traffic nightmare for Melburnians – the crossing of the Westgate Bridge during this Christmas-New Year period – has been planned for months and communicated for weeks. Traffic volumes are at their lowest at this time of year, causing disruption to the least number of people. This year, the bridge maintenance program includes the centre lane which has meant […]

A British ex-solider is awaiting reconstructive surgery after being wounded on every limb fighting against Vladimir Putin’s troops in Ukraine. Going by the nickname Rambo, Shareef Amin, 40, was on the end of a brutal Russian shelling bombardment that saw him end up underneath the body of a fellow serviceman in October. The body of the man, his friend known […]

Teenager died after he was hit by a taxi just two days after Christmas as heartbroken family pay tribute and police appeal for witnesses Elliot Ayre, 19, was struck by a taxi at 2.40am Tuesday outside Bishop Auckland He suffered fatal injuries as a result of the collision on the A689 in Toronto Paramedics battled to save Elliot’s life but […]