The teacher insisted it was a mistake but a panel found that she was being dishonest.

The Crooked House in Dudley was extensively damaged in the blaze on Saturday evening.

‘Not his brightest idea…’

‘We have no idea how many billions of litres of sewage are being pumped into our precious rivers and lakes.’

Long renowned as a graffiti artist’s heaven, Brick Lane in east London has found itself at the heart of a furious political debate overseas after a group of Chinese art students spray-painted Communist Party slogans over one of its walls. The red Chinese characters extolling the “core Socialist values” appeared on August 5, drawing online furore and inspiring counter-graffiti critical of the Chinese authorities and Xi Jinping’s rule.

‘It just looked like something you’d see in the films.’