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Former teacher accused of sexually assaulting teen lied to police, court told (opens the original)
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A former teacher who denies sexually assaulting a teenager has already pleaded guilty to three separate offences of possessing and distributing indecent images of the complainant, a court has heard. Gareth Ritter, 44, of Great Tyrmynach Farm, Monmouthshire, and former assistant head at Willows High in Cardiff, pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in Cardiff in 2015 when he appeard at Merthyr Crown Court earlier this week. On Wednesday September 30, the same court
Cardiff's Howell's School consulting staff amid redundancy reports (opens the original)
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A top-performing Welsh independent school has confirmed it has launched a staff consultation amid reports dozens of staff have been warned their jobs are at risk. Howell's School in Llandaff, Cardiff, said it was supporting all those affected during the consultation, which it said was part of its "ongoing approach to responsible financial management". Asked how many staff were affected, the school would not say, but one person affected told WalesOnline that around 30 staff "are either at risk of
Former school assistant head in Channel 4 show accused of sexual assault (opens the original)
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A teacher who appeared in the Channel 4 television docuseries Educating Cardiff has appeared in court accused of sexual assaulting a teenager. Gareth Ritter, 44, of Great Tyrmynach Farm, Monmouthshire, and former assistant head at Willows High in Cardiff, pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old in Cardiff in 2015. Merthyr Crown Court heard on Tuesday how the teacher attended an event with the complainant after which the alleged assault took place in a flat he owned
Wales' education system has fallen so far behind it's impossible to ignore (opens the original)
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Woeful, shocking, disastrous. These are all words used by educationalists to describe Wales' poor standing, once again, in the UK and global Pisa comparative education tests. The tests, sat by 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years, may be a snapshot, but the consensus was that the results matter. They show Wales falling behind for too long now to ignore. It's a 20-year trend, not a blip. Wales' consistently lower than UK and global average in the Pisa tests since joining i
Uproar over proposals to remove dozens of hospital beds across three communities (opens the original)
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Plans to shut a minor injuries unit and remove community hospital beds in one part of Wales have caused outrage prompting local councillors to vow: "We will not let our hospitals be stripped bare." Under new proposals from Powys Teaching Health Board all 49 physical-health inpatient beds currently provided across Llanidloes, Welshpool, and Machynlleth would be removed, leaving Newtown as the only hospital providing physical-health inpatient beds across north Powys. Welshpool would also lose its
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