Tag: teacher
‘Half my mind is still in Gaza’: Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK
It’s a very long way – in every possible sense – from Deir al-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip to Durham in north-eastern England. “It’s another planet, not just another world,” says Sana el-Azab, who arrived in the cathedral city late last month after being evacuated to the UK with 33 other students.…
Southport attack yoga teacher: ‘If I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’
A yoga teacher who almost died in the Southport attack has described for the first time the desperate moments when she helped several children run to safety, despite having been stabbed five times. Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama how she called 999 as the attacker chased after them. “I just knew that if I didn’t…
An American Teacher Went to Ukraine. Now He’s in a Russian Prison.
Russia-Ukraine War Stephen Hubbard was a wanderer. But when he moved to Ukraine, the war brought arrest, torture and imprisonment. He turns 73 this week. via Patricia Fox Hubbard By Kim Barker and Nataliya Vasilyeva Kim Barker reported from Kyiv, Ukraine, spending several weeks talking to people who knew Stephen James Hubbard to compile a…
Indie band English Teacher kick off BBC’s Sound of 2025
One of the UK’s most promising new guitar bands, English Teacher, have kicked off the countdown of the top five on the BBC’s annual list of music’s rising stars. The Leeds quartet have been voted in fifth place in BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 poll – with a panel of 180 music industry experts…