Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year Quits, Citing Discrimination

Many Brits are struggling to find cheap ways to cool down, as temperatures are expected to soar to 39C next week - conditions usually seen at the world’s hottest place, Death Valley in California.The Met Office has issued a “danger to life” warning over the blistering weather, as the country faces the longest heatwave in four years. Forecasters have warned “substantial” changes will be required for working practices and daily routines to keep people safe in the extreme conditions.

A few tins of beans in the cupboard. That's all one 91-year-old can afford after using the rest of his state pension on the cost of living.

Tiger Woods is a man of few emotions, but as he walked across the Swilcan Bridge on Friday at The Old Course in Scotland it dawned on him that he likely played competitively for the final time at the oldest and most iconic golf course in the world.The 15-time major champion wiped away tears at The Open Championship as he walked down the 18th fairway in St. Andrews, prompting a packed crowd in the grandstand to roar and give the legendary golfer a five-minute standing ovation.

Tiger Woods got emotional on Friday after failing to advance to the next round of the British Open.

Carter. The clip introduces us to the titular Agent Carter (played by Joo Won), who engages in non-stop intense physical combat, chases through the rural countryside and helicopter stunts, as he follows the instructions through the phone from an unknown female voice in order to avoid getting killed by the CIA.Carter, directed by The Villainess and Confession Of Murder‘s Jung Byung-gil, is slated to premiere on Netflix on August 5.The “one-scene, one-cut film” will follow Carter, who awakens two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the DMZ that has devastated both the US and North Korea, with no recollections of his past. He finds a mysterious device in his head, and a lethal bomb in his mouth.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBob Yari, whose credits include “Crash” and “Yellowstone,” will serve as executive producer on “Fireflies at El Mozote,” one of three films set in El Salvador greenlit by Premiere Entertainment, alongside “Toque de Queda” and “The Incredible Journey of Elba.” Moctesuma Esparza and Premiere CEO Elias Axume are producing all three movies, whose primary language will be English. Esparza’s credits include “Selena,” starring Jennifer López, “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortéz,” with Edward James Olmos, and “The Milagro Beanfield War,” directed by Robert Redford. “Fireflies,” set in 1980s El Salvador, follows a rebel group fighting to expose its government’s genocidal policies.

A woman has told how she was raped as a schoolgirl by a teacher at the tough Scottish school where Prince Charles was educated. The former pupil at Gordonstoun School told how she was attacked by the “cool” teacher during a camping expedition in the Highlands.

, effectively taking away the constitutional right to legal abortion access. Abortion may soon be banned in and is officially illegal in Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, and South Dakota. According to , an research and advocacy group for reproductive rights, a total of 26 states are “certain or likely” to completely ban abortion in the upcoming weeks and months. The decision has caused a reproductive rights—and human rights—crisis, with many and everyone from politicians to celebrities the loss of safe and legal abortion access for people who can become pregnant. Emergency contraception and birth control are still available and legal—though anti-abortion legislators have contraceptives may be their next target.

A dedicated former teacher who grew up in West Lothian has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Platinum Honours.

Harry Styles, Emma Corrin and David Dawson. The subtle teaser points to forbidden love between Style's character, Tom, a policeman, and Dawson's character, museum curator Patrick.

Netflix released a first-look teaser for its upcoming holiday season special Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, with Alisha Weir as the title character, a little girl with an extraordinarily vivid imagination. The film adaptation, written by Dennis Kelly, adapted from the Tony and Olivier award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the stage’s Matilda The Musical, also stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull), and Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee.

Harry Styles‘ new LGBTQ+ drama My Policeman has been released – you can watch it below.Styles portrays the younger version of policeman Tom in the adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel, which centres on a love triangle between a man, a woman and a policeman.Set in the 1990s, the drama begins when an elderly man arrives at Tom and his wife Marion’s (Emma Corrin) home, kickstarting an exploration of “seismic events from 40 years previous”.This teaser trailer focuses solely on those past events, in which Tom and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson) first discovered their feelings for each other at a time when same-sex relationships between men were illegal.An official synopsis for the film reads: “My Policeman follows three young people – policeman Tom, teacher Marion, and museum curator Patrick – as they embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain.“Flashing forward to the 1990s, Tom (Linus Roache), Marion (Gina McKee), and Patrick (Rupert Everett) are still reeling with longing and regret, but now they have one last chance to repair the damage of the past.“Based on the book by Bethan Roberts, director Michael Grandage carves a visually transporting, heart-stopping portrait of three people caught up in the shifting tides of history, liberty, and forgiveness.”The film is further described as “an important and timely cultural story, shedding light on recent history while also being relevant to today’s current cultural landscape, where we are as a society and where we’re headed”.Amazon Studios have developed the film, which is directed by by Michael Grandage, with Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner adapting Roberts’ book for the big screen.Earlier this week, first-look images of the film were released online.

The British film and TV industries could combat the growing skills shortage by improving its retention of staff aged 50+, a new paper claims. The Film & TV Charity study noted that older, experienced workers could make a “big contribution” to meeting industry needs during the current production boom.

The property market remains busy with demand continuing to outweigh supply. The Land Registry's most recent UK House Price Index shows that property prices are now 9.9 per cent higher than they were this time last year.

Brits could see the hottest day of the year so far next week with temperatures reaching 30C in some places. The hot temperatures seen in Spain in recent days look set to head north towards the UK, according to Met Office forecasters.