Teacher's reply after bosses sacked her for calling in sick for 20 years

Sofyan Amrabat could be on his way out of Fiorentina this summer and the midfielder's past relationship with Erik ten Hag could give Manchester United the upper hand in the race for his signature.

Selome Hailu “The Bear” became an overnight sensation when its first season debuted in 2022 because of its visceral honesty about how it looks and feels to work in a restaurant. Much of the credit for that belongs to Courtney Storer. Storer, sister of series creator Chris Storer, has worked in high-profile kitchens from Verjus in Paris to Jon & Vinny’s in L.A., but her most recent job has been to serve as “The Bear’s” culinary producer, getting the writers, cast and crew acclimated to the world the series takes place in. “In Season 1, it was it was a lot of storytelling with the writers, but also providing my journals and different training guides to give insight into the ethos of restaurants,” Storer says. “It’s bigger than the conflicts: It’s the decision-making, the structure, the procedures, the recipes.”

A bid to transform one of Ayrshire’s oldest railway tunnels into a stunning mural has been given a major cash boost.

A woman has been praised for her quick thinking when she saw a distressed child left in a car alone - but the mother wasn't so pleased.

A rogue teacher who avoided doing any actual work for 20 years has finally been sacked. Cinzio Paolina De Lio was branded ‘the worst employee in Italy’ by her former secondary school.

This is the heartwarming moment when a chimpanzee survivor of a grisly laboratory experiment programme saw the sky in her new home for the first time. Vanilla the chimp looked delighted as she arrived at the sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Harrison Ford has suited up for the latest premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!

Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have a baby boy on the way.

Lewis Capaldi has been branded an inspiration by fans after announcing he would be taking another break from touring following Glastonbury.

Uzo Aduba is counting down the days until she becomes a mom — and husband Robert Sweeting is waiting on her hand and foot in the meantime.

EXCLUSIVE: Wild West, the genre-focused joint venture between French film companies Goodfellas (ex-Wild Bunch International) and Capricci, has unveiled a third slate of projects at a co-financing event in Nantes.

House flies are unfortunately becoming more and more prominent as we enter into summer.

Tributes have been paid to a man who died following a disturbance in the Scottish Highlands, after a teenager was arrested in connection with his death.

Tom Cruise and director/co-writer Christopher McQuarrie introduced the world premiere of Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Rome on Monday evening. 

Two Scots journalists held in a detention centre “like an open sewer” have begged the international ­community to rescue 101 refugees, including children, still there.

A dad born with a rare form of cancer was given a shock diagnosis after 40 years of not knowing he had the disease.

Kate Forbes led a prayer for "national leaders" at a public event attended by Humza Yousaf.

Fans caught a glimpse of Carrie Fisher‘s last-ever onscreen appearance in the new “Wonderwell” trailer which dropped on Friday. It features Fisher’s final filmed project, which wrapped only six weeks before the late actress’ death in 2016.

Carrie Fisher's last-ever onscreen appearance in the new  trailer which dropped on Friday. It features Fisher's final filmed project, which wrapped only six weeks before the late actress' death in 2016. Following several delays due to Fisher's death, COVID lockdowns and budget constraints for visual effects, the film is now set to be released on June 23.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s feature debut “Goodbye Julia,” a timely morality tale that takes place just before the 2011 secession of South Sudan and won the Un Certain Regard section’s Prix de Liberté (Freedom Prize) at Cannes, has scored a raft of sales following its launch. The first Sudanese film ever to screen in Cannes official selection, “Goodbye Julia” is the story of two women — one from the North, the other from the South — who are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities in the currently war-ravaged country.