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Chess club founder Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers, a prominent figure in chess circles across Tayside and Fife and founder member of Dundee & Victoria Chess Club, has died at the age of 78. (...)
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Mike Barile promises to put up strong defence at General Teaching Council for Scotland disciplinary hearing
Former teacher Mike Barile has promised to defend his reputation at a ''bizarre farce'' of a disciplinary hearing. (...)
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Linda Ross tribunal: Mike Barile says problems went right to the top of Dundee City Council
Former Dundee teacher Mike Barile claims the city council's ex-chief executive Alex Stephen "positively encouraged" former education director Anne Wilson to abuse her power. (...)
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Tributes paid to acid accident victim Stevie Conway
Tributes have been paid to a Dundee father of two who died after collapsing while working in a chemical tank. (...)
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Former Tory councillor Edward Adam hits out at sectarian row MSP
A former Conservative councillor, whose father was rector of a Dundee Catholic school, has lashed out at a Tory MSP who claims faith schools amounted to "state-sponsored conditioning" of sectarianism. (...)
Former teacher Mike Barile accuses General Teaching Council for Scotland of 'witch-hunt'
Former Dundee teacher Mike Barile has accused the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) of engaging in a "witch-hunt" after being called to face a disciplinary hearing two years after walking away from the profession. (...)
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Nursing home shows its gratitude to 'ray of light' Demi
A "ray of sunshine" who brightens the lives of Broughty Ferry care home residents this week received the prize of a holiday in the sunshine. (...)
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Dundee charity worker Evelyn Kelly
The funeral of veteran Dundee charity worker Evelyn Kelly was held on Friday — on what would have been her 90th birthday. (...)
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St John's High School teacher Francis Anthony Devlin
Francis (Frank) Anthony Devlin, a former principal guidance teacher at St John's High School, has died aged 79. (...)
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Former pupils of teacher Rikki Lees pay tribute to a 'star'
Tributes have been flooding in from former pupils and colleagues of a popular Dundee teacher who died suddenly at the weekend. (...)
Father David Ward
Father David Ward, a priest in the RC Diocese of Dunkeld for almost 50 years, has died after a long illness. He was 72. (...)
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Businessman claims Friary closure was inevitable
A prominent Dundee businessman and leading member of St Francis Friary said the decision to shut its doors was an "economic reality." (...)
Dundee bookmaker John Brady
Former Dundee bookmaker John Brady has died at the age of 81 after a short illness. (...)
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Barile warns teacher stress will have fatal consequences
Former Dundee maths teacher Mike Barile has warned it is only a matter of time before a teacher kills a child in the classroom because of stress caused by the unruly behaviour of pupils. (...)
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Barile welcomes classroom restraint rules
A former Dundee maths teacher who fought for two years to have his conviction for assaulting pupils quashed has welcomed new government guidelines on how pupils can be restrained. (...)
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St Saviour's reduced to rubble
The former St Saviour's High School in Dundee has been reduced to a pile of rubble. (...)
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Call for installation of CCTV in schools
A former Dundee maths teacher who won an appeal against his sentence for assaulting two pupils is calling for CCTV to be installed in schools. (...)
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