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Crime & SafetyBromley music teacher banned after child abuse images conviction
A former Bromley Youth Music Trust piano teacher, 75, has been banned from teaching indefinitely after pleading guilty to making and distributing indecent images of children. He taught for a year after his arrest before informing the trust, which then referred his case to regulators.
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Council & PoliticsWaltham Forest Council hid abuse report after school legal threat
A 2016 report detailing the misuse of calming rooms at Whitefield School in Waltham Forest was suppressed after the Flourish Learning Trust threatened legal action against the council. The failure to act meant the rooms remained open for six months, during which time pupils were subjected to abuse.
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