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Tutor suspended for prostitution and fetishes talk Formal complaint made against college
Appeal for witnesses after biker hurt at Blyth
Campaign gives hope to county jobseekers
A motorcyclist has been discharged from hospital after suffering a serious leg injury in a collision last week. The 20-year-old was travelling west bound on Cowpen Road near to the junction of Beecher Street, when filtering through stationary traffic he collided with a parked vehicle. The incident happened on Thursday, August 29, at 3.25pm.Witnesses are asked to ring Motor Patrols on 101 and ask to speak to PC 847 Young.
Jobseekers can get a guaranteed interview thanks to a new campaign run by Age UK Northumberland. The charity is offering applicants to secure an interview for their home care attendant roles without an appointment. The recruitment day is being held at The Round House, Ashington on Thursday September 12. Job hopefuls will be given Turn to page 3
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A college tutor has been suspended for discussing inappropriate and sexually graphic content on an employability skills course. A formal complaint was made to Northumberland College about the tutor, who is claimed to have held detailed conversations with students about prostitution, fetishes, and other sexually explicit stories on a course held at Bedlington Community Centre. The tutor is also alleged to have played games with sexual content. Student Paul Cocallis, from Bedlington, who attended the three-week course, said: “She told the group if you are willing to go around having sex with lots of people then common sense would tell you to charge for it. “I don’t see how this is employment skills. “She went into explicit details about prostitutes and the work of escorts and how much money was to be made. “Through the whole course there wasn’t a day go by when
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Bedlington Community Centre, where the course was held.
she did not make a reference to people joining the sex trade. “I don’t see this to be normal behaviour from someone in the profession of a tutor and it made me feel very uncomfortable. “How on earth is this meant to help me get a job? “I personally don’t think the taxpayer would be happy
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in the knowledge that their money is going on people doing pointless courses such as the one I have been on. “I feel they would be disgusted to know what their hard earned money is going on. At £148 per person I would expect a lot more for this. “I don’t feel like I can add this to my CV as if in an inter-
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view I was to be asked a question about this course I don’t think I have enough information to tell them the information they would be expecting to hear.” Paul said others on the course seemed disgusted that a professional could act in this Turn to page 3
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