I'm really happy but I probably wouldn't be giving it up if I had someone."Aherne's relationships have also been tabloid fodder But she hasn't had a boyfriend for more than three years. "I've been asked out but I haven't wanted to give them a load of baggage they don't need. When I was going out with Alexis (Denisof), a newspaperman went to his mum's house in Seattle and got her to hand over baby pictures of him. It's daunting to know that if you go out with me even your baby pictures will end up in the paper."And so she is calling it a day, a decision that has shocked her close collaborator, former painter-decorator Craig Cash."He phoned me last night and said he understands, and just wants me to be happy, and was glad to get home and find that his paintbrush is still in turps." She roars with laughter "But Craig will be fine. He's so brilliant and talented, and it will be a big relief to him not to be around me during my PMT.". The High Courts have ruled in favour of a teaching union in the case of a pupil who was refused lessons at school because of alleged behavioural problems.
The boy, who can only be referred to as "P" for legal reasons, was hoping to compel teachers to teach him in normal lessons. He is currently being taught on a one-to-one basis after being expelled from school, a decision which the school governors later revoked. The High Courts have ruled in favour of a teaching union in the case of a pupil who was refused lessons at school because of alleged behavioural problems. The boy, who can only be referred to as "P" for legal reasons, was hoping to compel teachers to teach him in normal lessons. He is currently being taught on a one-to-one basis after being expelled from school, a decision which the school governors later revoked. Mr Justice Morison ruled that the school's action was not unlawful, despite lawyers' claims that it was not related to the teachers' terms and conditions of employment.
He added that it was a tragedy that the boy's educational problems should have reached the courts.It is alleged that the boy threatened teachers at the Bonus Pastor School in Lewisham, south London, and assaulted other pupils. The boy denies the allegations.The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, which represents the two supply teachers currently educating boy "P" in isolation from other pupils, made no application for legal costs against him. The judge insisted that no evidence was heard regarding the boy's behaviour, and that the decision merely reflected the legality of the union's decision to educate the boy separately.. More than 2,000 teachers have faced police interrogation as a result of unsubstantiated or false allegations of abuse by pupils in the past decade, it was revealed yesterday. More than 2,000 teachers have faced police interrogation as a result of unsubstantiated or false allegations of abuse by pupils in the past decade, it was revealed yesterday. Figures from teachers unions show the number of accusations of physical or sexual abuse has risen sharply in the past few years.Almost all those accused have had their careers blighted as a result even if they are completely exonerated afterwards, say teachers leaders.The report drawn up by the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers reveals a total of 1,289 complaints against its members alone. Yet only 52 resulted in a court conviction even though police were called in to investigate every one.The two biggest teachers unions will be debating the rise in complaints at their Easter conferences.
The NASUWT is demanding teachers should not be suspended unless there is supporting evidence for a child's accusation. It will also urge the Government to introduce guidelines making it clear to pupils they will be expelled from school if they make a false claim. The National Union of Teachers is considering strike action if staff at a school feel a teacher has been unjustly suspended. Schools Minister Estelle Morris is expected to announce new measures to cut down on delays in dealing with complaints when she addresses the NASUWT conference next week.One idea being floated is setting up a network of regional offices to give instant attention to allegations and cut down the time teachers spend in limbo.The NASUWT report shows the number of allegations has shot up from 42 in 1991 to 159 last year.The NUT has dealt with 160 cases where a solicitor has had to accompany a teacher to a police station last year compared with 90 a year in the three preceding years.Gareth James, of the National Association of Head Teachers, added: "An allegation weighs very heavily and the teacher will often need counselling. The damage is done even when they are found not guilty."They feel they've been in no man's land and treated like a pariah. I was speaking to one such person this week who said he felt it had coloured his attitude to working in schools and he no longer wanted to work with children.''. Claude Elwood Shannon, electrical engineer and mathematician: born Gaylord, Michigan 30 April 1916; research scientist, Bell Telephone Laboratories 1941-58; Donnor Professor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1958-78 (Emeritus); married 1949 Mary Elizabeth Moore (two sons, one daughter); died Medford, Massachusetts 24 February 2001.
Claude Elwood Shannon, electrical engineer and mathematician: born Gaylord, Michigan 30 April 1916; research scientist, Bell Telephone Laboratories 1941-58; Donnor Professor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1958-78 (Emeritus); married 1949 Mary Elizabeth Moore (two sons, one daughter); died Medford, Massachusetts 24 February 2001. On 6 October last year the small American town of Gaylord, Michigan known primarily as a golfing resort witnessed the unveiling of a statue of its most distinguished son.The dedication read: "Claude Elwood Shannon. Father of Information Theory his creation of information theory, the mathematical theory of communication, in the 1940s and 1950s, inspired revolutionary advances in digital communications and information storage that shaped the modern world." Shannon, by then in a nursing home, was unable to be at the ceremony.Claude Shannon was born in 1916, the son of a businessman and a school teacher. At that time electric communications were decidedly non-digital, and were limited to the telegraph and the telephone. Shannon grew up with an inventive streak and, like many boys of his generation who would later become engineers, he cut his teeth on radio, the emerging communications technology of his day.