DETECTIVES were given more time yesterday to question a teacher at a school in Nottinghamshire who is being held on suspicion of attempting to murder a teenage pupil and assaulting two other children.

A 14-year-old boy remained seriously ill in hospital in the UK today after allegedly being hit with a metal weight by his science teacher during a lesson.

A SCIENCE teacher arrested after a schoolboy was left with serious head injuries is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, police said yesterday.

A science teacher arrested after a schoolboy was left with serious head injuries is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, police in the UK said today.

A group of about 100 protesters marched today to Blackburn Town Hall, where US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to meet Muslim leaders and local dignitaries.

The head of Barclays’ UK operation sparked a major reshuffle at the banking giant today by announcing plans to quit his £1.3m (€1.9m) a year job.

Tim Howard is set to revert to bench duty tomorrow despite keeping a clean sheet in Manchester United’s Carling Cup victory over Arsenal.

At least 170 British investors were allegedly duped out of £30m (€45.6m) by US fraudsters who convinced them they were helping to fight the war on terror, it emerged today.