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Parents back headmistress of £40,000-a-year Kent girls’ boarding school in racism row

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Parents back headmistress of £40,000-a-year Kent girls’ boarding school in racism row after students demand she apologise for saying the word ‘negro’ in assembly Samantha Price, head of Benenden School, used term in a speech on racism  Was trying to show how language around black people had changed over time Parents said she shouldn’t apologise … Read more

Fears grow for elderly British headmistress held in a hotel in New Delhi

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Zoe Hauser, 67, in a New Delhi hotel where she is being quarantined for 21 days Fears are growing for an elderly British school principal who is being held in a New Delhi hotel during India’s coronavirus lockdown. Zoe Hauser, 67, has developed a high temperature and her concerned family is pressing the Foreign Office … Read more