The former Manchester violin teacher Wen Zhou Li has been speaking about his three-year ordeal after being accused of sexual offences by a former student. The charges were dropped three weeks ago, but Zhou Li was threatened with having his children taken away.

He says: “It was a feeling like the end of the world. I can now understand why people kill themselves.”

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It has emerged that Siegfried Mauser has been relieved of his duties in Salzburg after being charged with offences against two women in Munich. The alleged offences took place when he was head of the Munich Academy of Music. Mauser denies the charges.

It has further emerged that the complainants were not students but faculty members.

More here from Salzburg.