A UK teacher is banned from working in classrooms after a tribunal found he confessed romantic feelings to a pupil. According to reporting from The Independent and the Daily Record, Rafiqul Islam told the pupil he had “Edward Cullen type of love” for her. The tribunal also found that he expressed a desire to be with her, and that he made at least one statement indicating he loved her. The Daily Record reports that the teacher described feeling “the world became meaningless” without the pupil, while The Independent characterises the confession as romantic in nature. The decision results in a prohibition from classroom teaching. The accounts agree on the core facts: the teacher admitted to romantic or love-like feelings toward a pupil, the tribunal considered this a serious breach of professional standards, and the outcome is a ban from teaching in a classroom setting. The reports do not provide additional details about sentencing or any other disciplinary measures beyond the ban.