Allergy fears put suncream on the banned list

A primary school in Suffolk has banned its pupils from taking suncream to school over allergy fears. The school was worried that staff could be threatened with legal action if a child suffering from an allergy used another pupil's suncream and suffered an allergic reaction.

The mother of a seven year old girl at the school told reporters: 'I feel very frustrated that I am not allowed to protect my daughter. There is a history of skin cancer in my family and I am worried it might affect Sophie unless she is thoroughly protected from the sun.'

Meanwhile, pupils at a Yorkshire school have been given the afternoons off this week in the run up to the school holidays – because of the heatwave. Teachers at the Scarcroft Primary School in York said that temperatures at the school had become uncomfortably high and as a result children would be sent home at lunchtime this week.

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