An investigation is under way after a teacher allegedly wrote "prat" on the forehead of a misbehaving pupil.
History teacher David Warburton is on an agreed leave of absence after the boy's mother complained. - Western Daily Press (Francis Harvey)
A dispute over the colour of the sea at Weston-super-Mare was resolved yesterday when tourism officials were told they could continue to depict it as a deep and alluring blue. - Times (John O'Byrne)
North Yorkshire Training and Enterprise Council is organising an hour-long lecture on duvet proficiency. - Gloucestershire Echo (A Barber)
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