News Round Up

by Patrick O'Connor

SCOTLAND Yard may have a reputation for catching villains but its drivers can't seem to tell their diesel from petrol, says the Daily Express.

Police drivers who fill up at the wrong pump have cost the Yard more than a quarter of a million pounds over the past five years (despite warning signs on the fuel caps), figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show.

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THE Daily Mirror reports that compensation claims in schools in England and Wales over the last three years have cost more than £10million including almost £600 after a pupil was struck by a piece of apple.

Somerset County Council spent £575 on the legal battle over the apple after the pupil sued his school.