Nine children were sent to hospital after a primary school head declared a medical emergency – because students had eaten seeds in the playground.
Paramedics, police cars and a ‘hazardous area response team’ descended on Jesse Gray Primary School in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire at around 2pm on Wednesday.
Students were rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre, with eight ambulances seen on site.
The school’s head teacher, Chris Belton, has now confirmed the students were taken to hospital amid fears they had eaten from trees in the school grounds.
He said: ‘As a precaution, nine year 6 pupils were taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre where
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