Schoolchildren have been warned to stay at home today as the bomb squad investigates a suspicious item taken on to their school playing fields.
Youngsters were set to return to Ellowes Hall Sports College in Dudley for the first day back after the Christmas break on Wednesday January 4, but parents woke up to a message telling them to stay clear.
Army bomb disposal experts had been called in after unusual items were discovered by a member of the public on land at around 10pm last night and were taken to the safety of the school fields.