A schoolboy was late for his first day back after nearly setting fire to the kitchen - by microwaving Weetabix before putting the milk in. Leanne Chatfield, 31, had a nightmare first school run of the new academic year when she came downstairs to find her microwave in a cloud of smoke.
The mum-of-two was busy tending to her one-year-old daughter Alice, so her son Harrison, 10, kindly offered to make his baby sister breakfast. The Year Six pupil was desperate to help his mum on what was his first day back, so he put Alice's Weetabix in the microwave.
But the youngster forgot to add milk to the cereal - and sure enough the breakfast favourite was burnt to a crisp. Leanne came downstairs when she smelt burning to find her microwave filled with thick black smoke.
