A school which only reopened after a multi-million pound refurbishment last year has been unable to welcome pupils back from their summer holidays after suffering serious flooding damage and an arson attack.
Haltwhistle Academy Primary School was the subject of a £2.65m project to switch it from a middle school to a primary school last year - but has now been devastated by "extensive" flooding damage from the upper floors.
Staff have said they are "devastated" by the damage that took place over the weekend, just before children were due to return to class.
