Teacher tell of the worst packed lunches they have seen - including child with can of fruit cider

Teachers have told of some of the most heartbreaking school lunches they have seen. Pupils have brought foods including a day-old McDonald's happy meal so it didn't "go to waste".

Many youngsters have helped themselves to their lunchtime meal as their parents failed to do it for them. But it has meant some have brought inappropriate food and drink into school.

These include one boy who brough a pork pie and a can of shandy into his primary school. He told the teacher in Halifax, West Yorkshire that he made it himself but it was "all there was in the fridge".