Daily roundup 6 June: School fine; abuse allegation; and accident inquiry

The parents of a teenager have been fined more than £1,000 each after their son's attendance at school fell below 10 per cent. Kent Online reports that the pupil had missed so many lessons that Kent County Council took his parents to court. The pair, from Gravesend, failed to appear and were both fined £1,240 each in their absence.


A head teacher who described a pupil as an "attention seeker" after the child disclosed being abused - has been banned from teaching after a disciplinary panel found she put her own interests above safeguarding a vulnerable child. The Darlington and Stockton Times reports that Kathryn Bell who was head teacher of Great Smeaton School near Northallerton during 2012 and 2013 has been banned from teaching for a minimum of five years over her handling of allegations of abuse made by a pupil.


A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a 12-year-old girl who died when a school wall collapsed has begun in Edinburgh. The BBC reports that Keane Wallis-Bennett died in April 2014 when a modesty wall in the PE changing room at Liberton High School fell on top of her. A police investigation found no-one would face criminal charges.


A youth club near Swansea has cancelled a planned trip to London in the wake of Saturday's terror attack. WalesOnline reports that Pontardawe Youth Club had been due to visit the capital in August after a similar sightseeing trip last year, but the recent attack prompted a change of plan.


Vulnerable single mums and their families have been treated to a home makeover by city investment workers. The Hackney Gazette reports that two teams of 80 to 100 workers from firm Fidelity London got involved with the project, which was run in collaboration with children's charity School-Home Support.