About 50 pupils have staged a third consecutive protest against a mobile telephone mast which has been erected next to their school in Warwickshire. The children at St Edward's Primary School in Coleshill were kept out of lessons for the third Friday running.
They were accompanied by their parents, who claim the emissions from the mast are making the children ill. About 150 pupils attended lessons as usual.
O2, which owns the mast, has said it is meeting government safety guidelines.
'Something huge'
Geraldine Canavan, one of the mothers who protested with her children on Friday, said she had hoped that more pupils would be able to join in.
"We were hoping the whole school would be out," she said.
"The teachers were going to come out, but the local education authority told them they might be breaching their contracts."
She explained that many parents who could not be present had given permission for their children to protest, but that in the end those pupils had to stay inside the school.
Ms Canavan said that because the school's teachers chose not to supervise those children at the demonstration, they had to remain inside.
She added: "I think today's protest really helped as there were quite a few councillors tthere."
She said it was the last protest before the summer break, but warned: "Definitely there'll be something huge organised in Coleshill if the mast's still there next term."
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