Pupils unwell after chemical leak

Thirty-one pupils and one adult from a school in Somerset have been taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after a chemical spillage.

The science block at Huish Episcopi School near Langport was evacuated when sulphur dioxide leaked at about 1330 BST on Wednesday.

Fifteen pupils were taken to Yeovil Hospital and the others were treated at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.

Five children are still in hospital. Their condition is not serious.

Three ambulance crews attended the school - a designated science college - and treated pupils at the scene.

Four of the children being treated are asthmatic and two had swelling to the throat, South Western Ambulance Service said.

The school told BBC Somerset that it will open as usual on Thursday.

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