Children as young as eight bring drugs to school in UK

Hundreds of British schoolchildren, some as young as eight, have been caught with drugs on school premises, new figures reveal.

Data from police forces across England and Wales shows Class A drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine are among the illegal substances seized in more than 2,000 incidents and offences over the last four years.

Teachers described the figures as a “worry”, and “the tip of the iceberg of what young people are encountering on the streets”.