[Vicky.]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...kdown-12266099

Schools in the UK have been put on lockdown amid a major safety alert after an email threated to 'run down and shoot' children.

Police have confirmed that "malicious communications" were sent to schools 'across the country'.

An email allegedly threatened 'pupils would be run down' if they left the building or shot down.

Schools across the country, including London, Durham, Cambridge, Suffolk and the West Midlands, have been affected while numerous other police forces are monitoring the situation.

Frantic parents are reported to be arriving at schools in a desperate attempt to remove their children.

My husband was just reading about this online, and then we got a text from Skyes school saying that police have 'confirmed' it was a hoax, but my heart is in my mouth here and I really want to go and get her