A witness has today described seeing a caravan flip over in a one-vehicle heading for Dundee.

The crash occurred on the A90 just south of the Peterden turn off, about seven miles from Forfar, on the southbound carriageway.

No one was injured but those involved, including the elderly couple towing the caravan, were badly shaken.

Karen Adam was driving from her home in Brechin into Dundee with husband Lee when they witnessed the caravan — being towed by a Volkswagen Passat — turn over on the A92 on Friday after 8pm.

She said: “We were following the lorry and the car towing the caravan for about three miles, and the car had been trying to overtake the lorry, and sat like that for a good couple of miles, in the outside lane.

“It was going downhill and the car went past the lorry and the caravan just went – it started snaking and then it flipped. I think the wind must have taken it.

“Everyone seems to be fine, they’re shaken but OK, which is the main thing.”

Traffic was still down to one lane three hours later as police and other services continued clearing up the wreckage.

A woman has died following a road traffic incident in Birkhill.

Emergency services attended the incident at Dronley Road at about 2pm.

Police have now confirmed that a female pedestrian has died.

A spokeswoman said: “Police Scotland can confirm that sadly a female pedestrian has died following a road traffic incident on Dronley Road in Birkhill this afternoon

“The road is still closed while officers carry out enquiries into the full circumstances of the incident.  Motorists are advised to use alternative routes where possible.”

Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 or speak to any officer.

They were once labelled “the new heroin” of Tayside and implicated in the deaths of hundreds of people around the country.

But after years of campaigning by activists, new psychoactive substances (NPS) or so-called legal highs will finally become illegal this week.

Local campaigners have declared this a massive step forward in the fight against the dangerous substances.

At one time, even children could buy £10 packets of the substances, which came in colourful and attractive packaging.

It was claimed that youngsters as young as 15 had collapsed at school after experimenting with them in Dundee.

Over the past couple of years it’s become a massive issue in Tayside — with folk telling the Tele how they almost died after taking NPS and battles to stop retailers selling them.

But as of Thursday, it will become a criminal offence to produce, supply, offer to supply, possess with intent to supply, possess on custodial premises and to import or export psychoactive substances that are intended for human consumption.

People caught committing these crimes could face up to seven years in jail.

The authorities will have powers to stop and search people, vehicles and vessels and enter and search premises in accordance with a warrant to seize and destroy the substances.

Jo Roden, 56, of Dryburgh lost two of her sons to drugs, one of whom started on legal highs.

She said: “My initial reaction is one of ‘thank God – it’s about time’.

“I didn’t actually know about it till now but I think this legislation is a great thing.

“I think this will maybe save a generation. I’ve already lost two sons and I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

Councillor Georgia Cruickshank, who has helped lead the Dundee Against Legal Highs group, said there was still one shop in the city suspected of selling legal highs, but now she hopes the police will be able to take action in the future.

She said: “I’m absolutely delighted the law is coming in. We have fought long and hard to get the shops selling them closed down and hopefully this will be the end. I’m aware of one shop which is still selling them according to a number of people.

“Our task was to get the shops shut down so that there was less chance of young people and the vulnerable being tempted by them, and by and large we did that.

“I honestly think legal highs will die a death now. I would hope that anyone who continues to sell them will now face swift and prompt police action.

“And certainly, if any information comes my way I will pass it onto the police and trading standards straight away.”

When the Tele visited the shop mentioned by Ms Cruickshank, staff denied they were selling the substances.

Rev Martin Fair, who has fought the sale of legal highs in Arbroath, added: “I don’t think one piece of legislation will solve an issue but it will become part of the armoury in tackling legal highs.”

Deputy Chief Constable Ruaraidh Nicolson said: “Police Scotland will take appropriate and proportionate action to deal with NPS and the impact they have on our communities.

“We have engaged with known sellers of NPS to make them aware of the introduction of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. We are working with Trading Standards Scotland and local authority departments in taking action against those who supply NPS.

“There’s no safe way to take NPS. The only way of staying safe is to avoid NPS altogether.”

Family and friends of a Fife-born soldier who died running the London Marathon have completed the last three miles of the course in his memory.

Captain David Seath, 31, collapsed after suffering a heart attack near the 23-mile mark, near Southwark Bridge.

The Afghanistan veteran’s friends met at the site where he collapsed to complete the last three miles, raising £200,000 for Help for Heroes.

Capt Seath’s father Peter, 63, told the Tele: “It was a fabulous turnout by his friends and colleagues and the support has been really overwhelming.

“We had to get closure, as he was the type of boy who never left anything unfinished. Even in the army, he would never leave anyone behind.

“It was important to finish the marathon for him.

“It will take a long, long time to get over this, if we ever do, but he was such a positive and inspirational young man, we have to continue his work.

“The first recipient of the donations has come in and we are overwhelmed to see the money going to help people. We will continue David’s good work for the cause in his memory.”

Capt Seath commanded a specialist team while serving as a fire support team commander for 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery in Plymouth.

He completed two master’s degrees at the University of Aberdeen before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the elite officer training centre, in 2009.

Capt Seath’s brother, Gary, paid tribute to everyone who has donated: “The fund that has been launched in his memory by Help for Heroes will provide grants to support individuals who have suffered injuries and illnesses.

“Whether it is needed in an emergency or to improve the long-term quality of life,

“David would be proud to have a memorial to support his fellow men and women in his honour.”

The £50 million development of luxury apartments at the derelict Strathmartine Hospital will go ahead, despite a fire destroying part of the building, a developer has said.

The blaze last Tuesday caused a full collapse of the roof and completely destroyed the first floor of the category-B listed building.

However, property developers Muir, Smith and Evans told the Tele the construction of 222 homes on the site would still go ahead.

In total, 22 apartments are planned for the part of the building torched last week, with the rest on surrounding land.

Robert Evans, one of the firm’s partners, said: “The fire is certainly another set-back but the work will continue.

“At the moment we have a big issue with keeping the site secure and in one piece.

“We have a real issue with people trying to break in.

“It’s not the first time this has happened and, with the best will in the world, it’s such a large site that people intent on mischief seem to find a way in. People are using chisels, drills and even sledgehammers to get access.

“We’ll continue to have conversations with the police and get a full report from Scottish Fire and Rescue on the damage the fire has caused.”

Mr Evans also said one of the main stumbling blocks the firm was trying to overcome was a clawback clause which could see previous owner NHS Tayside net a substantial windfall.

The clause, agreed as part of the sale deal when the hospital was put on the market in 2003, means a percentage of income from the sale of the site will be paid to the board when full planning permission is granted.

“NHS Tayside is dragging its heels,” said Mr Evans.

“Discussions are ongoing but we need to get a sensible price agreed so the project still maintains a level of return.

“The development is very marginalised, economically, so we need to make sure it’s still profitable.”

A spokeswoman for NHS Tayside said: “We can confirm negotiations between NHS Tayside and the developer are ongoing. The clawback arrangements would be applicable on successful planning permission being granted.”

Unusually, Scottish Government ministers were called upon last year to grant initial permission for the development of the site, the plans — in Angus Council’s area — were objected to by Dundee City Council.

A woman who was killed following a collision with a car in Birkhill has been named.

Ella Maxwell suffered fatal injuries as a result of a road traffic incident on Dronley Road at about 2pm.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident with a Vauxhall Corsa.

Paramedics treated Mrs Maxwell by the side of the road but the 61-year-old could not be saved.

The road was closed for several hours while officers investigated the scene.

A statement from Police Scotland read: “Inquiries into the full set of circumstances of the incident are on-going and Tayside Division would appeal for anyone who may have information that could assist officers with their enquiries to contact Tayside Division on 101.

“As with all sudden deaths a report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”

A restored three-man nuclear bunker in Angus has been shortlisted for the 2016 Shed of the Year competition.

Found in Brechin the hideaway, owned by Jim Sherrit, is 20ft below the ground and is only accessible by a hatch and ladder.

Jim’s shelter is just one of many wacky designs up for the accolade.

While most people are happy if they can escape for the odd hour or two among pot plants and rusty old saws, more committed enthusiasts have lovingly put time and patience into creating some of the most eye-catching sheds in the UK.

Their finest efforts have been whittled down from 2,825 to a shortlist of 32, which will battle it out to be named the Cuprinol Shed of the Year.

Sheds have been nominated in eight categories, from pub and entertainment-themed sheds to those with an environmental angle, cabins and summerhouses, workshops and historic sheds.

Ilona’s Summerhouse is one of the budget finalists, a sunlit hideaway created from recycled pallets, doors and reclaimed paving slabs, while the Maggie Ewing is a renovated ex-boat wheelhouse, owned by David Carter in the Scottish Highlands, made from one of the last boats ever commercially built in Caithness.

Other entrants include a shed built on the back of an Austin J4 pick-up truck, a Wild West “saloon” where owner Alistair Baranowski and his friends drink Scotch on the rocks, and a shed that houses a real African dwarf crocodile.

There is even a Star Wars shed, owned by Stephen Gee in Nottinghamshire, inspired by Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon, complete with its own flight deck.

The shortlisted sheds will feature on a TV programme, Amazing Spaces Shed Of The Year, on Channel 4, and the public can vote until June 8 for the category winners.

Competition founder Andrew Wilcox said: “These 32 sheds include some of the best I have ever seen in the history of the competition, so deciding who will take out top honour as the Shed of the Year 2016 will be tough, I love them all.”

To vote, visit www.readersheds.co.uk/vote2016

A driver had a lucky escape when his car plunged down an embankment, rolled three times and smashed into a tree after he swerved to dodge a deer.

Olly Glenday, of Dundee, was a passenger in a car heading along a back road from Montrose back down to the city when he had to take evasive action after the animal ran into his path.

Olly was just outside of Forfar on the B9113 when the accident happened, and the silver Honda Civic Type-R he was in rolled several times down a steep hill.

Remarkably, Olly who was sitting in the front passenger seat and a workmate, were able to clamber free of the car, despite it coming to a rest on its roof after smashing into a tree.

Police were called to the scene but amazingly Olly and his pal didn’t require medical treatment.

Kerry McGraw, 39, said when she received a call from Olly about the crash, she told him to step away from the car in case any petrol had leaked and potentially caused a fire to take hold.

She said: “Just outside Forfar, Olly was involved in a car accident coming home from work with a colleague.

“They swerved to avoid a deer and ended up down an embankment.

“They both managed to get out of the overturned car after it had hit a tree.

“Olly phoned me just after it happened and I was screaming down the phone for them to get away from the car in case it blew up but he said that only happened in films.”

Kerry said she was relieved that Olly and his friend had been fortunate enough to emerge unscathed, although the car was written off, and added: “Thankful is an understatement. They’re both very lucky.

“When Olly sent me the photo, I couldn’t believe he’d got out without any real injuries and pulled his mate out.

“The car’s a write-off but it’s only a car — as long as they’re OK.

“Olly was a bit wet and muddy, as they had to do a bit of climbing when they got out the car. Olly said it happened that fast. The car flipped over three times.

“He’s a bit sore now and the airbag burnt his nose but at least he’s alive and well.”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said the force had been made aware of the crash and confirmed there had been no injuries sustained in the incident.

She said: “Police Scotland received a report of a one-vehicle road traffic incident at 10.30pm on the B9113 on Thursday May 19.

“There were no reports of injuries.”

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they were not required.

Mobile speed cameras which have caught hundreds of drivers across Tayside are in breach of guidelines, it has been claimed.

According to a handbook distributed in May 2015, locations of where the vans will be deployed around Tayside “must be publicised before enforcement commences and should be updated on relevant web pages and through social media and press releases”.

However, the last press release detailing the sites of enforcement was last sent to the Tele on July 24 last year and relevant websites have not been updated since then.

In fact, the updates have not been released since the police transferred their former camera partnership into a new North Safety Camera Unit.

Mike Burns, who protested against average speed cameras being deployed on the A9, said the cameras are in breach of guidelines. He said: “It casts a shadow over the operation in its entirety as being unprofessional and ignorant of their obligations.

“The unit is not meeting the conditions of funding, yet is still being funded. It has been operating in breach of funding for 10 months and is failing to provide any information to the public on activities and site selection statistics.”

Police Scotland said “system difficulties” had prevented websites being updates, but a new one would launch soon.

A spokesman for the North Safety Camera Unit said the previous eight safety camera partnerships in Scotland were merged into three new Safety Camera Units covering Scotland.

He said: “A new website has been under construction as part of this process and will shortly be launched. During this process the websites of the previous Safety Camera Partnerships have remained live but in many instances were unable to be updated due to system difficulties.”

He added anyone detected speeding during the current transitional period would have no grounds for appeal against any fine or conviction.

A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said: “Safety of all road users is an absolute priority. As part of the transition to the new Safety Camera Unit structure, all the legacy Partnerships’ websites are being replaced with a new over-arching website, which will be made live in the coming weeks.”

It’s the last chance to vote for your favourite Snappy Tot before the nine finalists are revealed.

The Evening Telegraph has received hundreds of entries for this year’s competition with children from all over Tayside in the running.

And the winner will scoop the top prize of £1,000.

Today (Friday) will be the last opportunity to complete a voting slip before the nine finalists are unveiled.

This year’s competition was easier than ever for parents to get their kids involved.

Parents were able to submit their own pictures for the age groups, which ranged from birth to five years old.

Evening Telegraph marketing executive Sharon Methven said she had been amazed by the number of entrants.

Sharon said: “This was the first year we launched Snappy Tots.

“Hundreds of bonnie faces have been submitted and we’ve been stacking up all the votes.

“We have a team of staff coming in on Tuesday to count through all the voting slips — so it may take a while!”

The competition will be divided into three categories — birth to 17 months, 18 to 35 months and three to five years.

The top three entrants from each category will become the nine finalists to compete for the Snappy Tots crown.

Sharon said: “Once the finalists are revealed within the paper, readers will be able to cast their vote via text or telephone entry.

“We still have some days left to vote — so every vote counts.”

Voters will have to submit their voting slips by Monday at 5pm for them to count.

Sharon added:“ We would like to say a massive thank you to all of the people who entered.

“We’ve been amazed by the volume of entries.

“We wish all of our competitors the best of luck.

“And don’t forget the last voting slip is in tonight’s Tele.”

Those unable to grab the top prize are still in with a chance of taking something home.

The top three winners from each category will receive a £50 cash prize and a trophy.

All nine finalists will also receive a canvas picture of their original entry.

A Tayside plumber was rushed to hospital with stomach pains and died from cancer just three days later.

Bruce Candy was admitted to Ninewells Hospital two weeks ago after he developed pain in his abdomen, but doctors said a tumour found in his bowel was benign.

However, the father-of-two was rushed back to the hospital in crippling pain and died just three months after his 40th birthday.

Speaking to the Tele, his wife Gillian paid tribute to Bruce, describing him as a “doting dad”.

She said: “He had been unwell for about a year-and-a-half, with really bad stomach pains.

“He had a series of tests but doctors just couldn’t get to the bottom of it. On the Monday, he was in more pain than usual but OK.

“He had some toast for his tea and was messing around with the kids, dipping it in the beans they were having. Then suddenly he couldn’t move or breathe — he was just crippled with pain.”

Unknown to Bruce and his family, he’d had a recurrence of Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease he battled in his late twenties.

On the Tuesday night, the hospital advised Gillian to go home and get some rest. Gillian said: “I didn’t think I would see him alive again, but he clung on. He had septicaemia and we were told then he wasn’t going to make it. He died at 5pm on the Thursday. I’m still in a state of shock and heartbroken for the children, who are still so young.”

Bruce was being cremated today at Friockheim Crematorium.

Gillian added: “Bruce was really laid-back, nothing fazed him. He would help anyone if he could and adored his kids, but he was also quite a private and deep person.”

The former Dundee College student had returned to work as a plumber in December, working in Dundee and Angus from his home.

Gillian said: “He just wanted to get back into that routine and normality in his life after being ill all that time but, deep down, I think he knew he was dying as we’d talked about funerals and stuff.”

Bruce’s parents Bill and Mary said the news still hadn’t really hit home.

Bill said: “We’re shocked and upset but in a lot of ways it hasn’t really sunk in. We just can’t believe it.

“The kids are too young to understand, it’s so difficult. They’ve asked about him but they’re too young for us to explain what’s going on.”

The family all paid tribute to Bruce’s surgeon, and the staff in Ward 7 at Ninewells.

Bruce is survived by Gillian and their children Oliver, three, and two-year-old Amelia, his parents Bill and Mary, and sister Leanne.

A female motorcyclist was knocked off her bike this morning in a collision with a car.

Police were called to the scene in Monifieth, near to the Tesco supermarket, at about 9.30am following the smash with a white Kia Sportage.

Passers-by could be seen comforting the woman, who was in her fifties, following the incident.

No one was injured in the crash, according to police.

A spokeswoman for the force said: “Officers attended a road traffice collision at the junction with Union Street and Maule Street.

“Two vehicles, a Kia Sportage and a Lexmoto motorcycle, were involved.

“There are no apparent injuries to either party.”

Commuters faced severe delays today after an engineering train broke down on the tracks between Dundee and Aberdeen.

All services using the East Coast Main Line faced delays while the train was removed from the track after coming to a halt at Inverkeilor in Angus.

Trains were disrupted up until around 11am when services began to return to normal.

Coaches were laid on at Dundee station to ease the backlog of passengers.

A spokesman for Network Rail said: “It’s a broken down engineering train at Inverkeilor. It broke down just before 2am.

“There were some changes to the early services this morning as work is was carried out to remove the broken down train from the line between Aberdeen and Dundee.

“We apologise for any I convince caused to passengers this morning.”

Anyone who’s journey was delayed by more than 30 minutes is entitles to make a claim for compensation. Visit www.ScotRail.co.uk/delay-repay for more information.

A man has been charged with assaulting a child and allegedly raping a woman.

Robert Murray, 22, allegedly assaulted a child at an address in Arbroath in May 2010 after inducing the child into a bedroom, pushing the child on to a bed, lying on top of them and kissing the child’s neck and touching the child’s body.

He is also accused of raping a woman at another address in Arbroath in June 2012.

Murray, of Arbroath, is also charged with sexually assaulting a woman at another address in Arbroath in August 2014

A man has had to be cut free from his vehicle following a one car smash in Angus.

Emergency services were called to the A928 at the Hatton of Ogilvy, near Glamis just before 12pm.

Only one vehicle was involved in the incident.

Fire crews used hydraulic cutting gear to free a male casualty before handing him into the care of paramedics.

He was then taken to Ninewells Hospital for treatment, thought the extent of his injuries is not known.

A928 closed at Hatton of Ogilvie due to RTC. Please use A90 and A94 at the moment pic.twitter.com/VGq9qjVOc4

— PC Scott Anderson (@ForfarCentrePC) June 1, 2016

The road was closed while the incident was being dealt with by the emergency services.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service: “We received a call at 11.51am.

“One car was involved in a road traffic collision.

“Firefighters were called to remove one male occupant of the vehicle.

“The vehicle was stabilised before hydraulic cutting gear was used to free the individual.

“He was then placed on a stabilising board before being passed to the Tayside Trauma Team.”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman was unable to clarify if anyone had been injured in the crash.

She said: “We are in attendance at a one vehicle road traffic accident on the A928. We received the call at 11.50am. There are no further details at this stage.”

Firefighters were called to tackle a house blaze near Monikie this morning.

Two appliances were scrambled from Dundee to the address in Newbigging  just after 6.30am.

The fire is believed to have started from the boiler going up in flames and there were concerns it had spread into the wall cavities and caused damage.

The fire had been extinguished as of 7.30am but firefighters were still on scene to check the cavities.

Crews extinguished the blaze in the ground floor of the property using a hose-reel jet and a CO2 extinguisher.

No one was hurt during the incident.

A spokeswoman for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We had a report of a fire this morning at 6.36am in a dwelling in the Monikie area at Downie Mill Farm.

“One appliance from the Kingsway and one appliance from Balmossie attended.”

An elderly man is in a serious condition in Ninewells Hospital after a road crash yesterday.

The 84-year-old was involved in a one-vehicle smash on the A928 Petterden to Glamis Road near to Hatton of Ogilvie at about 11.50am.

His burgundy Honda left the road and collided with a wall and a tree.

Fire crews had to free the man from his vehicle using hydraulic cutting gear.

He was then handed into the care of paramedics who rushed him to hospital in Dundee. Police say the man is continuing to receive treatment for his injuries.

The road was closed for a time while the scene was investigated.

Officers are now looking for anyone who may have seen the crash or the vehicle around the time of the incident.

A spokeswoman for the force added: “Police Scotland along with other emergency services attended on the A928 Petterden to Glamis Road near to Hatton of Ogilvie, Angus at about 11.50am yesterday following reports of a one-vehicle road traffic collision involving a burgundy coloured Honda car that had collided with a wall and a tree.

“Tayside Division Officers appeal to anyone who witnessed the collision to contact Police Scotland on 101 or speak to any Police Officer.”

A man who lost nine stones completed his first marathon — even after pulling his hamstring 18 miles into the event.

Robert Fleming took part in the Edinburgh marathon and, even after the injury, courageously carried on for another eight miles, describing the last leg as “torture”.

He also raised £250 for Prostate Cancer UK.

Robert said: “It was torture but I was determined to get over the finish line.

“It had been a major feat on my part to get there and I wasn’t letting anything get in the way of me completing the distance.”

For 10 years of his life, the 30-year-old lived with depression — which left him contemplating suicide — before he decided to turn his life around.

He was very overweight, weighing 20st 3lbs, and had become the target of bullies.

After losing nine stones, one of his goals was to complete a marathon, which he did last weekend.

He said: “I had done a couple of half marathons but I wanted to do a full one and decided my first would be at Edinburgh.

“I had been in training for quite some time and felt fit and ready for it.”

Robert, of Forfar, said everything started off well, but as he approached the 18-mile mark he felt something wasn’t right.

He explained: “I felt my hamstring go and I was really worried I’d have to stop.

“But I just wasn’t ready to do that. I wanted to go the distance and I knew that somehow I had to keep going.”

He said the crowd was fantastic and really helped him along the way and added: “The encouragement from the spectators was amazing and they helped hugely to get me over that finish line. I was in agony but there was no way I was giving up.”

Robert said that crossing the line was the best feeling ever.

He explained: “I’m so glad I made it and I raised £250 for prostate cancer.”

Robert said he would now have to take time off running to recover, adding: “However, this isn’t the end. I have got the bug and as soon as I can I will be back out running and training. My life is so much better now than ever before and a lot of that is down to running.”

Police are on the hunt for a man after he exposed himself to a woman in a park.

The woman was walking in the rose garden in Springfield Park, Arbroath on Wednesday evening when a man indecently exposed himself.

The culprit, who police say has a local accent, then ran off in the direction of Ponderlaw Street.

A statement from the force read: “Police Scotland is appealing for information after an indecent exposure which happened at 11.40pm on Wednesday June 1 in Arbroath

“Officers are keen to trace a man described as being aged between 30-35 years, approximately five foot seven inches in height and of stocky build. He was wearing a red hooded top and dark jogging bottoms. He had a local accent.

“The man made off in the direction of Ponderlaw Street.

“Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101.”

A nursery manager who described a child as “looking a bit spastic” has been struck off.

Dianne Brown, who was the manager of Busy Bee Nursery in Montrose, was found by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) to have made the comment about a photo of a child in 2014 “on the balance of probabilities”.

She has now been removed from the SSSC register, although it is understood Brown resigned from her position during the body’s investigation and left Scotland.

Brown also faced another three charges, which occurred eight days after the initial complaint of describing a child as a “spastic”.

She was found to have used “inappropriate restraint” in May 2014 by placing a four-year-old child in a buggy in the baby room and putting restraining straps on the youngster as a means to stop their “challenging behaviour”.

Brown then told the child, “Oh look, even the babies are laughing at you” or words to that effect.

She finally stated, “If you are going to act like a baby I will treat you like a baby” or words to that effect.

The manager’s behaviour was deemed by the SSSC as “misconduct” .

During the SSSC hearing it was reported that a staff member at Busy Bee Nursery made the claims against Brown on a whistle-blowing course.

Carol Craig, operations manager of the company that owns the nursery, said: “We were conducting training at Dundee University on child protection, with specific relation to whistle-blowing.

“We had the whole company there and a member of the team from Montrose came forward at a break to say she had a concern about something from the previous day.”

Once the full details were written down, Brown was suspended.

A spokeswoman for the nursery involved, which has now been renamed Little Beehives, said it supported the SSSC’s findings.

She said: “Little Beehives (formerly Busy Bees) operates a zero tolerance policy which resulted in Dianne Brown being investigated through our internal disciplinary procedures and reported to the relevant authorities.

“We have worked with the SSSC and support its findings. Dianne Brown left our employment whilst she was suspended pending investigation.”

Brown couldn’t be reached for comment.