Wardens stoned by parents over school parking

Traffic wardens have been told to visit primary schools in pairs after they were stoned by angry parents.

On some occasions, the officers have been accompanied by police to protect them from verbal and physical abuse.

Parents are angered by traffic congestion outside St Thomas of Canterbury and St Helen's schools, and Sawyers Hall College on one road in Brentwood, Essex.

Simon Bennett, from Brentwood council, said: "It is a very difficult problem to resolve and we are going to look at it again."

One mother, from Hutton, said she had paint thrown over her car, warning her not to park there.