Pupil awarded £4,000 after burning her lips at school - on a toasted marshmallow... As councils are dishing out thousands of pounds from the taxpayer to pay off 'baffling' compensation claims

Figures from local councils reveal £3.75 million was paid out in the past two years after 6,000 cases in which schools were sued by parents over what campaigners call 'ordinary childhood accidents'.

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