Hello all, We've spotted this headline emerging this morning relating to problems yesterday: Schools in lockdown in the north west as police probe ‘malicious emails’ In brief the report says: Police have launched an investigation after malicious emails were sent to a number of schools in the north-west which forced one of them to go into lockdown. Chester Constabulary (CC) and Great Manchester Police (GMP) both received reports on Tuesday morning of threats to teachers and pupils sent to schools in Chester, Ellesmere Port and the city of Manchester. Both forces have now launched an investigation and officers have been visiting schools to provide reassurance. **** We thought we'd give you a 'heads up' on it in case of any similar activities in our area by the same perpetrators or copycats. Our advice is to: * brief those who may receive such emails * ensure there is no response to the sender * let the police know - you will need to make a judgement call on whether it i