Health experts in South Wales have closed a primary school after discovering evidence that a child has contracted the E.coli bug.
All 97 pupils at Glenboi Primary School, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, had been told the school will be closed on Friday and are now being checked to find who has contracted the illness.
This is the first time authorities have closed any of the dozens of affected schools.
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