Parents arrested for WhatsApps say police have paid £20k damages

According to the Times, the couple said they were banned from entering Cowley Hill Primary School in Borehamwood after questioning the recruitment process for a head teacher and criticising the leadership in a parents' WhatsApp group. The parents said they emailed the school "regularly" following the ban to address issues relating to the needs of their daughter, who has epilepsy, is neurodivergent, and is registered disabled. An officer issued a warning to the family in December, telling them to take their daughter out of school, which they did the next month. But a week after that, on 29 January, Mr Allen said six police officers turned up at his home. Mr Allen, who is a Times Radio producer, denied using abusive or threatening language, "even in private".