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A school has 'unequivocally' apologised to parents after a teacher admitted in a lesson she had attended a counter protest at a hotel housing asylum seekers and told kids St George flags were viewed by some people as a 'racist symbol'.

Broadoak School, in Partington, has said it has launched an investigation into comments made during a lesson to pupils on Friday morning following complaints by parents.

The comments made by the teacher were captured on a video, shared among parents and then forwarded to the Manchester Evening News . One parent said: "I am livid. Politics and teachers' opinions either side should be kept out of our children's education.

"I've now had to sit (my son) down and explain why I'm not racist. Bear in mind my children are mixed race!"

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