A school has apologised after children were set homework asking them to imagine they were the parent of a victim of the Manchester Arena bombing.

According to social media messages posted by parents of children at Bridlington School, in East Yorkshire, the homework for Year 8 pupils also asked them to "write a response to the point of view that 'all terrorists should be forgiven'."

The PSHE (personal, social, health and economic education) task was posted on the Showmyhomework app, used by many schools to coodinate homework between staff, students and parents.

One person who said on Twitter that her daughter had been set the homework, said: "This is not acceptable".

Headteacher Kate Parker-Randall said: "Firstly I would like to apologise for any upset that this piece of work may have caused."