Nursery school teacher Lisa Potts spent her first day back at school this week, since being seriously injured while...
Nursery school teacher Lisa Potts spent her first day back at school this week, since being seriously injured while protecting pupils from a machete attack, the Northern Echo reported (January 7, p2).
Lisa, who has won numerous heroism awards, sustained injuries to her back and hands in the attack, at a picnic at St Luke's Church of England School in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, last July.
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