Parents' fears over Starbucks built next to infant school

Parents at an infant school in Birmingham say they fear for their children's safety now that construction has began on a Starbucks drive through next door.

The planned entrance for cars driving into the Starbucks is next to the pedestrian entrance for Bellfield Infant School in Northfield.

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Headteacher Gill Simm told ITV News Central that they had initially welcomed Starbucks as a positive use of the derelict land. But after the plans came through, she was horrified at the location of the drive through entrance.

The developers insist they have put safety measures in place, including new extended railings, free parking for parents and a footpath from the coffee shop to the school gates.

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But for parents, they feel the only way to make the drive through safe would be to move the entrance entirely.

Starbucks say they won't be carrying out work at the site's main entrance during the week to avoid disruption - and added that two new guard rails will be built at the point where cars will be entering the drive through.