<p>In a bizarre incident, a group of boys at a UK school turned up for classes in skirts to protest a 'no shorts' rule despite heatwave in the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 17-strong group from Whitchurch High School in Cardiff raised eyebrows when they were seen in the morning striding around the school in borrowed skirts.<br /><br />Protester Tyrone Evelyn, 15, said the group, from Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, would continue campaigning for a change.<br /><br />"It's just appropriate for the weather, we don't want to be hot and bothered. Over the last few days I've had a few headaches and skin irritations because I've been too hot," he was quoted by The Mirror as saying.<br /><br />"Girls can wear skirts, so I don't see why we can't wear shorts. It's a reasonable protest," he added.<br /><br />Tyrone and his friends wore trousers to school with skirts stowed in their bags after they suspected some teachers had got wind of their protest, which they planned on Facebook.<br /><br />They then nipped into the loos and changed, before taking to the school corridors chanting, "we want to wear shorts".<br /><br />Tyrone's mother Andrea John, 51, said she would be happy to buy school shorts, adding: "It should be optional to wear three-quarter length shorts. It would cost exactly the same as if they wore trousers."<br /><br />The boys' protest comes a month after train drivers in Sweden made international headlines by wearing skirts to work to protest against a policy that banned shorts.<br /><br />Train company Arriva has since capitulated and changed its policy to say all their drivers can wear trousers, shorts or skirts.<br /><br />But it seems the protest was short-lived and came to an abrupt end when the boys were marched into the headmaster's office.<br /><br />Despite rumours that the pupils had been sent home, headteacher Huw Jones-Williams said no-one had been punished.<br /><br />"We had a conversation with some boys this morning and they have worn trousers," he said.<br /><br />Britain's Met Office, earlier this week, issued a heatwave alert for London and south-eastern England as the mercury touched 30 degrees Celsius, a record for the year.<br /><br />Britain is experiencing its first prolonged heatwave since 2006, with six consecutive days of temperatures above 30 degrees Celcius.<br /><br />Ambulance services across England have reported an increase in call-outs since the hot weather began.</p>
<p>In a bizarre incident, a group of boys at a UK school turned up for classes in skirts to protest a 'no shorts' rule despite heatwave in the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 17-strong group from Whitchurch High School in Cardiff raised eyebrows when they were seen in the morning striding around the school in borrowed skirts.<br /><br />Protester Tyrone Evelyn, 15, said the group, from Whitchurch High School in Cardiff, would continue campaigning for a change.<br /><br />"It's just appropriate for the weather, we don't want to be hot and bothered. Over the last few days I've had a few headaches and skin irritations because I've been too hot," he was quoted by The Mirror as saying.<br /><br />"Girls can wear skirts, so I don't see why we can't wear shorts. It's a reasonable protest," he added.<br /><br />Tyrone and his friends wore trousers to school with skirts stowed in their bags after they suspected some teachers had got wind of their protest, which they planned on Facebook.<br /><br />They then nipped into the loos and changed, before taking to the school corridors chanting, "we want to wear shorts".<br /><br />Tyrone's mother Andrea John, 51, said she would be happy to buy school shorts, adding: "It should be optional to wear three-quarter length shorts. It would cost exactly the same as if they wore trousers."<br /><br />The boys' protest comes a month after train drivers in Sweden made international headlines by wearing skirts to work to protest against a policy that banned shorts.<br /><br />Train company Arriva has since capitulated and changed its policy to say all their drivers can wear trousers, shorts or skirts.<br /><br />But it seems the protest was short-lived and came to an abrupt end when the boys were marched into the headmaster's office.<br /><br />Despite rumours that the pupils had been sent home, headteacher Huw Jones-Williams said no-one had been punished.<br /><br />"We had a conversation with some boys this morning and they have worn trousers," he said.<br /><br />Britain's Met Office, earlier this week, issued a heatwave alert for London and south-eastern England as the mercury touched 30 degrees Celsius, a record for the year.<br /><br />Britain is experiencing its first prolonged heatwave since 2006, with six consecutive days of temperatures above 30 degrees Celcius.<br /><br />Ambulance services across England have reported an increase in call-outs since the hot weather began.</p>