内容摘要：Bert and his pals had to wait until "all the pomp died down".

Bert and his pals had to wait until "all the pomp died down".

A Mischief of Rats will run from 3 May and is set to pay tribute to 1960's band The Rats, whose local musicians included the late Mick Ronson, ahead of what would have been his 80th birthday.Co-director Clare Huby said they were looking for space to store the sculptures ahead of the trail and were hoping to speak to property owners and community members in the Hull area.

She added the 6ft (1.8m) tall giant rodents would be "very cute, sitting up on their hind legs looking at people."She said: "The rats take up a lot of space, and we have to have somewhere to store them once they're made, until the sculpture opens."We also need somewhere like a studio so that our artists can paint them.

"My co-director Rick Welton is a huge music fan and I know people in Hull have been keen to have something that will honour Mick Ronson, so this just seemed like the perfect opportunity."She added the project would also help the Daisy Appeal charity and the work it put into helping the Castle Hill Hospital for the treatment of cancers.

It will be similar to previous projects, including Larkin with Toads, A Moth for Amy and Puffins Galore.

Mick Ronson grew up in Hull and formed the band that went on to become The Spiders From Mars.The school said it would ensure a full investigation was carried out in cooperation with the police and Newport council, which confirmed it was aware of an assault which took place near the school.

The council added the alleged victim returned to school on Thursday, and said it was in close contact with the school.Gwent Police also confirmed officers were aware of a separate allegation of assault involving a different child from earlier in the day and that investigation was also ongoing.

It added: "We understand the worry and concern that incidents of this nature can cause, and would like to thank the community for the information they've given us up to now."Two swans found dead by a canal towpath were not killed with an air rifle as was originally believed, police said.