Energy costs: 'Wear more clothes if it's cold', pupils and staff told

Staff and pupils at schools across Northern Ireland have been told to "wear more clothes" if it is cold in order to cut heating bills.

Schools have been told by the Education Authority (EA) that increasing costs will affect school energy bills and to reduce heating and lighting "wherever possible".

The authority has said that school gas and electricity bills are set to rise by about £8m by March 2027.

But principals have told BBC News NI it is not…