firing line

One of its experts Graeme Stuart said: "To deliberately put children and schools in the firing line, is indefensible. Frankly, it is appalling."

She then suffered racist abuse following the quarter-final, and was taken out of the firing line by starting the Italy match on the substitutes' bench.

In 2013-14, the young Root was dropped for the final Test, taken out of the firing line of the rampaging Mitchell Johnson.

With his constitutional revamp to a supposedly "parliamentary" system, Gnassingbé aims to retain full control, yet step his own personality back from the political firing line.

Services including diabetes care for young people, rehab centres and talking therapies are in the firing line, according to NHS Providers, which represents health managers.