Poor little Perri Luc Kiely. His dance group, Diversity, were invited to perform for Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday and in the midst of their performance he backflipped, then fell.

Mr Brown looked on in disbelief as the 13 year old collapsed in fits of tears, probably more embarrassed than hurt, and had to be comforted by his team mates.

A spokesman for the group said Perri was “absolutely fine, just a bit shocked”.