Hassan Ali was on holiday in Budapest when he was contacted by his neighbour about a sign that had been painted on the road directly outside his semi-detached home in Staffordshire.

The bright yellow sign, which read: “School: Keep Clear”, was painted on Greendock Street in the early hours of Friday morning, his neighbour informed him – a bewildering update considering there was no school to keep clear of and had not been one for the past 15 years.

“It’s ridiculous,” Ali said. “The school moved 15 years ago. Plus even if there is a school, the access to the school should be [over] there, not in front of my house.”

It’s a debacle that has caused somewhat of a stir in Longton, one of six towns in Stoke-on-Trent, attracting local media attention and forcing the council’s Labour leader, Jane Ashworth, to apologise for the mistake, admitting there “clearly isn’t a school” there.

The daubing has since been covered with black paint, making it barely legible while driving – an immediate response by the council seemingly to allay fears that people could receive a fine for parking outside their homes. However, the letters are still noticeable.

Ali said his friend had reported the road sign to local media and he believes the subsequent attention forced the council to act quickly. “Because of all the hoo-ha that happened … they act[ed] immediately,” he said. “Now we got the sign, but in black.”

Assuming how the mistake had happened, he said: “Typical council, the people sitting in the office, they don’t have any ideas.”

Lee Evans, who lives on the street, said he had noticed the sign on Friday and it was a topic of conversation with his neighbour.

He said: “Why’ve they put a school [sign] there when there’s no school no more?

“They probably got the wrong piece of paper haven’t they,” he added. “Gone off the old plans I reckon.”

Ashworth said she was embarrassed by the mistake and the authority would review the issue. “I’m annoyed for the residents that live there that have been messed about but embarrassed that we made such a mistake,” she told the BBC.

Ali said he wanted clarification on who was responsible for signing off the plan at the council and accused the local authority of “always blaming somebody else”. He also wanted to be told how much the entire debacle had cost.

He speculated: “Who’s going to pay for it? Me, they’re going to add it to the council tax.”

Stoke-on-Trent council has been contacted for comment.

On Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel addressed Donald Trump Jr’s wedding, the New York Knicks making it to the NBA finals and raised an eyebrow to claims that Donald Trump’s physical went “perfectly”.

Jimmy Kimmel

On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr married his partner, Bettina Anderson, in the Bahamas in a small ceremony attended by 40 guests “none of whom were his father”, Kimmel noted.

On Truth Social, Trump wrote that he “very much wanted” to be there but felt it was “important for me to remain in Washington, DC at the White House during this important period of time”.

“He had circumstances pertaining to government – and also flying to a private island makes him miss his friend Jeffrey,” Kimmel joked in reference to Jeffrey Epstein.

“This is a guy who golfs two, three times a week, he’s going to UFC fights with Vanilla Ice,” said Kimmel. “He was too busy for his son’s wedding.”

“But he did say Don and Bettina are going to have a great marriage, and this is a man who knows a great marriage; he’s had three of them himself.”

It has been reported that a larger celebration at the White House will follow the Bahamas ceremony in the fall, with the president expected to attend. “Well, you’d hope so, they live there,” said Kimmel. “Can you imagine if they didn’t show up to that one, too? ‘We wanted to make it, but we were unable to go downstairs.’”

The host then turned to discuss the Iran conflict, with Kimmel saying that Trump is “stuck in [the war] like a pig in a vat of chocolate pudding.” On Saturday, the president said that a deal with Iran was nearly finalized, but US bombs continue to strike the country.

“It’s as if that Fifa peace prize means nothing to this man,” joked Kimmel.

On Memorial Day, Trump posted a Truth Social message wishing a happy holiday to all, “including the Dumbocrats who disrespect our military…God bless those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. I love you all.”

“No one puts the ‘me’ in Memorial Day like Donald J Trump,” Kimmel said to applause.

The president has also rebuked reports of his poor fitness levels. He received his third physical examination in just over a year yesterday, saying “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”

“It’s his third examination in little over a year,” said Kimmel. “Do you think when they do these he knows he’s going to the hospital, or is it like when you trick your dog into going to the vet?”

The host then concluded by addressing an odd video of Robert F Kennedy Jr picking up two snakes and proudly displaying them to the camera.

“They’re trying to bite him!” Kimmel exclaimed. “He’s like, ‘don’t worry, I’ve handled raccoon penis, I know what I’m doing.’”

“And then he gets bitten, not just once … That’s when you know the guy’s a genius, when it happens multiple times. His skin is like an old saddle. Nothing breaks through.

“He’s dangling these snakes like they’re yoyos or something. And then he took them in the house and ate them like Twizzlers.”