Civil servants are being investigated after complaints of appalling behaviour at a Government office on Tyneside.

A probe is underway after claims staff leapt naked from filing cabinets and vomited into cups during workplace pranks.

They are also following up accusations of drug-taking and sex in the toilets. And today officials for the Rural Payments Agency based in Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle, have confirmed disciplinary action and a dismissal have already taken place.