An Italian teacher has been suspended from school because of her extra-curricular activities as a porn star, local authorities announced.

The out-of-hours behaviour of Anna Ciriani was "not compatible with educational activity", the head of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia education authority said.

Ciriani, dubbed the "porno-prof" by Italy's main newspapers, said she never let her hobby get in the way of her teaching. "My behaviour at school has always been professional and irreproachable," she was quoted as saying by the AGI agency.