A HEADMISTRESS was dramatically suspended following investigations into her salary.

Miss Alison Durbar, head of Haslingden High School, was sent home after county council auditors examined the school's accounts.

Miss Durbar had been in charge of the school - the largest in East Lancashire - for about two years.

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