Teacher 'orders dying girl - who suffers from alopecia - to remove wig because it's the wrong colour' - See Photos

The mum of a terminally ill girl who suffers from alopecia says her daughter was forced by a teacher to remove a wig she wore to school.

Ashanti Elliot Smith, 11, wanted hair like other girls but says she was told to take it off because it was pink and might encourage other girls to dye their hair.

Ashanti suffers from Hutchinson Gilford Progeria – a rare ageing disease that means she is not expected to live past the age of 15.

Her mother, Phoebe Smith, 29, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, said: "She was devastated when they told her to take it off. Her little heart was broken. It's disgusting. See more photos....