Peter Williams

Teagan McFarlane (left), 14, was hit with a corrosive substance outside Westminster Academy (right) in central London on Monday that also left a 16-year-old boy who was not a pupil and a 27-year-old female teacher with injuries. Her father, Corey McFarlane, who spent last night applying paraffin to his daughter's face in hospital, has said she does not want to return to school after the attack, adding that the incident had 'deeply affected (her) mentally'. The family is preparing to move home, a plan that has become 'necessary due to our circumstances', he added. Teagan is due to undergo surgery this morning for the grievous, 'potentially life-changing' injuries she suffered.

Police are investigating whether an acid attack on a 14-year-old girl was linked to a dispute at her school, her family has said. The young girl was doused in acid outside her school on Monday afternoon and it is understood she will suffer potentially life-changing injuries and require long-term care. Her grandmother, Bridget McFarlane, told MailOnline that the situation remains 'traumatic' but she is confident that the authorities 'know who it is'. She also revealed that the girl has sadly had to be readmitted to hospital earlier today, despite being released earlier in the week.

Corey McFarlane has launched a fundraiser to help pay for the 'immediate' costs related to his daughter's 'care and long-term support' - and wrote in his plea for help that she had been the victim of a 'senseless act of violence'. Mr McFarlane, who shared heartbreaking images of his daughter's damaged skin, said words 'cannot express the shock, pain and trauma she is going through'. Police are continuing to hunt for a tall, slim Black man in dark clothing who rode up to Westminster Academy on Monday afternoon and threw a corrosive substance at the teenage pupil and a 16-year-old who did not attend the school.