USUALLY a bad hair day is an unwelcome development.
But not for children at Bowburn Infants and Nursery School, in Bowburn, near Durham, who donned bizarre hairstyles to raise money for the North East Autism Society.
Each child taking part made a small donation to the cause.
Trish Fay, from the school, said the school was a riot of colour for the day.
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