A depute head at the centre of a row about violence in schools has lost her fight to get her job back.

Linda Ross was suspended from Sidlaw View, Dundee, in September 2007 after her husband, Vic, raised concerns about attacks in the classroom.

She was then moved to the city's Longhaugh Primary but was suspended again and then sacked.

The rejection of the appeal against the dismissal was announced on a website Mr Ross created to highlight her case.

A council spokesman confirmed the appeal had been thrown out.