Jenna Darnley, a pupil at Longridge High School, was found hanged in her garden by her mum Angela , at their home in The Hills, Grimsargh, near Preston, at 3.30am on Friday.

Detectives were called to the house in the early hours of Friday but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

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Mrs Darnley, 42, along with husband Bill, 39, and their eldest daughter Samii, 18, have been inundated with cards, flowers and online tributes.

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Mrs Darnley said: "With all the photographs people have put online and the beautiful things they said, it helps.

"It gave us some comfort and we have had people knocking on our door we do not even know.

"One lady we had never met came round and said she had been crying for two days.

"That is a comfort to know people are thinking about Jenna."

Mr Darnley said: "We are grateful to know how many people are thinking about her and our family."

A special assembly was held on Friday at Longridge High where pupils in her year group, Year 11, were told of her death.

Many of the pupils were left distraught by the news and were allowed to go home.

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