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In the News: Panto casts wrong kind of fox with porn star namesake -- oh yes it does!

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Red faces all round at the Macrobert arts centre in Stirling after it emerged that one of the characters in the venue's family panto has the same name as a leading porn star.

Nevertheless, the team behind the show has refused to rectify the blunder, reported Scottish broadcaster STV, saying "no one will notice" — apart from the journalists who pointed it out, that is.

The panto, a mixture of Snow White and The Sound of Music, features a family of foxes. "The leader of the gang — Felicia Fox — shares her name with an award-winning American porn actress," reported the STV news website. "A simple internet search reveals a host of lurid images unsuitable to either the young stars or their audience who may be curious about the character's name."

Liam Sinclair, artistic director and chief executive at the Macrobert, confirmed he had no plans to change character names. "He pointed out that the children appearing in the show and their families have had the script for several months," added the website. "And that no-one had noticed the boob." Ahem.

Talking of foxes. It seems there's a killer on the loose in Ifield, West Sussex, and parents have been told their "children could be next".

The Crawley News was the bearer of this warning from animal-lover Richard Symonds whose beloved pet rabbit Dexter was "mauled to death" by a fox.

"When I got there the top of the rabbit hutch had been ripped off, with Dexter's headless torso nearby," he told the paper, adding: "This is not a joke. There is a killer fox in Ifield. I think parents with babies should be warned."

The Crawley News naturally sought to downplay these fears. "It is not unknown for foxes to attack young children," said the paper, helpfully, flagging up a recent case in which twin babies were attacked in east London.

The Daily Mail reported on the case of a Santa who has fallen foul of littering laws by leaving gifts for children in trees at Pembrey Country Park in Wales.

"Carmarthenshire council officials have appealed for the benefactor, who signs himself as 'the Woodland Santa', to work in partnership with them to avoid any unseasonable brushes with the law," reported the Mail. As one councillor explained: "We don't want to be the first authority to be labelled Scrooges for citing Santa for fly-tipping."

And finally, a group of kind-hearted Devon schoolchildren stepped in to cheer up staff at an aquarium after the death of hundreds of fish, reported local newspaper The Herald.

Pupils from Bickleigh Down Primary School, Plymouth, presented a homemade condolence card during a trip to the National Marine Aquarium after a power failure that resulted in the Atlantic Reef tank - the attraction's centrepiece - draining, causing "hundreds of fish fatalities".

The paper did not reveal the message in the card but it's hard to know what to say on these occasions. Plenty more fish in the sea? Perhaps not.


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