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'Creepy clowns' craze: Professionals hit out at pranksters

Police across England have been called to dozens of incidents in which people are dressing as clowns to deliberately scare people. It follows hundreds of similar incidents in America and Canada over the past few months. Clowns are of course supposed to provide entertainment and fun, so what do genuine clowns make of these reports? Dan Damon spoke to Bibbledy-Bob, a trained clown, who says he is concerned that these pranksters are bringing his profession into ill repute.

(Picture: Clown masks Credit: Getty Images)

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