'Creepy clowns' spark calls to Childline

Charity joins police in condemning menacing fad after receiving 120 calls in one week

Clown

Childline has become the latest organisation to criticise the growing number of 'creepy clowns', after the charity received 120 calls from frightened children over the past week.

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