Santa suspended after telling children about massacre

A Santa has been suspended from his job in a grotto after he allegedly told children about the US school massacre and that he was not really Father Christmas.

The man, who worked on a freelance basis at Notcutts Garden Centre in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxford, for 10 years, is alleged to have made the remarks to the children of Wendy and Steven Kennett.

They had taken their children Ryan, 10, Amy, seven, and Katie, six, to the centre on Saturday — paying £5.99 for each child to meet Santa.