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Red nose ban

Health and safety chiefs have banned guests at Comic Relief Does Fame Academy from wearing red noses.

Producers planned to give the soft foam noses to contestants' friends and family during the live shows.

But officials at London's historic County Hall feared the noses may be a fire risk, reports the Daily Mirror.

A show insider said: "It's a bit ridiculous to stop adults in the audience from wearing red noses.

"It's a shame because the show is to raise money and it might have encouraged more people to go out and buy the noses if they saw them on telly."

A spokeswoman for show-makers Endemol said: "It is true red noses are not allowed - but neither are newspapers, bottles, bags and all manner of other items.

"We are filming in a Grade II listed building and anything that is a potential fire risk or can cause damage when dropped is not allowed. We are working with essential equipment only."

The Comic Relief Does Fame Academy final - hosted by Patrick Kielty and Claudia Winkleman - is on Friday, Red Nose Day.