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World War 2. Despite everything from supermarkets to VisitScotland planning to use it in the lead-up to October 31, National Theatre Scotland (NTS) has dropped it after spooky was flagged up as a racist slur, the Daily Record reports.It was last used by NTS in 2016 for A Christmas Carol at the Old Kirk in Kirkcaldy, which it described as a “spooky location”.

But the charity’s commitment to fight racism in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement has identified offensive words, including spooky.

A theatre source said: “No one has complained about it but there were worries they could in the future."There’s been a lot of training and meetings since the BLM movement and how NTS should change.“It might seem mad but NTS is committed to.

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