Families complained at a seaside carnival after organisers allowed a horror-themed float to participate.

Children attending Margate Carnival were left in tears after actors, including one dressed as a chainsaw-wielding maniac supposedly covered in blood, appeared during the procession.

Event organisers have launched an investigation following claims people dressed in ghoulish costumed had to be told to "back off" from children.

Thousands of people flocked to watch the procession at the Kent seaside resort on Sunday but some were left angry at the "scary" float.

One 30-year-old mum said: "The actors were going up to kids and they were crying.