The NSPCC has become embroiled in a row with Mumsnet users after defending the right of transgender girls to join the Girl Guides.

The children's charity called off a planned live event about keeping children safe from abuse on Friday after users repeatedly asked questions about allowing transgender children into single-sex spaces.

Users raised concerns about children who identify as female, but who were born male, sharing changing rooms, shower facilities and dormitories with other Girl Guides.

Other participants asked about the increasing number of children who are deciding to live as a different gender while still at school.

A staff member posted to say the event had been cancelled "because the questions here are so focused on gender identity, the feeling is that the NSPCC campaign itself and the NSPCC's specific safety messages are unlikely to get much of an airing."