Author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped from the Waterstones Children's Book Festival next year, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards young women.
The news comes after Walliams' publisher, HarperCollins, cut ties with the star on Friday. The author has strongly denied the allegations.
A spokesperson for Waterstones, the well-known British book chain, told the BBC: "HarperCollins have confirmed that David Walliams will no longer be appearing at our festival in Dundee."
The festival will also take in two other locations - Lincoln, where it held its inaugural event earlier this year, and Taunton.
Walliams has now been removed from the listed speakers list on the festival website.
