Now, Punch and Judy will hand out punishment to police offices, devils and crocodiles instead ... In the modern version, the puppets will have arguments but 'don't hit each other with sticks ...

Punch and Judy puppet shows are a quintessential part of British culture, with their red-and-white-striped booths closely associated with the seaside resorts that thrived in the Victorian era.

Returning from the puppets' graveyard, both Punch and Pretty Polly go ... play their part - whether Punch, Judy, the Baby, Pretty Polly, the Devil, Scaramouch, Clown Joey, the Policeman, Beadle ...

A Punch and Judy show that was due to take place at a coronation gala in Lincolnshire has been cancelled after concerns the act was "inappropriate". The traditional puppet show was dropped from ...