A CHARITY has been forced to cancel an event at the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline on Friday "due to licensing issues".

The Dunfermline local committee of Cancer Research UK had sold close to 300 tickets for a Mamma Mia sing along event.

A spokesperson for the committee said: "It is with great regret and much disappointment that we have had to cancel the event due to licensing issues.

"We did try to source another film but with short timescales we decided to cancel as we don’t do anything half heartedly when it comes to your sing along experience!

"We hope you understand that we did all we could to get the show up and running but it was out of our hands.

"Carnegie Hall will be contacting everyone they have contact details for to issue a refund, but if you bought tickets and don’t hear from them please let us know.

"If you purchased tickets from committee members please speak to them directly."

She added: "Please take time to do something just as fun on Friday – we’re having a long overdue Christmas night out and others are going to see the new film.

"Together we will beat cancer."