'Most haunted village' gears up for Halloween

With Halloween in the air, ghouls are set to emerge from the shadows in the quiet streets of Pluckley, reputedly the most haunted village in England.

But it is not so much the ghosts that are spooking the inhabitants but the hordes of booze-fuelled thrill-seekers.

"There's always some people who mess around. The village generally would rather Halloween did not happen," Chris Housman, chairman of Pluckley Parish Council, told AFP.