Nine council workers in South Lanarkshire have been suspended over claims they sent joke e-mails about convicted paedophile Gary Glitter.
The staff are thought to include members of the children and family services department.
They were said to have been sent home after the e-mails were tracked by the council's IT unit.
The e-mails were understood to feature pictures of children's faces stuck on images of former pop star Gary Glitter.
A South Lanarkshire Council spokeswoman said: "A number of employees have been suspended as the result of an ongoing inquiry into the misuse of the council's internal e-mail.
"We can't comment further at this stage of the inquiry."
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