No name change for Neighbours

Australian soap Neighbours has revealed there are no such plans to change the name of Ramsay Steet after pulling an April Fools prank on fans, and some media outlets, by claiming the soap would rename the culd-de-sac 25th Avenue to mark its anniversary.

 

 

 

You may have read that Neighbours is planning to rename Ramsay Street as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. You may have read that the cul-de-sac would instead be called 25th Avenue to review the age of the soap. You may have been outraged at the plans. Well now you can breath a sigh of relief because folks you were had. Yes bosses Neighbours have revealed that the story was an April Fools Day prank and there are no such plans.

 

The story was reported over here yesterday prompting some fans to believe it was true – forgetting of course the time difference between here and Australia. So if you were wondering why we didn’t cover the story now you know  – we saw straight through it.