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Home and Away has responded to claims of censorship after cutting same-sex kissing scenes.

The soap recently aired the romantic scenes between Alex and her girlfriend Willow on New Zealand television, but those moments were cut from episodes that aired in Australia.

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Fans in Australia have since taken to social media to share their confusion and disappointment at the missing scenes, one of which sees Alex kiss Willow in a bar, and another features a long emotional speech that also ends with a kiss.

In a statement (via ABC), Channel 7 claimed that it accidentally aired the wrong versions of two episodes in Australia due to "human error".

"As with any television show, numerous changes are made throughout the post-production process all the way up until final broadcast," the statement read.

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The network also said that "the final versions of those episodes" will be shown on its streaming service in Australia, 7Plus.

But needless to say, fans weren't happy when the scenes were initially cut:

Home and Away's UK broadcaster Channel 5 has confirmed to Digital Spy that the scenes will not be cut when it screens the episodes in the coming weeks.

A spokesperson told us: "This is not content that Channel 5 would remove."

Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5 (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia).

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