A new statue of crime writer Agatha Christie has been unveiled in her home town of Torquay. The statue, by local artist Elisabeth Hadley, will be the focal point of the Devon seaside town’s new £4m harbourside plaza. It depicts the author, who was born in Torquay in 1890, and her favourite dog, Peter. The...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter BBC The statue was seen being unveiled with a new protective covering on Wednesday morning A controversial statue carved by the sculptor Eric Gill has been restored and is being unveiled outside the BBC’s London headquarters. The Grade II-listed statue was damaged in 2022 and 2023, when it was attacked by...
CCTV captured the moment the two men damaged the Paddington Bear statue A Paddington statue that was ripped from a bench by two RAF engineers is to be reinstalled. The homage to the famous bear has been repaired and repainted and will be unveiled during a ceremony in Newbury, Berkshire, on Wednesday. Part of the...
Getty Images The council said it received complaints about members of the public and particularly tourists touching the Molly Malone statue Stewards are to be stationed next to a statue of Molly Malone in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after...
Two RAF engineers have admitted they broke a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue in half and stole it from a bench. Daniel Heath, 22, of Oakhall Park, Thornton, West Yorkshire, and William Lawrence, 22, of John Street, Enderby, Leicestershire, both admitted an offence of criminal damage at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The statue on Northbrook...
