Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square is defaced with pro-Chelsea graffiti

Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square is defaced with pro-Chelsea graffiti after club’s Champions League win Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square has been scrawled in graffiti Graffiti read ‘Chelsea’, ‘CFC’ and ‘1905’ – the year the London club was founded The Metropolitan Police are investigating the vandalism following UEFA final  By Jack Wright For Mailonline … Read more

Covid vaccine boxes must be defaced before they are thrown away, official guidance warns

Coronavirus vaccine boxes must be defaced with permanent marker and destroyed before they are thrown away, official guidance warns. NHS England instructions say this is to stop thieves using the cartons to sell fake jabs on doorsteps and the dark web. They add that vials, which contain doses before they are put into syringes, can … Read more

Washington Sq Park monument defaced as NYPD faces $1bn budget cut

New York City’s famous George Washington Monument was defaced with red paint on Monday as protesters gathered across town outside City Hall ahead of a controversial vote that slashes the city’s police budget by $1billion – 16 percent of its total – despite escalating crime and chaos.  In the latest symbol of police defiance and … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: The race protesters who defaced Churchill’s statue are perverse and offensive

Some images from the Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on Saturday will linger long in the memory.  The sheer scale and physical density of the march, as viewed from above, is one, simultaneously impressive in its display of solidarity and terrifying for NHS medics anxious to avert a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 infection.  Then … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: The race protesters who defaced Churchill’s statue are perverse and offensive

Some images from the Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on Saturday will linger long in the memory.  The sheer scale and physical density of the march, as viewed from above, is one, simultaneously impressive in its display of solidarity and terrifying for NHS medics anxious to avert a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 infection.  Then … Read more