The Remember Me campaign for a Covid memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral has received another stunning boost thanks to a £100,000 donation from City grandee and philanthropist Lord Spencer and his wife. Making the generous pledge, the trading tycoon said he and his wife Sarah felt a ‘national memorial to those we have lost is … Read more
The Remember Me campaign for a Covid memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral has received another stunning boost thanks to a £100,000 donation from City grandee and philanthropist Lord Spencer and his wife. Making the generous pledge, the trading tycoon said he and his wife Sarah felt a ‘national memorial to those we have lost is … Read more
Boris Johnson yesterday backed plans for a national Covid memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, telling the Commons it would be a ‘fitting place of reflection’. The Prime Minister announced the creation of a commission to examine ways for the nation to remember the victims of the ‘gravest crisis since the Second World War’. And he … Read more
A petition calling for a statue to Prince Philip following his death yesterday aged 99 has already been signed by thousands of people. Save Our Statues launched a change.org campaign calling on Boris Johnson to erect a monument to the Duke of Edinburgh in London. The page has been signed more than 4,000 times since … Read more
A petition calling for a statue to Prince Philip following his death yesterday aged 99 has already been signed by thousands of people. Save Our Statues launched a change.org campaign calling on Boris Johnson to erect a monument to the Duke of Edinburgh in London. The page has been signed more than 4,000 times since … Read more
Doctors, teachers and nurses today urged Boris Johnson to formally recognise an annual ‘Covid Memorial Day’ and erect a monument on Whitehall. More than 50 MPs and peers along with the health unions, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing are backing the calls. There is also a cross-party campaign for a … Read more
Doctors, teachers and nurses today urged Boris Johnson to formally recognise an annual ‘Covid Memorial Day’ and erect a monument on Whitehall. More than 50 MPs and peers along with the health unions, the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing are backing the calls. There is also a cross-party campaign for a … Read more
A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into ‘offensive’ statues. The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888. A campaign … Read more
Will locals back statue for Margaret Thatcher? Referendum could be held to decide whether to erect monument to the Iron Lady in her home town Former mayor of Grantham Ian Selby proposed a poll to decide on 10ft statue £300,000 plinth in Grantham was funded by Public Memorials Appeal charity South Kesteven District Council has put … Read more
Will locals back statue for Margaret Thatcher? Referendum could be held to decide whether to erect monument to the Iron Lady in her home town Former mayor of Grantham Ian Selby proposed a poll to decide on 10ft statue £300,000 plinth in Grantham was funded by Public Memorials Appeal charity South Kesteven District Council has put … Read more