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Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled in her home town of Grantham despite protests

A small ceremony was held on Tuesday despite plans being approved for a £100,000 event

Evening Standard

'It's a waste of money': Thatcher statue unveiled despite protests

A STATUE of Margaret Thatcher has been officially unveiled in her hometown despite the presence of protesters.

The National (Scotland)

Margaret Thatcher statue costing £300,000 vandalised for a second time in two weeks

The statue of Margaret Thatcher was first vandalised when an art centre deputy director egged the first female prime minister only a few hours after the statue was unveiled

Daily Mirror

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Communist symbols daubed in second Margaret Thatcher statue vandalism

£300k monument - which had eggs thrown at it during its installation - has also been covered in red paint

Wales Online

Man fined after throwing eggs at statue of Margaret Thatcher

The statue was attacked within hours of it being lowered into place

Wales Online

My home town doesn’t need a fawning monument to Margaret Thatcher

Grantham can do much better than this – an Iron Lady statue facing off with a bronze poll tax protester would be more fitting

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s very divisive’: Margaret Thatcher’s statue splits birthplace of Grantham

Residents of former PM’s hometown continue to have mixed feelings about sculpture after egging

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Man sells eggs by Margaret Thatcher statue after landmark gets vandalised

The 20ft statue of the UK's first female Prime Minister was egged just two hours after it was installed on May 15

Liverpool Echo

Mother-in-law says relative who threw eggs at Baroness Thatcher statue 'childish'

Statue costing £300,000 was sited in former prime minister's home town of Grantham over fears it could become focus of "far-left" if placed in Parliamentary Square, Westminster

Daily Mirror

Moment protester eggs Margaret Thatcher statue after it's unveiled in Grantham

Passing motorists loudly booed the monument, with one shouting “tear it down”

Manchester Evening News

Margaret Thatcher statue egged by protestors within hours of being installed in home town

The statue was lowered into place in Grantham, Lincolnshire, amid previous threats of “egg throwing” and was booed by passing motorists.

Wales Online

Protestor eggs statue of Margaret Thatcher just hours after installation

The brand new £300,000 statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher hadn't long been up when it was struck by eggs

Manchester Evening News

Margaret Thatcher statue egged by protesters in her home town

It was only unveiled hours earlier

Liverpool Echo

New Margaret Thatcher status egged and 'loudly booed' just hours after being erected

Passing motorists loudly booed the monument, with one shouting 'tear it down'

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The Guardian - UK

Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of it being installed

The memorial of the former prime minister in her home town of Grantham was unveiled without ceremony

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of going up in home town of Grantham

Protester arrived in the morning with a carton of eggs as memorial to former PM installed

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of being installed in home town

The statue was lowered into place on Sunday morning amid previous threats of ‘egg throwing’.

The National (Scotland)

Margaret Thatcher statue egged by protester within two hours of being installed

A STATUE of Margaret Thatcher has been pelted with eggs less than two hours after it was installed as a protester made good on promises to target…

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Manchester Evening News

Margaret Thatcher statue lowered in her home town - despite 'egg throwing' threats

The £300,000 statue will be unveiled in Grantham

Daily Record

Margaret Thatcher statue erected despite warnings it will be pelted with eggs

The £300,000 statue of the divisive former prime minister is being perched on a 10ft-high plinth to deter vandals.

Daily Mirror

Margaret Thatcher statue pelted with eggs just two hours after it's installed

Just one of the eggs made contact with the statue of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was erected in her home town of Grantham today

The Independent UK

Thatcher statue lowered into place despite ‘egg-throwing’ threats

Planning permission for the £300,000 memorial was approved in February 2019.

Nottingham Post

New £125m shopping centre an hour from Nottingham could attract Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger

It could potentially be home to more than 100 stores

The Guardian - UK

Downton Abbey: A New Era review – cheerfully risible second helping of snobby melodrama

The second – and hopefully last – film spun off from Julian Fellowes’s successful TV series is as hammy, silly, and undeniably entertaining as ever

Wales Online

Rising Damp and Home to Roost creator Eric Chappell dies aged 88

Eric Chappell was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in September 1933

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