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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Shaw has left the building. The Oscar-nominated British news executive is calling it quits after an on-off love affair with news producer ITN that has spanned 40 years, affording him a front-row seat to the biggest stories of his generation. Semi-retirement beckons, but not before a valedictory interview.

Furious Edinburgh residents have hit out after mindless vandals who graffitied newly installed park sculptures.

Three new sculptures and a new woodland water trail are planned for a moorland country park.

Greece hopes the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived Monday on loan from an Italian museum, may help resolve one of the world's thorniest cultural heritage disputes and lead to the reunification in Athens of all surviving Parthenon Sculptures — many of which are in the British Museum.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the Sicilian museum's gesture “opens the way, I believe, for other museums to be able to move in a similar direction.”“Most importantly, of course, the British Museum, which must now realize that it's time for the Parthenon marbles ... to finally return here, to their natural home,” he added, voicing gratitude to Italy for the loan.The fragment was part of a 160-meter-long (520-foot) frieze that ran around the outer walls of the Parthenon Temple on the Acropolis, dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom.

This Morning fans were left in stitches as Holly Willougby and Phillip Schofield were presented with ice versions of themselves.

LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London on Tuesday amid a renewed push by Athens for the return of marble statues that once stood in the Parthenon.The Greek government said Mitsotakis planned to raise the issue of the sculptures, which were removed from the ancient temple in Athens more than 200 years ago and are held in the British Museum.The marbles — 17 figures and part of a frieze that decorated the 2,500-year-old

Greece was ruled by the Ottomans.“The obligation to return the Parthenon sculptures is entirely up to the government of the United Kingdom,” Oikonomou said.

More than 200 concrete animal sculptures have been saved thanks to an emotional auction that will now see them set for a new life in Scotland.

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An interactive exhibition of ocean creatures made from more than a MILLION toy bricks is going on show at Knowsley Safari this summer.

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link!Taking to Facebook, they posted: “So disappointed to hear last night that a group of around 30 youths were up in the woodlands drinking, littering and setting fires.“I’ve arrived this morning and this tree was smouldering.

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Oldham 's traditional live Reindeer Parade unable to go ahead this year, they've been coming up with other ideas to bring some festive cheer.

LONDON -- British police said Wednesday that three historically and religiously important bronze sculptures are being returned from the U.K. to a temple in India from which they were stolen more than 40 years ago.Police said in a statement that the works were removed in 1978 from a temple in the Tanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.

Creetown Community and Creetown Initiative are fully supportive and the project will cement the reputation of the town and of the region in relation to its forward vision on sculpture and public art.

“He is actually a bit big for his breed. His head is a good size and shape and he is two or three inches taller than the average Leonberger.“He is trained for the water so if someone gets into difficulties he will swim out and bring you back to shore but if you’re in a sailing dinghy he can take a rope and pull you to shore.

CHICAGO -- Protesters have defaced and torn down statues of historic figures during recent demonstrations against racial injustice in cities across the nation. Most of those pieces have explicit links to colonialism, slavery and the Confederacy, including imagery of Christopher Columbus and former U.S.

Japanese artist Sayaka Ganz uses recycled plastic pieces for art sculptures. She says she uses household plastic items to create beautiful animal forms that give a sense of movement.

You will know Ben Shephard as the best-loved presenter of Good Morning Britain and Tipping Point, however what you might not know, unless you follow him on Instagram, is that he has one of the most stunning gardens. The garden of his London house, where he lives with his family, is all the result of the hard work from his wife Annie Perks.