A village statue has been given a makeover in what has become a Christmas tradition stretching back 50 years. This year, the Lord John Scott Memorial in the centre of Dunchurch, in Warwickshire ...

Mystery artists have once again decorated a village statue in time for Christmas. This year's guerilla get-up for the the statue of Lord John Scott in Dunchurch, Warwickshire, is as cartoon dog Bluey.

A statue at Dunchurch in Warwickshire is changed into a different character at least once a year by a secret group of locals.

According to the Friends of Dunchurch Society, external, the first time the statue was dressed up, in the 1970s, it was as a soldier with a gas mask and it has since gone on to take many other guises.

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