Commonwealth Games: Birmingham Bull saved from scrap-heap

[Still Waters]

The 10ft mechanical bull used in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games has been saved from the scrap-heap after a public campaign.

Thousands of people signed an online petition to stop it from being dismantled and recycled. The bull will now be given a permanent home in the city centre with the location yet to be decided.

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[OpenMindedSceptic]

It is impressive. I saw it yesterday and there were a couple of hundred people admiring it.

 

[Still Waters]

A man who started a petition to save the Birmingham Commonwealth Games bull said he was "proper chuffed" with its new home.

Originally destined for scrap, it was announced on Wednesday the artwork would move to New Street station.

Karl Andrews' petition garnered more than 15,000 signatures to keep the sculpture in the city and he said he was proud of the impact it had had.

"I see it as a piece of art and art should never be destroyed," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-64584161