Liverpool paper fights to keep 'iron men' statues

The Liverpool Daily Post has launched a campaign today to keep Antony Gormley's statues on Merseyside. Within hours of a decision by Sefton councillors to have them removed from Waterloo Beach, the paper detected what it calls "a massive groundswell of support" among Liverpool's population to keep for the army of iron men, entitled "Another Place". More than 600,000 people have visited the statues since they arrived in July 2005 and it is thought the regional economy will suffer by "millions of pounds" if they go. The statues are due to be taken away in 11 days' time. (Via Liverpool Daily Post)