A double decker bus converted into a three-bedroom home is being sold to help fund a moving tribute to a local war hero.
The late Len Gibson endured three and a half years of forced labour, near-starvation, disease and brutality as a Japanese prisoner of war on the notorious Burma Railway and Bridge over the River Kwai. He died on July 31, 2021, aged 101 - just days before the launch of a book detailing his remarkable life.
And now Brian Burnie, founder of cancer patient care charity Daft as a Brush (DAAB), is campaigning to create a statue of Len Gibson, which will be placed at Roker Cliff Park, Sunderland, and commemorate all Far East prisoners of World War II.
