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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

‘She is looking worse for wear’: visitors take a toll on the Lady of the North

Northumberlandia, near Cramlington in Northumberland.
An aerial view of Northumberlandia taken in 2012. Photograph: Graeme Peacock/Alamy

Even with a broken ankle, eight-year-old Jack Bell can’t resist barrelling up the steep incline of the naked goddess’s left breast.

Neither can his two friends, and the person in charge, Jack’s mother, Laura Bell, admits this is a regular occurrence and, with a child’s natural urge to climb, there’s not much she can do about it.

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