The Paddington Bear statue returned to Newbury, Berkshire, after it was damaged by two Royal Air Force engineers who stole it after a night out.

A Paddington statue that was ripped from a bench by two RAF Odiham engineers has been repaired and unveiled. Daniel Heath, from Thornton, near Bradford in West Yorkshire, and William Lawrence, from Enderby, Leicestershire, removed part of the statue from its bench in Newbury, Berkshire, in the early hours of 2 March.

A Paddington Bear statue that was damaged by vandals has been fully repaired and returned to its home town. The sculpture in Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged when two Royal Air Force engineers broke it in half after a night out last month and made off with part of it.