Police in Northern Ireland probe sinister graffiti threat aimed at Brexit port workers

Police in Northern Ireland are probing a sinister graffiti terror threat made to Brexit port workers. The investigation was launched after the words ‘all border post staff are targets’ appeared spray painted on a wall in Larne, County Antrim, on Thursday. It is not known who was behind the latest threat, but MPs have warned … Read more

Churchgoers revive ‘chalking the door’ tradition of ‘holy graffiti’ to raise spirits during Covid

Anyone who has seen the mysterious numbers and letters ’20 + C + M + B + 21′ scrawled above the doors of homes in recent days may fear that something mischievous is afoot. Perhaps it is burglars marking their next target? Or workmen marking up a property for demolition? The ‘code’ in fact marks … Read more

Oxford Circus tube station covered in graffiti by vandals who ran amok while London shops closed

Oxford Circus tube station is left covered in graffiti by ‘Diabolical Dubstars’ vandals who ran amok while London’s biggest shopping street was closed due to Tier 4 restrictions The artwork was found on Boxing Day and features a tribute to Grenfell Tower  It is alleged the graffiti artist group Diabolical Dubstars tagged the tube station  … Read more

RMT moan that Banksy’s £7.5m Tube graffiti stunt proves London Underground ‘is not safe’

Rail union bosses have claimed Banksy’s £7.5million Tube graffiti stunt proves the London Underground ‘is not safe,’ as TfL refuses to share which station the artist targeted along with other details, as it fears copycats will target trains. The renowned street artist boarded a Hammersmith and City Line train dressed in a high-vis jacket, boiler … Read more

Ex-councillor pleads not guilty to criminal damage over Dickens’ museum graffiti

A former Green councillor who scrawled ‘Dickens racist’ on wall of museum dedicated to 19th century author pleaded not guilty in court Ian Driver, 63, was arrested for criminal damage after graffiti was plastered on the outside of The Charles Dickens House Museum in Broadstairs, Kent, on Saturday night. Driver – who was a Green … Read more

Charles Dickens museum in Kent is defaced with graffiti branding the author ‘racist’

Vandals have targeted a museum and a street sign dedicated to beloved 19th century author Charles Dickens, branding the writer as a ‘racist’. ‘Dickens Racist, Dickens Racist,’ has been scrawled on the outside of the The Dickens House Museum in Broadstairs, Kent, while attempts were made to black-out the lettering on a street sign for … Read more

Black Lives Matter protests: Volunteers scrub ‘Churchill was a racist’ graffiti off statue

A group of volunteers including four Army cadets cleaned up a memorial to Winston Churchill in London this morning after it was defaced by activists during yesterday’s violent Black Lives Matter protests. The men scrubbed graffiti off the statue one day after the phrase ‘was racist’ was added in spray paint by protesters below the … Read more

Volvo truck covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold for £1.5MILLION

A 30-year-old Volvo HGV covered in Banksy graffiti is set to be sold at auction for £1.5MILLION next month The 1988 Volvo FL6 was painted by Banksy during a millennium party in 2000 It is understood to be the anonymous artist’s biggest piece of work ever, created before the height of his fame The HGV – … Read more

Pennsylvania’s abandoned ‘Graffiti Highway’ in Centralia ghost town is permanently shut down

‘Graffiti Highway’ – Pennsylvania’s oddest tourist attraction is the latest casualty in the coronavirus pandemic. The .74- mile long abandoned stretch of Route 61 that runs through the ghost town of Centralia has been a local landmark since 1993 when tag artists saw a blank canvas on the forgotten length of cracked asphalt.   Now the … Read more

Wetherspoon’s bar in London attacked by graffiti vandals

‘Pay your staff!’: Wetherspoon pub is covered in graffiti after boss Tim Martin said he wouldn’t pay workers during coronavirus lockdown Vandals have attacked a JD Wetherspoon pub in Crystal Palace, south London  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor? By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 09:03 GMT, 25 March 2020 … Read more