3 d. ago Reform UK council removes St George’s flags and bunting over public safety fears

Durham County Council is removing the display of St George’s Cross and the Union flag over fears it could compromise public safety

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3 d. ago Historic building painted with St George’s Cross by vandals upsetting – council

Portsmouth Guildhall, a Victorian hall now used as an events venue, is one of a number of buildings and roads in the city which have been painted with the red-and-white symbol

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4 d. ago Islamic centre vandalised with George's Cross as 'scum behaviour' sparks unrest

Essex Police are investigating an act of vandalism which caused damage at the South Essex Islamic Trust building in Basildon, amid protests about migrant hotels

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4 d. ago Police looking for pair who painted England flags on Islamic centre

The two men also used spray paint to write ‘this is England’ on the building in Vange, Essex

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5 d. ago Three in five Brits say they want MORE Union Jack or St George's Cross flags to be flown in public spaces

The survey by More In Common found 58 per cent of Brits think there should be more UK or English flags on display on street furniture such as lampposts and roundabouts.

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5 d. ago Men in St George flag masks paint on zebra crossing as people say 'it's not English'

The St George Cross graffiti surge continues as men in masks painted a West Midlands crossing with a red cross, but it emerges that St George was in fact a ‘Turkish man’

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5 d. ago 'I'm very proud to be English but I will scrub St George's Cross off my wall if vandals return'

Revd Rachel Heskins says she will keep scrubbing the flag off her church's walls in Lincoln if vandals return

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6 d. ago Fact check: Photograph of St George’s Cross is from 11 years ago

A photograph taken by a PA news agency photographer has been recently shared on social media.

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1 week ago St George's cross is 'intimidating' and has been 'hijacked by people with unacceptable views', council leader claims

Nick Ireland, Leader of Dorset Council, has alleged that the drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags has become 'co-opted by certain far-right groups' to 'promote their agendas'.

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch: It is shameful of councils to remove St George’s Cross flags

The Conservative leader said the flying of English flags should be ‘welcomed’, rather than ‘seen as an act of rebellion’.

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1 week ago Vigilante paints potholes with St George's Cross in bid to force council to fix them

Ben Thornbury, 20, is known for his unconventional methods of drawing attention to potholes, and has come up with the new tactic in his home town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

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1 week ago Voices: ‘This is not patriotism’: Readers clash over St George’s Cross flag displays

Readers are divided over the wave of St George’s Cross flags and graffiti in Birmingham – with some calling it vandalism and hijacking, while others see it as a show of pride and unity

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1 week ago Man 'cracks code' to getting potholes fixed painting them with St George cross

Ben says the council will have to fill the holes now as other authorities have been quick to remove the patriotic flags

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1 week ago Why St George's cross has appeared in the middle of three Greater Manchester roundabouts

It follows similar actions, which have caused some controversy, in other parts of the country

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2 w. ago ‘Don’t call this racist’: row grows over motives behind England flag campaign

Organisers say they are just being patriotic but some suspect far right is behind ‘dangerous’ lamp-post movement“This is NOT racist never has been never will be,” reads the fundraising page of a group calling itself the Wythall Flaggers, which by Tuesday afternoon had raised more than £2,000, mostly in small donations of £5 and £10. “We have members of the community of all ethnicities and religions stopping by and praising what we are doing so please don’t call this racist.”The money, according to the page’s organiser, will be used for “coating the local community in England flags as this is home and we should be patriotic and proud We need help to cover every street in Wythall with our beautiful St George’s cross.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Roundabouts graffitied with St George’s Cross amid row over flags on lamp posts

At least six mini-roundabouts in the Birmingham area have been painted with red crosses

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2 w. ago Voices: Raising flags only divides communities – just ask Northern Ireland

Flags of every stripe – St George, Palestine, rainbow – are routinely being tied to lampposts across the country, only to be taken down by beleaguered council workers. Is this a warning sign of a society going mad, asks Sean O’Grady

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2 w. ago Plot to raise hundreds more flags on England's streets: Army of patriotic 'Operation Raise the Colours' activists vow to defy council bans with St George's Cross displays

A drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags is being coordinated by an online movement called Operation Raise the Colours.

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2 w. ago Patriotism ‘always important’ to Starmer, says No 10 amid flag row

St George’s Cross flags have been removed from council properties by two local authorities.

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2 w. ago Flag wars boil over as activist confronts workers tearing down St George's Cross on orders of council that prided itself on Palestinian banners

Tower Hamlets in east London previously prided itself on its displays of Palestine flags, but said any England banners attached to council property would be promptly removed.

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