People in a Berkshire town are celebrating after police recovered a 'beloved' statue of Paddington Bear that was stolen this weekend. The statue, which sat on a bench Northbrook Street, Newbury, is believed to have been taken overnight on Saturday (March 1).

Residents of a Berkshire town have celebrated the return of a Paddington Bear statue after it was sliced in two and stolen overnight, police have said. The sculpture, one of a number of Paddington statues dotted across the UK,

The statue, in Northbrook Street, Newbury, was damaged before the broken piece was stolen shortly after 2am on Sunday.