Mystery knitter adorns town for D-Day anniversary

A mystery knitter has adorned a postbox in a Shropshire town centre in honour of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

The hand-knitted creation depicts a range of battle scenes from D-Day, when the Allies invaded to retake Nazi-occupied Europe.

It appeared overnight on Tuesday on a postbox outside Tesco on Bridgnorth High Street.

So far, no-one has stepped forward to claim credit for the decorative tribute.

The D-Day topper includes a number of scenes from the Normandy landings

During World War Two, troops from the UK, US, Canada and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France in 1944.

D-Day was the largest naval, air and land operation ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe.

Also marking the anniversary in Bridgnorth, a beacon will be lit on Panpudding Hill, which can be viewed from the Castle grounds and Severn Valley Railway.

The event runs from 19:30 BST to 22:00 on Thursday, with the lighting taking place at 21:15, as part of a beacon lighting across the country.