Victoria Wood statue restored after taxi crash

The statue was ripped from its base

A statue of the late comedian Victoria Wood has been reinstalled after it was hit and damaged by a taxi last year.

The full-size bronze figure of the Bafta award-winning performer, erected in her hometown of Bury in 2019, was knocked over in June.

After a fundraising effort, the statue has now been fully repaired and put back in place.

Her brother Chris Foote-Wood said: "If there's anything better than unveiling a statue of your late sister – it's unveiling it twice!"

The statue was knocked down in June

Wood died of cancer in 2016 at the age of 62.

The statue in her honour was erected by the comedian's family in Church Gardens, off Silver Street.

Mr Foote-Wood said he had been "shocked to be told 'my sister' was knocked down by a taxi".

But he said "we want to tell the world that Victoria Wood is back!"

The comedian's brother Chris Foote-Wood said his sister was "so good, we unveiled her twice!'"

He told BBC Radio Manchester his sister had an enduring legacy in Bury.

"People still come to see her, hundreds and hundreds every year, and people will still do for some time," Mr Foote-Wood said.

"Victoria died at the peak of her powers, and it's great to remember her in the heart of Bury – right opposite the library which she was a member of, and once sent a cheque to for the overdue books she hadn't returned!

"To amend the Sinatra song New York, New York – 'Victoria Wood, so good, we unveiled her twice!'"