Two 22-year-old men have been charged for allegedly stealing a Paddington Bear statue in Newbury, England on Sunday morning.

A Paddington Bear statue, celebrating the children's character as part of a UK-wide trail, has been damaged and stolen from a bench in a Berkshire town, police have said. The sculpture was taken from his seat in Northbrook Street,

The police officials said they had recovered the statue and arrested two 22-year-old men, both from Basingstoke.

Two men have been charged with criminal damage after a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue was cut in half and stolen from a bench.

Two men in England were arrested Monday for destroying a Paddington Bear statue in the hometown of the series’ author, horrifically slicing the beloved children’s book character in half and taking off with his front half.

Two men, including one from Leicestershire, have been charged with criminal damage after a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue was cut in half and stolen from a bench. The statue, in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged before the broken piece was stolen shortly after 2am on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.

Two men have been charged after a Paddington Bear statue was damaged and taken from a bench. The front of the sculpture was cut away and removed from its seat in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire at about 02:00 GMT on Sunday,

In the heart of a market town, a beloved Paddington Bear statue has been at the centre of a surprising incident that has left locals both shocked and heartbroken.