Calls for Shrewsbury to host Knife Angel
It is time for Shropshire's county town to step up and host the Knife Angel, according to the man behind the iconic sculpture.
The statue, made from more than 100,000 knife blades, arrived in Newtown yesterday and now Clive Knowles, chairman of the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, is throwing down the gauntlet to Shrewsbury.
With plans in the pipeline for the Knife Angel to travel to Northern Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Wight in the future, Mr Knowles said it is time for Shrewsbury to step up.
"Shrewsbury has no excuse now," he said. "It's been all over the country but hasn't been to the county town.
"It's time to throw the gauntlet down and have it in Shrewsbury. It would look absolutely amazing in The Square.
