Plans have been lodged to raise the height of the iconic Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow, in a bid to stop revellers placing traffic cones on it. The city council wants to raise the plinth as ...

The Duke of Wellington statue sported the special blue cone with yellow stars hours before ... Glasgow voted by 66.6% to remain in the 2016 referendum. Pro-EU campaigners will gather at the ...

The Duke of Wellington has admitted that the cone on the head of his ancestor's Glasgow statue is "iconic" for the city. The sculpture of the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley ...

The cone usually appears on Wellington’s head, but sometimes also on the head of his horse, and has become a familiar sight in the city centre. The local authority backed down following an ...

An online petition to save the cone on the Duke of Wellington attracted 4000 signatures. Organisers Donna Yates and Gavin Doig say it is a part of the city's heritage. Discussions were taking ...

Organisers of an online petition say the cone on the Duke of Wellington monument has become an "iconic" part of the city's heritage. They are protesting against council plans to deter people from ...

The traffic cone on the Duke has even become an unofficial Glasgow trademark and t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise showing the image can do a roaring trade online. The Duke of Wellington's ...

Plans to protect a statue of the Duke of Wellington from vandals who keep putting a traffic cone on its head have been withdrawn after thousands protested online. The monument to the former Prime ...

At some point in the distant past, someone - possibly drunk, most definitely having a laugh - climbed the Duke of Wellington statue and propped a cone on the metal head of Arthur Wellesley.

The tradition of placing the traffic cone on the statue dates back more than 30 years Plans have been lodged to raise the height of the iconic Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow, in a bid to ...

Plans to end a tradition of placing a traffic cone on Glasgow's iconic Duke of Wellington statue are dropped after a public backlash Plans to end a long-standing tradition of placing a traffic ...