Council opts for 24-hour security as it postpones removal of Baden-Powell statue on protesters’ hit-list

The council had announced that the statue of the founder of the Scout Movement in England would be temporarily taken down after it was put on a target list. Rover Scout Matthew Trott salutes the statue. Pic: Andrew Matthews/PA

A local authority in England has postponed the removal of a statue of Robert Baden-Powell, as residents vow to protect it from protesters.