Sculptor of Wall Street Charging Bull dies aged 80

The Charging Bull statue was installed without permission in New York’s financial district (AP)

The artist who sculpted “Charging Bull”, the bronze statue in New York which became a symbol of Wall Street, has died in his home town in Sicily aged 80.

Arturo Di Modica died at home in Vittoria on Friday evening, the town said in a statement on Saturday. Mr Di Modica was said to have been ill for some time.