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Viral TikTok shop shutter woman ‘immortalised’ in mural | Wales

Viral TikTok shop shutter woman ‘immortalised’ in mural | Wales

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A woman who went viral when her jacket caught on a shop’s moving shutter has been “immortalised” in a mural painted on the very shutter responsible for hoisting her into the air. Millions have viewed the CCTV footage of Anne Hughes, 72, getting lifted several feet off the ground and dangling upside down while clinging to her shopping trolley. Now anyone passing that same Best One convenience store in Tonteg, Rhondda Cynon Taf, after closing time can see the moment captured in a mural by the Welsh artist Tee2Sugars. https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js","alt":"Anne Hughes","index":2,"isTracking":true,"isMainMedia":false,"source":"TikTok","sourceDomain":"tiktok.com"}” config=”{"renderingTarget":"Web","darkModeAvailable":false}”> Allow TikTok content? This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’. The artist told the PA Media news agency that he painted the mural after the shop owner got in touch with him. “He said: ‘We would like to encapsulate or immortalise Anne on the shutter’,” Tee2Sugars said. “As soon as he said that he didn’t have to …

Viral video of grandmother caught in shop shutters immortalised in spray-painted mural | UK News

Viral video of grandmother caught in shop shutters immortalised in spray-painted mural | UK News

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A viral incident in which a grandmother was hoisted into air by a shop’s security shutters has been immortalised in a spray-painted mural. Anne Hughes, 71, was seen standing outside the Best One convenience store in Rhondda Cynon Taf when her coat got stuck in the shutters, and she was lifted 7ft into the air. The moment was caught on CCTV and went viral after it was shared by the shop’s owners on social media. Now it has been immortalised in a mural, spray-painted onto the shutters by graffiti artist, Tee2Sugars. The 33-year-old, from the nearby village of Tonyrefail, said he was asked to paint the piece by those at the store by its owners. “I had seen the video quite early on and my wife and I had both laughed about it. So when I saw the message asking me to paint it I said yes straight away,” he told Sky News. The father-of-two went out at 10pm on Thursday and spent two-and-a-half hours spray-painting the mural free-hand using an image from the CCTV …

Shakira immortalised in Colombian hometown with giant bronze statue

Shakira immortalised in Colombian hometown with giant bronze statue

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Pop star Shakira was immortalized in her Colombian hometown of Barranquilla, where officials unveiled a giant bronze statue of the music diva known around the world for her catchy tunes and exhilarating moves. The six-metre (20-feet) tall monument depicts the multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner in one of her famous belly dancing outfits, with her hips swaying to her right and her arms raised gracefully toward the sky. A plaque under the statue says that on 2 Feb 1977 the town of “Barranquilla and the world witnessed the birth of a heart that composes, hips that don’t lie, a voice that moves masses and a pair of bare feet that walk for the good of children and humanity.” The statue, located on a recently built promenade along the Magdalena River that runs along the edge of the town, was unveiled in a small ceremony on Tuesday attended …