Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Derby City councillor Sarah Chambers said she had received a rape threat after announcing the plans last week. Separately, a large Union flag has been draped on the Brownhills Miner, a 40ft statue which honours the West Midlands town’s mining heritage. The statue, on a roundabout in Brownhills, was already surrounded by dozens of smaller St George’s flags, which had been placed on the grass around it. Police are also investigating after St George’s crosses appeared on landmarks, including a fabric version on the Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire and a painted one on Nottingham’s Goosey the Goose model.