However, residents across Gosport have since vented their anger over the botched Christmas showpiece, with some branding the town’s annual festive tree ‘pitiful’ on social media.

Public art, interactive play areas, gathering spaces or heritage monuments could be created across Gosport as part of a bold project to boost the town’s waterfront.

Celebrity town cat immortalised as bronze statue 23 November 2023 Lydia Wilson,BBC News Caroline Oakes Tilly's Gosport Adventures Facebook page amassed almost 4,000 followers in less than a year ...