Police are investigating after a red cross was painted across a well-loved Yorkshire landmark.

The graffiti, thought to represent the St George's Cross, appeared on the 168-year-old White Horse at Kilburn in North Yorkshire earlier this week. North Yorkshire Police is appealing for anyone with information about the act of "criminal damage" to get in touch.

The chalk hill figure in the North York Moors National Park dates back to 1857. As reported by Yorkshire Live , the incident has been met with anger from some with local people branding it "sacrilege" and an "utter disgrace".

Posting to public Facebook page North Yorkshire Weather Updates, one woman compared it to the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland. "That is as bad as cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree and

See Full Page