Giant naked goddess to be carved into UK hillside

• Dubbed the “Goddess of the North”, Northumberlandia will be made from two million tonnes of earth dug out from an open cast mine in Cramlington, and tower 112ft into the northern sky.
• The Goddess, designed by artist Charles Jencks, will recline over the Shotton open-cast mine and form the centre piece of a new public park at the site.
• Northumberland County Council was unable to comment, but county councillor Wayne Daley told the BBC the Goddess was “ridiculous”.
• “It really is ridiculous to think that something like a naked woman, who is only there as a result of all of the slag and the coal from the mine, is a good way of attracting people to Cramlington.”