A £95,000 statue to honour palaeontologist Mary Anning in her home town has finally been unveiled after a schoolgirl's five-year campaign. Fossil-lover Evie Swire was ten years old when she asked her mum Anya Pearson why there was no tribute of her hero

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Date: 21st May 2022.<br />
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Lizzie Hopley dressed as Mary Anning next to the unveiled statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning at the seaside resort of Lyme Regis in Dorset.

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Date: 21st May 2022.

Lizzie Hopley dressed as Mary Anning next to the unveiled statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning at the seaside resort of Lyme Regis in Dorset.