THE brother of the late comedian Victoria Wood, Chris Foote Wood, addressed councillors at the most recent full meeting of Bury Council.

Chris Foote Wood has been leading a campaign to raise £20,000 for a lifelike statue of the Prestwich-born comedian who died in April aged 62 after losing her battle with cancer.

The latest total for the ‘crowdfunding’ appeal for the statue in Bury’s Library Gardens is £18,000, including £1,000 from Dame Judy Dench. He hoped the statues would be a lifelike representation in a typical pose of Victoria — like the very popular statue of Eric Morecambe on the sea-front in Morecambe.

Donate to the crowd funding appeal here. (Photo Bury Times.)