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Postbox topper inspired by Tom Daley's knitting

Harriet HeywoodBBC News, Peterborough
News imageNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust A stitched post box topper with colourful flags, the Eiffel Tower, the Olympic rings and 2024 mascot.North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
The NHS Trust says it comes just a few weeks after the sensational D-Day creation and more stitch work is expected in the coming months

Volunteers and staff at a hospital have created a postbox topper inspired by the Paris 2024... and medal winner Tom Daley's knitting in the stands at the last Olympic Games.

Peterborough City Hospital said its staff, patients and visitors had been getting an "Eye-ffel" of the latest creation from the Knit and Natter group.

Inspired by the performances of Team GB athletes, they stitched together the colourful flags, Eiffel Tower, Olympic rings and mascot.

The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust thanked the group and said the topper could be found in the hospital’s main atrium.

News imagePA Media Tom Daley knitting while sitting in the stands at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021PA Media
Tom Daley was spotted knitting in the stands at the women's 3m springboard final in Tokyo

Peterborough has been well represented in the 2024 games so far by Olympian Jake Jarman, who finished seventh in his first solo event of the Games on Wednesday.

Track cyclist Ed Lowe, who went to school in Peterborough and started his racing career with the Fenland Clarion club in Helpston, will also compete in his first Olympics on Monday.

News imagePA Media Great Britain's Jake Jarman performs on the Horizontal Bar during the Men's All-Around Final at the Bercy Arena on the fifth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in FrancePA Media
Jake Jarman made his Olympic debut in Paris

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