The powers that be have ordered the removal of a brick-based jolly jape carried out by pupils from Sutton Grammar School in Surrey - years after school leavers left a message for ET and months after sharp-eyed Google Earth scourers spotted the 12ft todger:

Head Gordon Ironside has now ordered the profane sculptural exclamation (.kmz here) removed, and told the Sun: "It was a light-hearted act. But I'd prefer it wasn't there - or if it wasn't rude." ®

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