An ornate wooden memorial for Britain's COVID-19 victims has been intentionally set alight in front of more than 10,000 people in Warwickshire
Some 10,000 more came to watch it burn"in a cathartic moment of rebirth, recovery and regeneration".
"Sanctuary was conceived in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic. We wanted to mark the nation's losses in an everyday place with everyday people going about their daily lives," Mr Best said.
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