{"id":316763,"date":"2025-12-15T06:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/316763\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T06:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:38:19","slug":"shropshires-clean-up-hero-strikes-again-replacing-bridge-graffiti-with-his-own-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/316763\/","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire&#8217;s clean-up hero strikes again replacing bridge graffiti with his &#8216;own tag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Edwards, better known locally as &#8216;The Sign Guy&#8217;, has completed his latest project on Greyfriars Bridge, removing graffiti and replacing it with his own distinctive design.<\/p>\n<p>In its place is now a bright red heart and the word &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/shrewsbury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shrewsbury<\/a>&#8216; next to it in a medieval-style font.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a7f33eb0-6bf7-4b45-9ed8-a2ddea8ec084.jpg\"   alt=\"John Edwards, known as The Sign Guy, has completed his latest project on Greyfriars Bridge, removing unwanted graffiti\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>John Edwards, known as The Sign Guy, has completed his latest project on Greyfriars Bridge, removing unwanted graffiti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Edwards, better known locally as &#8216;The Sign Guy&#8217;, has completed his latest project on Greyfriars Bridge, removing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,1397,2652,50,25009,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-316763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-local-hubs","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-shrewsbury","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}