Officials in Newbury, Berkshire, said the move will bring the bear: “Back to the town that loves him so dearly.” The statue, a tribute to Paddington author Michael Bond who was born in the ...

Newbury has a special reverence for Paddington, as the birthplace of Michael Bond, the author of the beloved children’s book series about the genial Peruvian bear and his adopted family in ...

LONDON (AP) — They didn't look after this bear. In fact, two men who had been drinking kicked and yanked on a statue of Paddington, the fictional orphaned bear who came to England from Peru ...