WEEK IN NUMBERS

10ft

The height at which a platform may be installed to protect a £300,000 statue of Margaret Thatcher from potential vandalism.

The statue is to be erected in Baroness Thatcher’s home town of Grantham in Lincolnshire.

£3,000

The amount that a grotesque puppet of Margaret Thatcher might fetch at auction.

The puppet featured on Spitting Image, which attracted enormous viewing figures.

67

The number of years the Queen has been on the throne.

The longest reigning monarch in British history, Princess Elizabeth became Queen on February 6 1952 on the death of her beloved father George VI.

£14m

The cost of policing President Trump’s four-day visit to the UK last July.

With thousands of officers drafted in from every force in Great Britain, policing the trip cost more than £14,258,966 according to police figures.

100%

The percentage of British marine animals found with plastic in their digestive systems.

Scientists examined 50 animals from 10 different species that had died from a variety of causes. All of them has “microplastic” particles, less than 5mm across, in their stomachs and intestines.