The bridge has been out of use since December 2023 - when part of the Middle Mill weir at Castle Park in Colchester fell into the River Colne.
However, according to the artist's family, the portrait was thought to have been on display in the 1970s in the US, where it was allegedly damaged in a knife attack.A label attached to the backing board of the portrait says it was restored by the Lyman Allyn Museum Conservation Laboratory in Connecticut in 1974.
The details of the alleged attack are not clear - according to Bonhams, it was carried out by a right-wing Hindu activist.Hindu hardliners in India accuse Gandhi of having betrayed Hindus by being too pro-Muslim, and blame him for the division of India and the bloodshed that marked Partition, which saw India and Pakistan created after independence in 1947.He was shot dead on 30 January 1948 at a prayer meeting by Nathuram Godse, an activist with nationalist right-wing groups.
A school has said its new murals have strengthened the connection between its pupils and the community.St Barnabas CE Primary School in Jericho, Oxford, was recently adorned with colourful art reflecting its ethos and depicting life in the area.
The murals were painted by local artist Lisa Curtis, aka Lisa Made It, who has helped transform
Head teacher Beccy Harris said the unveiling had taken place at "a great time" as it coincided with the school receiving an upgraded rating of"We will never be silenced, and we will never be lost," she said, holding back tears.
"Are our voices too loud for this house – is that why we are being punished?"During the debate, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters was asked to apologise after calling Te Pāti Māori a "bunch of extremists" and said the country "has had enough of them".
The Māori party holds six of parliament's 123 seats.The Treaty Principles Bill, which sought to redefine New Zealand's founding treaty with Māori people, was voted down 112 votes to 11 in April - days after a government committee recommended that it should not proceed.