One of Canvey's new £4,000 stainless steel signs was dented by accident while being installed.

Castle Point Council confirmed the blunder when residents claimed one of the 12ft-high signs in the shape of a sail had already been vandalised. The sails sit on the two approaches to the island in Canvey Way and by Benfleet Creek.

Councillor Dennis Williams said: "The signs have got to be cleaned up and we are looking for a carpenter to build a boat at the bottom of the signs so they look like yachts."

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