The flag was raised next to the town's war memorial A progress flag which was flying in the centre of a town to mark Pride Month has been torn down and stolen in what is being called a "hate crime".

A Pride flag has been torn down and burned in Weston-super-Mare. Officers have confirmed it happened at the town council's Grove House sometime between 17:00 BST on Wednesday and 07:30 on Thursday.

The owner of a tattoo shop in Annapolis, Maryland discovered that the Pride flag outside of their establishment had been torn down and thrown into a garbage can.