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"Jessica Ennis&amp;#039;s gold postbox has been vandalised. The athlete was honoured with the landmark by the Royal Mail after her gold medal in the London 2012 heptathlon.   Royal Mail spokesman Gwyn Davies told Postcode Gazette: &amp;quot;We are extremely disappointed that someone has chosen to vandalise the gold postbox painted to recognise the gold medal winning achievement of Jessica Ennis. &amp;quot;We have teams around the UK which look after and maintain our 115,000 postboxes and we have already repaired the damage to this box.&amp;quot; A witness who saw the graffiti added to BBC News: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s disgusting. It&amp;#039;s a shame. I have a lot of respect for Jessica Ennis and what she&amp;#039;s done for Sheffield.&amp;quot;  Leader of Sheffield City Council Julie Dore said: &amp;quot;We are all so proud of Jess and her fantastic success, which is not only a great achievement for her and her team but also is a huge achievement for the city. &amp;quot;This is our moment to shine so what a shame it is that someone has chosen to tarnish this by vandalising a postbox painted gold in honour of our local hero. &amp;quot;I hope they feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves.&amp;quot; A new layer of gold has now been added to the Barkers Pool postbox. Photo gallery - London 2012 Olympics records so far:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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