Banksy spies mural: maintenance work on property halted

Cheltenham borough council has issued the owner of a property with a temporary stop notice, meaning building work cannot resume for 28 days, in order to prevent a Banksy mural being removed and sold to an American collector.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/02/banksy-spies-mural-maintenance-work-property-halted