Gay fans bid for Kylie statue

Gay campaigners are applying for permission to build a statue of Kylie Minogue on London's Old Compton Street.

The singer will be immortalised in bronze on an arch above the notorious road as long as they are granted planning permission.

A source told the Daily Star: "The Eros statue should be in Old Compton Street, not Piccadilly Circus. But we’re having our very own little goddess of love, in the form of Kylie.

"We don’t want her bottom to be worn to a nubbin from daily rubbings from the superstitious and deviant, so we want her most famous area to be out of reach."

There are plans for more gay icons to be placed alongside the popstar but their names have not been revealed.

The insider commented: "Kylie is our favourite gay icon, so her statue will be erected first. The other names are being held under wraps at the moment."