Artist creates 30-foot England badge on Suffolk beach ahead of World Cup clash

Toby Clark says England has to bring the trophy home, ‘otherwise I’ve wasted my time’

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A colossal England badge, meticulously crafted from stones on a Suffolk beach, has emerged ahead of the football team launching their World Cup campaign in Dallas, Texas.

Artist Toby Clark, 40, dedicated “a little over eight-and-a-half hours” to create the striking emblem near Lowestoft in Suffolk.

The shield, measuring six metres wide by nine metres tall (19.6ft by 29.5ft), was formed on the World Cup's…