Man Arrested For Trying To Steal Magna Carta From Salisbury Cathedral

A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to steal a Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire Police said.

Alarms went off at the cathedral just after 5pm on Thursday, after the 45-year-old attempted to smash the glass box surrounding the historical document. 

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