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A street artist who painted a mural to promote unity said he has been "amazed" by the attention his work has attracted in light of George Floyd's death.

Nathan Murdoch's design in Peterborough depicts two hands joined together to create a heart shape.

An image of the work has been shared globally, including by those affected by events in the US, rappers Ice-T and Chuck D and an American footballer.

Mr Murdoch, 34, said he was "happy it's got people talking".

The mural was painted in an underpass in the Millfield area of the city, where he said there was "racial tension", in November.

Mr Murdoch, from Peterborough, was commissioned to create the work by local charity Diaspora to help use art to highlight anti-racism.

He said the hands were partly in colour and partly in greyscale to show "if we take colour away from who we are, what makes us different? We are all equal".

Mr Murdoch, whose work also includes a tribute to The Progidy's Keith Flint, said he was contacted by a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was looking for a piece of artwork that expressed how she felt and to encourage a "different conversation".

He said he was "amazed that someone from so far away found this picture in Peterborough".

Interest in it has since grown in momentum, with Ice-T's tweet alone being liked almost 16,000 times and retweeted almost 3,000 times.

Among those who retweeted Ice-T's post were Public Enemy's Chuck D and American Football player and Super Bowl winner Jahri Evans.