Police have released images of 15 individuals they want to speak to in relation to the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol by Black Lives Matter protestors. The statue commemorating the 17th century merchant was dramatically pulled from its plinth by protestors at 2.30pm on June 7 after being attacked and vandalised with … Read more
Bristol University plans to review its logo featuring Edward Colston after Black Lives Matter protesters toppled the slaver’s statue and dumped it in the city’s harbour. Vice-chancellor and president Professor Hugh Brady said racism was ‘still very much part of everyday life’ but he was looking to play an ‘active’ part in stamping it out. … Read more
The toppled statue of Edward Colston, which was torn down and dumped into water by anti-racism protesters, contained a 125-year-old copy of Tit-Bits magazine signed by men who first put it up, it has been revealed. After being fished-out from Bristol Harbour, where it was thrown into by protesters on Sunday, museum workers began a … Read more
The statue of Edward Colston is to be fished out of a river and put on display in a museum, it has been confirmed today. The monument, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and hurled in the River Avon during Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday. As some 10,000 protesters gathered … Read more
Banksy has suggested the toppled statue of Edward Colston should be put back on its plinth in Bristol surrounded by sculptures of protesters pulling it down. The graffiti artist unveiled a new piece of artwork inspired by activists who tore down a bronze statue of the 17th-century slave trader in an Instagram post today. Alongside … Read more