BREAKING NEWS: Four people are charged with criminal damage after statue of Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour in June By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:27 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 14:28 GMT, 9 December 2020 Four people have been charged with criminal damage after a statue of … Read more
Bristol mayor says toppling of Sir Edward Colston statue was fuelled by ‘years of unaffordable housing, gentrification and being left behind’ Marvin Rees was giving evidence on ‘physical heritage’ to the DCMS Committee He said statue toppling in Bristol in June was not ‘all about the Colston Statue’ Suggested issues like ‘unaffordable housing and gentrification’ … Read more
Five people interviewed over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol will be offered conditional cautions, a chief constable has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour. No arrests … Read more
Police issue new pictures of eight of the 10 protestors they are still hunting over the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol Bronze figure of the 17th century slave trader pulled down on June 7 before being dumped in Bristol Harbour Incident was the centrepiece of the most dramatic UK protests following the killing … Read more
Bristol council have removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester around 24 hours after it was secretly raised on a plinth where a memorial to Edward Colston once stood, before it was dumped in a nearby harbour by demonstrators last month. Pictures from the scene show workers at the site at around 5.20am … Read more
Edward Colston statue is replaced by unofficial sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester who helped topple monument to the slave trader in Bristol in secret dawn installation by activists A figure of BLM protester Jen Reid was erected on Edward Colston’s old plinth Ms Reid was recently photographed on the plinth in Bristol with her … Read more
Toppled statue of slave Trader Edward Colston in Bristol is replaced with a dummy of paedophile Jimmy Savile The plinth has been empty since the slave trader’s statue was torn down by BLM Today a dummy representing paedophile Jimmy Savile was put onto the plinth The mannequin was dressed in a shirt that said: ”If … Read more
Man, 24, is arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after statue of slave-owner and philanthropist Sir Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol and thrown in to a dock By Press Association Published: 20:45 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:06 BST, 1 July 2020 A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the toppling … Read more
The Edward Colston statue in Bristol was pulled down by demonstrators on Sunday Edward Colston was born to a wealthy merchant family in Bristol, 1636. After working as an apprentice at a livery company he began to explore the shipping industry and started up his own business. He later joined the Royal African Company and … Read more
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