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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/07/2020; Bristol, UK. #WhoseFuture campaign outdoor art. Two billboards saying "Actions over Apologies" and "Black Lives Matter" are seen in Bristol as part of a month long arts exhibition starting this week called "Whose Future" by Rising Arts Agency. The month-long outdoor art exhibition is using spaces normally given over to adverts across the city. The work by dozens of young Bristol artists aims to provide a platform for new voices while also asking questions about Bristol’s future, and as a response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter campaign, as well as inequalities suffered by young people and the impact on them from the wider Covid-19 lockdown. Bristol hit world headlines when the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down with ropes and thrown into Bristol docks on 07 June during an All Black Lives/Black Lives Matter protest. Today a new sculpture titled "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020" by artist Marc Quinn made of black resin and steel was put up on the plinth where the statue of Colston previously stood without any permission from Bristol City council. Jen Reid stood on the empty plinth at the previous protest on 07 June which was in protest for the memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/07/2020; Bristol, UK. #WhoseFuture campaign outdoor art. Two billboards saying "Actions over Apologies" and "Black Lives Matter" are seen in Bristol as part of a month long arts exhibition starting this week called "Whose Future" by Rising Arts Agency. The month-long outdoor art exhibition is using spaces normally given over to adverts across the city. The work by dozens of young Bristol artists aims to provide a platform for new voices while also asking questions about Bristol’s future, and as a response to the ongoing Black Lives Matter campaign, as well as inequalities suffered by young people and the impact on them from the wider Covid-19 lockdown. Bristol hit world headlines when the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down with ropes and thrown into Bristol docks on 07 June during an All Black Lives/Black Lives Matter protest. Today a new sculpture titled "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020" by artist Marc Quinn made of black resin and steel was put up on the plinth where the statue of Colston previously stood without any permission from Bristol City council. Jen Reid stood on the empty plinth at the previous protest on 07 June which was in protest for the memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. A new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. A new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth seen in the background on the Monday morning after an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. A new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth seen in the background on the Monday morning after an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. A new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. People view and photograph a new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
    LNP_ENGLISHMAN_STATUE_200615_SCH_02.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. A new mystery statue of a caricature Englishman has been placed by the now empty Colston plinth on Monday morning, following an “All Lives Matter” protest at the weekend to “defend the Cenotaph”. The grey statue shows a bald man resting in a wheelie bin with the words "Spoiler: St George was Turkish" on the front. He is holding a small globe in one hand and a mobile phone in the other hand with a screen showing the St George flag and words "England for the English". The character wears a string vest over a beer belly and looks over to where Colston’s statue was torn down from its plinth a week ago. The artist is not known but the statue looks similar to "Ruth", a character who appeared on Victoria Street in April 2018. This comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
    LNP_ENGLISHMAN_STATUE_200615_SCH_07.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. JOSHUA VIRASAMI,, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
    LNP_SCIPIO_AFRICANUS_200618_SCH_05.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
    LNP_SCIPIO_AFRICANUS_200618_SCH_04.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
    LNP_SCIPIO_AFRICANUS_200618_SCH_03.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 18/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The grave of Scipio Africanus at St Mary’s Churchyard in Henbury has been vandalised with part of the memorial broken in two in an attack on Tuesday night. The elaborate grave is grade II listed, and both stones that featured black cherubs marking the grave of 18-year-old “Scipio Africanus” were damaged. A message was also left which indicates the attack was in revenge for the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol city centre during a Black Lives Matter protest on 07 June 2020, with part of the message saying "put Colston back". Scipio Africanus (1702 – 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa. He was named after Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the third century BCE Roman general, famous for defeating the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal. Very little is known of his life. He was the servant of Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, who in 1715 married Arabella Morse and lived in the "Great House" in Henbury, Bristol. It is not known how Scipio was acquired, but he died there aged, according to his headstone, eighteen. His master and mistress died two years later. Black Lives Matter protests around the world have come after George Floyd a black man was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in the US. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square and Downing Street, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved in front of US Embassy in central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. EWA JASIEWICZ, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. EWA JASIEWICZ, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. AADAM MUSSE (correct spelling), seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. NAOMI MABITA (LEFT) AND ADITI JAGANATHAN (RIGHT), seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. L to R ALISON PLAYFORD, NAOMI MABITA (rear) and MARK WEAVER arrive at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where they are three of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The City of Bristol Museum, next to the University of Bristol, with an inscription dedicated to the Wills family of tobacco industrialists. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 06/06/2020. London, London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally escalates at Downing Street in central London, following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA   Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square and Downing Street, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square and Downing Street, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved the Parliament Square, central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved in front of US Embassy in central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved in front of US Embassy in central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved in front of US Embassy in central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/06/2020. London, UK. Black Lives Matter protestors rally in Hyde Park moved in front of US Embassy in central London following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA . Photo credit: Marcin Nowak/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. NAOMI MABITA, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. NAOMI MABITA, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. LIAM BARRINGTON-BUSH, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. ADITI JAGANATHAN, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. EWA JASIEWICZ (FRONT) AND ADITI JAGANATHAN (REAR), seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. ALISON PLAYFORD, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. SITA BALANI (centre in glasses), joined by supporters as she arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. SITA BALANI arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. MARK WEAVER, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. NAOMI MABITA, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. JOSHUA VIRASAMI,, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. JOSHUA VIRASAMI,, seen at lunch break outside Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. NAOMI MABITA, arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. ALISON PLAYFORD, arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where she is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. MARK WEAVER, arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where he is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. L to R ALISON PLAYFORD, NAOMI MABITA (rear) and MARK WEAVER arrive at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where they are three of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. JOSHUA VIRASAMI, arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where he is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. JOSHUA VIRASAMI, arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where he is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. L to R ALISON PLAYFORD, NAOMI MABITA (rear) and MARK WEAVER arrive at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where they are three of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. L to R ANAOMI MABITA, LISON PLAYFORD and MARK WEAVER arrive at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where they are three of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. AADAM MUSSE (correct spelling), arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where he is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The City of Bristol Museum, next to the University of Bristol, with an inscription dedicated to the Wills family of tobacco industrialists. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. The University of Bristol's crests on the Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Views of the University of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building. The University of Bristol is considering changing the names of some of its buildings including the Wills tower in response to the Black Lives Matters campaign and concern over links to slavery. In an email to students yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor said the University is determined to become an anti-racist organisation, and that the University recognises how money from the transatlantic slave trade indirectly benefitted the University through philanthropic donations including from the Wills family who made money from the tobacco industry which had links to slavery. The University will review the names of buildings such as the Wills Memorial Building, Wills Hall for student accommodation and the Colston Street student accommodation. It also promises to review the University’s logo, which carries links to the slave trade. At a Black Lives Matter protest the previous Sunday the statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down with ropes and thrown in Bristol Docks by protesters during the BLM rally and march through the city centre in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 17/01/2017. London, UK. AADAM MUSSE (correct spelling), arrives at Willesden Magistrates Court in west London where he is one of nine people charged with wilfully obstructing the highway at Heathrow Airport. A group of protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter group blocked the M4 spur road to Heathrow Airport in August last year. Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; 23/09/2020; Bristol, UK. The concert venue "Bristol Beacon", formerly called the Colston Hall, has its new name projected by Limbic Cinema onto the building for the first time together with images of performers. Today the Bristol Music Trust announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June this year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal was brought forward, despite the new name not then being announced. The name removal came just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slave
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; FILE PHOTO dated 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Today, 23/09/2020 the Bristol Music Trust have announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June the year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal has been brought forward, despite the new name not yet being announced. The name removal comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; FILE PHOTO dated 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Today, 23/09/2020 the Bristol Music Trust have announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June the year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal has been brought forward, despite the new name not yet being announced. The name removal comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; FILE PHOTO dated 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Today, 23/09/2020 the Bristol Music Trust have announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June the year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal has been brought forward, despite the new name not yet being announced. The name removal comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; FILE PHOTO dated 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Today, 23/09/2020 the Bristol Music Trust have announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June the year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal has been brought forward, despite the new name not yet being announced. The name removal comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures; FILE PHOTO dated 15/06/2020; Bristol, UK. Today, 23/09/2020 the Bristol Music Trust have announced the new name "Bristol Beacon" for the entertainment and music venue formerly called the Colston Hall which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. The Trust said three years ago that they would change the name due to the long standing controversy of the Colston name, and in June the year signs and letters saying "Colston Hall" were removed from Bristol's largest music and entertainment venue over ongoing controversy with the name being associated with the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. In 2017 Bristol Music Trust had said they would change the name when the hall was refurbished, but with continuing delays and the recent Black Lives Matters events the name removal has been brought forward, despite the new name not yet being announced. The name removal comes just over a week after the statue of Edward Colston which has stood in Bristol city centre for over 100 years was pulled down by protestors and thrown in Bristol Docks during a Black Lives Matters rally and march through the city centre. The rally was held in memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. Edward Colston (1636 – 1721) was a wealthy Bristol-born English merchant involved in the slave trade, a Member of Parliament and a philanthropist. He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere, and his name is commemorated in several Bristol landmarks, streets, three schools and the Colston bun. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries against both modern day racism and historical legacies of slavery. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.
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