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7 Jun 2020

Statue of Bristol slaver Edward Colston torn down by Black Lives Matter demonstrators

News Correspondent

Protesters have once again taken to Britain’s streets. The biggest crowds were in London where anti-racism demonstrators marched on the US embassy before returning to the scene of last night’s sporadic violence in Whitehall.

But the most striking images of the day were created by activists in Bristol, where police say they are working to identify those who “clearly committed an act of criminal damage”.