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Sage willoughby and jake skuse were charged after the monument to edward colston was brought down in june 2020, but they were found not guilty at bristol crown court. andrew plant reports, and his report does contain some flashing images. john from court after weeks on trial. —— emerging from court. nicknamed the colston four, now found not guilty of criminal damage. we want to say thank you to so many people, it reverberated across the world, and now we know that he does not represent brist...

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A jury in the English city of Bristol has cleared four people of criminal charges for pulling down a statue during Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. They were held accountable after helping to topple the monument of a 17th-century slave trader.

Criminal damage when that statue of the slave trader, edward colston, was torn down in bristol injune 2020. back to coronavirus. nicola sturgeon has announced that the isolation period in scotland will be cut from to seven days from ten as of midnight, if people have negative lateral flow tests for the last two days, and have no fever. it now brings the country in line with the rest of the uk. scotlands restrictions on social distancing, large gatherings and table service in hospitality will rem...

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Rich slave trader, his statue chucked into the dock water of bristol port. were you internally cheering when that happened? i thought it was really interesting, and i think now its in a museum or a gallery, and its much more interesting than it was when it was in the street and no—one really noticed it. theres nothing more invisible than a statue apart from perhaps a plaque on a statue. most of the time, we dont notice them. its only these protests that have brought them to our attention, and ...

If that view then changes, its quite ok to leave that statue up or bring it down. my preferred solution is to have one day a year where we pelt the statues we dont like with tomatoes and everyone has therapy, everyone feels better, everyone gets educated but, equally, youre not accused of tearing down history, which is often the accusation. yeah, in the last couple of years, with a powerful surge in the black lives matter movement across the world, one of the issues that movement did focus upon ...

One point in history. if that view then changes, its quite 0k to leave that statue up or bring it down. my preferred solution is to have one day a year where we pelt the statues we dont like with tomatoes and everyone has therapy, everyone feels better, everyone gets educated but, equally, youre not accused of tearing down history, which is often the accusation. yeah, in the last couple of years, with a powerful surge in the black lives matter movement across the world, one of the issues that mo...

In bristol, in the south—west of england, we saw a statue, sir edward colston, a former rich slave trader, his statue chucked into the dock water of bristol port. were you internally cheering when that happened? i thought it was really interesting, and i think now its in a museum or a gallery, and its much more interesting than it was when it was in the street and no—one really noticed it. theres nothing more invisible than a statue apart from perhaps a plaque on a statue. most of the time, ...

LONDON - Four people were due to go on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the toppling of a statue of a 17th-century slave trader during anti