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Vandals launch bleach attack on Bristol statue of black playwright and actor Alfred Fagon that turns it white Avon and Somerset Police investigating the attack on 1987 Alfred Fagon statue Vandals have poured bleach over the statue of the black playwright and actor Fagon was born in Jamaica and was a member of the Windrush … Read more
Bristol University plans to review its logo featuring Edward Colston after Black Lives Matter protesters toppled the slaver’s statue and dumped it in the city’s harbour. Vice-chancellor and president Professor Hugh Brady said racism was ‘still very much part of everyday life’ but he was looking to play an ‘active’ part in stamping it out. … Read more
The Edward Colston statue in Bristol was pulled down by demonstrators on Sunday Edward Colston was born to a wealthy merchant family in Bristol, 1636. After working as an apprentice at a livery company he began to explore the shipping industry and started up his own business. He later joined the Royal African Company and … Read more
The statue of Edward Colston is to be fished out of a river and put on display in a museum, it has been confirmed today. The monument, which had stood in the city centre since 1895, was pulled down and hurled in the River Avon during Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday. As some 10,000 protesters gathered … Read more
Black Lives Matter activists are gearing up for another afternoon of protest in the UK following ugly clashes with police in London yesterday. Demonstrations in Bristol, Birmingham and Portsmouth are riding the momentum from yesterday’s mammoth gathering in the capital to voice anger over the killing of American George Floyd. A 15,000 strong crowd rallied … Read more
Grandfather-of-six coronavirus patient, 69, nicknamed ‘Teflon Man’ by nurses after surviving weeks in intensive care was woken from coma and had no idea there was a pandemic, family reveal Brian Harvey was put into an induced coma with suspected pneumonia in March Staff at Bristol Royal Infirmary confirmed the 69-year-old actually had Covid-19 His family … Read more
Josie Gibson took part in a segment on This Morning on Tuesday, in which she gave Holly Willougby and Phillip Schofield a virtual tour of her home, getting it critiqued by celebrity interior designer Kelly Hoppen. And Josie left viewers in hysterics as she admitted her shame at the choice of wallpaper. The stripped wallpaper … Read more
Sudanese woman, 34, goes missing for a week in Bristol as police issue CCTV images of ‘witness’ on his phone Asima Ali-Taha was last seen in Bristol at around 3pm on April 24 She lives in the Redcliffe area of the city but is originally from Sudan Avon and Somerset Police have issued pictures of … Read more
Prince Edward has thanked NHS workers for being ‘ready and willing to care with compassion’ as he opened Britains newest Nightingale hospital in Bristol today. The Earl of Wessex, 56, spoke from his home in Bagshot Park, Surrey, which he shares with his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 55, and their two children Lady Louise Windsor, 16, … Read more
The insides of two makeshift coronavirus mortuaries have been pictured for the first time – on the same day a third shut after just two weeks. A warehouse on the Hillington Industrial Estate in Glasgow is set to hold 1,700 bodies, while a marquee in Bristol will store 240. But a morgue built to house another … Read more