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Statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II is removed in Antwerp after it was vandalised by anti-racism protesters because of his colonial rule Leopold exploited the Belgian Congo with slave labour, leaving millions dead The statue was vandalised by protesters and has now been removed for repairs Antwerp city authorities say the statue is likely to … Read more
Little Britain has been removed from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and BritBox amid concerns that the use of blackface characters on the series is no longer acceptable. In an apparent reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests, Netflix pulled the Matt Lucas, 46, and David Walliams, 48, series on Friday, along with the pair’s other comedy … Read more
Little Britain has been removed from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and BritBox amid concerns that the use of blackface characters on the series is no longer acceptable. In an apparent reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests, Netflix pulled the Matt Lucas and David Walliams series on Friday, along with the pair’s other comedy Come Fly … Read more
Sadiq Khan has announced he will ‘review and improve’ the diversity of London’s public landmarks and called for the removal of all slave trader statues in the capital. It follows the tearing down of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol over the weekend by Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrators. Last night, some people … Read more
A nasty shock: Man has two-foot phone charger removed from his bladder in India after inserting it into his penis for fun A man in India inserted a two-foot-long charging lead through his urethra His surgeon said the man came to hospital claiming he’d swallowed earphones After thorough testing he was unable to find anything … Read more
John Cleese has revealed he had ‘a minor operation’ on Friday to remove a cancerous tumour from his leg. Posting on Twitter on Monday evening, the Monty Python star, 80, made light of his health scare, insisting ‘at my age this sort of thing happens about once a week’ and making a classic Monty Python … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today said a statue of a slave trader in Bristol which was pulled down during protests yesterday should have been removed ‘with consent’ and placed in a museum. Sir Keir said the statue of Edward Colston should have been taken down ‘a long, long time ago’. But he argued it … Read more
Celebrity Gogglebox has been removed from the catch-up service All4 after Eamonn Holmes criticised the show for omitting a scene of him discussing his father’s death. Fans took to Twitter to complain the episode had been removed from the online service, in some cases while they were still watching the programme, leading the speculation it’s … Read more
Sergeant E.J. ‘Jay’ Banks was a member of the Texas Rangers, who have patrolled the state for nearly 200 years after being formed in 1835. In 1956, Banks was dispatched to keep black children out of the white Mansfield High School, near Dallas, according to author Doug J Swanson. Backed by a court order, the … Read more
Hundreds of combat soldiers with the 82nd Airborne were ordered to leave Washington, D.C, Thursday after retired generals and the nation’s top officer rebuked Donald Trump over his use of the military. Members of the elite unit had been deployed to the nation’s capital to back up National Guard soldiers ordered onto the streets by … Read more