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Human rights protections were no defence to ‘violent’ Colston statue toppling REDIRECTED

The Court of Appeal has given a ruling on legal issues arising out of the prosecution of the so-called Colston Four, who were cleared by a jury.

The Independent UK

Appeal Court rules Colston 4 should not have used human rights defence

'Clarification' is 'disappointing' say Colston 4 lawyers, but they are still innocent

Bristol Post

Colston Four: Court of Appeal will rule on legal issues arising from case

The Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett, Mr Justice Holgate and Mr Justice Saini are due to give their decision in writing at 12 noon today (Wednesday, September 28)

Bristol Post

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Court of Appeal due to rule on legal issues arising out of ‘Colston Four’ case

The bronze memorial to the 17th-century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol on June 7 2020.

The Independent UK

Jesus joins the Bristol Bus Boycott to replace Colston stained glass window

The window dedicated to Edward Colston was removed two years ago

Bristol Post

Thatchers Cider boss ‘devastated’ by Countering Colston boycott campaign

The managing director of the Somerset cider maker described calls for people to stop buying the company’s drinks as a ‘personal attack’

Birmingham Post

William Crowther's statue is coming down – but is that the only way reckon with our history?

As a Tasmanian council moves to take down a statue of the state's former premier, an expert says we can expect more challenges to colonial figures to come.

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New cathedral exhibition to ‘tell the truth’ about links to the slave trade

200 memorials and grave-markers in cathedral found to have connections with the transatlantic trade of enslaved people

Bristol Post

The Guardian view on commemorative art: remember differently

Editorial: Better to own up to Britain’s murderous history than hide it, but sensitive curation is everything

The Guardian - UK

Bristol Harbour Festival could change amid concerns it is too 'white and middle-class'

City council cabinet set to approve funding for next five years

Bristol Post

Reni Eddo-Lodge on anti-racism: ‘The backlash amazes me’

Two years after the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that sent Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race to the top of the bestseller lists, its author assesses how far we’ve come, in an edited extract from an updated edition of the book

The Guardian - UK

Department of Education threatens to withdraw funding from Bristol school after Ofsted rating

Montpelier High School received an 'inadequate' Ofsted rating in its first inspection in twelve years

Bristol Post

‘We won’t stay silent any longer’ – 13 protest photographs that changed Britain

As a new law comes into place that restricts how people can demonstrate across the UK, we look at some of the images and moments that reshaped the nation

The Guardian - UK

Toppling Colston statue ‘unacceptable’ form of political debate, court told

The Attorney General has asked Court of Appeal judges to review the law around the case.

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Artist William Kentridge says Winston Churchill statue should be buried so we can ‘look down’ on him

‘The question should be: “How do we deal with our blighted past?” rather than defending it and saying it was nothing but a heroic history,’ Kentridge said

Bristol Post

Bristol reacts to school's 'inadequate' Ofsted ranking after first inspection in 12 years

Montpelier High School, formerly Colston's Girls' School, was given the worst Ofsted rating where it had previously been dubbed 'the best school in Bristol'

Bristol Post

Opinion: Two years since Colston and everything has changed, but everything is still the same

"Racism didn't end because a big crowd pulled over a statue two years ago today"

Bristol Post

Banksy's signed Colston 4 t-shirt sells for £12,000 at auction

It's one of four Banksy gave to the Colston statue topplers

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The Guardian - UK

What would George Floyd’s life have looked like without the crushing weight of racism?

Two years on from his death, it’s worth considering the success he might have had in a different world, say writers Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa

The Independent UK

Banksy: Artist behind Jubilee mural in Wood Green comes forward

Bristol Post

The Bristol schools that have removed Colston from their name

The toppling of the slave trader's statue prompted some schools to make the switch

Bristol Post

Signed Colston 4 Banksy T-shirt expected to sell for at least £20k at auction

The T-shirts are different as the colours were reversed and are signed by Banky himself

Bristol Post

Should Colston's School in Bristol have changed its name? Have your say

Join the debate on Colston's School's new name

Bristol Post

Bristolians slam Colston's School's new name as 'stupid and woke'

"And what will this achieve?"

The Independent UK

School founded by slave trader Edward Colston to be renamed

Headteacher says new name ‘will help us to become an ever more inclusive and welcoming community’

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