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Black Lives Matter: Monument of Waterloo hero and slave trader Thomas Picton will STAND

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A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the ‘Tyrant of Trinidad’ will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into ‘offensive’ statues. The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888. A campaign … Read more

Statue of 19th century slave owner Sir Thomas Picton will be removed from Cardiff City Hall

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The statue of the 19th century slave trader Sir Thomas Picton is to be removed from Cardiff’s City Hall following increasing calls to remove the figure amid the Black Lives Matter protests. Today construction workers began to take down the controversial marble statue, which is now encased in a wooden box, after councillors agreed it … Read more