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
A woman in Los Angeles has been caught on camera yelling at staff in a Trader Joe’s after she was asked to wear a face mask. The unnamed woman had stood in line around 5.30pm Friday with other shoppers on the opening day of the new store in North Hollywood. She was said by another … Read more
A Bristol music venue named after Edward Colston has removed its signage from the building after the slave trader became a target of the Black Lives Matter protests. Workmen were this morning pictured drilling out the lettering at Colston Hall ahead of a total rebrand this autumn to distance themselves from the ‘divisive’ figure. Bosses … 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
Black Lives Matter protesters have torn down a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol and dumped it in the harbour – as demonstrations continue to sweep Britain following the death of George Floyd in America. Footage shows demonstrators heaving the metal monument down with ropes before cheering and dancing around it, … Read more
Rogue trader Nick Leeson ‘boasts he is doing very well on the stock market’ amid the coronavirus pandemic Leeson ‘said “markets exist through crises” after declared he is “back trading”‘ He boasted ‘we are continuing to have another few great and profitable weeks’ Leeson jailed for six-and-a-half years after Barings Bank went bankrupt in 1995 … Read more