The Black Lives Matter protester who ‘tagged’ the statue of Winston Churchill said he did it because Britain’s greatest Prime Minister was a ‘confirmed racist’ who cared more about colonialism than black people. The masked young man, who is being searched for by the Metropolitan Police today for the vandalism in Parliament Square, claimed that … Read more
The Black Lives Matter protester who ‘tagged’ the statue of Winston Churchill said he did it because Britain’s greatest Prime Minister was a ‘confirmed racist’ who cared more about colonialism than black people. The masked young man, who is being searched for by the Metropolitan Police today for the vandalism in Parliament Square, claimed that … 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
A group of volunteers including four Army cadets cleaned up a memorial to Winston Churchill in London this morning after it was defaced by activists during yesterday’s violent Black Lives Matter protests. The men scrubbed graffiti off the statue one day after the phrase ‘was racist’ was added in spray paint by protesters below the … Read more
Some images from the Black Lives Matter demonstration in London on Saturday will linger long in the memory. The sheer scale and physical density of the march, as viewed from above, is one, simultaneously impressive in its display of solidarity and terrifying for NHS medics anxious to avert a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 infection. Then … 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
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
Frozen’s Josh Gad jokes his daughters ‘wish Moana was their father’ as he reveals he shares his home office with huge Olaf statue By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:14 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 02:14 BST, 1 June 2020 He provides the voice for the beloved Disney character Olaf from the Frozen animated … Read more
The mayor of Prague has been put under police protection amid fears of an assassination plot after reports claimed a Russian had entered the Czech Republic with ricin in his briefcase. Zdenek Hrib confirmed the protection but did not comment on claims in a Czech magazine that a Russian agent using a diplomatic passport had recently … Read more
Original hand-drawn plans of the Statue of Liberty show last-minute design changes to its torch-bearing arm – going against the wishes of architect Gustav Eiffel Uncovered plans showing the changes were discovered by a map dealer in 2018 The Statue was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in 1870 Gustav Eiffel was hired by … Read more