Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol pull down statue of 17th century slave trader

Manchester Council have announced they will review every statue in the city in response to the Black Lives Matter protests. Thousands of people joined demonstrations all over the country this weekend, including in Manchester, London and Bristol.

Days after his impassioned and stirring speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London, John Boyega is expressing his “love and thanks” for the overwhelming support from people around the world.

Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall and Lewis Capaldi have joined the UK’s Black Lives Matter march in protest of the killing of George Floyd. Jade, 27, who recently bravely discussed her own experiences of racism, took to the streets in London to show her support, while Lewis attended the march at Hollyrood Park in Edinburgh on Sunday.

An injury isn’t stopping Madonna, 61, from protesting! The Music star was spotted amidst the crowd at a Black Lives Matter march in London, England on Friday, June 5. Madonna was still using crutches after her knee injury from Oct. 2019, and was spotted leaving King Edward VII’s Hospital in London just days ago on May 30. At the protest, stars like professional boxer Anthony Joshua and tennis player Boris Becker could also be seen.

Madonna attended a Black Lives Matter protest in London today (June 6) while on crutches.Thousands gathered in the city to march on Parliament Square, demanding justice for George Floyd and all those killed by police brutality.Photos of the pop star in the crowd were shared by fans on Twitter and showed her walking on crutches.

Chants of “I can’t breathe” rang out across central Manchester as anti-racist protesters took to the streets to demonstrate as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.The haunting last words of George Floyd were repeated again and again and plastered across banners and placards during a huge protest in the city centre.Mr Floyd’s death has sparked protests across the United States and the UK with thousands of people marching on cities to demand change.Mr Floyd, 46, died in police custody in the

the crowd in London’s Hyde Park on Wednesday (June 3), speaking out about the death of George Floyd and the effect of police brutality and racism on the Black community.“I’m speaking to you from my heart,” he said at one point. “Look, I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but fuck that.

Rio and Kate Ferdinand have reflected on an emotional day after attending the Black Lives Matter march on Saturday in London. Kate, 29, who is a step-mother to Rio’s children, said she was “overwhelmed” as she shared photos from the protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following the killing of George Floyd.

death of George Floyd, with the same spirit that made the ‘Working-Men of Manchester’ resolve to refuse to touch cotton produced by the slavery of the American south, on the same day they wrote that letter to Lincoln.There’s much more to today’s event than solidarity.Every black person in that crowd will have had some experience of being stereotyped, scapegoated, insulted, even attacked, because of the colour of their skin, will have experience of people who don’t know what it’s like, or don’t

Speaking at the Downing Street press briefing on Friday, he said: "Ahead of this weekend, when I know that there are plans for further protests, I want to say something to you as Health Secretary."Like so many, I'm appalled by the death of George Floyd. "And I understand why people are deeply upset.

Manchester Evening News and said: “The video of George Floyd’s death was awful and it was all over social media, asked me to write a press release for an event today, he had other Friends who were organising events in Bristol too and we set up a Whatsapp group and it’s sort of expanded to this.“I didn’t really know what to expect, but some of the things people said today was really fruitful and lovely.“There’s a lot of white people here, and it's great that people showed solidarity but it also

"Star Wars" actor John Boyega risked professional fallout and delivered a powerful speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London's Hyde Park on Wednesday.

John Boyega needn't worry about getting more work in Hollywood. "I don't know if I'm going to have a career after this, but fuck that," the Star Wars actor told a crowd of thousands at a Black Lives Matter protest in London on Wednesday towards the end of an impassioned and powerful speech about racism.

They were all in attendance at yesterday's protest

Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.