Downing Street say tearing down of slave trader statue in Bristol 'a criminal act'

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Spencer” — a drama starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana— has sold its U.S. rights to Neon, the production company behind last year’s Oscar-winner “Parasite.” Topic Studios will help distribute the film.Neon and Topic paid $4 million for the rights. The drama centers on a weekend in the early 1990s when Diana decided to separate from Prince Charles. “Jackie” director Pablo Larrain is on board to helm from a script by Steven Knight.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: NEON has won a pitched bidding battle and will pay north of $4 million for U.S. rights to Spencer, with Pablo Larraín is set to direct and Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana.

Manic Street Preachers‘ frontman James Dean Bradfield has returned with two new singles – check out ‘There’ll Come A War’ and ‘Seeking The Room With The Three Windows’ below along with our exclusive interview with the frontman.The two tracks preview Bradfield’s upcoming yet-to-be-announced album, the follow up to his 2006 solo debut ‘The Great Western’ and with lyrics penned by Patrick Jones – the famous Welsh poet and playwright and brother of Manics bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire.

It was announced earlier today that Kristen Stewart would be portraying Princess Diana in a brand new movie called Spencer.

Kristen Stewart is set to play Diana, Princess of Wales in a new film, according to reports.

, the movie is going to be titled Spencer (aka Di's last name before marrying Prince Charles) and major surprise—Kristen Stewart is set to play the coveted role of the people's princess.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Pablo Larraín is set to direct and Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in Spencer, a drama that shapes up to be a hot package for the virtual Cannes Market. The Steven Knight-scripted film covers a critical weekend in the early ‘90s, when Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working, and that she needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen.

The statue of slave trader Edward Colston has been fished out of Bristol Harbour early this morning by the council.Shortly after 6am, Bristol City Council shared video footage of a salvage crew retrieving the smeared figure and said that it is being '"taken to a secure location".They added that the statue needed to be removed to operate the working harbour, and that it will later form part of their museums collection.The bronze memorial was torn down from its plinth at the Black Lives Matter

statues of slave traders to be taken down. Steve West, from Stand Up to Racism, said that putting up plaques explaining the history of the statues did not go far enough.

Manori Ravindran International EditorPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken out on the U.K.’s demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in police custody, warning that protesters who attack public property or the police will face “the full force of the law.”Johnson’s speech on Monday came a day after anti-racism protesters in Bristol tore down a controversial bronze statue of 17th-Century slave trader Edward Colston, rolled it through the streets and tossed it into the River Avon — an

Tim Dams Thousands of people attended anti-racism protests in the U.K. over the weekend, with gatherings in cities such as London, Bristol, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh.On Sunday, protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Edward Colston — a prominent 17th-Century slave trader.

slave owners are still present in the country.Humza Yousaf questioned the practice and said taking them down is a conversation “worth engaging in”.He made his comments after protesters in Bristol pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th century slave trader.The bronze memorial to Edward Colston, situated in the city centre since 1895, was torn down after crowds left the city's College Green and later dumped into Bristol harbour.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your