Arrest over toppling of British statue

Updated July 2 2020 - 7:06pm, first published 7:04pm
The toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston is fished from the harbour at Bristol.
The toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston is fished from the harbour at Bristol.

British police say they have arrested a man over the toppling of a statue of a 17th Century slave trader last month, an incident which sparked a major debate about Britain's imperial past.

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