Subscribe and 🔔 to OFFICIAL BBC YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn Stream original BBC programmes FIRST on BBC iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ A statue of a slave trader that was thrown into a harbour by anti-racism protestors was retrieved from the water today. Black Lives Matter demonstrators tore down the statue of Edward Colston during a protest in Bristol on Sunday. Since the statue of Colston was toppled, calls have been made to remove others around the UK. The statue of noted slaveholder Robert Milligan was removed from its place outside the Museum of London Docklands on Tuesday. The University of Liverpool has agreed to rename a building named after former prime minister William Gladstone due to his links to the slave trade. Campaigners also want the statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College at Oxford taken down, saying the university had "failed to address its institutional racism". Get the full story 👉 https://bbc.in/2B0sshz Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate with an audience from Cardiff. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, Justice Secretary and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, Health and Social Services Minister in the Welsh Government, Labour; Liz Saville Roberts MP, Leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster; Rocco Forte, founder of the Rocco Forte luxury hotel chain; and Bernardine Evaristo, author of several novels including 'Girl, Woman, Other' which won the Booker Prize and was listed by Barack Obama as one of his favourite novels of 2019. Question Time | 11.6.20 | BBC #BBC #BBCQuestionTime #BBCiPlayer All our TV channels and S4C are available to watch live through BBC iPlayer, although some programmes may not be available to stream online due to rights. If you would like to read more on what types of programmes are available to watch live, check the 'Are all programmes that are broadcast available on BBC iPlayer?' FAQ 👉 https://bbc.in/2m8ks6v.
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