Prime Minister Boris Johnson said anti-racism protests were "subverted by thuggery" as Home Secretary Priti Patel condemned the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.

Thousands of anti-racism protesters attended Black Lives Matter rallies across the UK on Sunday which were largely peaceful, although 12 arrestes were made in London following clashes with police which saw eight officers injured, including two seriously.

Mr Johnson tweeted: "People have a right to protest peacefully & while observing social distancing but they have no right to attack the police. "These demonstrations have been subverted by thuggery - and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve. "Those responsible will be held to account." While the

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Statues boarded up in London as more protests expected

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Five things Scots need to know as Boris Johnson floats 'support bubble' plan for English households

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Boris Johnson confirms singletons can have sex with people they don't live with from Saturday

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coronavirus could potentially be relaxed in England first, before the rest of the UK, it emerged today.

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Boris Johnson agrees to act on Labour's furlough 'cliff-edge' warning for shielding people

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save summer holidays as the coronavirus pandemic put travelling to a halt. According to The Sun,Boris Johnson is "looking at all options personally" to get safe-routes back on track in Europe in time for the June 29 reviewal of the 14-day quarantine policy for arrivals to Britain.

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protests continue to take place across the US and around the world after George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed in Minneapolis when a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine-minutes and ignored the man’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.Today (June 7), protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue of Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader, who has been a controversial figure in the city for many years.Edward Colston statue pulled down by BLM protesters in Bristol. Colston was a 17th century slave trader who has numerous landmarks named after him in Bristol.

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Boris Johnson to set out plans to 'rebuild Britain' after coronavirus pandemic

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Government coronavirus advisor says UK locked down too late and it's 'cost a lot of lives'

The UK imposed its coronavirus lockdown too late in a decision that "cost a lot of lives", a top scientific advisor to the government said today.

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Boris Johnson 'planning to relax rules on outdoor weddings and dining' to ease lockdown

Couples will be allowed to marry outdoors as lockdown measures are relaxed, according to reports.

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Boris' 'world class' tracing system 'won't be fully operating until September or October'

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Influencer Ben Philips says he's the 'Boris Johnson of the internet'

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India pledges $ 15 million to GAVI

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Trump praises Boris Johnson over vaccine fight as Transatlantic tensions simmer

Donald Trump today praised Boris Johnson amid the coronavirus pandemic despite simmering Transatlantic tensions over Covid-19 and racism.

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