‘Bristolians feel very connected to the event’: local reaction to Colston verdict

There was a supportive mood for the statue topplers in a city known for its political activism

Melody Beard will forever rue the moment she took her youngest daughter to use the toilet and missed the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston being thrown into Bristol's harbour.

The 40-year-old had, like many on that day, joined protests in the city's centre, along with her husband and two children.