The New Zealand government responded by removing all restrictions on public gatherings, meaning, among other factors, sport stadiums will again be able to hold fans without regulations about social distancing.

Sturgeon is now “optimistic” Scotland can move to the second phase of its four-part plan to ease out of lockdown.

Derbyshire council said it will remove a pub sign that has been likened to a gollywog ‘with immediate effect’.

More than 15,000 people have signed a petition for a statue of Dr Paul Stephenson to be erected in place of Edward Colston in Bristol.

Boris Johnson acknowledges there ‘continues to discrimination and racism’, his spokesman said.

The senator marched in a peaceful demonstration in Washington, DC.

A campaign group has argued that the university has “failed to address its institutional racism” and the impact on students and the city.

Demonstrators toppled a statue of a slave trader in Bristol and clashed with police in London.

According to the latest polling only Mexicans have the same level of disapproval in their government's handling of the crisis as Brits.