Image caption,The Guardian's main image is of the four protesters celebrating outside Bristol Crown Court. The paper says anti-racism campaigners hailed the jury's decision to clear them as "a huge step in getting the UK to face up to its colonial past". It notes the defence had urged jurors to "be on the right side of history" - describing the continued display of the Edward Colston statue as potentially constituting a crime in itself.

Source: The Times January 06, 2022 07:44 UTC