Police in Bristol today confirmed the officer who they said suffered a broken arm in Sunday’s riots, didn’t have a broken arm, & the officer who they said had broken ribs didn’t suffer broken ribs.
Police said 40 officers were injured, however. bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
Chief Constable Andy Marsh earlier today told @adam_ldr “Very thankfully following medical reassessment there are no broken bones.”
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“The officer who we thought had broken an arm has been reassessed has not broken a bone, and the officer with chest injuries has not punctured his lung and is recovering at home.
“They were both serious (injuries) but that is good news.”
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Scenes on College Green Bristol about 15 mins ago for another protest against the Police & Crime Bill.
This time by van-dwellers, travellers & Gypsies, who say their way of life would effectively be criminalised by changes to law included in the bill #KillTheBill#BristolProtest
THREAD: follow the latest as the #KillTheBill protest on College Green gets underway.
Live updates - Kill the Bill protesters gather in Bristol city centre despite police warning bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
2.30pm & the first person with a sign was told to move on
THREAD: Three areas of South Bristol have the highest coronavirus case rates in the Bristol area
Hengrove 950 (cases per 100,000 pop.)
Knowle West 942
Bishopsworth 859
according to today's latest case number figures.
Number of actual people who tested positive for covid between Mon Dec 28 & Sun Jan 3:
Hengrove 86 (it was 23 the week before)
Knowle West 71 (12)
Bishopsworth 51 (14)
Total from just those 3 areas: 208.
Some of those 208 people will be fine
Many will be ill ('a week-long worst flu of my life' a friend of mine described it as)
Maybe 10 or 20 will need a hospital
But statistically, maybe 2 or 3 will die
Could be more? 3, 4, 5? Could be 1 or we'll be lucky & say none.
But avg is 2
BREAKING: The number of people who tested positive for covid-19 in Knowle West, Bristol, has jumped by 1067% in a week. That's not a typo...
Throughout December, 6 people a week tested positive in Knowle West, roughly. Pretty low.
In the 7 days to Sat Jan 2, 70 (SEVENTY) did
I don't know if track & trace & @C_A_Gray will be able to tell us why cases have increased tenfold in the week after Christmas.
If track & trace worked at all, it would do.
But it doesn't.
Anyone in Knowle West any ideas? Massive Christmas party? A nursing home outbreak?
These are last week's cases.
The effects on hospital numbers will be felt in the coming days. Already, we're at record levels of people hospitalised & fighting to breathe in Bristol's hospitals.
This is not a hoax bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
THREAD:
BREAKING: @aspolice have launched a major appeal, with CCTV pics, to find the 18 people responsible for how the Edward #ColstonStatue into the docks
Full story here - please read first - but this thread will examine how we got here... #Bristol bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
It took 83 mins from toppling to dunking & the police didn’t intervene once
Afterwards, the mayor & others praised police for their restraint - no one was injured & nothing else was damaged- compare that to scenes elsewhere #Colston#Bristol#ColstonStatue bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
The question soon arose tho - should those responsible face a police investigation/poss prosecution?
The morning after, it was a Q the mayor said was not for him - he said he was not going to be a ‘cheerleader’ for a prosecution, & it was for the criminal justice system, not him
It's now being rolled towards the floating harbour.
Colston opened up the transatlantic slave trade to Bristol merchants & around 20,000 people, incl 8,000 children, died on his ships before they even reached the Americas.
Bristol became Britain's leading slave trading port.
People quickly leapt on the statue as it fell.
Worth noting that the tall office block behind in this picture is 'Colston Tower', & it's on Colston Avenue with the (soon to be renamed) Colston Hall concert venue beyond. #Bristol #BlackLivesMatterUK#bristoltaketheknee