Black Lives Matter protests as they happened: People gather for demonstrations across UK

6 June 2020, 09:26 | Updated: 7 June 2020, 22:07

Protesters at the US embassy today
Protesters at the US embassy today. Picture: PA

Further anti-racism protests continued on Sunday, with protesters gathering once again in cities across the UK.

Thousands of people gathered for Black Lives Matter protests, with the majority remaining peaceful.

In Bristol, activists toppled a controversial statue of slave trader Edward Colston.

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked mass protests in the US and UK and others elsewhere in the world.

Follow all of today's developments as they happened

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