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A demonstration as part of the Black Lives Matter movement was held at Devonshire Green in Sheffield in June 2020. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

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A mural in America in tribute to murdered George Floyd.

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A demonstration as part of the Black Lives Matter movement was held at Devonshire Green in Sheffield in June 2020. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Sheffielders share mix of emotions following George Floyd guilty verdict

A Black Lives Matter demonstration was held in Sheffield in the wake of George Floyd's murder.

Fireworks set off in Sheffield to mark George Floyd verdict

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A Black Lives Matter rally in Sheffield in June

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Anti-racism protesters take the knee in Sheffield

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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A Black Lives Matter demonstration on Devonshire Green in June.

Anti-racism protest planned in Sheffield this Friday

George Floyd's death sparked protests worldwide including a demo on Sheffield's Devonshire Green, pictured.

Protest to mark 100 days since George Floyd's death

The NBA playoffs came to a standstill on Wednesday night (Getty Images)

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The ‘black takeover day’ is set to air a year after the killing of George Floyd which sparked global protests, Channel 4 disclosed. (Channel 4)

Channel 4 has planned a ‘black takeover day’ - starting with a one-off episode o...

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Tommy Robinson claims he has been forced to leave the UK (Getty Images)

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Atiba Lyons, is entering his 13th season as head coach of the Sheffield Sharks, but is one of very few BAME head coaches in Yorkshire professional sport.

Sheffield Sharks’ Atiba Lyons keen for BAME conversation to stay top of agenda

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A statue of Edward Colston in Bristol was pulled down by Black Lives Matter protesters and later dumped in Bristol Harbour

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Dozens of protesters in Hillsborough Park knelt to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Dozens of Sheffield Black Lives Matter protesters 'take a knee'

Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts. Picture Tony Johnson.

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Black Lives Matter demonstration in Devonshire Green, Sheffield.
6 June 2020. Picture Bruce Rollinson

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Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings

Recruitment of BAME police officers ‘stubbornly slow’

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'Humans are the most destructive creatures'

Ant and Dec have made a public apology for impersonating people of colour on Saturday Night Takeaway (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ant and Dec ‘sincerely sorry’ for using blackface on Saturday Night Takeaway

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Racist pub sign of a black boy's head sculpture not returned

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Ant and Dec ‘sincerely sorry’ for using blackface on Saturday Night Takeaway

Neil Basu issued a message to his fellow officers to "stand up to racism" (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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Black Lives Matter protesters with the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol after pulling it down

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House and State Democrats knelt for almost nine minutes in honour of 46-year-old Floyd (Photo: Getty Images)

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