Bristol churches remove windows dedicated to slave trader Edward Colston

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‘These dedications have prevented many people from finding peace in these beautiful building’ diocese says

Panes at St Mary Redcliffe have already been taken out while others at the city’s cathedral ⁠— including the large Colston Window ⁠— have been covered up ahead of being withdrawn from the building.

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