Dec 2020. The Story of 2020 Part 6

"Black Out Tuesday" was held globally on June 2 in response to the death of George Floyd in the US, which sparked anti-racism protests across the UK. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets and a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and dumped in Bristol Harbour, the same month the UK's coronavirus death toll mounted 50,000. Non-essential shops were permitted to open, crowds flocked to beaches amid balmy conditions and Leicester became the first area to have a local lockdown imposed following a spike of cases in the city. Elsewhere in June, a decision to extend the children's food voucher scheme into the summer holidays became the latest in a string of U-turns performed by the Government during the pandemic.