First published on Thu 20 May 2021 06.37 EDT
A University of Oxford college will not remove a statue of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes despite an independent commission supporting its removal.
Oriel College said in a statement it would not “begin the legal process” of moving the Rhodes statue at this stage due to “regulatory and financial challenges” presented by its removal.
The statement also said the removal of the statue would be subject to legal and planning processes involving the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, Robert Jenrick, who in January said he would introduce changes to the law to protect statues from what he called “baying mobs”.