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The Site

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First episode dateJuly 15, 1996
Final episode dateAugust 18, 1997
Networks MSNBC
Presented by Soledad O'Brien
Languages English
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The Site, hosted by Soledad O'Brien, is an hour-long TV program devoted to the Internet revolution. It debuted in July 1996 with MSNBC's launch and aired Monday through Saturday, reaching 35 million homes.

A young couple's ordeal captivates Chinese internet

A young couple's ordeal captivates Chinese internet
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... They posted constantly about the progress of the construction of their flat, and visited The Site almost every month...

Bologna's leaning tower sealed off over fears it could collapse

Bologna's leaning tower sealed off over fears it could collapse
Dec 2,2023 3:21 am

... The Site was first closed in October after sensors picked up the changes in the Garisenda s tilt and inspections revealed deterioration in the materials that make up its base...

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further

Pontins: Former holiday park giant shrinks further
Dec 1,2023 12:21 pm

... " Everyone got to know each other so well at the park that Pauline even met her future husband while working at The Site in her early 20s...

Taylor Swift: Publicist denies star secretly married Joe Alwyn

Taylor Swift: Publicist denies star secretly married Joe Alwyn
Dec 1,2023 7:01 am

... Speaking to The Site, Deuxmoi said she wasn t an " investigative journalist"...

Pontins closes Prestatyn and Camber Sands holiday parks

Pontins closes Prestatyn and Camber Sands holiday parks
Nov 30,2023 4:31 pm

... " Record label Tidy Trax had been planning to hold a " wet and wild weekender" at The Site and said it was " shocked and concerned" by the news...

Elon Musk says advertising boycott will kill X

Elon Musk says advertising boycott will kill X
Nov 29,2023 11:01 pm

... At an event in New York, he accused companies that have joined an ad boycott of The Site formerly known as Twitter of trying to blackmail him...

Bristol Beacon: Former Colston Hall reopens after name change and £132m rebuild

Bristol Beacon: Former Colston Hall reopens after name change and £132m rebuild
Nov 29,2023 9:01 pm

... Built on The Site of Colston s boys school in 1867, the venue hosted everyone from Rachmaninoff to the Rolling Stones and Robbie Williams in its first 150 years...

Coal: UK's last opencast mine shuts after legal row

Coal: UK's last opencast mine shuts after legal row
Nov 29,2023 8:31 pm

... Union Unite, which represents 115 workers being made redundant as coal mining stops, said it understood the company was " committed" to restoring The Site in future and would not walk away...

Enslaved African man's tomb-stone in Bristol ravaged

Nov 28,2023 9:31 pm

Two grave stones on the side smash was in two

The tombstone of an African man who was enslaved to smash in the 18Th Century , was in two.

The Grade II* listed tomb of Scipio Africanus in St Mary's Churchyard in Bristol.

A local Council Said that he believed it was a "reprisal attack" for the youngest in The City .

Avon and Somerset police Said it was investigating after receiving a report of Criminal Damage .

The Force Said it believed that the damage between 12:00 BST on Tuesday from 08:00 on Wednesday.

Scipio Africanus was an African servant of the 7. The Earl of Suffolk.

An inscription on the brightly painted grave stone - this is one of the two at the location in Henbury - Says he died in the town, in 1720, at the age of 18.

the message was scribbled on the ground in the vicinity

A message with chalk on the stone slabs in the vicinity of the tomb: "Now, look, do you what me to.

"to reset the Colston statue, or the things are really heated. "

Conservative councillor Mark Weston, who represents Henbury to Bristol City Council, Said he was "deeply saddened about what happened".

"We have seen war memorials defaced and statues devastated and I wonder where this will end," He Said .

Bristol mayor, Marvin Rees elected appealed for people not to go down the path of "tit-for-tat" attacks.

speaking at a Facebook Live Q& A, He Said the "iconic piece of Bristol history" was smashed "in two".

"The opportunity to present to the country and The World , We Are a city that has The Ability to Live With differences," He Said .

The Statue of Edward Colston, a pushed into the port, after he faith overthrown by protesters

historians, that Scipio Africanus may have been born in the household of 7. Earl of Suffolk, Charles Howard, and The Son of an enslaved West African woman.

He was. his "owners", after the Roman General Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus

It is believed that he was a well-beloved member of the household, it was rare that an enslaved person on a formal burial in a cemetery, let alone as an ornate one.

The Colston statue was Torn Down and dumped into the Bristol Harbour during the anti-racism protests at the beginning of this month.

since then, He has pulled out of the water and is expected to a new home in a city-museum.

to be several other protests calling for statues and monuments, celebrating the controversial figures in the UK, taken out or changed were.

This includes governors, Oxford Oriel College , the vote on Wednesday, and a statue outside The Museum of London Docklands last week.



racism, bristol, henbury, edward colston, atlantic slave trade

Source of news: bbc.com

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