22/07/2014 BBC Points West

The mayor of Bristol has faced a motion of no confidence over

the way he's handled the roll`out of residents' parking zones.

There was a protest about the issue this afternoon,

with campaigners driving a 25`tonne tank through the city centrd.

The battle lines over Bristol's new parking restrictions have

But today, the big guns were called into action.

A modest army of residents and traders brought rush`hotr

Their objective ` to make the mayor think agahn.

So far, George Ferguson has rolled out four residents' parking zones

A further ten are set to follow by spring next year.

I'm absolutely confident th`t doing nothing is no option, that H have to

Government is always very wdak against them

and local councillors have been in the past, and I've decided that I am

I want to leave Bristol a mtch better place than I found it.

At City Hall tonight, he received a petition signed by 5,000 who believe

these zones will cause businesses to close and house prices to ttmble.

Time and time again, he was accused of not listening

What we got was, "You're having this whether you like it or not "

And then the fact that we h`ve found it almost impossible to get him

to listen to very well`thought`out positive changes that would work

in our areas, that's been totally not listened to.

And it took a tank in Clifton to get him to actually do something.

Others insist he has listendd, and have welcomed a new perlit

system which means they can now park outside their own homes.

In the few weeks since this has been enforced, we now

have a situation where the residents of Clifton are able to park,

This bay we are walking past now was crammed every day, all day.

And now it's a lot quieter, the air is cleaner

and it's a nice environment for residents and everyone.

The mayor said he knew he'd kicked a hornets' nest

One year on, and he's yet to take the sting out of the argument.

Fire fighters continue to t`ckle a blaze at a recycling plant

in Swindon, more than 24 hours after it started.

People living near Averies Recycling in Marshgate have been told to keep

their doors and windows closed again tonight.

1,000 tonnes of waste and recycling material could burn

for several more days, but crews say the fire has been contained.

Certainly they are becoming more frequent,

We have had three or four now in the last six months to a year, but they

are happening nationally and it s an area that we are monitorhng.

It is an area we are trying to see what the causes are.

I think also we are recycling an awful lot of material now

so it is a matter of how we're going to deal with that in the future

From midnight, a stretch of the main road between Swhndon and

Major repairs to a section of the A420 will take place

HGVs will be diverted along the M4 and A34, while people in thd village

of Shrivenham say they're concerned about extra traffic.

The Commonwealth Games get tnder way tomorrow, and one of our best

medal hopes is Bath's Lawrence Clarke in the 110m hurdles.

The Commonwealth Games get tnder way tomorrow, and one of our best

medal hopes is Bath's Lawrence Clarke in the 110m hurdles.

The 24`year`old trains in B`th for the 110m hurdles.

The former Etonian is descrhbed as "the poshest man in sport"

When I get into that pressured environment, something turns on

I am able to focus in a way that I cannot do anywhere else and

you feel like you could be one of the best.

I know that when I get under pressure I'm going to do better

It is four years since Lawrdnce Clarke announced himself to the

Since then he has also made the Olympic final.

Still only 24 years old, his peak years are still ahead of hil.

Everything I have done has been a surprise but, then again,

I had to focus so much, I have sacrificed so much

I didn?t even expect to really make London.

If I got there it was going to be, ?you are out in the first round .

Somehow I managed to get into the Olympic final.

Good fit on the waist for you, on the trouser.

Lawrence likes to make a st`tement away from athletics too.

He is working as an ambassador for a tailor?s in Bath.

His Eton schooling has led him being nicknamed the ?toff of the

track? by some members of the media but he is happy to stand out from

I think it sort of fits with the image

I play up to it, but I also think people respect

a well`dressed athlete and ht lets me show off a different sidd.

I am the only man who runs in a dress watch, that is for sure.

During the Olympic Games I was commented on by a lot

Someone wrote a letter to The Times saying, if I hadn?t been we`ring my

signet ring and my watch I would?ve won it, because I was weighdd down.

He was fourth in London, further evidence of his blossoming talent.

But just months later he broke his wrist in training.

The first of a year of injuries which made him

I have come very close to qtitting, yeah, it is very, very,

very difficult to not be the best at something,

having done well at something. You kick yourself everyday:

why am I not there? Why am I not there?

But you have got to be patidnt. I managed to get over that.

The focus is on getting mysdlf into the best possible shapd

Looking the part in more waxs than one, then, and ready to add

There's more news on the BBC Website.

But for now, I'll leave you with Ian, who has the latest fordcast.

This was taken to feed and six. `` 2000 feet up at 6am.

Cloud in the evening could tsher in a few heavy showers or

thunderstorms. All of us will have a good deal of

sunshine developing through the morning and in the afternoon the

cloud from the East brings hn a threat of isolated showers. There

could be quite heavy downpotrs. The threat of lightening as well.

Similar temperatures for Thtrsday. A Good evening. I know some of us

could do with a drop of rain for the gardens, and the hot weather doesn't

suit us all, but it's within a warm one today. 20 degrees in many parts

of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the warmest day of the year so far.

It's been a hot one further south too. 30 degrees along the south

coast of England. There's plenty more warmth to come through the rest

of this week. A balmy night. Most of us dry. Low cloud and mist off the

North Sea into central and eastern parts of the UK. The odd shower

possible across the west of Northern Ireland, otherwise dry and humid.

Temperatures in the midteens to start the day. Whoa might see the

odd shower across eastern England early on. Most of us is dry. By the

afternoon, we could see an isolated downpour. Further west, I must

stress they will be isolated. Mauve of us will avoid them entirely. They

could be heavy and slow