28/08/2014 BBC Points West

Welcome to BBC Points West, with Alex Lovell and David Garmston.

racism on the buses ` a ceremony today to mark 50 years

since protests overturned a ban on black staff.

Racism today is as bad as it was, if not worse, 51 years ago.

It's the greatest challenge we will face in our lifetime.

How young people who didn't believe they were winners are being

The classes that are helping people to overcome their st`mmers.

And welcome home ` a lap of honour tonight for some

Good evening ` One of the campaigners who overturned ` ban on

black bus drivers in Bristol in the 1960s says racism today is "as bad `

if not worse." Paul Stephenson's warning came in a speech at the

city's bus station ` as he tnveiled a plaque to commemorate the 196

They're smiling now ` and love the new plaque in their honour.

But back in the '60s ` life was no smiling matter.

If you were black and trying to earn a living in Bristol.

We intend to go on engaging white labour, rather than coloured labour.

The Bristol Omnibus Company refused to employ black drivers

Guy Bailey remembers applying a job ` and turning up for the interview.

What this receptionist said to the manager, "Your two o'clock

appointment is here... And he's black." And I heard him tell her,

"Tell him all the vacancies are filled."

Yet an hour ago, there were plenty vacancies.

I think that has destroyed my mind for at least 25 years.

The discrimination led to a boycott of Bristol's buses.

Within six months, the Bristol Omnibus Company changed its

But today ` campaigners said racism is still a problem.

All the time they ignore racism it builds up.

As I said in my speech, we have a duty to

the next generation to see that they have a fair and equal opportunity.

We will fight to reduce the aggression that does exhst

Bristol's elected mayor says the city's facing up to its problems.

But racism is very nearly a daily problem for this ticket

inspector ` who's grandfathdr was a bus boycott campaigner.

Because a lot of it has gone underground now.

I can walk into a room and the whole room goes quidt.

I walk into a pub and the pub goes quiet.

And that still happens, unfortunately.

Some experts say the recent recession has trhggered

intolerance ` an uncomfortable parallel with 1963.

When white bus drivers and conductors feared they'd lose

overtime or jobs to an infltx of workers from overseas.

Joining us now is Alex Raikds from the Bristol Charity SARI,

that's Stand Against Racism and Inequality.

This is a way that has welcomed many immigrants. A city sanctuarx. Is it

fair to say it is as race is not as it was in 1963? Well, I wasn't

actually a life then. So those who are alive are the best to compare a

difference. But don't forget that time were not the laws we h`ve

nowadays. We did not have the race relations act or laws to protect us

against hate motivated incidents and attacks. That has made a difference.

I think the population generally understand in the UK that r`cism is

wrong. However, the prevalence of racist incidents is filled dxtremely

high or we would not be as busy as we are. Every solution that was

brought in after the Bristol bus protest. It caused that. But the big

benefit. `` the race relations act. People today are still concdrned

about an influx of immigrants and the effects on their jobs. Do they

have any right to be worried? Do not forget that it's just one vdrsion of

the story from drivers at that time. There were other drivers who said it

was due to the influx of imligrants as some sort of excuse as to why.

There are always people who will make excuses for racism. But there

are other interviews with other people that say that was not the

case. They say the racism w`s rife. They said there are black strikers

in London and other cities but Bristol was holding off for some

reason. Today, we know that without our minority ethnic individtals

without migrants, we would not be able to function. We have always

required migrants to support our labour force and we still do. Thank

you for joining us. A 22`year`old woman from Gl`stonbury

has been killed after being struck by a train in Merseyside Thd woman,

who hasn't been named, was killed at a level crossing near Southport

north of Liverpool, yesterd`y afternoon. Officers, who ard still

trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death,

said the incident is not behng Nearly a fifth of young people who

are not in work or education think they'll never find a job. The

startling statistic emerged in a new report by a charity founded by the

athlete, Dame Kelly Holmes. Ten years after she won double gold at

the Athens Olympics, she now runs a trust helping young people to build

the confidence they need. Hdre's our It is amazing to meet someone who is

elite in their sport. And to try different sports with them hs

amazing. Today, they walk lhke old friends in the park. A few lonths

ago, this man was out of work and the other was a professional water

polo player with Team GB. A lot of the skills people have in tdrms of

Brazilians, I think everybody has inside them. If we can bring that

out in young people, they c`n achieve what they want. Kelly

Holmes! The unique idea of latching elite athletes with out youngsters

came from Dame Kelly Holmes, famous for her success on the track. She

puts it down to an inspirathonal teacher. Mentoring can change lives,

she says. You see a completd change in the young person from thd moment

they come on our programmes until the end. It is like night and day.

They will always sit there `nd say their mentor has been an massive

influence on their live. Do you have a job? Yes. I work as a store

assistant. It is not my dre`m job. But I am working towards it. That is

to join the Army. Is this m`n alone in finding a way out? It sedms not.

The official figures paint ` bright picture. There were just ovdr 1 00

young people out of work here in Bristol last month and clailing

benefit. One year ago, more than two and a half thousand were in the same

situation. For those struggling to find work, it is very difficult

Research for Dame Kelly Holles's charity asks people if they think

they will ever get a job. Ndarly 80% said they thought they would not.

Learning how to cook curry. Learning so much more than just how to chop

vegetables. I was finding it difficult with my health issues from

the past. I had apprenticeships in the past and had to give thdm up.

This has changed my life, coming into the Princes trust. While the

headline numbers are improvhng, the need is as big as ever. There are

lots of opportunities for pdople with qualifications who are

confident, but there are others who need support and help for them is

not as commonplace. For somd people, this will be the recipe for

recovery. For others, inspirational sport may be the right track.

You're watching BBC Points West we're glad you can join for this

Thursday edition. There's plenty still to comd on the

programme, including: cheerhng the champions ` sporting stars of

Bristol get a bus tour throtgh the city. And the last cigar smoked by

Brunel ` set to be part of ` major exhibition of Isambard artefacts.

Archaeologists have just uncovered an historic site near Bridgwater.

It's a roman villa, completd with hot and cold bathtubs. It's been

found on land which is being used for a new road to the nucle`r power

station at Hinkley Point. Nhck Quraishi reports.

Digging deep in the hope of finding further hidden treasure in what was

once home to the landed gentry. Ms Taylor was built in 180 by Romano

Britons. `` this villa. A ddlightful discovery. I am not a bit strprised

because my father was always finding Roman coins here. We never ploughed

the field. I suppose they worked up. After the war, they took photographs

and you would see the outlines, as if it was houses or something there.

This is what remains of a Roman bathhouse. Evidence of an underfloor

heating system. This bathhotse was a stand`alone structure. By and

picking it carefully, we cotld see it had been remodelled overtime and

made grander. It had many dhfferent Baathists. These Romano Britons had

quirks. They had wine receptacles with walls built on top. Whhle the

discovery of the bathhouse `nd the Villa are important, they are not

classed as nationally significant. That means the construction of the

bypass cannot be stopped. It is a road that will run seven metres

underwear I am standing. Before that, archaeologists are kedn that

the earth moves for them, r`ther than the bulldozers.

A stammer can be a very hard problem to live with. But fortunately there

are techniques that help and can effectively banish a stammer. A new

programme on Channel 4 tonight called Stammer School highlhghts a

course aiming to help severd stammerers in just 4 days.

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Do you have any brothers and sisters?

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Thanks very much. APPLAUSE

Joining us now from the programme are one of the tutors and the

regional director of the programme. A very emotional and intenshve

programme. Incredibly self. It is a life changing thing. It can change

lives. It can enable things to be done people thought not possible. I

did it come about in the first place? Well, I received a tdxt

message asking about Educathng Yorkshire. I watched it. I thought

that our programme could help one of the children. We had a lot of

meetings. They came to Somerset for a meeting. And this is the result.

You both suffered from spamlers Yes. And we are both using

techniques to control it. `` stammers. I couldn't ask whdre I

wanted to go. I have given presentations and now I am `

lecturer at college. It is ` turnaround. He grew up in the

Cotswolds. Tell us about thd techniques that you use. It is like

driving a car. It is very mdthodical and mechanical at first but as you

become more comfortable driving it becomes second nature. And that is

certainly where you get to `fter a number of years using the tdchnique.

It is based around breathing. We use our chests as opposed to our

stomachs, like an opera singer. There are other physiologic`l

reasons, such as eye contact, lowering the tone of your voice And

psychological approaches such as non`avoidance and self`acceptance.

This is live television. Fahrly stressful. How much are you having

to concentrate at the moment? I am more focused than I would normally

be. Because this is obviously alive. It puts the pressure on a lhttle

bit. But we are open about speech. This is not a cure. It is a way of

controlling techniques. This programme does not help everyone

unless they really want it to. The courses are intense and you really

need to want to take control of your speech. Something has to happen in

your life to make you think, OK I have to do the McGuire programme. It

is long hours. It is intenshve, but the results are there. Does the fact

it is four days long ad to the pressure? It is incredible to be

part of and see people develop. They come in and are nervous and

sceptical. Some are strugglhng. But after a lot of good coaching, they

are able to speak to their parents, loved ones, and people on the course

and feel like different people. It is a privilege to be part of that.

Of course. Thank you both vdry much. Goodluck Jonathan the

programme and the course. `` good luck with the programme and course.

As we all know, the world f`mous engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel

built some of his greatest work here in the west. One of those

achievements, The ss Great Britain in Bristol is home to a large

collection of his work. But now the Museum's trust has just recdived a

donation of over a thousand his most personal possessions. They now plan

to put as many items as thex can on show, but with so many it'll take

two years just to build the display. Tracey Miller had a preview of just

The 19th century engineering giant certainly made his mark on Bristol,

designing the comic suspenshon Bridge. What was the workaholic

genius who smoked 40 eight day really like? The SS Great Britain

trust has just received a collection trust has just received a collection

of over 1000 items to give ts a glimpse. Here we have his chgar

case. There is a cigar. It hs fragile. It is one of the most

exciting and rare objects wd have seen. We hope this was smokdd by

Brunel himself. It is hard to verify. Of course. We could do a DNA

test but we will not do that. But the provenance by Richard c`me to us

does suggest it was smoked by Brunel. This is the biggest item in

the collection. It sits next to the very buildings that Brunel designed.

This area will be transformdd so you can come and see for the first time,

some of the most personal items belonging

They quite like the bamboo, which is no great surprise because these are

really specialist feeders on papaya in the world. It is one of the

reasons for their decline ` their diet is so specialised. As their

habitat gets destroyed, there losing not only their habitat but their

I hope I pronounced in the name correctly.

In the last hour Bristol's stars of the Commonwealth Games have paraded

through the city on an open top bus to mark their achievements. They

were joined by the locally`based England rugby players who won the

women's world cup earlier this month. The tour finished a short

time ago at City Hall, and that s where Alistair Durden is now.

Yes. The double`decker bus behind me turned up about five minutes ago. A

small crowd gathered around. I counted ten gold medals on board.

Not least, one of the big stars of the summer, Claudia Fragapane. She

won four medals in Glasgow. That is why the bus tour started at her gym.

It made its way through the city centre and she was joined bx a

shooting medallist and others, including Gary Hall, Jasmind

Sawyers, and Paul Brown, thd para older. And various rugby te`m

players who were involved in winning the World Cup. A thrill for all

Let's remind sells of the achievements we are celebrating

tonight. If she can land thhs final tumble, that score is within her

grasp... She can! Six metres and 56... That is big!

Jasmine Sawyers! The final whistle is going to blow.

England have won the women's Rugby World Cup!

Fantastic stuff. They barelx had time to catch their breath. What was

it like to parade in your home city? Amazing. It was so nice to see all

the people waving. Did you show up your medals came at definitdly. Last

time we saw you, you They all have big smiles on their

faces. I am sure there will be lots of celebrations. What a lind`up No

let's get the weather forec`st. I promised yesterday we would take a

quick snapshot of how things are starting for September. We had an

extra retain earlier this month This is another one. It will be more

settled and bring warmer we`ther. Past that, effectively a pl`in

sailing story. As the high pressure starts to drift, the wins whll start

to come in from the south`e`st. That will be a warm and increasingly

sunny direction. Temperaturds up to 24 Celsius. Tomorrow will sde some

cloud. It will be a blusterx day. A fair amount of prolonged drx spells.

By daybreak, perhaps one or two showers. Temperatures around 13

Celsius. Some showers pattern across our region. In the evening, you can

see the erratic look to how the rainfall is distributed. Most rain

is fairly light. Temperaturds around 19 Celsius. That is worth bding

excited about. Our colleaguds, DIY SOS are back tonight. We're back at

10pm. Goodbye.