02/05/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. A member of staff at one of Bristol's most multi`cultural

schools has been awarded ?14,00 after suffering racial

discrimination and harassment. The City Academy has apologised to David

McLeod and told the BBC there are now more opportunities for staff to

progress. Dickon Hooper reports David McLeod's legal battle is

finally over. He suffered r`cial discrimination and harassment at the

City Academy and has just bden awarded ?14,000. I had a victory. It

has never been about the cash. It was about the victory and about

letting them know that what they were doing was wrong. The academy

was the first in the South West ` a flagship. Seven out of ten pupils

here are from black or ethnhc minorities. And David's casd has put

the school under the spotlight. This is a landmark judgement in dducation

in Bristol. At this public leeting, David explained he was a gr`duate

and a qualified manager, who had helped black and ethnic students

boost their grades. I knew that something was wrong and we had to

set something in place. He wasn t given extra responsibility, or

opportunity, when it came up and an employment tribunal agreed this was

because he was black. I won my case because I am me. But if you look at

the academy across the road, what about the 14`year`old Afric`n boy,

who is six foot? How will they see him? The Academy said there would

more opportunities for promotion coming up and apologised. Wd are

deeply sorry and we are gentinely extending our sense of sorrow to

those people involved, parthcularly David. We have learnt from our

mistakes and we are moving forward now in terms of setting up `n

equalities working group. Their focus, and David's, is now doing the

best for the children at thd City Academy. Dickon Hooper, BBC Points

West. Stephen Williams is the loc`l MP in

the area. Race campaigners have heralded this decision as a landmark

judgement. Do we need to be concerned about race relations in

Bristol? Clearly the City Academy has a problem. I am very shocked by

this. The City Academy is one of the schools in my constituency. It has a

full concentration of non`white pupils. Every child wants to look up

to a role model. I want to see more black Headteachers and senior

managers in schools. The nulber of academies is growing in Bristol

They don't fall under counchl control, so are you satisfidd with

the way they are being monitored? I do not think that the model is the

problem. I certainly will bd meeting with the school as soon as possible

to discuss the lessons that they have learnt from this and what we

can all do to die `` to encourage a diverse teaching workforce. A child

who is there to learn can look up to their teachers and think th`t they

could one day the head of Department. We do not want them to

be held back. Swindon Town and Nile Ranger have

mutually agreed to terminatd the player's contract. The decision

follows a disciplinary hearhng yesterday. Earlier this week, the

Swindon striker was released on bail after he pleaded not guilty to

criminal damage at Swindon Magistrates.

The leaders of two of the country's main political parties were on the

campaign trail in the West today. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is

hoping to minimise any Liberal Democrat losses. And this afternoon,

Labour's Ed Miliband was in Bristol confidently predicting gains in the

local and European elections. Our political editor, Paul Barltrop

reports. Two leaders, two contrasting styles.

Ed Miliband processed down Bristol's Gloucester Road ` very clearly

Labour. No party colours for Nick Clegg, who had a hard hat for

protection while visiting a regeneration project in Bath. He may

need it. The Lib Dems are braced for another electoral battering.

You must be really worried that you are going to suffer an awful loss on

the 22nd of May? I understand that people want to give mainstrdam

politicians, and those in government, a bit of a kickhng at

the moment. But at the end of the day what is at stake is not the fate

of any individual politician, but the fate of jobs in our country I

am not willing to see millions of jobs, which are linked to otr

position within the European Union, put at stake because of the

dangerous fantasies of people like Nigel Farage. Labour also worry

about UKIP, but are aiming for gains in places like Bristol. These

elections are an opportunitx for people to express their view about

the direction of the countrx. That is his way of saying he hopds voters

do treat it as a referendum on the government. But while he is clearly

keen to give people what thdy want, that does not include a refdrendum

on staying in Europe. The priorities for a Labour government, led by me,

are to tackle the cost of lhving crisis and improve the NHS, because

I think they are the biggest priorities for people ` not whether

we should exit the European Union. Before he left, he popped in to buy

some flowers for his wife. He is confident it will be a good year for

Labour's red roses. Paul Barltrop, BBC Points West.

Bath Rugby drew 19`19 against Northampton Saints at the Rdc this

evening. George Ford scored Bath's only try of the game. Depending on

other results this weekend, Bath might have to beat Harlequins next

Saturday to guarantee a place in the end of season play`offs.

And we will be bringing you all the other sports results on our

programmes across the weekend. The bank holiday is, of course, just

around the corner, so I'll hand you on to Ian who can

Hello, very good evening to you A dry and settled weekend ahe`d,

including, we hope, Bank Holiday Monday. That is the day with a bit

of uncertainty around. The key uncertainty throughout will be the

amount of cloud, but certainly a good deal of dry weather about. By

Monday it will be breezy, btt it could be the warmest of the three

days. It will be a chilly nhght particularly in the east. You could

see some ground frost there ` so gardeners beware. A chilly start

tomorrow, but the further e`st you are the more sunshine you whll see.

There will be more cloud in the west and more cloud filling in the gaps

throughout the afternoon. Btt nonetheless, remaining pleasant with

light winds, dry conditions, and temperatures in the mid`teens `

13`15 Celsius should be typhcal There will be more cloud around for

all of us on Sunday. Still some brighter spells, however. A similar

story for Monday, getting more breezy but the temperatures will get

up to 16 Celsius. Here is the National forecast.

the rest of the weekend. Now look at the Outlook with Nick Miller.

Neuer-macro don't worry, this is not the repeat. It is live. This is the

forecast you are more likely to see in January than May, but this is a

cold night for the time of year We have got some cloud coming into the

West, stopping the temperature going down too far. It may produce light

rain later in the night, maybe a rogue shower from patchy cloud in

East Anglia. For most, dry, clear, temperatures are on the way down and

will end up lower than this in the coldest rural spots by morning. -4

in rural Scotland in the coldest moral spots in southern England so

gardeners take note, frost for some of us are begins. What about the

rest of the weekend? High pressure is here as it begins. You may think,

great, settled weather, it does protect the south and east of the UK

but Atlantique weather fronts coming to the north and west, giving some

rain at times. First, for tomorrow, it is a fine start. Chilly, a lot of

dry weather