:00:11. > :00:14.The mayor of Bristol has faced a motion of no confidence over
:00:15. > :00:17.the way he's handled the roll`out of residents' parking zones.
:00:18. > :00:19.There was a protest about the issue this afternoon,
:00:20. > :00:23.with campaigners driving a 25`tonne tank through the city centrd.
:00:24. > :00:32.The battle lines over Bristol's new parking restrictions have
:00:33. > :00:38.But today, the big guns were called into action.
:00:39. > :00:40.A modest army of residents and traders brought rush`hotr
:00:41. > :00:47.Their objective ` to make the mayor think agahn.
:00:48. > :00:50.So far, George Ferguson has rolled out four residents' parking zones
:00:51. > :00:54.A further ten are set to follow by spring next year.
:00:55. > :00:59.I'm absolutely confident th`t doing nothing is no option, that H have to
:01:00. > :01:05.Government is always very wdak against them
:01:06. > :01:08.and local councillors have been in the past, and I've decided that I am
:01:09. > :01:15.I want to leave Bristol a mtch better place than I found it.
:01:16. > :01:18.At City Hall tonight, he received a petition signed by 5,000 who believe
:01:19. > :01:22.these zones will cause businesses to close and house prices to ttmble.
:01:23. > :01:27.Time and time again, he was accused of not listening
:01:28. > :01:33.What we got was, "You're having this whether you like it or not "
:01:34. > :01:37.And then the fact that we h`ve found it almost impossible to get him
:01:38. > :01:42.to listen to very well`thought`out positive changes that would work
:01:43. > :01:46.in our areas, that's been totally not listened to.
:01:47. > :01:49.And it took a tank in Clifton to get him to actually do something.
:01:50. > :01:53.Others insist he has listendd, and have welcomed a new perlit
:01:54. > :01:58.system which means they can now park outside their own homes.
:01:59. > :02:02.In the few weeks since this has been enforced, we now
:02:03. > :02:06.have a situation where the residents of Clifton are able to park,
:02:07. > :02:13.This bay we are walking past now was crammed every day, all day.
:02:14. > :02:18.And now it's a lot quieter, the air is cleaner
:02:19. > :02:22.and it's a nice environment for residents and everyone.
:02:23. > :02:25.The mayor said he knew he'd kicked a hornets' nest
:02:26. > :02:32.One year on, and he's yet to take the sting out of the argument.
:02:33. > :02:35.Fire fighters continue to t`ckle a blaze at a recycling plant
:02:36. > :02:38.in Swindon, more than 24 hours after it started.
:02:39. > :02:42.People living near Averies Recycling in Marshgate have been told to keep
:02:43. > :02:45.their doors and windows closed again tonight.
:02:46. > :02:48.1,000 tonnes of waste and recycling material could burn
:02:49. > :02:53.for several more days, but crews say the fire has been contained.
:02:54. > :02:55.Certainly they are becoming more frequent,
:02:56. > :03:01.We have had three or four now in the last six months to a year, but they
:03:02. > :03:04.are happening nationally and it s an area that we are monitorhng.
:03:05. > :03:08.It is an area we are trying to see what the causes are.
:03:09. > :03:11.I think also we are recycling an awful lot of material now
:03:12. > :03:16.so it is a matter of how we're going to deal with that in the future
:03:17. > :03:18.From midnight, a stretch of the main road between Swhndon and
:03:19. > :03:24.Major repairs to a section of the A420 will take place
:03:25. > :03:29.HGVs will be diverted along the M4 and A34, while people in thd village
:03:30. > :03:38.of Shrivenham say they're concerned about extra traffic.
:03:39. > :03:54.The Commonwealth Games get tnder way tomorrow, and one of our best
:03:55. > :04:00.medal hopes is Bath's Lawrence Clarke in the 110m hurdles.
:04:01. > :04:03.The Commonwealth Games get tnder way tomorrow, and one of our best
:04:04. > :04:05.medal hopes is Bath's Lawrence Clarke in the 110m hurdles.
:04:06. > :04:07.The 24`year`old trains in B`th for the 110m hurdles.
:04:08. > :04:10.The former Etonian is descrhbed as "the poshest man in sport"
:04:11. > :04:13.When I get into that pressured environment, something turns on
:04:14. > :04:18.I am able to focus in a way that I cannot do anywhere else and
:04:19. > :04:20.you feel like you could be one of the best.
:04:21. > :04:23.I know that when I get under pressure I'm going to do better
:04:24. > :04:26.It is four years since Lawrdnce Clarke announced himself to the
:04:27. > :04:29.Since then he has also made the Olympic final.
:04:30. > :04:32.Still only 24 years old, his peak years are still ahead of hil.
:04:33. > :04:35.Everything I have done has been a surprise but, then again,
:04:36. > :04:40.I had to focus so much, I have sacrificed so much
:04:41. > :04:45.I didn?t even expect to really make London.
:04:46. > :04:50.If I got there it was going to be, ?you are out in the first round .
:04:51. > :04:52.Somehow I managed to get into the Olympic final.
:04:53. > :04:55.Good fit on the waist for you, on the trouser.
:04:56. > :04:58.Lawrence likes to make a st`tement away from athletics too.
:04:59. > :05:01.He is working as an ambassador for a tailor?s in Bath.
:05:02. > :05:05.His Eton schooling has led him being nicknamed the ?toff of the
:05:06. > :05:09.track? by some members of the media but he is happy to stand out from
:05:10. > :05:15.I think it sort of fits with the image
:05:16. > :05:22.I play up to it, but I also think people respect
:05:23. > :05:25.a well`dressed athlete and ht lets me show off a different sidd.
:05:26. > :05:28.I am the only man who runs in a dress watch, that is for sure.
:05:29. > :05:31.During the Olympic Games I was commented on by a lot
:05:32. > :05:36.Someone wrote a letter to The Times saying, if I hadn?t been we`ring my
:05:37. > :05:39.signet ring and my watch I would?ve won it, because I was weighdd down.
:05:40. > :05:43.He was fourth in London, further evidence of his blossoming talent.
:05:44. > :05:46.But just months later he broke his wrist in training.
:05:47. > :05:49.The first of a year of injuries which made him
:05:50. > :05:56.I have come very close to qtitting, yeah, it is very, very,
:05:57. > :05:58.very difficult to not be the best at something,
:05:59. > :06:01.having done well at something. You kick yourself everyday:
:06:02. > :06:04.why am I not there? Why am I not there?
:06:05. > :06:08.But you have got to be patidnt. I managed to get over that.
:06:09. > :06:12.The focus is on getting mysdlf into the best possible shapd
:06:13. > :06:17.Looking the part in more waxs than one, then, and ready to add
:06:18. > :06:28.There's more news on the BBC Website.
:06:29. > :06:39.But for now, I'll leave you with Ian, who has the latest fordcast.
:06:40. > :06:54.This was taken to feed and six. `` 2000 feet up at 6am.
:06:55. > :06:59.Cloud in the evening could tsher in a few heavy showers or
:07:00. > :07:13.thunderstorms. All of us will have a good deal of
:07:14. > :07:17.sunshine developing through the morning and in the afternoon the
:07:18. > :07:24.cloud from the East brings hn a threat of isolated showers. There
:07:25. > :07:30.could be quite heavy downpotrs. The threat of lightening as well.
:07:31. > :07:42.Similar temperatures for Thtrsday. A Good evening. I know some of us
:07:43. > :07:46.could do with a drop of rain for the gardens, and the hot weather doesn't
:07:47. > :07:49.suit us all, but it's within a warm one today. 20 degrees in many parts
:07:50. > :07:53.of Scotland and Northern Ireland, the warmest day of the year so far.
:07:54. > :07:57.It's been a hot one further south too. 30 degrees along the south
:07:58. > :08:02.coast of England. There's plenty more warmth to come through the rest
:08:03. > :08:07.of this week. A balmy night. Most of us dry. Low cloud and mist off the
:08:08. > :08:14.North Sea into central and eastern parts of the UK. The odd shower
:08:15. > :08:17.possible across the west of Northern Ireland, otherwise dry and humid.
:08:18. > :08:21.Temperatures in the midteens to start the day. Whoa might see the
:08:22. > :08:28.odd shower across eastern England early on. Most of us is dry. By the
:08:29. > :08:34.afternoon, we could see an isolated downpour. Further west, I must
:08:35. > :08:37.stress they will be isolated. Mauve of us will avoid them entirely. They
:08:38. > :08:38.could be heavy and slow