:00:13. > :00:16.One of the campaigners who overturned a ban on black bus
:00:17. > :00:21.drivers in Bristol in the 1860s says racism today is as bad if not
:00:22. > :00:23.worse. Paul Stephenson's warning came in a speech at the citx's bus
:00:24. > :00:27.station ` as he unveiled a plaque to commemorate the 1963 protest.
:00:28. > :00:35.They're smiling now ` and love the new plaque in their honour.
:00:36. > :00:37.But back in the '60s ` life was no smiling matter.
:00:38. > :00:44.If you were black and trying to earn a living in Bristol.
:00:45. > :00:48.We intend to go on engaging white labour, rather than coloured labour.
:00:49. > :00:50.The Bristol Omnibus Company refused to employ black drivers
:00:51. > :00:57.Guy Bailey remembers applying a job ` and turning up for the interview.
:00:58. > :01:02.What this receptionist said to the manager, "Your two o'clock
:01:03. > :01:08.appointment is here... And he's black." And I heard him tell her,
:01:09. > :01:12."Tell him all the vacancies are filled."
:01:13. > :01:16.Yet an hour ago, there were plenty vacancies.
:01:17. > :01:20.I think that has destroyed my mind for at least 25 years.
:01:21. > :01:24.The discrimination led to a boycott of Bristol's buses.
:01:25. > :01:26.Within six months, the Bristol Omnibus Company changed its
:01:27. > :01:31.But today ` campaigners said racism is still a problem.
:01:32. > :01:38.All the time they ignore racism it builds up.
:01:39. > :01:44.As I said in my speech, we have a duty to
:01:45. > :01:50.the next generation to see that they have a fair and equal opportunity.
:01:51. > :01:54.We will fight to reduce the aggression that does exhst
:01:55. > :02:01.Bristol's elected mayor says the city's facing up to its problems.
:02:02. > :02:04.But racism is very nearly a daily problem for this ticket
:02:05. > :02:08.inspector ` who's grandfathdr was a bus boycott campaigner.
:02:09. > :02:12.Because a lot of it has gone underground now.
:02:13. > :02:15.I can walk into a room and the whole room goes quidt.
:02:16. > :02:17.I walk into a pub and the pub goes quiet.
:02:18. > :02:20.And that still happens, unfortunately.
:02:21. > :02:23.Some experts say the recent recession has trhggered
:02:24. > :02:25.intolerance ` an uncomfortable parallel with 1963.
:02:26. > :02:28.When white bus drivers and conductors feared they'd lose
:02:29. > :02:40.overtime or jobs to an infltx of workers from overseas.
:02:41. > :02:43.A 22`year`old woman from Gl`stonbury has been killed after being struck
:02:44. > :02:46.by a train in Merseyside. The woman, who hasn't been named, was killed at
:02:47. > :02:49.a level crossing near Freshfield station yesterday afternoon. Police
:02:50. > :02:51.are still trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the death,
:02:52. > :02:59.but the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
:03:00. > :03:03.to modernise Swindon's Oasis leisure centre to be torn up. Labour
:03:04. > :03:06.councillors say they would like to see the current deal to reftrbish
:03:07. > :03:09.the pool and build an indoor ski slope handed to another firl. The
:03:10. > :03:12.council has now given the company more time to submit a plannhng
:03:13. > :03:18.Brunel's SS Great Britain in Bristol has received a collection of more
:03:19. > :03:20.than a thousand personal possessions belonging to the famous enghneer.
:03:21. > :03:23.The donation to the Great Britain's Museum Trust includes Brunel's cigar
:03:24. > :03:26.case complete with a half sloked cigar and a well worn pen knife with
:03:27. > :03:30.his initials stamped on . The Trust says it plans to put as manx items
:03:31. > :03:33.as possible on show, but thd collection is so large it'll take
:03:34. > :03:43.two years just to build the display.
:03:44. > :03:46.One of the UK's rarest buttdrflies could be reintroduced into ` valley
:03:47. > :03:49.in the Cotswolds.The large blue butterfly became extinct in the UK
:03:50. > :03:52.in 1979 and is threatened across the world. Conservation work led to its
:03:53. > :03:55.re`introduction at a tiny ntmber of sites including the Polden Hills in
:03:56. > :03:58.Somerset. But now it's hoped the Rough Bank reserve in the Slad
:03:59. > :04:05.Valley could also become an important site for the speches.
:04:06. > :04:08.Bristol's stars of the Commonwealth Games have paraded through the city
:04:09. > :04:11.on an open top bus to mark their achievements. They were joined by
:04:12. > :04:14.the locally`based England rtgby players who won the women's world
:04:15. > :04:18.cup earlier this month. Alistair Durden reports.
:04:19. > :04:21.They set off from Bristol H`wks gym ` where gymnast Claudia Fragapane
:04:22. > :04:24.has trained for a decade. Mddal winners from shooting, bowls, judo
:04:25. > :04:29.and rugby joining her onboard. The teenager wowed the crowds in
:04:30. > :04:32.Glasgow, winning 4 golds at the Commonwealth Games. Today w`s a
:04:33. > :04:42.chance for Bristol to say congratulations.
:04:43. > :04:56.Credible. Such a great experience. `` incredible. It is a once in a
:04:57. > :05:00.lifetime thing. It is nice to celebrate the success of athletes.
:05:01. > :05:03.It is great. It wasn't all smooth progress ` the
:05:04. > :05:05.open top bus was Some were used to the bumpy ride `
:05:06. > :05:13.like David Luckman who'd bedn through this winners' procession in
:05:14. > :05:27.Glasgow. Sitting on the chair, I thotght they
:05:28. > :05:30.would take me out. It has bden the same ducking under trees here. A bit
:05:31. > :05:31.precarious. The four Bristol Ladies rugby
:05:32. > :05:34.players who helped England win the world cup earlier this month were on
:05:35. > :05:49.board too. It is not normal for us. Our parents
:05:50. > :05:50.are more excited than us. It is brilliant to be able to shedr
:05:51. > :05:51.occasions like this. At the journeys end ` hugs from the
:05:52. > :05:54.family. And a civic reception. A night to savour after a stmmer
:05:55. > :06:05.they'll never forget. You never expect to be paraded
:06:06. > :06:10.around your own city. It was amazing. I am speechless.
:06:11. > :06:18.A night to savour after a stmmer they'll never forget.
:06:19. > :06:21.That's it from us tonight. There's more on the BBC Website and your
:06:22. > :06:24.local BBC Radio stations. Wd're back tomorrow with Breakfast. But for now
:06:25. > :06:30.I'll leave you with the latdst weather.
:06:31. > :06:47.Thank you. Most areas are dry. A few showers lingering. A blustery day
:06:48. > :06:53.tomorrow. Some bright spells but also some showers. We may sde some
:06:54. > :07:08.assistant rain. Temperatures down to 13 Celsius. That Mac persons didn't
:07:09. > :07:19.rain. Some bright conditions. As these fronts move through, we will
:07:20. > :07:28.get some patchy rainfall. Temperatures up to 19 Celsits. Some
:07:29. > :07:28.dry weather on Saturday. High pressure building through Stnday
:07:29. > :07:45.into Monday. Hello! We had a touch of autumn in
:07:46. > :07:50.August, now we are hoping for a bit of summer in September, both as a
:07:51. > :07:55.result of former Hurricanes. It was Hurricane Bertha that brought cold
:07:56. > :07:59.air a week or two ago, now we have another later in the week moving
:08:00. > :08:02.into the Atlantic, but it is going to take a more northerly track,
:08:03. > :08:09.picking up this warm, subtropical air, pushing it across the Atlantic,
:08:10. > :08:13.hopefully arriving on our shores, something warmer, drier and sunnier
:08:14. > :08:18.for most of us for the first week of September. Tonight, actually, fairly
:08:19. > :08:22.mild for most, quite a breezy night, blustery across many north-western
:08:23. > :08:25.parts around this area of low pressure, touching near gale force
:08:26. > :08:30.through the Irish Sea. Heavy rain moving out of Northern Ireland
:08:31. > :08:37.N-word into a good part of northern Scotland. -- onwards. In clear
:08:38. > :08:41.spells, temperatures no lower than 13 or 14 degrees. Not a great start
:08:42. > :08:43.to Friday across Scotland, further outbreaks of rain likely, quite
:08:44. > :08:44.heavy