24/01/2017 Points West

Two students at the university of Bristol say they have

suffered a two year ordeal from online bullies.

Some people think they can pass everything off as a joke but for

somebody who has never experienced that it is difficult to understand

how it can affect people. Churches open their doors

to rough sleepers - And fog and dice for some areas at

least tomorrow. Brian settled, details at the end of the programme.

Brian settled, details at the end of the programme.

Two University of Bristol students have told us they're being subjected

to racial harassment on social media, including by another

Timi Ariyoand Tami Sotire are speaking out after a video

From the very beginning of Lee Madan's report,

there is extreme racist and offensive language -

we've decided to broadcast it to highlight what the students have

They have called me "a dirty stinking coon".

They have called me "an S-word flinging ape".

They have called me "a gorilla who has thrown

They have called me the N-word flat out.

A lot of monkey jokes, like Bobo the ape, or Bubbles the monkey,

after Michael Jackson, and just things like that.

Timi Ariyo and Tami Sotire have spent the past year being targeted

It led to this video being sent to hundreds of students on Snapchat.

So many of my friends from Bristol and friends

from home saw the video, and were like, wow, I've never

seen anything like that, I didn't know it still happened

The University of Bristol students were also sent racist comments

on the instant messaging service What'sApp, as well as

And I do think it is like the pack mentality, obviously.

They feel like if they say it in a group, they're less likely

for one person to get in trouble because they do it, like...

They all comment together or they will all say the same things

on a group chat or tweet the same thing, so it is hard to kind

One of the bullies is also a student in the University of Bristol.

They have not reported the bully into the University

because they told me they do not know how to, and say they are not

confident race issues would be taken seriously.

During freshers', so many people were like, oh, my God,

The university now need to take it on themselves to protect

all of the students of every single race, every background,

and make sure we are all treated fairly and equal.

The university says it is saddened and shocked by what has happened and

insists it takes a zero tolerance approach to racism and hate crime.

They say they cannot investigate until a complaint is made. They can

raise it in the first instance with their personal tutor. They can raise

it with the warden and their halls of residence of that is where the

incident took place, or if they felt more comfortable they can go to the

students union which has a just ask service which is designed to be

there for students to raise any issues and get guidance about how to

take it forward. Timi and Tami hope that

by speaking out now, they can help spread the message

that racism will not be tolerated. Chante Joseph the chair

of Bristol's Student Union's Council and the President of the University

of Bristol's African How have other members of the group

reacted to the abuse. A lot of people were not shocked but they

find it disgusting and it allowed us to have an open conversation about

our experiences, especially about racism, and a lot of people have

experienced quite uncomfortable situations. Art lot of people might

say, why wouldn't the students go to higher authority with the

complaints? I feel like the students want to go and complain and they

want to say something but they never know when it is important enough. We

have a culture that demonises calling out behaviour and we cloak

it as being too PC or too dramatic and saw a lot of people don't find

these things relevant enough to raise even though they are

ridiculous. They have actually said today that she fears reprisals, that

is a great fear to live under, is that the case? And even in the

interview they are saying they have lost friends because they have had

to call out behaviour they deem abusive. You already feel ostracised

as an ethnic minority and you don't want to do more to make yourself

stand out by saying something Mitch you feel uncomfortable because it

makes you feel more different. The university have said they have put

certain mechanisms in place so why has this not happened? It goes back

to this idea of culture. Even if the mechanisms are in place to report

issues, if the environment tells you that your issues are not as

important as others and that you shouldn't be wasting valuable

resources, then no one is going to see anything. We need to have a more

supportive environment which doesn't seem to exist. Do you think it will

get better or worse? I don't think it will get any better until we

unlearn this idea that it is too PC culture, it would get better until

we do that. What do you think needs to happen? We need to have open and

frank conversations about experiences that are unfiltered and

allow people to have a space space to do so they feel more comfortable

in knowing what they are experiencing is not wrong -- safe

space. Police divers have joined the search

for a missing 24-year-old who hasn't Deakon Wilkins from Worle was last

seen at a nightclub in Bristol. Today his family have been handing

out leaflets to shoppers, Police out searching today

revealed Mr Wilkins hadn't used his bank account or phone

since he disappeared. Police are investigating after

a swan was shot with a crossbow Staff at Pitville Park found

the injured bird this morning, which is now being cared

for at Vale Wildlife Hospital. A fundraising page has

been set up to help pay As the temperatures fall

below freezing tonight, charities are warning the number

of people sleeping rough For the first time some

of the city's churches are offering Andrew Plant has been out

at one of them tonight. The Mayor of Bristol lending

a hand to volunteers These 12 beds will all be occupied

by people who would otherwise In Bristol that's

more than 75 people. People like this man who says they

are ardent enough beds in night shelters with people renewed them

often taught the way. If you're 19 or 20, sometimes you lose the bed

and you stay outside all night. If you're lucky security people don't

kick you out. There are a maximum of 65 beds

available in shelters The charity St Mungo's says

they're often all taken Leaving dozens more

outside in the cold. What is different now is the local

authorities and central government have less money to help pay for

solutions so we need to think of creative and innovative ways to

approach the problem and working together and coming up with those

options is one of the ways. Bristol's Mayor started this

scheme Persuading churches around the city centre To take

turns giving 12 more rough sleepers a hot meal

And a place to sleep But he knows far more are needed

And it's the root cause of homelessness he says That he's

determined to tackle. We are focused on getting houses

built and unlocking the land with planning permission and making sure

houses go for word on that land so we're looking at the bigger

structural challenges but we also faced the immediate challenge

tonight in Bristol of people sleeping on cold streets.

This pilot will run for another 2 weeks

Then Bristol will go back to having at most 65 emergency beds

with at least double that number who need them.

That's it from us tonight with more news on the BBC website and your

local BBC radio stations. We're back with breakfast tomorrow from 6:30am

for now the forecast. Thanks very much and good evening. Feels like

the forecast is being repeated every night recently! For good reason

because a very similar day of whether continuing tonight into

tomorrow compared to that we have seen over the last 24-48 hours. The

risk of fog, generally across more eastern parts. The risk of icy

strictures on roads tomorrow, they are of sunshine and cloud and once

again we have another Met Office warning in force for the risk of

some quite dense fog forming, freezing fog and places, and also a

warning for icy strictures on roads. More the eastern parts of the region

at greater threat of any fog developing through tonight. The

temperature reflecting that as we get below freezing across many parts

of Wiltshire and early as doing likewise but equally one or two max

spots around 1-2 C only of mix and match. By tomorrow morning, any fog

will less and foreign banks of cloud which will linger as linger as well

as fog for some part of the day and towards the West, the best chance of

some early sunshine and we also have a bit of a mix of cloud and bright

spells as we continue into the afternoon, the temperature tomorrow

in a range of 5-7 for most. Beyond that into Thursday, feeling bitterly

cold compared to tomorrow with a For all of us, it'll get colder and

then milder again come the weekend. This