:00:11. > :00:24.The economic boom that's making it harder for young people to rent.
:00:25. > :00:27.The petition to pressure the PM into knighting the last
:00:28. > :00:29.British Dambsuter Johnny Johnson is finally delivered at number ten.
:00:30. > :00:32.And the compelling stories of young soldiers that's become a stage
:00:33. > :00:43.The Bristol and Bath area has bounced back from the recession
:00:44. > :00:48.and is now leading the country with rapid rates of economic growth.
:00:49. > :00:51.But a report out today shows the rise in living standards
:00:52. > :00:53.is being cancelled out by a sharp increase in house prices
:00:54. > :01:03.It's up, up and away for Bristol's booming economy.
:01:04. > :01:07.Other cities still lag below where they were before the financial crash
:01:08. > :01:10.but a report out today shows Bristol soaring above them all.
:01:11. > :01:15.only London has outpaced it in terms of economic growth and the really
:01:16. > :01:32.employment rate rising and rising amongst the highest in the country.
:01:33. > :01:35.For estate agents in the city - they've never had it so good.
:01:36. > :01:41.We've seen an increase in prices of 10%,
:01:42. > :01:45.Southville 12%, a steep rise for one year.
:01:46. > :02:03.What others are struggling to keep This is the dining room, it's a
:02:04. > :02:06.small, two bedrooms terrace and its ?800 per month in rent. That is
:02:07. > :02:20.able. She actually took this
:02:21. > :02:24.without seeing it. I have a child, work part
:02:25. > :02:26.time, have a good job uyet my wage is less than my rent
:02:27. > :02:34.so I live off tax credits baffling uyet my wage is less than my rent
:02:35. > :02:38.so I live off tax credits, baffling not ideal difficult I'm by no means
:02:39. > :02:43.the only person in this situation. Two Bristol University students
:02:44. > :02:47.who've been targeted on social media by racist bullies have this morning
:02:48. > :02:50.made an official complaint to Timi Ariyo and Tami Sauteer handed
:02:51. > :02:58.over a file of evidence about the young men who've
:02:59. > :03:00.been attacking them. They decided to do this
:03:01. > :03:02.after the response from The bullies include a University
:03:03. > :03:06.of Bristol politics student, a Cambridge law student
:03:07. > :03:11.and a medical student in Plymouth. Bristol Prison had the second
:03:12. > :03:13.highest number of suicides last year Five inmates took their own
:03:14. > :03:18.life while in custody. There were also twice
:03:19. > :03:21.the number of assaults Last year, 201 attacks took place
:03:22. > :03:29.on either staff or other inmates. The Government have said this number
:03:30. > :03:32.is too high and they are committed As we saw on the national news,
:03:33. > :03:46.Carol Vorderman and the Gulf War a petition to Downing Street to get
:03:47. > :03:50.a knighthood for the last Johnny Johnson from Bristol was part
:03:51. > :03:53.of the bombing crew that destroyed some of the Nazi dams
:03:54. > :03:56.in the Second World War. He's been nominated
:03:57. > :03:58.for a knighthood, but wasn't recognised in the New Year Honours
:03:59. > :04:12.list - well Alice Bouverie Thank you. Yes, you join me in
:04:13. > :04:16.central London, at a memorial opened in 2012 to 355,000 young men of the
:04:17. > :04:19.RAF who died in the Second World War. It was here that the press
:04:20. > :04:25.gathered to meet Carol Vorderman John Nichol to talk about their
:04:26. > :04:32.campaign to campaign for a night to do for Britain's bastardising
:04:33. > :04:36.dambuster, George Johnny Johnson. They want through the park, Pat
:04:37. > :04:41.Buckingham Palace to ten Downing St where they handed in a petition
:04:42. > :04:47.which has grown in just three weeks to 235,000 signatures. Carol has a
:04:48. > :04:56.personal interest in this as she met Johnny, the art AF cadet, at
:04:57. > :05:00.celebrations last year. He was part of 617 Squadron, an elite squadron
:05:01. > :05:02.of bombers who went on some of the those bearing raids in the Second
:05:03. > :05:04.World War but they have never been recognised with a campaign medal.
:05:05. > :05:05.Carol wants to change that. I think it shows the depth
:05:06. > :05:09.of respect that we have, both from Johnny Johnson as an individual, but
:05:10. > :05:12.also for whom he fought with and for those he said that, if you are
:05:13. > :05:15.offered a knighthood, he would Those are the 55,573 men
:05:16. > :05:26.who died as a part of Bomber Command and at what is
:05:27. > :05:29.important that we are standing here, in front of this magnificent
:05:30. > :05:42.statue, which represents the seven Along with the position, they also
:05:43. > :05:46.handed in a new nomination form, hoping that in the Queen's birthday
:05:47. > :05:52.honours later this year, finally recognition will come for George
:05:53. > :05:58.Johnny Johnson. Thank you. More on that tonight at six 2pm.
:05:59. > :06:02.Councillors in Dorset are to vote for a new local governing
:06:03. > :06:05.structure that could see many of them without jobs.
:06:06. > :06:07.Services in the county are currently delivered by nine
:06:08. > :06:09.councils, but under proposals to save money they'd be
:06:10. > :06:12.Members of West Dorset District Council will meet
:06:13. > :06:14.today to debate the plan, with their counterparts
:06:15. > :06:17.The experiences of young men joining the army
:06:18. > :06:20.and going to war have been collected by a poet.
:06:21. > :06:23.Owen Sheers' book was so moving it was made into a radio play
:06:24. > :06:29.and is now a stage performance at the Bristol Old Vic theatre.
:06:30. > :06:32.Pink Mist tells the story of three young men and the physical
:06:33. > :06:43.Tracey Miller went to watch the rehearsals.
:06:44. > :07:06.physical and mental, that war can lead to.
:07:07. > :07:12.Dan Crickler plays one of the leading It's all about how
:07:13. > :07:14.relationships can be affected after you come back from war as well.
:07:15. > :07:16.The story has been created by Poet Owen Sheers
:07:17. > :07:20.but the people it's based on are very real.
:07:21. > :07:26.This issue of the aftermath of conflict and the long shadow of
:07:27. > :07:30.conflict is very much an issue that is still with a lot of people now.
:07:31. > :07:34.And fortunately one of the men I interviewed for this piece actually
:07:35. > :07:38.just quite recently took his own life, so that brought into sharp
:07:39. > :07:40.focus for me again how important it is that this story get out to places
:07:41. > :07:45.where people are still living it. The title Pink Mist refers
:07:46. > :07:48.to the spray of blood that hangs in the air when a soldier
:07:49. > :07:58.is blown up. Pink mist is a phrase that came at
:07:59. > :08:02.the post-911 conflicts and a lot of the people that I spoke to had
:08:03. > :08:04.mentioned it. When you do that at what it means, it is shocking. --
:08:05. > :08:07.9/11. Pink Mist started as a book,
:08:08. > :08:10.then went to Radio thanks to BBC bristol, it's now about to tour
:08:11. > :08:14.the Country as a stage play. Three boys went to Catholic. It was
:08:15. > :08:27.January, snow pitching only seven. Tracey Miller, BBC
:08:28. > :08:30.Points West, Bristol. We've got a cold, south-easterly
:08:31. > :08:39.breeze coming from the continent. It has been pretty cloudy so far,
:08:40. > :08:42.but that cloud should Though, I suspect
:08:43. > :08:45.Gloucestershire staying When you factor in this brisk wind,
:08:46. > :08:50.it feels a bit older Heading into tonight, our lingering
:08:51. > :08:55.cloud continues to clear. Under those starry skies,
:08:56. > :08:59.we can expect a frost. Into the early hours,
:09:00. > :09:02.the risk of a little rain, drizzle, maybe some wintry flurries and some
:09:03. > :09:04.icy patches as well. We head into tomorrow
:09:05. > :09:07.morning on a cold note. Fairly cloudy, bit of hill
:09:08. > :09:11.fog, you may see a few bright spells but they will
:09:12. > :09:13.be in short supply. A chilly day, not as cold
:09:14. > :09:16.as today with outbreaks of rain arriving as we head
:09:17. > :09:26.into the afternoon. It's freezing. Staying in if you
:09:27. > :09:27.can. That's it from me. See you again at 6:30pm here. Goodbye for
:09:28. > :09:37.now. TV: He's not your father.
:09:38. > :09:50.WOMAN GASPS so why not pay your TV licence in
:09:51. > :10:03.weekly instalments, too?