26/01/2017 Points West

The economic boom that's making it harder for young people to rent.

The petition to pressure the PM into knighting the last

British Dambsuter Johnny Johnson is finally delivered at number ten.

And the compelling stories of young soldiers that's become a stage

The Bristol and Bath area has bounced back from the recession

and is now leading the country with rapid rates of economic growth.

But a report out today shows the rise in living standards

is being cancelled out by a sharp increase in house prices

It's up, up and away for Bristol's booming economy.

Other cities still lag below where they were before the financial crash

but a report out today shows Bristol soaring above them all.

only London has outpaced it in terms of economic growth and the really

employment rate rising and rising amongst the highest in the country.

For estate agents in the city - they've never had it so good.

We've seen an increase in prices of 10%,

Southville 12%, a steep rise for one year.

What others are struggling to keep This is the dining room, it's a

small, two bedrooms terrace and its ?800 per month in rent. That is

able. She actually took this

without seeing it. I have a child, work part

time, have a good job uyet my wage is less than my rent

so I live off tax credits baffling uyet my wage is less than my rent

so I live off tax credits, baffling not ideal difficult I'm by no means

the only person in this situation. Two Bristol University students

who've been targeted on social media by racist bullies have this morning

made an official complaint to Timi Ariyo and Tami Sauteer handed

over a file of evidence about the young men who've

been attacking them. They decided to do this

after the response from The bullies include a University

of Bristol politics student, a Cambridge law student

and a medical student in Plymouth. Bristol Prison had the second

highest number of suicides last year Five inmates took their own

life while in custody. There were also twice

the number of assaults Last year, 201 attacks took place

on either staff or other inmates. The Government have said this number

is too high and they are committed As we saw on the national news,

Carol Vorderman and the Gulf War a petition to Downing Street to get

a knighthood for the last Johnny Johnson from Bristol was part

of the bombing crew that destroyed some of the Nazi dams

in the Second World War. He's been nominated

for a knighthood, but wasn't recognised in the New Year Honours

list - well Alice Bouverie Thank you. Yes, you join me in

central London, at a memorial opened in 2012 to 355,000 young men of the

RAF who died in the Second World War. It was here that the press

gathered to meet Carol Vorderman John Nichol to talk about their

campaign to campaign for a night to do for Britain's bastardising

dambuster, George Johnny Johnson. They want through the park, Pat

Buckingham Palace to ten Downing St where they handed in a petition

which has grown in just three weeks to 235,000 signatures. Carol has a

personal interest in this as she met Johnny, the art AF cadet, at

celebrations last year. He was part of 617 Squadron, an elite squadron

of bombers who went on some of the those bearing raids in the Second

World War but they have never been recognised with a campaign medal.

Carol wants to change that. I think it shows the depth

of respect that we have, both from Johnny Johnson as an individual, but

also for whom he fought with and for those he said that, if you are

offered a knighthood, he would Those are the 55,573 men

who died as a part of Bomber Command and at what is

important that we are standing here, in front of this magnificent

statue, which represents the seven Along with the position, they also

handed in a new nomination form, hoping that in the Queen's birthday

honours later this year, finally recognition will come for George

Johnny Johnson. Thank you. More on that tonight at six 2pm.

Councillors in Dorset are to vote for a new local governing

structure that could see many of them without jobs.

Services in the county are currently delivered by nine

councils, but under proposals to save money they'd be

Members of West Dorset District Council will meet

today to debate the plan, with their counterparts

The experiences of young men joining the army

and going to war have been collected by a poet.

Owen Sheers' book was so moving it was made into a radio play

and is now a stage performance at the Bristol Old Vic theatre.

Pink Mist tells the story of three young men and the physical

Tracey Miller went to watch the rehearsals.

physical and mental, that war can lead to.

Dan Crickler plays one of the leading It's all about how

relationships can be affected after you come back from war as well.

The story has been created by Poet Owen Sheers

but the people it's based on are very real.

This issue of the aftermath of conflict and the long shadow of

conflict is very much an issue that is still with a lot of people now.

And fortunately one of the men I interviewed for this piece actually

just quite recently took his own life, so that brought into sharp

focus for me again how important it is that this story get out to places

where people are still living it. The title Pink Mist refers

to the spray of blood that hangs in the air when a soldier

is blown up. Pink mist is a phrase that came at

the post-911 conflicts and a lot of the people that I spoke to had

mentioned it. When you do that at what it means, it is shocking. --

9/11. Pink Mist started as a book,

then went to Radio thanks to BBC bristol, it's now about to tour

the Country as a stage play. Three boys went to Catholic. It was

January, snow pitching only seven. Tracey Miller, BBC

Points West, Bristol. We've got a cold, south-easterly

breeze coming from the continent. It has been pretty cloudy so far,

but that cloud should Though, I suspect

Gloucestershire staying When you factor in this brisk wind,

it feels a bit older Heading into tonight, our lingering

cloud continues to clear. Under those starry skies,

we can expect a frost. Into the early hours,

the risk of a little rain, drizzle, maybe some wintry flurries and some

icy patches as well. We head into tomorrow

morning on a cold note. Fairly cloudy, bit of hill

fog, you may see a few bright spells but they will

be in short supply. A chilly day, not as cold

as today with outbreaks of rain arriving as we head

into the afternoon. It's freezing. Staying in if you

can. That's it from me. See you again at 6:30pm here. Goodbye for

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