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The brand new South Bristol link road had a test dry today - | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
hundreds of cyclists became the first to use the route | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
The ?45 million road will also form part of the route | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
for the city's new metrobus in a scheme designed | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
It's not every day that cyclists are offered the chance to ride | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
And so hundreds turned out today to ride the five kilometres | :00:36. | :00:43. | |
Many of these cyclists live locally and think the new road | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
will help to ease the amount of traffic on certain roads. | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
I guess it'll take a lot of pressure off of Winterstoke Road. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
And I do a lot of cycling myself so, yeah, it'll be great when it's open. | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
And it was really smooth and easy to cycle on. | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
I think it's going to make a massive difference around | :01:03. | :01:04. | |
the Parson Street area, where we are, in Bedminster, | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
it'll really relieve the traffic going through there, yeah. | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
The majority of those here today were positive | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
But the Green Party has opposed the plans right from the start, | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
and say building new roads will never help cut traffic. | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
At the moment, some of the plans that are coming forward, | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
only seem to be moving the air quality issues that currently tend | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
to be concentrated in the centre of the city and moving them out | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
to the fringes, in areas like Hartcliffe and Whitchurch. | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
But, in rush hour, parts of South Bristol | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
For a business here which employs 1500 people, the feeling | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
is that this road can only be a good thing. | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
Really, the congestion in Bristol has made it very Really, | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
the congestion in Bristol has made it very difficult for them. | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
The new road will definitely improve their travel times. | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
It will improve the air quality in the area, I'm sure. | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
And generally, for the residents, it will reduce the amount | :02:02. | :02:03. | |
In the New Year, this new road will open to cars. | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
After that, part of it will be used by the Metrobus. | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
And if it helps to get South Bristol moving then it | :02:13. | :02:14. | |
won't just be these Santas who are the only happy customers. | :02:15. | :02:23. | |
Thousands of Christmas shoppers at the Mall Cribbs Causeway | :02:24. | :02:25. | |
were directed to leave the building this afternoon as the shopping | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
centre was evacuated just before closing time - | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
A small fire had broken out in a storeroom - | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
by the time fire crews arrived the flames had been extinguished - | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
The Mall confirms shops will be open as usual tomorrow. | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
Knitters from a church in South Gloucestershire have | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
created their own Christmas tree - which they plan to turn | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
into blankets for the homeless in the new year. | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
Over 800 woolly green squares have been knitted or crocheted | :02:46. | :02:47. | |
and stacked into a six foot tall tree by the St Michael's Yarn | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
In January the tree will be sewn into blankets for two | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
We wanted to do something that could involve as many people | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
in the community as possible, so we could celebrate | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
It was always in our plans to do something that we could give | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
to other people, so the plans to make the blankets were always | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
Finally a special moment of recognition tonight | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
for Ben Smith from Portishead - the inspirational long-distance | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
runner was honoured with a special Sports Personality of the Year award | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
- for running four hundred and one marathons in as many days, | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
raising more than a quarter of a million pounds for two | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
anti-bulling charities, and giving hope to young victims | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
An emotional night for a man who says running - | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
turned his life around and has inspired many others. | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
I want to say thank you to the tens of thousands who supported this. My | :03:46. | :03:54. | |
life was very very different four years ago. I found running was my | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
sanctuary, my way of expressing myself and be who I was, running | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
gave me my confidence back and self-esteem. But most importantly I | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
am not afraid any more. Thank you. Time for the late forecast. We | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
continue to see problems with mist and fog as it really thickens. Some | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
could be dense tonight and the Met office has a fog warning. Take care | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
on the roads, it will keep most of us frost free but some clear spells | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
and then maybe a patch but these are low temperatures, a shower or two | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
but mostly dry. Poor visibility tomorrow morning, thick fog, it will | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
gradually lift but a slow process. Bright spells but mostly pretty | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
cloudy for tomorrow. Temperatures struggling at seven or 8 degrees. A | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
murky start, that rain and drizzle and unsettled by midweek. That is | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
it. We are back in breakfast news tomorrow. Good night. | :05:00. | :05:08. | |
Good evening. It's a big week for pre-Christmas travel plans and the | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
weather can be quite challenging at times, too. We start the week with | :05:14. | :05:16. | |
the issue of fog once again. | :05:17. | :05:18. |