C. B. That I welcome to the best of B.C.F. I am right here on B.B.C. Somerset B.B.C. Radio Bristow for me it's. On today's show we feature an archive piece this week coming from Dr Zaineb Khan as part of our extraordinary people serious she leaves Bristol for London this week and we'll be hearing 2 clips from program Shepherd's way one from Will Holland who explores pollution in the city and another from one of our favorites Jenny Steele who takes a look at planting fruit in our gardens less we'll have the last of documentaries mating to live with and the University of the West of England exploring the heritage of different parts of our city this week Roger Morford explores Stockard. Down. The lawn. When. He wants. A try. Out when. I bow to. The sea. I give all my money. My time. And no one to say. Just a way. To stay. Down. A cabbage. You gave. A good tip that's gone. The way of the believe. It. Been no. Claim. The Commodores and so on the best to B.C. F.M. Here on B.B.C. Radio Bristol and B.B.C. Somerset Let's kick off with our archive piece Dr Kant was the founder of equity at the University of the West of England we featured her on extra ordinary people series in this interview she begins by describing how she 1st discovered race Yeah well I would say that I came to the conversation about race quite late in life because I was so unaware of the dynamics in play and I think it's not about so I never for a minute try and make excuses for where I am in life or what journey what journey and direction I've gone in as a result of my ethnicity but it's more about explaining to somebody that this is my lived experience and as a result I've had to carry all of this social conditioning and there's a huge amount of shame which is often projected on to the British Asian community but in particular Pakistani because of the the P. Word and all of the connotations around out there and I've had to can I've had to carry that unnecessarily because out of my choosing of my Yeah and so I've done a lot of self work and I'm fortunate to have been surrounded by some fantastic people over the course of the last decade or so that I've. Made me realise that actually there's a community of solidarity out there that this is not an individualized experience that other people can also relate. So yeah I don't think there's a solution in terms of getting people to understand your world view and so it's just keep tellin stories as it as I can here in the 1994 there was an arson attack on your home turf that was about yeah that was a very difficult experience so. And I often people sometimes say to me Oh you grew up in a fancy neighborhood was like yeah but my house was torched when I was 11 because of my ethnicity. So. It was just it was during Ramadan one year and I remember our family had gone out to. Get to break fast with another young family and we came back and there were fire engines all along the street and we thought what's going on here and then we looked up and we saw the house just going up in flames and. We lost everything actually they torched the place and they trashed and ransacked it and yeah it was racially aggravated I lost all my money United shirts. Got even more respect for you know. Here. Than most of the age for you for you for your brother for you for your parents thank God nobody was seriously injured or even killed but But what you talk about shame in the P. Word and then when you put it into perspective and you you experience something more about how did it affect the confidence of of the entire family it shattered us actually I think we didn't fully recover from. My mother would say to that I was very subdued for years after that event and that I then had developed this almost an O.C.D. About security so constant checking of locking doors or what I'm going anywhere to just check 3 or 4 times that everything is fine and that's quite natural that was natural I wasn't aware that that's what was going on but fortunately I grew out of that many years later. But yeah my brother was devastated as well then I think we just couldn't believe that anyone would target us in that way though. Was anybody ever brought to justice for it was anybody of a court for that not for that specific crime but you never know I'm sure let's hope the criminal justice system caught up with a people eventually. Yeah and what did you do after that then where where did you move out of that area or all did you stay away and go back so we had to move out for a period of time or as the house was passed that took quite a period of time and in that time I then started at Colston's you say that was quite a difficult period while also I mean you told us about that experience of course and of course in 95 the same you know the same year that there was this attack on your home that must have been really traumatic then to go and then further experience you know and I suppose it was it was kind of institutionalized in that way because the school didn't deal with it allowed these situations to occur of segregation. Here you hated Colston's and you survived through the love of football and sport we were player all or support Yeah so at the time I was I'm not into football anymore I don't follow as closely as we welcome we can change that we can change its name but at the time I was the biggest Man United fan I knew everything I was stuck I knew which goes up in school when what type of goal it was . Yeah and it was it was during the glory days Where'd that come from center that came from my brother OK And as any younger sibling will tell you he has an older brother you know out of have to either buy into their hobbies or just sit the side yet say that's true sad a life you know watching what was it called back in the day. That in one year was football it was focused on grandstand or you know all about yeah and that was back in the day when football was free to watch on T.V. Yeah yeah yeah and then yeah I just got the team saw me through that decade actually really going on. I'm going for some of those players can see you know this is back when they won the treble for me as time. Passed away kit come on. What time I got back and all of those young boys are coming through that yeah I said I'd rather. ASCO say yeah they can and then we have been since the fan it was a fantastic team. So you were trying to did you ever go to a game all night I watched a lot of it. And yeah I then bought all the memorabilia own magazine mugs did you do get shoot magazine always it was a match weekly much weekly with a steak. I could see I've been in I think it I used to do that not always go about the person to be all this all right now Fair enough fair enough I'm sure you could dress Bobbie up in a mine you know it's up I did have a ball being a couple hierophant I How will you with how will you with kind of if you got the traditional toys and stuff the girls are supposed to have I rejected all of it I was a real Yeah I was a real tomboy so in addition to football and playing football it was all about site athletics which I did quite well and so you know the school sent me off to day different trials and events Yeah. Yeah so I was constantly keeping fit that way. People. You make me. Think. This is a. Magnetic pulls me. Down. It's not. Maybe you have. Me. Next. Thing. That shepards way is B.C. Of M's weekly program which takes a look at all things nature of focuses on our environment whether it's out in the countryside or in our own backyards than you can chew nane every Wednesday at 7 pm This week will Holland looked at the environmental and health consequences of quality in Bristow he explored what local authorities are or even aren't doing to meet the deadlines to reduce this ever increasing threat to our health and wellbeing. Than. All I need is the avatar breaking those of the M O 2 words of Mike Hazelwood and how much in the Hollies 972 hit the same name almost 50 years later here in Bristol the ad that we previewed is definitely not what we need there are many factors that influence Aquila T. In the city with vehicles being by far and away the biggest contributor and around 80 percent of nitric oxide in the ad being time directly attributed to traffic in Bristol alive and quality is estimated to be linked to roughly 300 deaths annually. If we are to look at the U.K. As a whole according to the committee on the medical effects of absolute and that figure rises to somewhere in the region of $28.00 to $36000.00 premature deaths per year due to long term exposure to add pollution some studies even argue that globally air pollution contributes to more deaths per annum than smoking with the estimated figures being $8800000.00 deaths caused by air pollution and 7200000 for smoking earlier this year an inquest into the death of a 9 year old girl in London was reopened and kissy Deborah of Lewisham was initially hospitalized in 2010 after a coughing fit and the following 3 years she was admitted a further 27 times before her untimely passing away in 2013 Ellis families lawyers had argued that the new evidence demonstrated there was an arguable failure by the state to comply with its duties under the European Convention on Human Rights which protects the right to life if the inquest is successful this will mark the 1st instance of a death being directly attribute it to add quality. In certain areas of Bristol include in Church Road and Park Street Legal pollutant levels of being breached Bristol City Council has a legal obligation to reduce the levels of nitric oxide in the city and a few months ago they released 2 clean aplan proposals option was on consists of a medium sized charging zone where non-compliant vehicles such as hate D.V.D.'s L G V and taxis would be charged to enter but which would not include private vehicles. Option 2 is a small area in the city which diesel vehicles would be banned from entering between the hours of 7 am to 3 pm There has been a reluctance on the part of the council and the mayor to implement a charging zone in Bristol for private vehicles the fear is that introducing a congestion charge would just impact those on low incomes however the current proposals the council have put forward will not reduce air pollutants below legal levels until 2029 this would mean that for the next decade whilst the plans are being carried out Bristol was equity would continue to be in breach of legal limits of nitric oxide without a congestion charge or any other means of reducing traffic going into the center of Bristow it's unlikely that they will be able to achieve this any of. The Council hopes to submit its finalize plans to the government in September or most a year after its initial deadline for submission. With local campaign groups such as Bristol clean air Alliance and St George's breathing better aiming to persuade the local authority to adopt the fairest most ambitious and sustainable option for tackling air pollution opposition is definitely president to add to this an environmental law firm client earth is currently threatening Bristol City Council with legal action over that on ambitious plans lawyer Katie new says the proposed timescales are unacceptable stating it is not justifiable to say that kids for the next 10 years are going to have to breathe in illegal levels of air pollution just because Bristol City Council needs a bit of totty the environmental law firm client earth has previously taken the U.K. Government to court 3 times and warned judges in the high court ruled that the U.K. Government had been unsuccessful in taking adequate action pertaining to the issue of Ag quality in line with the E.U.'s legally binding limits in over 45 local authorities. In regards to the issue facing Bristol client state that it's quite clear where the pollution is coming from in the city I'm clear that for what sources need to be addressed with a problem. Getting people out of that cause is always going to be an uphill struggle especially when 21st was lackluster public transport offerings I think that we can all agree something needs to be done sooner rather than later to tackle the issue. Ily. Ily ily. Ily. Ily. Ily ily. Ily ily. Ily. Ily. Still to come on the best to B.C. F.M. Jenny still tells us why we should all be growing fruit in our gardens before that there is a collaboration between B.C. F.M. Radio M shadow and the University of the West of England it's resulted in 9 short documentaries been made about different areas in our city the last of those 2 part pieces explores stock wood and reporter Raja Morford went over to have a look at what he could find out about the area on the edge of the city. For the 12 communities one Bristol project I was asked to make a documentary about stock which is basically a large housing estate so my 1st thought was What sort of story am I going to find that friends and neighbors are the sad when some of those that didn't know it says there's nothing man. So there was only one thing for it I thought I better go and have a look. So I took a number to go. To drugs. So here I am off the bus. Is going to walk around. Well there's just lots and lots of housing there's a few shops a pub I saw all of churches a petrol station there's no industry that can't see any surreal heritage everything of seeing this fifty's sixty's maybe some seventy's onwards as a new development by the shot some flags really quiet lots of birdsong it's very green. I'm walking around it's really reminded me of where I grew up in a group on an estate on the edge of town where the houses ended the countryside started. It's really really similar lots of open space houses look very There wasn't a lot to do there either. So I don't know what I'm going to buy. I met with Christy she's lived in stock could since the early 1960 S. The houses down the road were still being built so if I used to go out I would have to wear Wellington a step to the best to us because the house is except it was being built Bristol City Council built houses and agricultural land in late 1950 S. And what is now Stone It's the road the main road into stock would private developers followed in the early sixty's building a large estate on stock would help on the plateau as it's known locally when we 1st off it was basically just a building site slowly developed you know we didn't have much up there you know when it 1st started off and just house and then then in the end they are they put that soft heart into the community with the shops and the like we have a lot later that was more like he moved here in the early 1970 S. a Lot Christine both of race families and stock would have lived in the area ever since after doing a little research I discovered that stock which has a high proportion of older and elderly people among the highest by ward in the Bristol City Council area I wanted to find out what there was for this group to do so contacted Bristol agent better who put me in touch with John and I went to meet it but suddenly children sent. Roger Moore to meet John Kerry. So I'm Roger and it's me. John. I'm a community development worker I work for some on a car trust and my project I'm involved with is Bristol aging better so supporting people over the age of 50 looking at connecting people within the community and to look at ways of reducing social isolation I'm one of many people one of many organizations that come into stock quote to try and generate new projects within the community and the children sense looks very busy oh yeah children center is sort of the hub of the community really because it is right in the center of stock could is trying to sort of get people to come along to the center to do not so different activities one of them being in the next door in the garden so we've got stuck with growing together that was formed a year ago and that was local people coming together to share their experience of gardening in and learn from each other and enjoy being in the gardens my safe space I popped into the gobby to see the growing together project there was a polytunnel in raised beds and people building more of that was or getting ready for Clancy and I spoke to Sylvia and a friend you know it's it's fun gardening should be fun not books and this is our 1st full start of the year from seed to we're going to grow things that I've never grown the whole spiral. Holzschuh rubbish so out we're just a few like minded people getting together. Passing on information to each other obviously no one knew and it's helped me to make some friends I don't have a garden now I used to have a car here and it's a good sort of cervical garden here to me it's very nice to see things from a seed to a finish. Article product that you can pick and you can eat. And it's nice to be able to share this with other people who say oh I didn't realize it was going to look like the. Cooking group emerged baking cakes and bread and now they're doing soup and they do a main course as well so the into producing the 3 course meal. I've had a lovely time cooking together and then everybody started around the table and eat together fantastic and I get $33.00 course meal every week as well so that's great . The following Monday the cooking group were busy making soup and bread for the kids and parents at the Children's Center and I spoke to one of the great another mark but a car is almost 20. And when I got divorced or struggling in a 1000000 or as was it was a bit of a breakdown I had money to move the paying from college student and mental health issues. I was a bit hesitant to come visit something new. Thoroughly enjoying a good group of people and it's most to do this all because now I'm meeting different people I have. Normal conversation. The best Gen so runs another group positivity in stock which library here local people can meet and have a chat and a cuppa and this is where I met Bill he's 96 with a full head of white hair and huge eyebrows and looks like the main character from the animated film Up I could have spent hours with him it's an opening game where you can be with friendly date ball that's the main thing because. I'm widowed I want to get out and meet people not to be alone. And people who say that I haven't spoken to anybody. For 2 weeks they just want to get and set out on their doorstep and people come along and say what you're doing I want you all right they'll let people come and then find out as you watch me by you know they're so those 1st thoughts that nothing goes on in stock quit Well I'm glad to say be improved wrong I've seen firsthand how 3 of the projects that generals for Bristol 18 better make a difference for some of the older members of the community then John said there was someone else I really had to meet my name is Lance Mason love lived in stock which now since 1990 I think yes and I love it here since 2015 I've been the pastor of stock and feature which. People moved here as young couples had their families or families grow up move home but it resulted in a lot of particularly older people living all in their own though obviously we have the sort of meetings that you would normally expect of church but one of our very popular gatherings is a lunch club which is on a Monday those who are reasonably mobile or can be picked up in a minibus transported in really good opportunity for older people to get out and meet with others one of the things that a lot of the older people tell me is they say I'm make myself come on Monday I make myself get up and get out because I know not just are have the meal but I'll meet with other people there's the Anglican Church in the stock we're free church what a wider role with the local community for years and years and years I think we were quite separate from what the community did but given that local government is at best strapped for cash at worst really struggling to make things happen in the community we found more and more th