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plan to this month. the indonesian authorities have sacked the police chief in east java, where one of the world s worst football stadium disasters happened on saturday. at least 32 children were among 125 people who died in a crush. the police have been widely criticised for using tear gas on the fans. now on bbc news, witness history. we join celestina olulode in bristol with five important stories from black british history. a warning that this programme contains language that some may find offensive. hello. i m celestina olulode, and welcome to this very special edition of witness history from the m shed museum in bristol. this month, we are getting first hand accounts of some important moments in black british history. coming up, the uk s first caribbean carnival set up to showcase west indian culture. we travel back over 100 years, to hear a witness to liverpool s 1919 race riots. we meet britain s first black female head teacher. and we re in manchester to discov ....
across the uk bringing colder air all the way from iceland, a mixture of sunshine and showers, pushed in on those very brisk winds, particularly frequent showers, northern scotland down those north sea coasts, but some further west as well. the winds are going to be very strong and gusty, perhaps touching gale force in northern scotland, temperatures struggling to make double figures, 16 in the far south, but everywhere feeling colder in the strong wind. hello, this is bbc news with ben boulos. the headlines. labour opens its annual conference as its leader, sir keir starmer, prepares to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new conservative government. he tells the bbc he would reverse the government s cut to the top income tax rate. the head of the rmt union describes talks with the new transport secretary as a good start . the next strike is planned for the 1st of october. voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result ....
And his bus boycott, and i decided, yes, iwill ask the people of the city to boycott bristol s buses. the bristol omnibusl company carries over 1 million people a day. is this really going - to make any difference? there was good support. we had hundreds of university students that were supporting the boycott, they were sitting in the road and lying across in front of the buses. the controversy is now in its second week and the policy of the bus company that started it all still applies. once you change thisjob over, and it becomes known - as a coloured man sjob, well, then the white - man does not take any further interest in it. . the campaign gained national support from among others sir learie constantine, howard wilson and tony benn. what about the west indies cricketers here? do you think they are having any trouble? they are not, but surely they can t be very happy playing knowing that their countrymen are discriminated against, 50 yards from the playing field. ....
To boycott bristol s buses. the bristol omnibusl company carries over 1 million people a day. is this really going - to make any difference? there was good support. we had hundreds of university students that were supporting the boycott, they were sitting in the road and lying across in front of the buses. the controversy is now in its second week and the policy of the bus company that started it all still applies. once you change thisjob over, and it becomes known - as a coloured man sjob, well, then the white - man does not take any further interest in it. . the campaign gained national support from among others sir learie constantine, howard wilson and tony benn. what about the west indies cricketers here? do you think they are having any trouble? they are not, but surely they can t be very happy playing knowing that their countrymen are discriminated against, 50 yards from the playing field. mr paul stephenson, - you have now read the agreed ....