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Roy hackett was one of the organisers of the bristol bus boycott — the campaign in 1963 to overturn a ban by bristol omnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. the subsequent protests paved the way for the race relations acts. our correspondentjo black looks back at his life. 1963, and this campaign was known as the bristol bus boycott. back then, it was legal for companies to discriminate against somebody because of the colour of their skin. the point is that whilst we cani obtain white labour in this city, we intend to go on in i engaging white labour. this protes...

In 1963, it was entirely legal for the Bristol Omnibus Company to have a ban on employing Black and Asian drivers and conductors.

Archie battersbee's parents apply to the european court of human rights, to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today and premier league captains have decided their teams will stop taking the knee before every match. the anti—racism gesture will still be seen before big moments — including the boxing day fixtures and cup finals another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather. more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed after the security agen...

A chinese company, bite dance, which has previously insisted it's not controlled by the chinese government and that it wouldn't pass on data. but given the concerns of those mps, the speaker of the commons, lindsay hoyle, i have decided to pull the account. it must be said, there are still a number of mps on tiktok, including the prime ministers. thank ou, including the prime ministers. thank you. david. — including the prime ministers. thank you. david- the _ including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time _ including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time now— includin...

My deputy mayor, ashton craig, and me being the first mayor of african heritage in a british city, roy paved the way for our own journeys. it seems to me it's impossible to overstate how much he achieved, if we think back to the 1960s with the bristol boycott and more beyond that - i bristol boycott and more beyond that — i don't even want to repeat the words on the signs that used to hang in the houses for rent and shops. but that was the environment that he, his family and friends, and neighbours were living in, and it was a deeply hostile environment. absolutely, and i think there are two...