. okay. welcome, everyone. my name is kathy rispard, and i d like to welcome you to the very first black history month celebration, hosted by the black american affinity group. without further adieu, i m going to have katie willard come willard kenny willard come on up. [applause] first of all, want to give a round of applause to kathy and all she s done to make this happen. [applause] so good afternoon, everyone. so it sounds like everyone has had their coffee this morning, so let s do that again. good afternoon. i d like to welcome you to our first annual black history month celebration. this year s theme is looking back while moving forward. honoring those who led the fight for justice on transit in san francisco. today we re recognizing charlotte l. brown and mary ellen white. brown was the first to legally challenge racial segregation in the united states when she filed a lawsuit against san francisco s
round of applause to kathy and all she s done to make this happen. [applause] so good afternoon, everyone. so it sounds like everyone has had their coffee this morning, so let s do that again. good afternoon. i d like to welcome you to our first annual black history month celebration. this year s theme is looking back while moving forward. honoring those who led the fight for justice on transit in san francisco. today we re recognizing charlotte l. brown and mary ellen white. brown was the first to legally challenge racial segregation in the united states when she filed a lawsuit against san francisco street car company in the 1860s after she was forceablely removed from a street car, and this was a segregated street car here in san francisco. she sued the company, won, and was awarded the sum of $5,000 in 1854, which i imagine was quite a bit at that time in our country s history. mary ellen also attacked racial discrimination in san francisco after she and two other bla
newly released images from cold war era satellites reveal the dramatic melting of ice in the himalayas. and getting rid of diesel for good the uk is trialling its first hydrogen powered train. hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc newsroom live. voting hasjust closed in the latest ballot to decide the conservative leadership, as mps decide which candidates will good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. face a members vote. former foreign secretary boris johnson face a members vote. former foreign secretary borisjohnson looks black cab rapistjohn worboys, certain to make the final pair, now known asjohn radford, after topping the ballot in the who was almost freed from jail last year, first three rounds, but the race to has pleaded guilty to four join him remains too close to call, further offences in which he drugged women with the intention with jeremy hunt, michael gove of sexually assaulting them. join him remains too close to call, withjeremy hunt, michael gove and
to a fee paying school in remain voting london as symptomatic, not just of a metrocentric attitude, but also a bias on the programme a view articulated by one of last week s panelists, the newspaper columnist charles moore. he turned the tables on question time presenter fiona bruce. can i ask you a question, fiona? because here i am, and i m delighted and honoured to be here. but there s a panel of five and i m the only leave supporter. and if you look at the. you re the only person who voted leave. the government is supporting leave. i think i m the only leave supporter as well, as a matter of fact, but we can argue about that. but i m certainly the only person who voted leave. and again and again on this programme, the balance totally fails to reflect the wider country. can ijust make the point, charles? this is a question to me, to let me answer it. obviously the government supports the leave position, and last week, we had three people who took the leave position and t
the uk and the eu have agreed a flexible extension of brexit until 31st october. the move came after marathon late night talks in brussels. the european council president donald tusk had a stark message for britain.. please.do not waste this time . it s a message bound to be echoed by business in the uk where uncertainty has been taking its toll remember the original date for brexit was march 29th. the british retail consortium says all the uncertainty is holding back consumer spending, with sales in march falling 0.5%, compared to the same month last year. uncertainty has also raised costs for businesses. many manufacturers here in the uk have stockpiled goods and that s been based on a timeline of leaving in march, april or may. the british chambers of commerce forecasts business investment will fall 1% this year. if correct, it would be the weakest since the global economic crisis a decade ago. mike cherry is the chairman of the federation of small businesses. mik