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 discover a l
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 in th
winds of up to 160kph caused exstensive flooding and mudslides. numerous flooding and mudslides. coastal homes were swept numerous coastal homes were swept into the sea or submerged under the water. now on bbc news winess 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. but we start here in the city of bristol where in 1963 and buses like this one here. he secured an interview but when he arrived the bus company turned him away because he was black. now despite this being racist, it was completely legal in
To survive really seemed to be try and get shelter of some kind. Because of the 12 of us, only eight of us had come back. Four of our crews had gone, including one crew who were on their very first trip it was a sunday, i was in church with my mother and father. And. I remember hearing the bishop, getting up in the pulpit, before his sermon and saying, were now at war with germany, and i thought, how exciting gosh, an adventure. And little did i know what was in store for me. Our division was put in, told to capture the range of hills to the north of tunisia. It took a month of solid fighting. You were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared everything. And you got that dreadful feeling of. Sickness in your tummy. Oh, god, is this going to be the last time . Sometimes you were lucky. Sometimes you werent. I was lucky. I think, towards the. Towards the end towards the end of april, beginning of may. I think they thought that they were they really had had it. And. They were surrendering quite
Bully dog is reported in london. Protesters march against the governments plans to ban the breed. Now on bbc news, we were there episode one. You were shot at, shelled, bombed, mortared. And yelled, let the bombs go from the aircraft. How many young people did we actually kill . We looked to the aircraft and the whole of the back of it had been shredded with shell splinters. If the sergeant says, jump, you said, how high . We just did whatever we were told to do. I in the sand, the only way to survive seemed to be try and get shelter of some kind. Because of the 12 of us, only eight of us had come back. Four of our crews had gone, including one crew who were on their very first trip. It was a sunday. I was in church with my mother and father. And i remember hearing the bishop getting up in the pulpit before his sermon and saying, were now at war with germany and i thought, how exciting gosh, an adventure and little did i know what was in store for me. Our division was putting told to c