I think its a fundamental change and a very important decision. Trustees say its time to end the Toxic Association with slavery. If ive got members of staff who are uncomfortable coming in the building, if there are people, bristolians, and people from further afield who feel that this place isnt for them because of perceived associations, then thats something i cant be doing with. Like other ports around the uk, this city is still struggling to come to terms with the role that it played in the brutality of the slave trade. A period which brought wealth and influence, but which also caused lasting shame. So for some, todays announcement was a pointless attempt to air brush history. For others, its a moral victory. Id look at that and think a disgusting man. He could have been involved in the transportation of my ancestors to a life of hardship. I think its far too pc. I think its ludicrous. I mean, its at colston hall for donkeys years. Thats the brand and thats what we should stick wi
British scientists develop a blood test, which can detect the return of lung cancer, before it shows on conventional scans. And, the concert hall in bristol, soon to be renamed, because of associations with the slave trade. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News tottenham needed a win tonight at Crystal Palace to reduce chelseas lead at the top of the Premier League to four points find out how they got on at selhurst park. Good evening. All members of the us senate, have been at the white house this evening, to be briefed on the deepening crisis, involving north korea. The americans have started installing an anti Missile Defence system, in neighbouring south korea, in response to the Weapons Programmes being developed by the north. China has accused The Americans of destabilising the entire region. But the Us State Department said tonight it was still open to negotiations to try to resolve the crisis, as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. This isnt for real but it looks terrif
I think its a fundamental change and a very important decision. Trustees say its time to end the Toxic Association with slavery. If ive got members of staff who are uncomfortable coming in the building, if there are people, bristolians, and people from further afield who feel that this place isnt for them because of perceived associations, then thats something i cant be doing with. Like other ports around the uk, this city is still struggling to come to terms with the role that it played in the brutality of the slave trade. A period which brought wealth and influence, but which also caused lasting shame. So for some, todays announcement was a pointless attempt to air brush history. For others, its a moral victory. Id look at that and think a disgusting man. He could have been involved in the transportation of my ancestors to a life of hardship. I think its far too pc. I think its ludicrous. I mean, its at colston hall for donkeys years. Thats the brand and thats what we should stick wi
Alcohol reportedly found at the scene. His neighbor killed. This incident, not his first runin with the law. What hes now saying about the devastating crash. And a circus act on the baseball field. This blue jays star turning into an acrobat. Racing to the plate, leaping, flipping over the cardinals catcher, to score a crucial run. The manager saying you wont see anything like this in 100 years. Dont be scared, michael. Dont be scared. Good morning, america. Lets look at the moment at the plate. Chris coghlan. Michael, you think maybe i think he hits the catcher and the catcher has possession of the ball. I thought he was out. Well, he was safe. They won the game. A little debate over here before we came on the air. There is a theres some other baseball news out there about baseballs new odd couple. Look at these two. Derek jeter and jeb bush. They could be closing in on purchasing the Miami Marlins. Jeter could become like the new boss. Were tracking a lot of big stories. The whole se
Created the chances. I think they didnt shoot. And it was fantastic. Very pleased. Congratulate the players. And i think the three points we got and we have again reduced the gap to four points with chelsea. Elsewhere, arsenal Beat Leicester 1 0, with an own goal from robert huth. Arsenal are now back up to sixth four points off the Champions League places. And in the battle of the bottom two, middlesbrough recorded their first victory of 2017 by beating sunderland i o. The black cats on the brink of relegation which could come as early as this weekend. Theyre rock bottom and i2 points from safety. In spain, barcelona and real madrid remain level on points at the top, after they both won, and scored 13 goals between them. Lionel messi scored twice as barca thrashed osasuna 7 i, with gomes and alcacer also scoring two each. Javier mascherano got the other his first goal for barcelona in 319 games for the club. And real madrid won 6 2 at deportivo la coruna, where James Rodriguez scored