Newspapers and trending: Civil rights pioneer tributes

Dr Paul Stephenson led the Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963

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Tributes have been paid to civil rights campaigner Dr Paul Stephenson, who led the Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963. Carla Denyer, Chinonyerem Obdimba and Carol Vorderman are among those highlighting his character and what he achieved.

The Bewick's swans are back. WWT Slimbridge has posted saying the first pair arrived yesterday in Gloucestershire from Arctic Russia.

And there seems to have been a mix-up with one of the winners at Bridgwater Carnival. Huckyduck posted late last night that they were, in fact, the winners of the Open Tableau category.

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There is set to be an exhibition covering 107 years of the Hotpoint factory in Yate, according to the Yate and Sodbury Voice. The site closes at the end of the year.

Swindon Advertiser says the borough council had been warned that a large tree looked unstable weeks before it fell at The Parade.

There will be a number of road closures in Bristol ahead of the Remembrance Day parade on Sunday, collated by Bristol Live.

The Beko factory in Yate will now close