Tony Benn makes final journey
The funeral has taken place of former Bristol MP Tony Benn just yards from the House of Commons where he spent more than 50 years. Mourners said there was "laughter and tears" during the service.
Tony Benn's bus boycott help described as crucial
Civil rights campaigner Paul Stephenson, who led the Bristol bus boycott in 1963 has paid tribute to Tony Benn.
The MP had supported the boycott which was a protest at the Bristol Omnibus company's refusal to employ a black driver.
The event was instrumental in creating the Race Relations Act two years later, today Tony Benn's help was said to be crucial.
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Memories of the career of the former Bristol East MP
Our Political Correspondent Bob Constantine remembers some of his meetings with Tony Benn over the years.
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Tony Benn makes final journey from parliament
Today's funeral service will recall Tony Benn the orator, debater, campaigner and family man.
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Tony Benn: A towering figure who never wavered
Peer, self-demoter, Post Master General, Energy Secretary, would-be party leader and Prime Minster, he was, above all that, a friend.