It is Autism Awareness month and Dubai has organised the first Autism art exhibition as one of many other activities shedding some light on a group of people who are born autistic.

Sakir Yildirm, one of the Bristolian volunteers on the Gaza aid convoy has just txted (sorry this is shocking) to say:-

From the GazaAidConvoy stuck on the Libyan-Egyptian border trying to enter Egypt.

'We told them we have medical aid and toys for the people of Gaza.

A high ranking Egyptian officer said "May Allah kill all Palestinian men, women and children and may they be chopped into pieces"

Two Bristol drivers are part of an eleven vehicle 25 strong team British Gaza-Aid-Convoy-2013 on their way to deliver donated medical aid to Gaza. Hopes were high on their four thousand mile journey south through Europe and across North Africa. But the convoy came to an abrupt halt when they were granted exit from Libya “with no return” but Egypt then refused them entry.

Ken Loach, director of much loved and well known films such as Kes, Sweet Sixteen and Land and Freedom – known for repeatedly championing the underdog and revealing the hardships and struggles of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy and a pillar of the Bristol-Palestine Film Festival speaks out on Bristol Peace Activist arrested in Palestine