Portsmouth Cycle Forum members Owen Devine and Hilary Reed met Green Party MEP, Keith Taylor at Victoria Road North to discuss the city’s air pollution problems on 3 November. The MEP is leading a campaign to urge councils to  take more action to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide - saying thousands of lives are at risk over the long term from vehicle pollution. City council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson insisted the council was taking measures to reduce pollution from motor vehicles.

You can watch the news item, shown on BBC South Today on 3 November 2011.

There’s a press release from Keith Taylor at www.keithtaylormep.org.uk.