1980 St. Pauls riot black community. Relations between police and the local community remained tense and reached a low point in 1986 when 600 police raided the Black and White Café again in an action named "Operation Delivery". It took intervention by local Member of Parliament William Waldegrave to persuade the police to scale down their policy of containment. The Black and White Café had long had a reputation as a drug den and was allegedly raided more times by the police than any other premises in the country. In 2003 Bristol City Council used its powers of compulsory purchase and in 2005 the
Raimonds Pauls Raimonds Pauls Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and world-wide. He was the Minister of culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993. August 1967 – Celebrated Servant of Art June 1976 – Artist of the People’s Theatre of LSSR January 1985 – Artist of the People’s Theatre of USSR 24 November 1992 - Honorary member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Raimonds Pauls was decorated with the Three Star Order (3rd class) on 12 April 1995 and thus he