this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera. the headlines at eight. a major report into race relations in the uk is dismissed as divisive and a whitewash. it found no evidence of institutional racism, saying social class and family structure had a bigger impact than race. we don't deny the existence of racism and the reality that it exists and it is there. but we want to really in the report comes out to the fact that particularly in education and in private if any enoughin education and in private if any enough in health, we actually have improved. just because people from ethnic minorities seem to be doing better. there might within their white counterparts, that doesn't mean the system _ counterparts, that doesn't mean the system is _ counterparts, that doesn't mean the system is perfect. it means they've learned _ system is perfect. it means they've learned to — system is perfect. it means they've learned to thrive with an imperfect

system _ a new four week lockdown will begin across france from saturday with nonessential shops and schools closing and a 7pm curfew being imposed. travel between wales and the rest of the uk will be allowed from the twelfth of april, with plans to reopen outdoor pubs and restaurants later in the month. piles of litter in parks — as people make the most of warm weather and new found freedoms in england. and the environment agency has revealed that raw sewage was tipped into england's rivers and seas more than 400,000 times last year. a major study of race relations in the uk commissioned by the government that concludes

that the system is "no longer" rigged against people from ethnic minorities has been called divisive and insulting. the review, led by the black educationalist dr tony sewell, acknowledged the existence of overt racism, particularly online. but it said that family structure and social class has a bigger impact on how people's lives turn out, than race. but critics say the report does not reflect the reality of life in britain. the report says in education, children from ethnic communities do as well or better than white pupils, with black caribbean pupils the only group to perform less well. in the workplace, it says the pay gap between ethnic minorities and the white population has shrunk to 2.3% overall. but the report spoke of a �*deep mistrust�* in some communities and said that historic experience of racism still haunts the present. here's our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. they were the protests which reignited the debate

about racism and racial inequality around the world. and in response to the black lives matter campaign last summer, the government commissioned an independent review looking into the impact race has on people's lives in the uk. the chairman of the report has defended its findings. the groups that are doing best in this country at the moment are ethnic minorities. how on earth do you think you could get up in the morning and feel good about yourself when the press, when the media, when the lobby groups continue to tell you you're just, actually, under a rigged system that will trap you, will go nowhere, and you can't go nowhere as well? if you go into a boardroom today in the uk, how many people of colour will be sitting in those senior positions? very, very few. you are right, and we point out that there are real issues to do with diversity in the workplace. and we actually have charged the equality commission to look into this.

for this group who live, work and study in london, they're deeply disappointed with today's findings. it feels like this is gloss, it feels like britain wants to puff itself up and say, "look at us, how good we are," and it's not going to work. we need much more than this. but according to the evidence in this report, it says that the uk is more open, it is fairer, and essentially if you work hard, you will be rewarded with success. i feel like they're just focusing on the education side and how well we're doing, but at the same time, they're really dismissing racism. what the report actually seeks to do | is gaslight black and other minorityl ethnic people in the uk by telling us that institutional— racism is a myth. with so much of today's report focusing on the advantages of doing well at school, academics say the road to success isn'tjust rooted in education. in a meritocracy, the idea is you get at what you put in. so if you do well at school,

if you work hard, you will be rewarded in the world of work. and we know that is not so for ethnic minorities, for women, for disadvantaged groups, and that's why they are disadvantaged — because there are so many barriers. the report concludes that the uk is a model for other white majority countries, but for this group, they believe there's still so much more work to do. i think the uk has done a lot for racial injustice, but to call it a model is going too far. i look at positions that people hold. i don't see anyone that looks like me in those positions. so how can i be optimistic when i've not seen anything really change in that respect? adina campbell, bbc news. the report made a total of 2a recommendations. here are some of them. 0n criminaljustice, it called for better training for police, more community recruitment, and more accountability when officers

use stop—and—search powers. it called for a new office to tackle health disparities in the uk, something further exposed by the coronavirus pandemic. 0n schools, it recommended a more inclusive curriculum, and better intervention for disadvantaged pupils. and it said the acronym bame, black, asian and minority ethnic, was an unhelpful term that should no longer be used. our home editor mark easton examines the possible impact of today's report. injune last year, the black lives matter protest reached the gates of downing street. borisjohnson knew he had to respond to the clamour on the streets and announced an enquiry into racism in britain, but with the aim of calming anxieties and concerns. what i really want to do as prime minister is change the narrative, so we stop the sense of victimisation and discrimination. his tone could hardly have been more different

to his predecessor in number ten, theresa may, who had spoken of the burning injustice of racial disparities. if you're black, you're treated more harshly by the criminaljustice system that if you're white. mrs may went to work immediately. this is a problem that i think that we have to confront. she set up the government's race disparities audit to shine a light on institutional racism, but a close ally of boris johnson was unimpressed. munira mirza, who went on to become mrjohnson�*s top policy adviser in number ten, had written how institutional racism was "a perception more than a reality". in an article in the spectator magazine, she said... the appointment of tony sule as the commission chair led antiracism activists in south london to try and have him removed because of what they regarded as his previous rejection of institutional racism. the conclusions of today's report came as no surprise to them. it will anger people and i think

people are going to go back to the streets, back to their communities, to start reorganising. so, yes, i believe it's a stitch up. the problem for the commission, based at the cabinet office, is one of credibility. the prime minister, in welcoming the report today, spoke of the report's positive agenda, but there are many who would argue that a better starting point would be an understanding of the negative impacts of race and racism, the lived experience of black and minority ethnic communities. of course, we all acknowledge the steps and the progress that has been made, and that is a good thing, but there's a long way to go yet and i don't think this is the time to sit back and say, "job done." there have been questions, too, about the release of the commission's findings, with selected lines handed to the press 18 hours before the full report was released. journalists and academics were unable to check the workings and assumptions of the commission before the headlines hit today's front pages. the purpose of the report was to look at what was causing

disparities, so that we can find policy options that will tackle it. the commission was independent. there were ten commissioners who come from a broad range of professions or practitioners. the report's findings offer an important perspective and thinking on the complexities of race and social mobility. but without buy in from black and minority ethnic communities, it risks deepening divides rather than building a new consensus. mark easton, bbc news. sunder katwala is the director of the independent & nonpartisan think—tank �*british future', which focuses on identity and integration. sunder, the commission used research conducted by �*british future' as part of their report. what do you make of his findings? are you happy and what do you say to those people who say this was simply a missed opportunity? i those people who say this was simply a missed opportunity?— a missed opportunity? i think we fiuht aaain a missed opportunity? i think we fight again today _ a missed opportunity? i think we fight again today that _ a missed opportunity? i think we fight again today that race - a missed opportunity? i think we fight again today that race is - a missed opportunity? i think we fight again today that race is a i fight again today that race is a issue that can polarise and divide

people, there are a lot of different views. —— i think we found out again today. the research we did was conversation about the public and independent of what the commission itself has found. there is a positive story to be told about race in britain over time come over 30 or 40 in britain over time come over 30 or a0 years in the school story is where very strong but what last summer prospect process were about was the next generation saying we need change to speed up. and i think the commission is to say we've heard that. there might be different views about the balance of a story that the glass and three quarters full and other people will be more sceptical than that and we made a lot of progress in education and in the workplace, we stepped ascended morris cpc give the name number of jobs. —— the same number of cds. the commission is to focus on what needs to change and notjust the progress we have made. the to change and not 'ust the progress we have made.— we have made. the commissioner su: est we have made. the commissioner suggest that _ we have made. the commissioner suggest that any _ we have made. the commissioner suggest that any quality _ we have made. the commissioner suggest that any quality such - we have made. the commissioner suggest that any quality such as i suggest that any quality such as higher death rates from covid—i9

amongst some ethnic groups are explained by factors like occupation or housing rather than direct discrimination. but if you cannot get a job that affords you as she stressed to him if you have to send your cd x amount of times if you have a different sounding name, if you can't get the betterjobs to pay for better housing or send your children to a better school, surely the two are interconnected. a self—perpetuating cycle. == the two are interconnected. a self- perpetuating cycle. self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a _ self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a link _ self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a link with _ self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a link with that - self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a link with that with - self-perpetuating cycle. -- cv. clearly a link with that with the | clearly a link with that with the report to say about the workplace, the evidence, unconscious bias is actually clear. now the question is how do we deal with that. it firms and everybody on unconscious bias training but we neverfind out if that does anything good or not that is no good. we need a concerted efforts of the educational success feeds into the workplace. they have to go to the top of institutions. the report is quite critical of nhs trust and ftse 100 companies. a third trust and ftse100 companies. a third of them have got all white

board room. that is not because they are the people with the the affinity bias, people like us come you call it the people you already know, so boardrooms are much less diverse than the graduate intake and it is notjust than the graduate intake and it is not just a than the graduate intake and it is notjust a question page, there are too little approaching out and expanding the network of who was already in the room so that is an area where i think they missed an opportunity to say less be there. one person on a board of the bringing sustainable change but helps to make a difference. we have seen big progress on women and board. there should be no all whiteboard is major companies come nhs trusts are made to charities and a euro too. it is doable. a six the population. a euro too. it is doable. a six the penulation-_ population. with all the different recommendations, _ population. with all the different recommendations, something i population. with all the different i recommendations, something that stands out as this is a really good idea and we can go at this and this will make a difference.- will make a difference. something really positive _ will make a difference. something really positive in _ will make a difference. something really positive in the _ will make a difference. something really positive in the account - will make a difference. somethingj really positive in the account gives about the curriculum in the making of modern britain being taught in schools. we've been having quite divisive debates about history, should statues come down in research

and across the country, there is a real appetite from ethnic minorities to see themselves reflected in the quick to learn classroom and textbooks but there is a rough consensus across ethnic groups, teach the interest of this country properly, not entirely glitter stores, there were some dark and bright memories come to you are properly and we'll have a shared idea of the history that is made britain today. we can all unite around that and i think it is an example ofan around that and i think it is an example of an area where we put the focus on the changes we can make as well as the debate about how far we have got and if the glass half—full or not. there will always be different political views, let's have a constructive agenda that we can make progress on this year and next year. inlet can make progress on this year and next ear. ., . , next year. not much time but briefl , next year. not much time but briefly. you — next year. not much time but briefly, you talk _ next year. not much time but briefly, you talk about - next year. not much time but briefly, you talk about a - next year. not much time but i briefly, you talk about a positive aspect of education in the report met a lot about that but to call this country and model, that is taking it way too far. in this country and model, that is taking it way too far.— this country and model, that is taking it way too far. in terms of the white majority _ taking it way too far. in terms of the white majority countries, i the white majority countries, britain is them the most work on race over the last 50 years. we had

the strongest antiracist movement outside the united states. we have to find out by collecting the data that they are big disparities in our countries and we see in the pandemic from a collective update data inference, belgium because it is against their principals to do that. that's they have not collected data. we need to live in a world where we never take it ethic tick box and that reason we collect this is to know where we have made progress. there is work to do but if you do say which countries are working harder at this i think britain, canada and is one of our countries will be at the top of the list but growing diversity in our public and professional life but not fast enough yet for young people and even universities, it is not good enough to say if you don't get it, it would've been worse if you were for french or italian, people have an equal opportunity in britain this year. the government needs to say they hear the message and here is they hear the message and here is the agenda for change.— they hear the message and here is the agenda for change. thank you so much for sharing _ the agenda for change. thank you so much for sharing your _ the agenda for change. thank you so much for sharing your insight - the agenda for change. thank you so much for sharing your insight into i much for sharing your insight into this.

and we'll find out how this, and many others stories, are covered in tomorrow's front pages 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. tonight we'll be joined by kate andrews, the economics correspondent at the spectator and simon minty, disability consultant and comedy producer. the french president emmanuel macron has announced a new four—week national lockdown from saturday. he said all but essential shops would close and home working would become the norm. he said there would be a 7pm curfew and checks would be stepped up to stop public gatherings. all schools will be closed for three weeks, except for classes for the children of essential workers. here's president macron explaining why france now needs a national lockdown: translation: in the last few weeks, thins have translation: in the last few weeks, things have changed, _ translation: in the last few weeks, things have changed, the _ translation: in the last few weeks, things have changed, the situation i things have changed, the situation is change since the first days of this month. the virus has

accelerated. 0n the one hand we have the vaccination campaign that has been deployed, and which makes us hopeful that we can come out of this crisis but on the other hand, there is a new strain of the virus spreading across europe. this variant which was identified initially in the uk at the end of 2020, and at which brought to the forefront and epidemic within the epidemic. that has spread further in the spring time. so that no large city is spared and it is also more dangerous than the situation in the autumn, this virus is more contagious and also more dangerous. faced with this a double threat, on the 18th of march, we decided to take a new measure for about 20 regions, in addition to existing measures. two weeks after those measures. two weeks after those measures were implemented, the

figures are clear, this strategy is bearing fruit, but clearly those efforts are still too limited when the epidemic is still spreading. and accelerating. and we seem to be subjected to this acceleration progress where we are losing control over the spread of the virus. for those reasons, we need to take a different direction over the next few weeks and months. let's not panic. well, daily infection numbers in france have doubled to around a0,000, and there are more people in intensive care in french hospitals than at the peak of the last wave — as our paris correspondent lucy williamson explains. paris today is a tale of two cities. a sense of freedom in the streets, in hospitals a sense of deja vu. with more than 5000 patients in intensive care, france is already above normal saturation level.

in this small paris unit today, all nine life—support beds were full. translation: the thing that worries | us a lot is that protective measuresl are not being respected. when the weather's good, we see people walking by the seine, all crammed together, or shopping in the market without any protection, and we know that in these kinds of situations, the government has trouble enforcing the restrictions. 79—year—old madeleine arrived here after refusing the astrazeneca jab. she didn't trust it with all her underlying conditions, she told me. but while waiting for the pfizer one, she caught covid. has it changed her mind about the astrazeneca vaccine? non, non. no, she said. it's here in the capital's life—support units that pressure on president macron has been sharpest. some doctors have warned of an impending health disaster, saying they could soon be forced to choose which patients live and which die.

transfers from the worst—hit areas have already begun, but doctors say fewer patients are fit to travel this time round, and senior medical figures have called for a third national lockdown. the new light restrictions introduced in areas like paris, they say, haven't got the message through. we don't understand them any more, we're like, are we quarantined or not? we don't really understand, so we're going without really knowing. but yeah, what i think is just like maybe it would be better to go home, but on the other side i want to be out. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. 0utdoor pubs and restaurants in wales can reopen on the 26th of april — as long as coronavirus rates remain low — that's what the government will announce tomorrow. travel between wales and the rest of the uk and ireland will also be allowed from april the twelfth. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morganjoins us now. what can we expect one this

announcement happens? figs what can we expect one this announcement happens? as you mention, announcement happens? as you mention. it — announcement happens? as you mention, it will _ announcement happens? as you mention, it will be _ announcement happens? as you mention, it will be significant i mention, it will be significant announcements tomorrow, not a road map, very similarto announcements tomorrow, not a road map, very similar to a road announcements tomorrow, not a road map, very similarto a road map, but with the first minister mark drakeford will do firstly is that he will confirm a few things that we were already expecting them on the 12th of april, after the easter holidays, after they finish here come all education will return fully in schools and colleges, travel in and out of wales will then be allowed and also there will be other easing of restrictions but more shots can reopen in close context series like beauty parlors and nail salons. he will also give some dates for what will happen from the 22nd of april which is the next kind of three—week leave review after tomorrow. and he will say on the 26th will be the return of outdoor hospitality, with a view possibly if

things do go and keep going in the right direction and the vaccination rates remain high in the virus levels of hospital admissions remain low that there is a view that indoor hospitality could reopen towards the end of may possibly. he will also give some dates on the phase reopening of gems and also the reopening of gems and also the reopening of gems and also the reopening of outdoor kind of activities as well and that will be sometime in early may, so a couple of announcements to look out for tomorrow from the first minister here in wales.— tomorrow from the first minister here in wales. and it comes as the case here in wales. and it comes as the ease numbers _ here in wales. and it comes as the case numbers and _ here in wales. and it comes as the case numbers and hospital- here in wales. and it comes as the - case numbers and hospital admissions are low. , _, case numbers and hospital admissions are low. , ., are low. yes, record low here in wales for _ are low. yes, record low here in wales for quite _ are low. yes, record low here in wales for quite some _ are low. yes, record low here in wales for quite some time - are low. yes, record low here in wales for quite some time now. record low in terms of admissions and the number of people being treated still not up there record low levels but the lowest since september i think if i'm right. those things couple together with the rate in which people are getting

vaccinated here in wales has led the first minister and his cabinet to come to these decisions and now the welsh conservatives have said they called for a road map for quite some time now and they similar to what borisjohnson has announced in england, they went everything to be gone byjune, the lib dems have called for gems to reopen straightaway as have applied cumbria in the first minister will be giving details on the leisure industry to reopen for the 22nd tomorrow. i’m reopen for the 22nd tomorrow. i'm sure will be back with you then when that announcement is made. thank you. lets take a look at the latest government figures for the uk: there were a,052 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 2a—hour period — on average a,8aa new cases were reported per day in the last week. there are a,176 patients in hospital with covid—19 — the lowest it's been since beginning of october.

a3 deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, a7 deaths were announced every day — again back to levels at the start of october. the total number is now 126,713. as for vaccinations, more than 22a,000 people have had their firstjab in the latest 2a—hour period bringing the total to nearly 31 million. and over a.1m people, have now had both doses. pfizer says trials of its covid vaccine for children suggest it is safe and 100% effective. the trials were carried out in the us in children aged between 12 and 15. the company says it will now seek approvalfrom regulators, including in the uk.

in a separate development, the eu medicines regulator has again tried to reassure countries about the safety of the oxford astrazeneca jab. the government is launching a review into sexual abuse in schools, after thosuands of pupils past and present have come forward with claims about the abuse they've suffered. a dedicated helpline is also being set up to support potential victims of sexual harassment and abuse, as our education correspondent dan johnson explained. there will now be a review of safeguarding measures that every school in england, state and private, to check children are safe and recommend improvements, because it is clear that lots of young women have suffered and have not felt able to report harassment, abuse and assaults at the hands of mainly their male classmates. there will be a dedicated helpline set up so that it was victims can report what they have endured

and get support, and i will be and get support, and there will be a lot of listening to do, because there are more than 11,000 accounts on that website from girls as young as nine. but there is a sense that there are deeper issues to address around a toxic culture in some places and the negative attitudes of some young men around sex and their relationships with young women. so this could go much more broadly than just schools and have to be addressed much more widely. it is now part of the national conversation that we are having about the way some men have treated women and why girls, the youngest, most vulnerable were not even safe at school. a secondary school has been forced to roll back changes to its uniform policy after students staged a mass protest this afternoon claiming it was discrimatory against ethnic minority students. new rules imposed at pimlico academy last summer, included a ban on afro haircuts and hijabs that were "too colourful".

after teachers threatened industrial action, the school's headteacher dropped the changes and apologised. nottingham has closed its main public parks tonight after large crowds descended over the past few days. councils across england have been urging people who've been making the most of the good weather and new found freedoms to take their litter home after vast amounts were left strewn across parks. up to six people or two households of any size are now allowed to meet outdoors. but some have ignored the rules. sarah campbell reports. not the morning after a festival but a park in sheffield — the result of a warm evening combined with the relaxation of lockdown rules. those who partied last night quite happy to leave others to clear up, to the consternation of a global social media audience, according to the editor of the local paper who posted this footage. we've had responses from all over the world — pictures of parks in amsterdam where there's been the same issue.

it doesn't look as bad as it does in sheffield, but it's clearly an international problem at the moment, because there's nowhere else for people to go. around the country, it appears people have been enjoying the opportunity to meet up in a way they haven't been able to for many months. and with the pubs shut, parks have become the go—to place to socialise, eat and drink — the difference being there's no staff on hand to clear away the empties. as well as the mess, there's concern that social distancing has also been discarded. fearing a repeat of these scenes in nottingham last night, the council has closed its public parks and has asked people not to forget that the pandemic is far from over. please stop. covid is not something to be messed about with, to be trifled with. this is a dangerous disease that has caused people to die in our city. we are not yet in a situation where all of our restrictions have been rolled back, just a gradual easing of those restrictions. please don't abuse that. here in slough, as elsewhere,

the council litter teams have been busy. but although there has been some anti—social behaviour, the man in charge of park development told me that lockdown has been overwhelmingly positive for the future of green spaces. the benefits definitely outweigh the negatives, with people reconnecting with their open spaces. with apartments and flats being built and people not having their own garden space, and seeing them out and enjoying our open spaces, as a parks professional, has been the joy for me. next to the welsh parliament building in cardiff this morning, a clear message to the authorities that until alternative venues are open again for business, refuse collectors may be busy. sarah campbell, bbc news, slough. the bbc�*s china correspondent, john sudworth, has left the country and moved with his family to taiwan following pressure and threats from the chinese authorities. he's faced threats of legal action, heavy surveillance, and intimidation, particularly

for his award—winning reports on the treatment of the uyghur people. chinese state media outlets continue to run stories denouncing his work. i'll be back there shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. it is set to get colder everywhere in the next few days, and today's been quite chilly in the cloud and rain that we've had. across scotland and northern ireland, that wetter weather is petering out. the cloud will move its way down into england and wales. clearer skies following in scotland and after a chilly day today, temperatures will be close to freezing by the end of the night. not quite so cold elsewhere. promised at least of some drier weather and sunshine in scotland tomorrow. starts off quite grey, i think, probably through the midlands, northern england and wales, that low cloud lifting. sunshine breaking out in most places. it should be a drier day. breezy, perhaps, and it feels colder as well because the winds are coming in from the northeast or the east, so it's notjust chilly across northern parts of the uk.

temperatures are dropping significantly across some eastern parts of england as well. last of the high temperatures in the southwest of england, this time 18 or 19. it's going to be cold everywhere, though, over the easter weekend, cold enough on monday for some wintry showers as well. hello this is bbc news with kasia madera. the headlines... a major report into race relations in the uk is dismissed as divisive and a whitewash. it found no evidence of institutional racism, saying social class and family structure had a bigger impact than race. we don't deny the existence of racism and the reality that it exists and it's there. but we want to, in the report, really come down to the fact that particularly in education and employment and, funny enough, in health, we've actually... because people from ethnic minority

seem to be doing better within their white counterparts, that doesn't mean that the system's perfect. it means that they've learnt to thrive within an imperfect system. a new four—week lockdown will begin across france from saturday, with non—essential shops and schools closing and a 7pm curfew being imposed. travel between wales and the rest of the uk will be allowed from the twelfth of april, with plans to reopen outdoor pubs and restaurants later in the month. piles of litter in parks as people make the most of warm weather and new—found freedoms in england. and the environment agency has revealed that raw sewage was tipped into england's rivers and seas more than a00,000 times last year. it's day three of the trial of derek chauvin. he's the former police officer charged with the murder of george floyd in may last year.

the prosecution case is simple, that derek chauvin killed george floyd by holding his knee on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds on may 25 last year. and today, the court heard from christopher martin, the shop worker who believed that george floyd had used a counterfit 20 dollar bill to pay for some cigarettes, the alleged crime that lead to the police being called. here's what he had to say. we saw use holding something up —— you holding something up. can you describe what you are doing? i was describe what you are doing? i was holdin: describe what you are doing? i was holding the — describe what you are doing? i was holding the szo — describe what you are doing? i was holding the $20 bill _ describe what you are doing? i was holding the $20 bill | _ describe what you are doing? i was holding the $20 bill i just - holding the $20 bill ijust received. is holding the $20 bill i 'ust receivedi holding the $20 bill i 'ust received. , ., received. is that something you alwa s received. is that something you always do? _ received. is that something you always do? know. _ received. is that something you always do? know. when - received. is that something you always do? know. when i - received. is that something you always do? know. when i saw. received. is that something you - always do? know. when i saw them, it had a blue pigment _ always do? know. when i saw them, it had a blue pigment to _ always do? know. when i saw them, it had a blue pigment to it. _ always do? know. when i saw them, it had a blue pigment to it. i— always do? know. when i saw them, it had a blue pigment to it. i assumed i had a blue pigment to it. i assumed that it _ had a blue pigment to it. i assumed that it was — had a blue pigment to it. i assumed that it was fake.

we know that a key part of the defence argument is that other factors — including george floyd's drug use — contributed to his death. in an attempt to make that argument, the lead defence lawyer eric nelson questioned christopher martin about george floyd's demeanour in the shop. (tx sor) do you recall us describing some other behaviours of mr floyd when he was in the store? correct. a couple of stretches, like a lunge. kind of stepping forward? it of stretches, like a lunge. kind of stepping forward?— of stretches, like a lunge. kind of stepping forward? it was more of a sidelines. i'm _ stepping forward? it was more of a sidelines. i'm standing _ stepping forward? it was more of a sidelines. i'm standing feet - sidelines. i'm standing feet toaether sidelines. i'm standing feet together and _ sidelines. i'm standing feet together and stretching - sidelines. i'm standing feetl together and stretching over sidelines. i'm standing feet - together and stretching over to the side with one leg, putting his arms in front of him. based on your observations of his behaviour, his speech patterns, that's what caused you to form the impression he was under the influence.— in the past half hour,

the court went into recess after the witness charles mcmillian who saw george floyd being detained, broke down in tears when watching the police body camera video of his arrest. oh, my god. the search for a university student who has been missing for more than a week has been extended to essex. richard 0korogay—yay has not been seen by his family since 22 march when he left their home in west london. detectives said the 19—year—old took a taxi to loughton in essex where he was seen on cctv footage walking alone towards epping forest just after midnight. mr 0korogheye, who has sickle cell disease, did not take his medication or any money when he left home. the uk's new trading relationship with the european union might only be a few months old, but some businesses, particularly those that export to the eu, are struggling to adjust to the new commercial landscape outside the customs union

and single market. our business editor, simonjack, has been investigating the impact of brexit. it's three months since the uk and eu went their separate ways. exports immediately plunged a0% in january as covid compounded difficulties with the new trade rules. three months on, were these just teething problems or something more permanent? meet exporters to the eu sarah and scott. over half of scott's sales of specialist gifts are to eu customers. complications with people, customs and logistics saw multiple shipments turned back in a chaotic january. —— complications with paperwork. although things have stabilised, he still facing extra costs and delays. there were teething issues, certainly. but they were just part of the underlying problems which still haven't gone away. the solution — he is opening a site in belgium. splitting off part of our business, sending it to belgium, probably means that further growth

is going to be happening there, instead of taking on new staff here, we're taking on new staff there. instead of making more profit and paying more tax here, we'll do so there. so, basically, everyone is losing out here. scott's not alone — countries across the eu are reporting increased investment from uk firms, with the netherlands is emerging as a favourite destination. injanuary, 40 companies showed interest in the netherlands because of brexit. in february, it doubled to 80 companies. talking about administrative hurdles, supply chain related problems, licensing issues. so, yeah, those problems are real, and that's why companies are showing interest in the netherlands as well as in other countries. the massive challenges of january were arguably felt as much here, at warehouse level, as they were at the ports. now, some of these issues have been resolved, but the additional cost and complexity of dealing with our biggest trading partner is permanent. this country's plan to open premises in the eu was once considered a worst case scenario contingency —

they're going ahead. but that's not an option for many other firms. sarah sells nutritional products for horses. her eu business has collapsed from 180 orders a month to three. an order shipped to sweden in january still hasn't arrived after multiple requests for more paperwork. as of today, if a customer actually orders from europe, we can't actually get it to them, and in some instances we can't get it to them at all, and in other instances they get charged such a large amount of import duty that they're just not going to do that, we're going to lose that custom. sarah considered an eu base but said it was too expensive. it's unrealistic to, say, set up some kind of warehousing when you haven't got the finances or the manpower. we would have to employ new people. how are we going to employ new people when we just lost £300,000 worth business? £300,000 worth of business? remember, nearly half of all uk

exports go to the eu. the government's promised new trade deals around the world. meanwhile, it set up a £20 million brexit support fund and a network of 300 trade experts to help — acknowledgement perhaps that what was once easy and cheap now isn't. simon jack, bbc news. raw sewage was poured into rivers in england and wales by water companies more than a00,000 times last year according to the environment agency. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall is on the river avon in somerset and sent this a little earlier. more of us than ever before since lockdown are coming to places like this, but england's riveters are in a dismal state and raw... —— companies can discharge raw sewage. 0fficial companies can discharge raw sewage. official figures companies can discharge raw sewage. 0fficialfigures from the environment agency show official figures from the environment agency show that this happened last year more than a00,000

times. they give us more figures. this was up on 2019. but they do say they're now monitoring more sites where sewage are is coming in and on average, the number of spills is down. i don't know whether that's reassuring or not, but the fact is more data is being released. if you want to go and kayak or swim, you can now go online and actually check out whether you want to dip your toe in. but the other thing is that unstable weather is about to change chaotically over the next weekend. this is likely to become more common as climate change impacts are felt and a key issue was how do we hold the water companies to account for what they decides into this withers —— discharge into these rivers. we can speak now to christine colvin from the environmental charity the rivers trust. before we touch up on some of those points made by claire, let's talk about the frequency with which england's rivers see this sewage

being spilt into them. is that something that is well—known or are you shocked by this? it sounds extraordinarily high. l you shocked by this? it sounds extraordinarily high.— extraordinarily high. i think as our extraordinarily high. i think as your reporter— extraordinarily high. i think as your reporter said _ extraordinarily high. i think as your reporter said earlier, - extraordinarily high. i think as your reporter said earlier, we | extraordinarily high. i think as - your reporter said earlier, we have a better picture of 80% of these a storm overflow site, which has increased dramatically in the last four years. we're getting a better understanding of where the problems are and how much the individual storm overflows are spilling. but it's still a staggeringly large number. ., ~ , it's still a staggeringly large number. . ,, , ., ,, it's still a staggeringly large number. .~' , ., ,, ., number. talk us through the kind of realistic damage, _ number. talk us through the kind of realistic damage, the _ number. talk us through the kind of realistic damage, the danger - number. talk us through the kind of realistic damage, the danger this i realistic damage, the danger this can pose a. l realistic damage, the danger this can pose a-_ realistic damage, the danger this can pose a-— can pose a. i think the biggest concerns are _ can pose a. i think the biggest concerns are around _ can pose a. i think the biggest concerns are around the - can pose a. i think the biggest. concerns are around the impacts can pose a. i think the biggest- concerns are around the impacts to human health. when we first got hold of the data last year for 2019, we published this online on the rivers trust website so that people could zoom in and find out a particular

river they walk by or kayak in, how many sewers have been over spilling into that stretch of river in the last year. what we'd like to see much more of is real—time data being released in the same way that it is on the coast, where we are frequently swimming in the sea. more people are swimming in rivers as well, so we'd like to have more access to real—time data as well as this historic data. 50. access to real-time data as well as this historic data.— this historic data. so, you talk about real-time _ this historic data. so, you talk about real-time data - this historic data. so, you talk about real-time data about. l this historic data. so, you talk. about real-time data about. we this historic data. so, you talk- about real-time data about. we heard about real—time data about. we heard claire talk about the accountability. who should provide that? is that the water companies who have to be held responsible for this? ., _, , ., this? the water companies have rovided this? the water companies have provided their _ this? the water companies have provided their data _ this? the water companies have provided their data to _ this? the water companies have provided their data to their - provided their data to their environment agency. it's now available but not terribly accessible at the moment, and that's why we published a map on our website to make it much more easily accessible to the general public. certainly, we would like to see the water companies making this

real—time data available to different platforms so that different platforms so that different recreational groups can have access to it and make informed decisions about when it's safe from the water quality perspective to go into our rivers. of course, the problems of fixing up these overflows where they�* re over spilling will rest with water companies. there is £1 billion set aside to fix up 800 to investigate and assess them, but this data that's been released today has shown that's been released today has shown that the scale of the problem is bigger than that, so we're going to need to see more funding made available to sort out the problem. when the environment minister is promising to bring in legislation, is that something that you welcome or is it money to spend on rebuilding the infrastructure on fixing what's broken? lode

rebuilding the infrastructure on fixing what's broken? we welcome the commitments — fixing what's broken? we welcome the commitments to _ fixing what's broken? we welcome the commitments to the _ fixing what's broken? we welcome the commitments to the new _ fixing what's broken? we welcome the commitments to the new legislation. | commitments to the new legislation. it's been a real pity there was a great private bill that was brought forward by an mp that really addressed this whole problem holistically. because sewers over spill because there's more rainwater ending up and then because our towns are bigger than when they were first designed. but also flashing more downs are toilets including wet wife —— flushing —— wet wipes. we are coming under increasing pressure plus our roads are expanding. networks are also contributing to the problem. we need to start rethinking this infrastructure, especially looking at how do we start regulating and introducing nature —based solutions into our towns and cities. how do we retrofit our towns and cities to make them

more permeable, much greener to slow the flow into our sewer system? lats the flow into our sewer system? lots to think about _ the flow into our sewer system? lots to think about there. thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. some british pakistanis are flouting lockdown rules by travelling to pakistan during the pandemic. injanuary, there were more than 30,000 journeys between the uk and pakistan, with many of those travelling using their dual nationality. it led to one pakistani city being placed under lockdown earlier this month because of the discovery of a uk covid variant. bbc asian network's rahila bano reports. she speaks her own language in a video posted on social media, this woman from manchester says everyone's stressed out stressed out by covid back home. everyone's stressed out by covid back home. that's why she's in lahore at this wedding. translation: corona has made everyone in the uk mad. - it's imprisoned us, but everyone is enjoying themselves here, so i thought i'd get away from it

all by coming here to enjoy myself, too. during the celebration, the woman, who we're not naming for legal reasons, meets up with a friend from manchester. when we asked her why she had gone, she said she was there to visit a sick relative. official figures show injanuary, nearly 32,000 flew from the uk to pakistan. about 15,000 british pakistanis went from manchester airport. that was about half the number who flew to pakistan in the same month last year before the pandemic began. for india, the drop was larger — 82% down. and for spain, it went down by even more — by 95%. although some british pakistanis are travelling for legally permitted reasons, one travel agent from greater manchester says about half who've booked with him are not. out of every ten booking, as i was saying earlier,

six are getting flights to pakistan. as i was saying earlier, out of the six, i would say half of those referred to people just want to escape. the other half are genuine reasons. the influx of british pakistanis led to the discovery of a uk covid variant. in the city of mirpur, government officials and ministers have blamed brits for bringing it over. it led to this reminder being issued by the british government's representative in pakistan. with more than half a million covid cases there, both the uk and pakistan governments are looking at bringing in stricter rules. there are more restrictions than in the guideline, i think, and those rules are going to be much more severe. they won't just depend on if they listen... just preventing people from coming, because there is a concern in pakistan that those who are travelling from here,

they are bringing in the uk variant. it's thought that tougher measures could be brought in very soon. rahila bano, bbc news. today is the last day that a million people who've been shielding in england and wales will have to stay at home. but they are still being advised to minimise social contacts, to work from home where possible, and to stay at a distance from other people. graham satchell has been speaking to one man who is preparing for the change. there we are, just walking into the flat now. as you can see, not the biggest place in the world. for much of the last year, rob has been shielding in his small one—bedroom flat. the isolation, the loneliness has taken its toll. i've lost so much of my, i don't know, my confidence, just my personality. i've just gone into myself, you could say.

i've always been a very sociable person, one that likes to help people, likes to make people laugh, make people smile. and when you're feeling so low inside, it's hard to get back to that person. rob has muscular dystrophy. he's tried to keep his fitness up on the treadmill, but his condition has deteriorated. it's had a massive impact. i can't stress enough how much physically it's affected me. and of course, when it affects you physically, mentally, you're affected as well. so, all in all, i'm not the same person i was before all this started just over a year ago. i've just received a letter i've been waiting for for a whole year. that letter says, "shielding is over." after a year of not being able to go out and enjoy myself,

out there in the sunshine, walking my dog, things that we take for granted, well, now i have a piece of paper that gives me a passport to freedom, and here it is. for me, it's a mixture of happy, excited, to be able to get out there, but also a lot of trepidation, anxiety because i'm not convinced that it is 100% safe to be out there yet. but i can't stay in here forever. anyone that knows me will tell you that i don't let things beat me, i try and keep as positive as possible and try and get on with it. almost a million people in england and wales have been told they can stop shielding from tomorrow. scotland and northern ireland are expected to follow suit in a few weeks. but the fact that shielding restrictions are being lifted is the clearest sign yet that things

are moving in the right direction. graham satchell, bbc news. let's return to our main story, the report on race that was published by the commission on race and ethnic disparities. the report makes a number of recommendations, including that the acronym bame — which stands for black, asian and minority ethnic — should no longer be used. the commission on race and ethnic disparities was set up last year in the wake of the black lives matter protests, to investigate the extent of racism in the uk. last summer, as those protests were taking place, nina nanji and shamaan freeman—powell asked people from different backgrounds what they thought of the term bame. i try not to identify myself as being mean. british indian instead, because that's what i am. black british stop _ because that's what i am. black

british stop blue _ because that's what i am. black british stop blue gypsy - because that's what i am. black british stop blue gypsy heritage. not a big fan of the term. it british stop blue gypsy heritage. not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this _ not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this idea. _ not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this idea. i _ not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this idea. i find - not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this idea. i find it - not a big fan of the term. it seems to submit this idea. i find it more l to submit this idea. i find it more problematic— to submit this idea. i find it more problematic than _ to submit this idea. i find it more problematic than individual. - to submit this idea. i find it more problematic than individual. if. to submit this idea. i find it more problematic than individual. if it | problematic than individual. if it dis uises problematic than individual. if it disguises the discrimination and disparity— disguises the discrimination and disparity between the different ethnic— disparity between the different ethnic groups. with disparity between the different ethnic groups-— ethnic groups. with the recent events in america _ ethnic groups. with the recent events in america and - ethnic groups. with the recent events in america and police l events in america and police brutality _ events in america and police brutality in _ events in america and police brutality in the _ events in america and police brutality in the uk, - events in america and police brutality in the uk, these . events in america and police i brutality in the uk, these aren't experiences _ brutality in the uk, these aren't experiences that— brutality in the uk, these aren't experiences that affect - brutality in the uk, these aren't experiences that affect every i brutality in the uk, these aren't- experiences that affect every member of the _ experiences that affect every member of the bme _ experiences that affect every member of the bme community. _ experiences that affect every member of the bme community. it's— experiences that affect every member of the bme community. it's a - experiences that affect every member of the bme community. it's a bit- of the bme community. it's a bit more _ of the bme community. it's a bit more useful— of the bme community. it's a bit more useful to _ of the bme community. it's a bit more useful to start _ of the bme community. it's a bit more useful to start calling - of the bme community. it's a biti more useful to start calling some experiences _ more useful to start calling some experiences anti—black. - more useful to start calling some experiences anti—black. has - more useful to start calling some experiences anti-black.— more useful to start calling some experiences anti-black. has to be broken u- experiences anti-black. has to be broken up because _ experiences anti-black. has to be broken up because when - experiences anti-black. has to be broken up because when the - experiences anti-black. has to be - broken up because when the question is black, the answer cannot be bame. it's easy for corporations to be able _ it's easy for corporations to be able to— it's easy for corporations to be able to use the title bame. it allows — able to use the title bame. it allows them to not have to invest too much — allows them to not have to invest too much. an allows them to not have to invest too much. . ., , allows them to not have to invest too much-— allows them to not have to invest too much. . . , ., , , too much. an example would be my tech experience. _ too much. an example would be my tech experience. the _ too much. an example would be my

tech experience. the number - too much. an example would be my tech experience. the number of - too much. an example would be my tech experience. the number of all| tech experience. the number of all asian _ tech experience. the number of all asian teams — tech experience. the number of all asian teams that _ tech experience. the number of all asian teams that were _ tech experience. the number of all asian teams that were seen - tech experience. the number of all asian teams that were seen were l asian teams that were seen were extremely— asian teams that were seen were extremely higher— asian teams that were seen were extremely higher then _ asian teams that were seen were extremely higher then the - asian teams that were seen were. extremely higher then the number asian teams that were seen were - extremely higher then the number of all-black— extremely higher then the number of all—black teams _ extremely higher then the number of all—black teams a. _ extremely higher then the number of all-black teams a.— all-black teams a. when leaders or oliticians all-black teams a. when leaders or politicians are _ all-black teams a. when leaders or politicians are asked _ all-black teams a. when leaders or politicians are asked about - all-black teams a. when leaders or politicians are asked about our - politicians are asked about our their black people within the cabinet or within the subteams, they can't say yes, there are bame or asian people, because the experiences and lives of black and asian people are very different. i asian people are very different. i would expect to be referred to as kurdish— would expect to be referred to as kurdish because that's howl would expect to be referred to as kurdish because that's how i expend by. | kurdish because that's howl expend b . , ., , kurdish because that's howl expend by. i identify as black and british and i by. i identify as black and british and i don't _ by. i identify as black and british and i don't know _ by. i identify as black and british and i don't know why _ by. i identify as black and british and i don't know why can't - by. i identify as black and british and i don't know why can't be i and i don't know why can't be described _ and i don't know why can't be described that _ and i don't know why can't be described that way. _ and i don't know why can't be described that way. we - and i don't know why can't bel described that way. we should and i don't know why can't be - described that way. we should be described — described that way. we should be described and _ described that way. we should be described and labelled _ described that way. we should be described and labelled how- described that way. we should be described and labelled how we i described that way. we should be l described and labelled how we see ourselves — let's get more now on the government race report from alexandra wilson, barrister and author of "in black and white: a young barrister�*s story of race and class in a broken justice system". thanks so much for coming on to speak to us. i appreciate you've beenin speak to us. i appreciate you've been in court all day, so you're just catching up with this report. but i'd really like to hear your initial thoughts on what you've seen

so far. ., ~' ,, initial thoughts on what you've seen so far. . ,, i. , so far. thank you. yes indeed, i started reading _ so far. thank you. yes indeed, i started reading the _ so far. thank you. yes indeed, i started reading the report - so far. thank you. yes indeed, i started reading the report and l started reading the report and particularly focused on the sections on crime and policing, really. but my first initial thoughts, i'm not sure the report writers have appreciated what institutional racism actually means. even within in the interaction, they said racism has been used as a capsule and should be used for microagressions. actually, that's essential to what institutional racism is. it refers to so many of these subtle types of racism. ifeel that to so many of these subtle types of racism. i feel that the whole report is based on the wrong thing. lets aet is based on the wrong thing. lets let our is based on the wrong thing. lets get your focus — is based on the wrong thing. lets get your focus with _ is based on the wrong thing. lets get your focus with your criminal mind on background especially. the commissioners were criticising the widely cited figures that black people were look nine times more

likely to be stopped and searched and white people. what did you read into what they found, given your background? l into what they found, given your background?— into what they found, given your background? i think frankly, it's a distraction- _ background? i think frankly, it's a distraction. i— background? i think frankly, it's a distraction. i think _ background? i think frankly, it's a distraction. i think they've - background? i think frankly, it's a distraction. i think they've given l background? i think frankly, it's aj distraction. i think they've given a really detailed breakdown of geographical location, of black people within... saying 60%. i try to justify that, but there is still a disparity. even when you look at location and exclude that as a fact. so that's being used as a distraction techniques. it might be six time, but the point is there's still a huge disparity, and i think we're seeing that in the courts every single day. what i noticed, one of the things i notice particularly was the report for example, mentioned things like the gained matrix. it was only a fleeting reference. it's referenced only once in the report. the gang

may tryst which is basically a database of the police use, was mentioned in one sentence of the report. the gained matrix is used by the met police. 70% of people are black —— 78%. the report says black people are more involved in violent crime. even on the on statistic —— at the met�*s statistics, i think it's 27% of black people responsible for serious youth crime, yet 78% of the matrix is black. so there are still huge disparities that cannot be explained and itjust glossed overin be explained and itjust glossed over in the report, so i think it's a distraction technique. it over in the report, so i think it's a distraction technique.- over in the report, so i think it's a distraction technique. if you talk about it as — a distraction technique. if you talk about it as a _ a distraction technique. if you talk about it as a distraction _ a distraction technique. if you talk| about it as a distraction technique, how does this report help build trust in that kind of area? or does it? i trust in that kind of area? or does it? ., �* 4' trust in that kind of area? or does it? ., �* ~ ., , ~

it? i don't think it does. i think actually. _ it? i don't think it does. i think actually. this _ it? i don't think it does. i think actually, this report _ it? i don't think it does. i think actually, this report talks - it? i don't think it does. i think actually, this report talks a - it? i don't think it does. i think actually, this report talks a lot | actually, this report talks a lot about mistrust in communities. personally i don't think it deals with that issue in a very sensitive way. even within the begetting remarks of the report, it talks about black people... —— beginning reports. i wrote down this quote because it stuck with me so much. historic experience still haunt the present. and thatjust overlooks so many issues. it's not overnight, we suddenly become this progress of society that wants to tackle racism. those experiences of course are going to shape how people react with the police particularly today, and if more is not being done by the police to address that, then we're still living in a very similar society. that's my view on that. we don't have — society. that's my view on that. we don't have that much time. just from personal experience, often because i

know you have a book coming out at the indo this month, —— the end. it has stemmed from your own experience from being within the criminal justice system. , remind us how you have found this experience. i have found this experience. i think... i've written a book. i talk about some of these disparities. as someone who is mixed race, i'm very aware of my race and am made aware of it of a constant basis. 0nly aware of my race and am made aware of it of a constant basis. only a few months ago, i was mistaken for a defendant myself. a lot of my clients are black or mixed—race. we don't see that same representation on the other side 1.2% are black. 1% ofjudges are black. there were

known ethnic minorityjudges in my senior court. there are huge disparities in the system and i'm disappointed that this report hasn't tackled this problem.— disappointed that this report hasn't tackled this problem. thank you very much for coming _ tackled this problem. thank you very much for coming on _ tackled this problem. thank you very much for coming on and _ tackled this problem. thank you very much for coming on and i'm - tackled this problem. thank you very much for coming on and i'm sure - much for coming on and i'm sure we'll get much more once you've read the full report, but for the time being, the paperback coming out at the inn of the month. thank you so much for your time. lots more on our website. i'm back with the papers. hello there. it is set to get colder everywhere in the next few days, and today's been quite chilly in the cloud and rain that we've had. across scotland and northern ireland, that wetter weather is petering out. the cloud will move its way down into england and wales. clearer skies following in scotland and after a chilly day today, temperatures will be close to freezing by the end of the night. not quite so cold elsewhere. promised at least of some drier weather and sunshine in scotland tomorrow. starts off quite grey, i think,

probably through the midlands, northern england and wales, that low cloud lifting. sunshine breaking out in most places. it should be a drier day. breezy, perhaps, and it feels colder as well because the winds are coming in from the northeast or the east, so it's notjust chilly across northern parts of the uk. temperatures are dropping significantly across some eastern parts of england as well. last of the high temperatures in the southwest of england, this time 18 or 19. it's going to be cold everywhere, though, over the easter weekend, cold enough on monday for some wintry showers as well.

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