july 31st, 1968, the times newspaper printed a spread on barbara blake hannah.t praise for a journalist to be. and i'd achieved that. that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews�* show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the, "you're not good enough. you're black. you're not good enough." racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn't improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girl said, "oh, it's red." she thought my blood was going to be another colour. how did you cope with all the racism that you faced in the uk? because you were there for about eight years. you would ignore it. you ignore that kind

barbara blake hannah what a trailblazer, and it is tough being a trailblazer at times.ing affects us all. i'll be back injust a moment. hello. july has been a very wet month across the uk. and as we look towards the very end of the month, and, indeed, into the start of the new one, well, there's more rain on the way. spells of wind and rain this week, rather cool as well. now, looking back at the rainfall we've had so far, these figures are valid up to 10am on sunday. can see that in preston 285% of the averagejuly rainfall. that means preston has had close to three times the rainfall we would expecting in a typicaljuly. and those figures got a further top up as sunday went on because we saw a band of heavy rain pushing northwards and eastwards in association with this frontal system still with us for monday morning. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which will be wobbling its way eastwards through the day. so a band of rain pushing northwards across scotland, some sunshine, at least for a time in the north of scotland, and then to the south of that, for north

july 31st, 1968, the times newspaper printed a spread on barbara blake hannah.s, to be in the times, old page, to be a journalist on television is the highest praise for a journalist to be. and i'd achieved that. that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews' show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the, "you're not good enough. you're black. you're not good enough." racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn't improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girls said, "oh, its red." she thought my blood was going to be another colour. how did you cope with all the racism that you faced in the uk? because yo

july 31st, 1968, the times newspaper printed a spread on barbara blake hannah.'d become the first black woman to report the news on british television. yes, to be in the times, old page, to be a journalist on television is the highest praise for a journalist to be. and i'd achieved that. that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews�* show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the, "you�*re not good enough. you�*re black. you�*re not good enough." racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn�*t improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girls said, "oh, it�*s red." she thought my blood was going to be anothe

since britain's first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannahnds subjected to mass incarceration in the north west of the country. researchers are now saying the chinese authorities are pressuring uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening their families back home. refugees and activists say the tactic is tearing communities apart. 0ne refugee living in the uk has been speaking to bbc newsnight�*s samjudah about his experience. a demonstration outside the foreign office with a dark twist. these uyghurs want the government to speak up about human rights abuses in china. but someone has been asked to infiltrate their ranks, gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities. we're calling him alim and concealing his identity. he's a refugee living in the uk. it was an audio call through wechat. when they called me, i recorded it with my other phone.

britain's — first black female tv reporter made her debut — we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannahy england have had a brilliant last hour. the aussies began the last day with the fifth and finest test at the oval meeting 249 to win. the aussies began the last day day of the fifth and final test at the oval needing 249 to win but lost the wicket of david warner leavng them 140—1. steve smnith should also have been on his way before lunch too but was dropped by a prematurely celebrating captain ben stokes.