bristol four years ago. police and the city council are accused of institutional racism.outh africa's deputy president cyril ramaphosa is elected leader of the ruling party, the anc, promising to fight corruption. and, coming up, deciphering all things brexit, a special televised year—end edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast podcast. good evening and welcome to bbc news. six people are reported to have been killed in the us state of washington after a high—speed passenger train derailed. carriages fell from the tracks onto a busy highway below. some 80 people were on board. our correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. disaster struck on the very first run ofa disaster struck on the very first run of a new express service from seattle to portland. some were asleep, others drinking coffee when the train careered off the track onto the busy motorway below. survivors spoke of a rocking noise as the engine took the curve at speed followed by crashing and screaming. i grabbed onto the chair, my laptop when flying —— went flying. people were screaming, it was crazy. trained

today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council oran staff here at bristol which affected the way they treated him. and he did not get the support of the level of service that he should have received. the report says as an iranian man, he was picked at a disadvantage because the way the authorities dealt with him was discriminatory, that's why it concludes there was institutional racism. it is a word that is really used,it racism. it is a word that is really used, it is a finding that is really found, because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem but the family's concern is that it problem but the family's concern is thatitis problem but the family's concern is that it is much more common than is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the family then. and along with the city council has now accepted today's report in full. they say lessons have been learned. bijan's death will not be in vain, it will be the basis of this authority and many institutions around the city havin

today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council, or at avon and somerset were intentionally racist themselves, but it says both organisations had an ingrained view of bijan ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him and that he didn't get the support or the level of service that he should have received. the report says, as an iranian man, bijan was put at a disadvantage because the way the authorities dealt with him was discriminatory. that is why, it concludes, there was institutional racism. it's a word that's rarely used, it's a finding that's rarely found, because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem. but the family's concern, in fact, is that it is much more common than it is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the ebrahimi family then and, along with the city council, has now accepted today's report in full. they say lessons have been learnt. bijan‘s death won't be in vain, and it will be the basis of this authority, and i'm sure many institutions around t

bristol four years ago. police and the city council are accused of ‘institutional racism'.uth africa: the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, is elected leader of the ruling party, the anc, and promises to fight corruption. in the us, a high—speed passenger train has de—railed. some passengers died, dozens of others were injured. and: in an ever—ageing world, we visit california, to see how they're embracing the challenge of active life in old age. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we'll bring you highlights of tonight's only premier league game — everton against bottom side swansea. good evening. president trump has outlined a new national security strategy — focusing on economic stability — identifying russia and china as competitors, bent on challenging america's influence and wealth. he said washington had ‘no choice‘ but to deal with the challenge posed by north korea's weapons programme. but he broke with tradition by not mentioning the threat posed to the us by climate change, as our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. for two years now, donald trump has t

the report has concluded that bristol city council and avon and somerset police showed institutionalm, in siding with the abusers of bijan ebrahami, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. the report was written by the safer bristol partnership. one man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimi's murder, and two police officers were jailed for misconduct. 0ur correspondentjon kay has been talking to mr ebrahimi's family. bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. but four years ago, the refugee from iran was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. don't you dare take pictures of me, all right? this is the neighbour who killed him, lee james, now serving life for murder. today's report says that although the fatal attack could not have been predicted, there were warning signs that the police and council should have spotted. again and again, bijan went to the authorities claiming he had been abused and attacked, sometimes, he said, because of his race. he made reports about different people in different places ove

today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council or avon and somersetonally racist themselves. but it says both organisations had an ingrained view of bijan ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him. and that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. the phrase institutional racism was used in the notorious case of stephen lawrence nearly 20 years ago. and now it appears again in an official report. it is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, that the family's concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and somerset police reiterated that apology, along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. john kay, bbc news, bristol. our home editor mark easton is here. it is pretty desperate, mark, that we are using that phrase again in 2017? it's cer

today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council or avon and somersetly racist themselves. but it says both organisations had an ingrained view of bijan ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him. and that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. the phrase institutional racism was used in the notorious case of stephen lawrence nearly 20 years ago. and now it appears again in an official report. it is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, that the family's concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and somerset police reiterated that apology, along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. jon kay, bbc news, bristol. police in lebanon have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a british embassy worker in beirut. the body of rebecc

today's report says no individual members of staff here at bristol city council, or at avon and somerset it says both organisations had an ingrained view of bijan ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him and that he didn't get the support or the level of service that he should have received. the report says, as an iranian man, bijan was put at a disadvantage because the way the authorities dealt with him was discriminatory. that is why, it concludes, there was institutional racism. it's a word that's rarely used, it's a finding that's rarely found, because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem. but the family's concern, in fact, is that it is much more common than it is found. last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. the force apologised to the ebrahimi family then and, along with the city council, has now accepted today's report in full. they say lessons have been learnt. bijan‘s death won't be in vain, and it will be the basis of this authority, and i'm sure many institutions around the city, having a look at what they do and

we also have a statement made on behalf of bristol city council which says, we sincerely and wholeheartedlyding up to his tragic death injuly ebrahimi, leading up to his tragic death in july 2000 ebrahimi, leading up to his tragic death injuly 2000 and 13. no amount of lessons learned or changes in practice can lessen the impact it had on him and his family. —— 2013. every effort will continue to be made to further identify how we need to change and improve. the council says it is committed to work with the family and other partners to achieve the objective in memory of bijan ebrahimi. that reportjust coming into us, saying there was evidence of both discriminatory and institutional... discriminatory behaviour and institutional racism on the part of bristol city council and avon and somerset constabulary in the death of the refugee, bijan ebrahimi. we will hear more from our correspondent on a breaking story very soon and also hear from the family of bijan ebrahimi as well. there is a fire on the banks of loch lomond. a fourth patient was taken to the royal alexandra hospital in paisley. 0t

inquiry into the murder of an iranian refugee finds evidence of "institutional racism" by bristol's police and city councilbijan ebrahimi was beaten to death by a neighbour injuly 2013. the south african deputy president cyril ramaphosa has been elected leader of the governing party, the anc. he's vowed to fight corruption and revive a struggling economy. theresa may says "there can never be a place for threats and intimidation" in politics after a number of mps receive abusive messages because of their views on brexit. at seven o'clock, we'll hear from donald trump, who's due to make a new announcement on us security strategy. that's in beyond 100 days, with katty kay and christian fraser. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm katherine downes. 0n tonight's programme... australia blow england away as they regain the ashes in perth with an innings victory. we look back at a night of sporting celebrations and surprises as mo farah is crowned bbc sports personality of the year. and we talk to the volunteer denise larrad, who took home the bbc get inspired unsung hero

bristol four years ago. police and the city council are accused of institutional racism. elected leader of the ruling party, the anc, promising to fight corruption. and, coming up, deciphering all things brexit, a special televised year—end edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast podcast.

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turnpike interchange is completed in bristol, it will create a continuous i-95 from pennsylvania, through new jersey. >> from the reading eagle, reading city councilo deal for cell phone tower in hampton park, this would mainly serve t-mobile. >> and from the press of atlantic city members and volunteers of elk lodge 580 in millville opened their doors to recruits at the us coast guard training center in cape may. the elks lodge served special holiday dinner for 185 people. >>> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> they're calling it a christmas miracle. >> two men in hawaii best friends for 60 years, just found out, they're brother. >> walter never new his brother, and allen was adopted curiosity about their family lineage led them to ancestory. com. turns out they shared the same birth mother. two revealed the discovery to friends and family on christmas eve. >> and apparently there was some question about the relation of the father, as well. >> very interesting, right. up next in the next half hour of "eyewitness news." >> monday night nail biter. a close battle between the eagles and raiders g