how far away are you, cornelius, from this image?ses and your skin is lightened. many people look at that and can‘t believe that as you. lightened. many people look at that and can't believe that as youm lightened. many people look at that and can't believe that as you. it is funny my mum had this lightening cream and growing up it was kind of like, it is weird to see in your own race you get made fun of for being different towns. and i guess i felt insecure about my skin tone and when i saw the lightening cream in my mums wardrobe it felt like a way to escape the slayers and getting made fun of for being darker, so it kind of, it felt like growing up on tv that being lighter was better. so growing up at that point i thought it would be wiser if i was lighter. but you should just love the way you are, that should not have to be the case, you should not have to feel like what you are is not good enough. that i did feel that. like what you are is not good enough. that i did feel thatm like what you are is not good enough. that i did fe

cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham. way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black girls would say

walker coming m, perkins and cornelius walker coming in, the directorand perkins and cornelius walker1 years old in november 2000 when evan owen taylor was killed, so he was the same age, living in london. you will remember that was the young boy in his blunder, peckham, who was killed, found ina blunder, peckham, who was killed, found in a block of flats, and he died there of his injuries. and cornelius, this is in telling his own story in the short film which is the documentary short category at the documentary short category at the oscars, he tells about the moment in his life when he was 11 yea rs old moment in his life when he was 11 years old and he moved out of london and came across a group of racists, young racist gang, and it is about the story of how — what, how he changed and what happens to him, and extraordinaire time in his life, a compelling film, 35 minutes long, a huge... when you say he was changed, he changed to fit in and that is what is so surprising, a brave story and interesting as well. it is later this morning but i encourage you if you get the chance, watch

that was cornelius lycett, the bbc‘s horseracing correspond. singapore and london. still to come on the programme: more damage than alcohol and drugs combined — a new initiative aims to help aboriginal australians stop smoking. also on the programme: we'll show you one of the world's newest there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the fait

cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham.ssex for a safer way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black

cornelius walker will be there in hollywood, a talented 27—year—old embarking on a new chapter in hise. will gompertz, bbc news. that's it. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton arsenal's struggles away from home continue — as they slip at bate borisov while their london rivals chelsea fare better in sweden. and defeat at home to valencia leaves celtic with a mountain to climb to salvage their europa league dreams. and athletics governing body hits back at a report it suggested caster semenya should be classed as biological male . hello and welcome to the programme, no love for arsenal's performance in tonight's europea league tie this valentine's day, after they slumped to a i—nil defeat in belarus against bate borisov, their first win over an english side at home in european competition. paul garrity was watching. since december, arsenal has been very hit and miss, so which team would turn up they were good but it was quoted to the next squandered, but that optim

thank you, cornelius. the premier league has new leaders but it's a familiar name.meric laporte opened the scoring with this header on the stroke of half time. they had to wait until the 97th minute for the second with gabrieljesus sealing victory. city have played a game more than liverpool but move above them on goal difference. top of the table, we have to wait, liverpool go to old trafford and if they win we are not top of the table, we have an important game, now we have another tough game against chelsea without much time to prepare for it. it's nonstop. in many things we were solid and good game. and the latest twist in the title race dominates the back pages of this morning's papers. starting with the telegraph — city storm back to top is their headline. it was just over a month ago liverpool had a seven point lead. the sun — lap top: aymeric powers up city title bid. with quotes from goal—scorer gabrieljesus saying it's really, really important to be top. the guardian — storming back to the top. city have never won back to back pl titles and play chelsea ne

events in the uk horse racing calendar — the cheltenham festival. 0ur horse racing correspondent cornelius illness, but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me orfor any but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me or for any of us, however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the uk clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is, if you have got huge numbers of horses were under the weather, as it were, and also a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. and the science behind this is the no more positive test for equine flu, however the symptoms can take up to three days to actually show themselves and then a further three daysis themselves and then a further three days is required to carry that process through a bit further, so thatis process through a bit further, so that is the science before it. no racing, no point point racing in the uk, and that news at the earliest, so uk, and that news at th

we have beenjoined by the bbc‘s racing correspondent cornelius lysaght.to start one month tomorrow. donna became's team had the original positives and no in newmarket. the sport and the industry at as a whole is crossing its fingers that racing could resume on wednesday. nothing to link those two yards specifically as one is flat and one isjumping. this is an endemic disease. the chatter on twitter is that the more your tears, the more you're going to find positives? that's certainly one theory. it's important though, your initial point. there is no connection, no obvious connection, between the two different locations. that is reasonably comforting news. the other bit of comforting news is that one of the tunnel became's horses which tested positive went to the races and race last week. those connected to them had been tested and there aren't any positive results on that front. i think the sport is quietly optimistic that things may get back to normal on wednesday. we are talking about a sport that has a lot of money out there and a lot of money at stake