speaking exclusively to bbc radio 5 live about the clear racism and bullying he saw during mohammed al fayed's store. the bbc has heard from scores of women who say they were sexually assaulted or raped by mohamad al or raped by mohamad al fayed when he owned the knightsbridge store. that followed a documentary in september which included 20 women's claims about al fayed's behaviour. harrods said they were utterly appalled by the abuse allegations, and that harrods is a "very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by al fayed". with me is 5 live's clare mcdonnell. what more can you tell us. to no what more can you tell us. to go back. _ what more can you tell us. trr go back, mohammed al fayed in 1995 sued vanity fair magazine. they alleged that he was racist and alleged sexual misconduct. he denied those allegations and the case was settled out of court. i have been speaking to a former security guard, a man we are called henry, he told me this that mohammed al fayed before he would do his morning rounds, daily rounds in harrods, black members of staff would be asked to leave

speaking exclusively to bbc radio 5 live about the "clear racism" and bullying he saw during mohamed al fayedres of women who say they were sexually assaulted or raped by mohamad al fayed when he owned the knightsbridge store. that followed a documentary in september, which included 20 women's claims about al fayed s behaviour. harrods said they were utterly appalled by the abuse allegations, and that harrods is a very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by al fayed . 5 live's clare mcdonnell told us more about this. mohamed al fayed back in 1995 sued vanity fair magazine. they allege that he was racist, alleged sexual misconduct. he vehemently denied the allegations in the case was settled out of court but i have been speaking to a former security guard at harrods, a man we are calling henry, and he says, over the course of two interviews, that mohamed al fayed before he did is daily morning rounds on the harrods shop floor, black members of staff would be asked to leave the shop or secret passageway into the road into an office opposite harrods and then when mohamed al fa

the bbc has heard from scores of women who say they were sexually assaulted or raped by mohammed al fayedat followed a documentary in september, which included 20 women s claims about al fayed s behaviour. harrods said they were "utterly appalled" by the abuse allegations, and that harrods is a "very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by al fayed". 5 live�*s clare mcdonnell told us more about this. mohamed al fayed back in 1995, sued vanity fair magazine. they alleged that he was racist. they alleged sexual misconduct. he vehemently denied those allegations and the case was eventually settled out of court. but i've been speaking to a former security guard at harrods, a man we are calling henry, and he says this. he told me this over the course of two interviews that mohammed al—fayed, before he would do his morning rounds, daily morning rounds on the shop floor, black members of staff would be asked to leave the shop floor by a secret passageway under the road and to an office opposite harrods. and then, when mohammed al fayed had left the shop floor, they would be inv

al fayed . with me is live s clare mcdonnell. tell us more about these latest allegations about mohamed al fayed. allegations about mohamed al fa edegations about mohamed al fa ed. allegations about mohamed al fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine _ fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine wrote - fayed. back in 1995, vanity fair magazine wrote an - fayed. back in 1995, vanity. fair magazine wrote an article about mohamed al fayed accusing him of racism and sexual misconduct and he violently deny that. he sued the magazine and they settled out of court. but i now have been speaking to a former security guard at harrods, who essentially alleges racism. he says when he was working on the floor, just before mohammed al fied will come to work every day and walk the shop floor, black members. rate—mac staff would be asked to leave and they would go to an underground passageway opposite the store. and when the daily tours happened they wouldn't be there. they would then file back again once he left the floor. we are calling this man henry and his words are spoken by an actor. when it came in the shop floor you will— when it came in

way during his time he declined to instigate a prosecution for rape and sexual abuse against mohamed al fayed desk. right. that completes prime minister's questions. prime minister's questions concluding now over in the house of commons. it began with a clash between keir starmer and be rid of the opposition kemi badenoch, over grooming gangs, a very highly charged debate between the two leaders. the conservatives are now calling for a public inquiry asking keir starmer if he knew the full extent of the scandal. he had also defended his record as prosecutor, he was director of public is during the period where many of the cases came to light. lots of points of contention between keir starmer and kemi badenoch on this issue. he accused the conservatives of not taking any action while in government but nowjumping on the bandwagon and slinging mud from the opposition benches instead. let's talk to opposition benches instead. let's tal

against the metropolitan police over its handling of allegations against the former harrods boss, mohamed al fayedtion of a watchdog. the met is currently reviewing a total of 21 allegations that were made before mr al fayed died in 2023, and referred two of these to the independent office for police conduct in november. yesterday, the iopc announced that the met�*s directorate of professional standards will continue to investigate the complaints, but under the direction of the watchdog. more than half of the county councils in england with elections scheduled for this year could seek to have them postponed. at least 12 out of 21 county councils due to hold elections in may are poised to ask ministers to delay the ballots to explore options set out in a major redesign of local government which was announced in december. a former police officer who was at the heart of a grooming investigation in oxford is warning that a similar type of sexual abuse is still going on — both locally and nationally. it follows yesterday's vote by mps who rejected calls by the conservative pparty for a new national inq