good to talk to you as ever, dr chris smith, university of cambridge virology, thank you very much fornger at risk of transmitting covid—i9 to others, acording to the white house physician. this weekend he delivered a speech from the balcony of the white house, and told hundreds of cheering supporters that he was "feeling great". our north america correspondent, david willis has the latest. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. the defiant removal of the facemask, a message to the faithful that their man is back. first of all, i'm feeling great. i don't know about you. how is everyone feeling? cheering. a much—anticipated memo from the president's doctor confirmed the leader of the free world is no longer a risk to others. now at day ten from symptom onset, wrote dr sean conley, fever—free for over 2a hours, and all symptoms improved, the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests obtained reveal there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus. not that the possibility of the president's continued contagion seemed to worry those that packed the south lawn of

better origin, the university of cambridge spin—out behind this trial, say they want to democratise insectelves. if you think of feed, right, it travels a very long distance to get to the point of farm. soy usually travels from brazil, ok? by putting a system on site, you dramatically cut down on all that food miles. not only that, you can do it vertically. but the smartest bit of all this is the ai that's monitoring the bugs. a combination of sensors speak with each other, sharing data around temperature, humidity, ph, and motion. computer vision systems analyse how quickly they consume their food and how much they're moving. this information is put through a neural network to detect how each tray of insects is performing, if they need more less food, and if they are healthy or not, so the farmer can intervene. of course, the main thing for farmers like charles is that it is easy to use, and results in happy hens. the trials that we've done, we have seen that the gut health on the bird has been fantastic. we've seen that feather coverage has been fantastic. so all round, we think it's pro

cambridge. the university said... whilst the incident did have a negative impact, fabianna is positive about her start at cambridge. what do you want out ofridge university? i just want to build loads of relationships with people. being here, any conversation you have could be a link for your future. mostly, i'm fine, i'm having a good time. it's been really, really good. it's not too long after her own encounter that fabianna hears of another black student who alleges they have been discriminated against. according to the student, the incident involved a staff member from trinity college, which is one of the colleges of cambridge university. i was on the train, one of my feet was on the seat and i wasjust sitting there. a man from trinity college came on, looked at me in disgust and just literally looked over and said bleep. verbally assaulted me on the train. for no reason? literally no reason. the only reason, i believe, was because my foot was on the seat. no—one was around and i was unwell. he had the trinity college lanyard, he had the trinity college tie, he had the trinity college uniform, it was very clear that he was from there.

the duchess of cambridge has visited first—year students at the university of derby to hear how the coronavirusundergraduate life. during the visit kate asked students about not being able to attend lectures and how they have felt during the pandemic. a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks has led to thousands of students having to self—isolate in their halls at universities across the uk. the national union of students has warned that undergraduates being "trapped in halls" could exacerbate mental health issues for the thousands who have begun their degree studies. hundreds of musicians have gathered in london and birmingham today to protest at a lack of government support for professional musicians who are freelance. they held a two minute silence saying they've been abandoned during the pandemic and urgently need help. our arts editor will gompertz reports. classical music plays. as makeshift orchestras go, this one would take some beating. 400 of the country's leading professional musicians tuning up in parliament square. they've come to make their case to the politicians gathered in

and i'm delighted to say that we are joined by doctor chris smith, of the university of cambridge andeter medical school. a very warm welcome to your both. good to have you with us on this saturday afternoon. we got a lot of questions, so i'll get straight to it. chris, ifi questions, so i'll get straight to it. chris, if i could start with you, this is from allison baker. she lives in london but her mother lives in wiltshire. allison was due to visit her mother next weekend for her 80th birthday, but says she's confused like so many as what she's allowed to do, because wiltshire isn't to which of course london is, and —— as she allowed to travel to see her? hello, allison. the answer is, the person inherits the risk according to the area they're from. so, if you're from an area that's in here to, judge high—risk, this means you are yourselfjudged high—risk —— in here too. if you were to go to a low risk area, you don't become lower as. you have to continue to practice the rules as though you are still in your home area, so the a nswer still in your home area, so the answer is you cou

democratic institutions than previous generations that's according to a survey conducted by the university of cambridge researches surveyed nearly 5000000 people in 160 countries the study ran for nearly 5 decades 2 and threw out canvas people around the age of 30 about their views on democracy each subsequent generation of 30 somethings reported less satisfaction and trust in the political system we asked people in paris london and san francisco if they think democracy is fit for purpose where they live. i don't necessarily believe that it works the way. they will i still believe in democracy but i don't have confidence in the current government for democracy is there. i door think it's being implemented properly i think the state of democracy is more at risk than it has been before this simple hard look this is dem is looking increasingly like a dictatorship to me personally i think it's true that it's all broke. stepparent stone educate me enough that i can say kind of because we're not really in any more our generation is in there you see people that are. 506070 that are running the government the

we‘ll be joined by dr chris smith, consultant virologist at the university of cambridge, and dr bharat. you can use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk for the first time, a coronavirus vaccine is being offered in part of china to anyone who wants it. this is an experimental vaccine. we‘re told it is still in its final trial stages, but has not yet received final approval yet. residents of the city of yiwu, near shanghai, can buy the treatment now for a fee equivalent to $60. our china correspondent robin brant is the onlyjournalist to report on this story and has been outside yiwu hospital, where nurses have been giving the vaccine. it‘s just after seven o‘clock in the morning and the hospital actually isn‘t officially open yet, but nonetheless, people are turning up, taxis pulling up. we have actually seen a few families break out into a bit of a jog down this road, to get down there, get their number and get in line and queue up for the vaccine. now, it wasn‘t that long ago that people were queueing to be tested for covid—19. now they‘re queuein

we‘ll be joined by dr chris smith, consultant virologist at the university of cambridge, and dr bharat questions, you can use #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. in new zealand the sitting labour prime ministerjacinda ardern has won a resounding general election victory. with around 90% of the votes counted, her centre—left labour party looks likely to be able to form a single—party government — something not seen in the country for decades. not since it changed its electoral system in the 1990s. ms ardern addressed her party faithful a few minutes ago, speaking in maori and then english. thank you to the people who worked so hard to share our message. who volunteered for us in what felt like an endless campaign. thank you to the candidates and members of parliament who worked not just for six weeks but for three years to earn their communities‘ support. cheering and applause but most importantly, thank you to the many people who gave us their vote, who trusted us to continue with leading new zealand‘s recovery, who backed the plan we are already rolling out.

professor david spiegelhalter is a statistician at the university of cambridge. hejoins me now. en told all along that speed is of the essence in terms of notifying people. how much of a setback as this, and had lives potentially been put at risk? is obviously deeply embarrassing, based on using sl, which is bad enough. using old versions of xl as well. 0bviously, there's been tens of thousands of people have not been contacted who should have, and i don't think we can say what the health impact was. in terms of what we know about the way that cases are increasing, there was a rather suspicious plateau during last week which has now been filled up, and 110w which has now been filled up, and now we can see the steady increase in the number of cases across the country. a steady increase over the whole of the country, added up together, roughly doubling every ten days or so. but with enormous variation around the country, it is quite extraordinary that in manchester now, they've hit levels of one in 200 people in manchester testing positive over the last week, 50 times two —— 30 tim

word joined bya i'm delighted to say the word joined by a consultant neurologist from the university of cambridgeexeter medical school. very well welcome to you both. good to have you with us. we have a lot of questions so i will get straight to it stop chris, if i can get straight to it stop chris, if i ca n start get straight to it stop chris, if i can start with you, this is from alison baker. she lives in london but her mother lives in wiltshire. alison was due to visit her mother next weekend for her 80th birthday but says she is confused, like so many, as to what she can do. wiltshire is not in tier 2, which of course london is, am i allowed to travel to see her? course london is, am i allowed to travelto see her? hello course london is, am i allowed to travel to see her? hello alison. the person inherits the risk according to the area they are from. if you are from an area that is in tier 2 which isjudged are from an area that is in tier 2 which is judged high are from an area that is in tier 2 which isjudged high risk, this means that you are yourselfjudged high risk. if you were to go to

better origin, the university of cambridge spin—out behind this trial, say they want to democratise insect of feed, right, it travels a very long distance to get to the point of farm. soy usually travels from brazil, ok? by putting a system on site, you dramatically cut down on all that food miles. not only that, you can do it vertically. but the smartest bit of all this is the ai that's monitoring the bugs. a combination of sensors speak with each other, sharing data around temperature, humidity, ph, and motion. computer vision systems analyse how quickly they consume their food and how much they're moving. this information is put through a neural network to detect how each tray of insects is performing, if they need more less food, and if they are healthy or not, so the farmer can intervene. of course, the main thing for farmers like charles is that it is easy to use, and results in happy hens. the trials that we've done, we have seen that the gut health on the bird has been fantastic. we've seen that feather coverage has been fantastic. so all round, we think it's probably the best enri

menace to the republic there are other threats facing western democracies a survey by the university of cambridge found below kneels around the world are less satisfied with democratic institutions than previous generations research a survey nearly $5000000.00 people from our $160.00 plus countries studied the round for 47 years and people in the thirty's across the decades were asked about their views of democracy and with the subsequent generation reporting less satisfaction and trust in the political system than the previous one so we gauge people's opinions in paris london and san francisco to see if the study's findings hold up. i don't necessarily believe that it works the way should. i still believe in democracy but i don't have confidence in the current government the sense that for democracy is there but i don't think it's being implemented properly i think the state of democracy is more risk than it has been before just a simple hold that the system is looking increasingly like a dictatorship to me personally i think it's true that it's broke. stone educated enough that i can say kind o

not a christmas is a pirate just at the university of cambridge he says the u.k.'s lockdown is likely to be extended looking back in retrospect though it did take quite a while in march and april before we saw the numbers get down to the low levels we enjoyed over the summer this is only a month so my fear is that what will happen is that the numbers will be curtailed by this measure but when reviewed in early december it'll be decided that we've still got a long way to go and we're going to have to keep with these measures i think that's a very real prospect unless there's a very radical turnaround and i don't see that happening. a greek orthodox priest has been shot and wounded in the french city the priest was fired on twice as he was closing a church a suspect has been arrested in march french police have arrested a 4th suspect linked to thursday's knife attack a nice 3 people were killed in the attack on a church david chaytor has more from that. here in nice have been a lot of people police patrols they've been increased around this specific are all day peopl

maybe other threats facing western democracies release of a recently published survey by the university of cambridge is anything to go by it indicates westerners in the thirty's and twenty's are less satisfied with democratic institutions and the point in the last century researchers surveyed nearly 5000000 people from more than 160 countries to study the run for some 47 years people in their thirty's across the decades were asked about their views of democracy with each subsequent generation reporting less satisfaction and trust in the political system than the previous one when the millennial has been the most disillusioned of all we gauge people's as opinions in paris london and san francisco to see if the study's findings hold up. i don't necessarily believe that it works the way it should be struck argument i still believe in democracy but i don't have confidence in the current government for democracy is there. i door think it's being implemented properly i think the state of democracy is more at risk than it has been before jeff a simple hard look this is dem is looking increasingly like a di

vote for it or apathy baby one reason behind this according to a survey conducted by the university of cambridge weston is in the thirty's and twenty's are less satisfied with democratic institutions that at any point in the last century research has surveyed nearly 5000000 people from more than 160 countries it's a study that ran for some 47 is people in their thirty's across the decades were asked about the views of democracy and the subsequent generation reporting less satisfaction and trust in the political system than the previous one not neils being the most disillusioned of will and gays people's opinions of paris london and san francisco to see if the study's findings hold up. i don't necessarily believe that it works the way. they will i still believe in democracy but i don't have confidence in the current government for democracy is there but i don't think it's being implemented properly i think the state of democracy is more risk than it has been before just a simple hold that this is jim is looking increasingly like a dictatorship to me personally i think it's true that it's all brok

better origin, the university of cambridge spin out behind this trial say they want to democratise insect it travels a very long distance to get to the point of farm. soy usually travels from brazil, ok. by putting a system on—site you can dramatically cut down on all those food miles. not only that, you can do it vertically. but the smartest bit of all this is the ai that's monitoring the bugs. a combination of sensors speak with each other, sharing data around temperature, humidity, ph, and motion. computer vision systems analyse how quickly they consume their food and how much they're moving. this information is put through a neural network to detect how each trade insects is performing, if they need more less food, and if they are healthy or not, so the farmer can intervene. of course, the main thing for farmers like charles is that it's easy to use and results in happy hens. the trails that we've done, we've seen that the gut health on the bird has been fantastic. we've seen that feather coverage on the bird has been fantastic. so all round we think it's probably the best enrichment

chris smith, virologist at the university of cambridge. thank you.e are waiting for a press briefing from downing street on a prime minister announcement, expecting that england is to go into lockdown for a month. that press conference has been delayed. we were expecting it at 5pm. we are told there is a delay. we are watching things very closely in downing street and as soon as we see any sign of movement that we will be going straight over there. we are nowjoined by professor neil ferguson, an epidemiologist at imperial college london, who — in march — predicted that up to 500,000 britons could die from covid—i9, which led to the government enforcing a nationwide lockdown. good afternoon to you. thank you so much forjoining us. you are modelling led to the original lockdown and what is your reaction to the fact we seem to be heading now for a second national lockdown? i also at that time suggested we might have to go into lockdown more than once, that if we relaxed measures that transmission would research. u nfortu nately measures that transmissio

dr chris smith is a virologist at the university of cambridge, hejoins me now.his was inevitable, given the data we've had? i've been watching what has been happening with other countries across europe because if you cast your mind back to march and april, they were ahead of the curve on terms of numbers then just as now. we have been watching what has been happening in france, germany, we saw belgium become embarrassingly, somewhat for the eu where the headquarters are, the country with the highest per capita rates of coronavirus across the world. so really it was only a matter of time before we saw ourselves going down a similar path again. it is a symptom of the season. the weather has got colder, we have had this return to work, return of schools, universities, the cold weather closing in. all of those factors come together and they make the transmission of virus cases much more likely. if you increase the likelihood and increased contact between people, you get my cases, and you then end up unfortunately with more people

i speak to dr chris smith at the university of cambridge he is also host of the naked scientists podcast and joins us via skype thanks very much for being with us so do ringback you believe in particular how much difference do you think this kind of a lockdown will make to the to the rise in the number of cases really difficult to say i wish i had a crystal ball about the government wish they had a crystal ball easy to be wise in retrospect looking back in retrospect though it did take quite a while in march and april before we saw the numbers get down to the low levels we enjoyed over the summer this is only a month or so my fear is that what will happen is that the numbers will be curtailed by this measure but when reviewed in early december it'll be decided that we've still got a long way to go and we're going to have to keep with these measures i think that's a very real prospect unless there's a very radical turnaround and i don't see that happening and after the 1st wave there was much talk about how much different testing and tracing would make to the outcome why is that not being

, and for your question answered, we arejoined by doctor chris smith, a virologist at the university of cambridgek at all from one from margaret. my husband of 50 years passed away sadly in april. i'm now ina passed away sadly in april. i'm now in a support bubble with my daughter and family making bubble five. can we meet up on doors —— indoors on tier two with yellow this includes the abolition of support bubbles, so i think the abolition of support bubbles, so ithink in the abolition of support bubbles, so i think in tier two, the high risk category, no, that would be u nfortu nately off category, no, that would be unfortunately off the table. she's a widow now, she would be in a more vulnerable age group. all the more reason to take care. unfortunately, it feels very harsh, but people in this position to get that extra help are going to have to face losing that if they're in the high risk category. in other words, tier two. i think that would come off the table, unfortunately. this will probably answer chris's question as well. can we visit grandparents if well. can we visit grandparents if w

cambridge. what do you want out of your first year at cambridge university? y, really good. it's not too long after her own encounter that fabianna hears of another black student who alleges they have been discriminated against. according to the student, the incident involved a staff member from trinity college, which is one of the colleges of cambridge university. all the i was on the train, one of my feet was on the seat and i wasjust sitting there. a man from trinity college came on, looked at me in disgust and just literally looked over and said bleep. verbally assaulted me on the train. for no reason? literally no reason. the only reason, i believe, was because my foot was on the seat. no—one was around and i was unwell. he had the trinity college lanyard, he had the trinity college tie, he had the trinity college uniform, it was very clear that he was from there. and when i said to him, i'm just letting you know, i'm going to be reporting you to the university for what you just called me. he said, go on then, i've got loads of friends who work in the uni

professor david spiegelhalter, the winton professor of the public understanding of risk at the university of cambridgead of the uk vaccine task force said there could be ed buxton before christmas but 2021 launch is more likely. she said vaccine could be approved for you soon and the uk was well positioned and told me the first covid vaccines could be similarto first covid vaccines could be similar to current flu jabs in nature, giving a short initial burst of protection but it would need to be updated regularly. they are not 100% protective and they don't provide protection for more than several months to a year. i think what we will end up with is something where we can manage this disease, we need to stop it from being a lethal disease that is causing a global shutdown, to something that is manageable where we can both prevent infection as well as reduce the severity of symptoms if infection actually takes place. when do you think we will get the information we need on whether vaccines are safe and whether they work? i wish i could give you a firm answer. what i can say is the front running vaccine

the number of black students from the uk now studying at cambridge university has tripled in the past there were just 38. ashley john—ba ptiste has followed three students during their first year at the university, and reports here on their experiences. fabiana, success and sharon, three black british undergraduates who this time last year were starting out at cambridge university. success is from manchester. and for his nigerian parents, cambridge is a big deal. not long into the first term, we caught up at a cambridge barbershop. from where i come from, this like very, very traditional, very nigerian culture, into is like upper class, like white community. sharon is from tottenham and her family of eritrean origin have come to visit. cambridge, we would have seen as something so unattainable, but it was a goal for you. if you enter certain, like, classes, you might be young person of colour there. you might be the only black person, you might be the only one with your hair there. all my friends have said, like, they've changed hairstyles and people don't recognise who they are. a fe

we are nowjoined by university of cambridge virologist, dr chris smith...ammed to stick onto whatever it is your body is responding to. antibodies are made by cells, you make them and hold onto them for the rest of your life in some cases, immune memory. if you really encounter that threat you can go back to the cells that go back to the genetic message of how i made the genetic message of how i made the antibody, you give them some stimulus and they make enormous numbers of the antibodies to defend you again against the thing you have seen you again against the thing you have seenin you again against the thing you have seen in the past. that is how a vaccine works. alongside that, you have the t cells. white blood cells. they inspect every cell in the body and they can see sales that have viruses growing —— cells cells that have the virus going. they are like missiles. you have a cell —based response that can kill off infected cells and antibodies that can mop up the virus itself, stick onto infected cells and destroy them. both parts are important for a g

look at ventilation and the virus joining me now is paul linden he's professor of fluid mechanics at cambridge university paul it's good to have you on the show. with the obvious question winter is approaching in northern in the northern hemisphere what's the best thing that someone should keep in mind about ventilation in rooms well it's obviously a challenge the winter because. c. is too close up buildings and ventilation is reduced to keep warm so the best thing to do is to make sure that as much ventilation as possible is achieved open a window if you possibly can. and if you have a mechanical system make sure as much fresh air coming in as possible what about fans what if i just have fans that are standing around the room does that help keep things ventilators that help me at all. no it doesn't it will just mix up what's already there and that's probably not the best thing because if there is virus particles in the air in the air and start all around your chances of breathing them are increased so i wouldn't recommend using fans ok so the best option and it seems to be is to keep the window open eve

look at ventilation and the virus joining me now is paul linden he's professor of fluid mechanics at cambridge university paul it's good to have you on the show sort of the obvious question winter is approaching in northern in the northern hemisphere what's the best thing that someone should keep in mind about ventilation in rooms well it's obviously a challenge to winter because. you have been so used to close up buildings and ventilation is reduced to keep warm so the best thing to do is to make sure that as much ventilation as possible is that you open a window if you possibly can. and if you have a mechanical system make sure as much fresh air coming in as possible what about fans what if i just have fans that are standing around the room does that help keep things ventilators that help me at all. no it doesn't it will just mix up what's already there and that's probably not the best thing because if there is a virus particles in the out in the air and start all around your chances of breathing them are increased so i wouldn't recommend using fans ok so the best option then it seems to be is to keep

look at ventilation and the virus joining me now is paul linden he's professor of fluid mechanics at cambridge university paul it's good to have you on the show sort of the obvious question winter is approaching in northern in the northern hemisphere what's the best thing that someone should keep in mind about ventilation in rooms well it's obviously a challenge the winter because. you have to see is to close up buildings and ventilation is reduced to keep warm so the best thing to do is to make sure that as much ventilation as possible is achieved open a window if you possibly can. and if you have a mechanical system make sure as much fresh air coming in as possible what about fans what if i just have fans that are standing around the room does that help keep things ventilated is that help me at all no it doesn't it will just mix up what's already there and that's probably not the best thing because if there is virus particles in the air in the air and stood all around your chances of breathing them are increased so i wouldn't recommend using fans ok so the best option then it seems to be is to keep the

great to talk to you as ever, catherine barnard, professor of eu law at cambridge university.theories to get going. ranging from claims that the president is faking the diagnosis to get out of debates, or to detract from talk over his tax bill. marianna spring is the bbc‘s disinformation and social media reporter — shejoins me now. the latest news on this comes from the ap news agency, quoting a white house official saying president trump is experiencing mild symptoms of coronavirus after that positive test. that is from ap saying that he is experiencing mild symptoms. but we are hearing after this news broke all sorts of conspiracy theories, as i mentioned. social media has been awash with claims that trump's positive coronavirus test result, conspiracy theories and disinformation, some of which is fairly believable, other claims that are totally outlandish. honestly with the us election approaching the has been lots of talk about the timing of this with conspiracy theories suggesting trump is pretending to have tested positive because he doesn't want to take part in the next

look at ventilation and the virus joining me now is paul linden he's professor of fluid mechanics at cambridge university paul it's good to have you on the show sort of the obvious question winter is approaching in northern in the northern hemisphere what's the best thing that someone should keep in mind about ventilation in rooms. well it's obviously a challenge the winter because. you have to see is to close up buildings and ventilation is reduced to keep warm so the best thing to do is to make sure that as much ventilation as possible is achieved open a window if you possibly can. and if you have a mechanical system make sure as much fresh air coming in as possible what about fans or if i just have fans that are standing around the room does that help keep things ventilators that help me at all no it doesn't it will just mix up what's already there and that's probably not the best thing because if there is virus particles in the air in the air and sterile around your chances of breathing them are increased so i wouldn't recommend using fans ok so the best option and it seems to be is the keep the wind

look at ventilation and the virus joining me now is paul linden he's professor of fluid mechanics at cambridge university paul it's good to have you on the show some of the obvious question winter is approaching in northern in the northern hemisphere what's the best thing that someone should keep in mind about ventilation in rooms well it's obviously a challenge the winter because. you have to see is to close up buildings and ventilation is reduced to keep warm so the best thing to do is to make sure that as much ventilation as possible is achieved open a window he possibly can. and if you have a mechanical system make sure as much fresh air coming in as possible what about fans what if i just have fans that are standing around the room does that help keep things ventilated is that help me at all no it doesn't it will just mix up what's already there and that's probably not the best thing because if there is a virus particles in the air in the air and sterile around your chances of breathing them are increased so i wouldn't recommend using fans ok so the best option and it seems to be is the keep the win

with me is giovanna mallucci, professor of clinical neurosciences at the university of cambridge, who is that cooling and hibernation have long been known to protect the brain, and how they do it has not been well understood and our discovery five yea rs understood and our discovery five years ago was of this protein that does this work, its reconnects brain to each other, and the fact that... and that was something that we discovered in mice, but we were suspicious that it might work in humans as well because it was known to working test tubes and cells and the interest has been to show that it really works and people that you are cooling. the reason it is important is that hypothermia is used therapeutically in intensive ca re used therapeutically in intensive care units for brain injury, for premature brain babies with hypoxic brain injury, for cardiac surgery routinely to protect the brain, but it was my pee this key process and it was my pee this key process and it involves an intensive care units of the link with the protein is exciting because it means you might find a pathway

from the university of cambridge. your questions answered coming up just after half past.aw will breach part of the agreement reached between boris johnson and brussels. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, said the eu had asked the uk to remove the problematic parts of the internal market bill by the end of september, and that deadline had now passed. as you know, our uk friends intend to breach the withdrawal agreement with the draft internal market bill. we have given them one month to withdraw the difficult parts of the internal market bill. this has not happened. and therefore, the european commission is launching an infringement procedure now. as the withdrawal agreement foresees, we have sent now of formal notice to our british friends because we want this situation clarified. in the meantime, of course we are working hard to have the withdrawal agreement implemented fully and timely because it is necessary and we stand by our commitments. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, nick beake in brussels. it is interesting, we have to step back and lo

the number of black students from around the uk attending cambridge university has risen again this newer. the bbc‘s ashleyjohn—baptiste has been following three black students who started in 2019 and experienced a tumultuous year. fabiana, success, and sharon — three black british undergraduates who this time last year were starting out at cambridge university. success is from manchester. and for his nigerian parents, cambridge is a big deal. not long into the first term, we caught up at a cambridge barbershop. from where i come from, this like very, very traditional, very nigerian culture, into is like upper class, like white community. sharon is from tottenham and her family of eritrean origin have come to visit. cambridge, we would have seen as something so unattainable, but it was a goal for you. if you enter certain, like, classes, you might be young person of colour there. you might be the only black person, you might be the only one with your hair there. all my friends have said, like, they've changed hairstyles and people don't recognise who they are. a few weeks into her first