of the university. to the university then did the research, came up with the results, found that they had been involved and decided to set up a reparations programme which of the university of the west indiesorm relationships with organisations in britain. how did they come up with this £20 million? well, i'm not party to that, but i think it is probably a figure that they know they can afford. and this reparation is not just about they can afford. and this reparation is notjust about money, it's about a frame of mind, it's about admission. in the admission in the greater impact that the money that has been announced. there are those that argue that true restitution really co m es that argue that true restitution really comes only in the form of paying some financial compensation to the relatives of those who have been born since slavery, those directly impacted, the direct descendents, do you think there's an argument for that. people can have different views about this, my view is that education and reparation go together. i think it's completely unrealistic that money is going to be doled out to individuals, i think if money were going to be doled out it should be to the governments of

university is to make £20 million of reparations after finding out it benefited by tens of millions of pounds from the slave trade. earlier today a memorandum of understanding was signed in partnership with the university of the west indies money to be raised over the next 20 years will be spent on setting up and running the glasgow caribbean centre for development research. joining me now is sirjeff palmer, professor emeritus at the university of edinburgh. as he can see, he joins mina from glasgow. thanks very much for being with us. now you are involved in making this happen, how do you feel today? i'm feeling wonderful. i think i was there today, and the faces of those who attended reassured me that this was absolutely the right thing to do, that the university has done. how did you help make this happen? what needed to be recognised and who need to be aware, and a shift in attitudes? well what the university —alot attitudes? well what the university — a lot of people have been doing research on this topic for years, and we know that in glasgow, if we look at certain buildings and street names, like the central building in the centre of glasgow, the enormous building was a slave master's house. therefore what the uni

of pounds from the slave trade. earlier today, a "memorandum of understanding" was signed in partnership with the university of the west indies on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. earlier, my colleague julian worricker spoke to cultural historian patrick vernon, who said that he hoped the university's decision would encourage a national discussion about how the uk has benefitted from the slave trade. it is an important step from one of our first british universities to acknowledge its links with the past but that it benefited from the transatlantic slave trade and wants to make amends. 0ther transatlantic slave trade and wants to make amends. other universities are doing the same thing as well. to make amends. other universities are doing the same thing as weltm is either the first believed to be the first. your argument is that it should have been happening sometime ago. across the atlantic, a number of american universities have been doing it for years, recognising their links were benefiting from the slave trade as well. what we need to ask is it is great that we have individual

money will be used for a research centre which glasgow will manage in partnership with the university of the west indiesna gordon reports. the university of glasgow was the first civic institution in scotland to petition against slavery. in centuries past, the cloisters here echoed with the voices of prominent abolitionists and academics who challenged the trade in humans. but there is a less well—known side to its history. we can see he donated £1000 to the university of glasgow. a search of the institution's archives revealed significant support from those who made their wealth off the back of slaves. we don't think the university of glasgow ever owned any slave people or estates. but what has come to light is the university profited or benefited significantly from the mortifications, benefited mortification the bequests, the gifts from those associated with the slave economies. those benefits now worth perhaps as much as £200 million. my ancestors, we waited over 200 years for this. in a ceremony about recognition and regret, a pledge to help raise millions to research the impact of slavery. much of

money will be used for a research centre which glasgow will manage in partnership with the university of the west indieslavery. from glasgow, lorna gordon reports. the university of glasgow was the first civic institution in scotland to petition against slavery. in centuries past, the cloisters here echoed with the voices of prominent abolitionists and academics who challenged the trade in humans. but there is a less well—known side to its history. we can see he donated £1000 to the university of glasgow. a search of the institution's archives revealed significant support from those who made their wealth off the back of slaves. we don't think the university of glasgow ever owned any slave people or estates. but what has come to light is the university profited or benefited significantly from the mortifications, the bequests, the gifts from those associated with the slave economies. those benefits now worth perhaps as much as £200 million. my ancestors, we waited over 200 years for this. in a ceremony about recognition and regret, a pledge to help raise millions to research the impact of slavery. much of

of pounds from the slave trade. later today, a memorandum of understanding will be signed in partnership with the university of the west indiesxt 20 years, will be spent on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. it's meant to be a celebration of art and culture, but female performers at the edinburgh fringe are experiencing sexual harassment on a daily basis while out promoting their shows. numerous women have told the victoria derbyshire programme about their experiences, which include sexual assault. the union for actors says this year they've received a record number of complaints from their members who are at the fringe. chris hemmings reports. the edinburgh fringe is the largest a rts the edinburgh fringe is the largest arts festival in the world. the population of the city doubles as people flock to shows. about 3 million tickets are sold across the month of the festival, with theatre, comedy, music, cabaretand much month of the festival, with theatre, comedy, music, cabaret and much more on offer. visitors to the french are often lured by big names but there also many hundreds of

of pounds from the slave trade. later today, a memorandum of understanding will be signed in partnership with the university of the west indies on setting up and running the glasgow—caribbean centre for development research. a second attempt by bangladeshi officials to repatriate rohingya refugees to myanmar has failed — no one turned up to board the vehicles to take them back across the border. in recent years, thousands have sought refuge in bangladesh, fleeing violence by the military in myanmar. the government there had approved the return of more than 3,000, but what hapens next is unclear. leigh milner reports. there were buses waiting to take people back to myanmar but no rush to board them. translation: until now, of the families interviewed, we have not found anybody willing to go. but we expect that, any moment, they may change their mind to go. this is the second attempt to repatriate some of the rohingya refugees. the first one was just as unsuccessful. since 2017, around 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled persecution in the northern rakhine province of myanmar and neighbouring bangladesh. myanmar refuses to recog

university of the west indies in trinidad. just want to address the separation of powers issue and to look at two examples, balancing an example from either side for lack of a better term. on the one hand, in terms of a separation of powers issue, a president at one time said he would govern with a phone and a pen. i'm thinking if president trump had used that kind of terminology what the reaction would have been in the media. then on the other side, a president who nominated a supreme court justice. the senate majority leader refused to take it up and an entire year went by and nothing was done. now, the narrative is that if it does come up in an election year, we will go ahead and do it. from a separation of powers point of view, just to look at the contrasting examples and maybe to just examine that a little bit because there was some discussion about norms of behavior and other things. and just to put the hard politics into this and the reality of the hard politics and the separation of powers and functions. thanks. david:

university is to make £20 million of reparations after finding out it benefited by tens of millions of pounds from the slave trade. earlier today, a ‘memorandum of understanding‘ was signed in partnership with the university of the west indies it has come at the end of a long process of engagement lasting three years. we as the afro—caribbean community asked the university to look into the record of slavery and the links to all the donors to the building, the main building in glasgow university. we found from a report we commissioned and published last year that donation to the value of £200 million in modern money was donated by owners who were owners of plantations slaves injamaica. we found that is just some of the wealth. we have not gone into... that is just one study that shows how extensive scotland was back in polmont and the trade was. glasgow, by way of reparative justice has entered the international discussion going on with what has happened at georgetown university in washington, and looks at how it can begin that process. this was the first step but the logic was that we should do something academic, something dotted that there is a slavery institute in jamaica, but if we could have a caribbean institute that

so, they arejoining forces with the university of west indies, there are going to give this move andway of paying back. it‘ll be interesting to see what happens next, because there have been at other universities, 0xford, bristol, to name at the u, who are read out links to slavery colonialists. a difficult conversation, but a necessary one. necessary to take that step. lots of big events across the country this weekend. the notting hill carnival is on, as well. you always get, don‘t you, the great villains or they fell of a policeman joining in? i think you got in trouble last year. they met police had been tradition they cannotjoin in. year. they met police had been tradition they cannot join in. this tendon to said they must focus on the crowd control. bobbies cannot dance, because we are dancing you are not concentrating. it is such a shame, because every year we get this photograph, don‘t we? the bobby on the beat dancing. daniel graham‘s went to barrett last year. —— went viral last year. i am glad that they will be great, but nobody dancing. —— no bobby dancing. taylor swift t