the crisis in niger after last week s military coup are hosted by chad s president. and it s 55 years since britain s first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannah. all of those stories coming up in a moment or two. let s cross to the sports centre. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we will start with the women s world cup. to reach the last 16. they had to beat olympic champions canada to be sure of progression, and went 2 0 up in the first half hayley rasso scoring both the goals. mary fowler then struck on the hour mark before steph catley sealed the 4 0 win from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
that was really cool. that was really nice. barbara reported on community stories eamonn andrews show on thames television. that was until her contract came to an end afterjust nine months. too many viewers had complained about having a black person on their screens. you just have to accept it. that was all part of the, you re not good enough. you re black. you re not good enough. racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn t improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girl said, oh, it s red. she thought my blood was going to be another colour. how did you cope with all the racism that you faced in the uk?
you re not good enough. you re black. you re not good enough. racism was a big awakening. she later got a job on atv, a regional channel based in birmingham, but things didn t improve during her six months there. racism was more pronounced in birmingham, on the set and on the streets. we were at a party, at a bar, a glass broke and splinters jumped up and cut me. and some drunk white girls said, oh, it s red. she thought my blood was going to be another colour. how did you cope with all the racism that you faced in the uk? because you were there for about eight years. you would ignore it. you ignore that kind of behaviour as best you can. some people can t. i guess i learned how to, at least for eight years, until i thought enough is enough, time to leave. you know, why stay where you re hated? barbara moved behind the scenes, working on films and tv shows. she championed jamaica s arts and culture, and founded
teachers in england from the national education union vote to accept a 6.5% pay rise and call off their strikes. and it s 55 years since britain s first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannah. all of the stories here in a moment but first let sport and for a full but first let the drum of the series is continuing to the final day england have had a brilliant last hour. the aussies began the last day with the fifth and finest test at the oval meeting 249 to win. the aussies began the last day day of the fifth and final test at the oval needing 249 to win but lost the wicket of david warner leavng them 140 1. steve smnith should also have been on his way before lunch too but was dropped
because you were there for about eight years. you would ignore it. you ignore that kind of behaviour as best you can. some people can t. i guess i learned how to, at least for eight years, until i thought enough is enough, time to leave. you know, why stay where you re hated? barbara moved behind the scenes, working on films and tv shows. she championed jamaica s arts and culture, and founded the reggae film festival. she also continued her journalism, interviewing celebrities and politicians. in 1984, she herself became jamaica s first rastafari senator. barbara later received an order of distinction from the jamaican government, but to her, one accomplishment matters the most. my greatest achievement is having had a child. being a mother. having had a wonderful child. my son, makonnen. all my awards and medals, these are just special gifts along the way.