the national health service is facing the most difficult winter in its history, according to the organisation representing nhs trusts in england. and — why the crew of the international space station had to take cover when russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the former yorkshire county cricketer, azeem rafiq, has given harrowing and at times emotional evidence describing the racist abuse he says he experienced at the club. he told mps that the way he was treated was "inhuman" and said he "felt isolated, humiliated at times". more than a year after he first spoke publicly about racism, the former off—spinner accused senior figures at the club of turning a blind eye to what was happening. a subsequent report by yorkshire confirmed that he'd suffered harassment, but no—one faced disciplinary action. our sports editor dan roan�*s report contains some details you may find offensive. how are you feeling, azeem? all right. his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players were subjected to at his former club, including a racist term aimed at his pakistani heritage. there were comments such as, "you lot sit over there, near the toilets." "elephant washers." the word expletive used constantly. and there just seemed to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no one ever stamped it out. i felt isolated, humiliated at times. struggling to contain his emotions, rafiq went on to describe his experience at headingley after his son was stillborn in 2017. through that time, the treatment that i received from some of the club officials was inhuman. they weren't really bothered about the fact that i was at training one day and i get a phone call to say there is no heartbeat. rafiq claimed former team—mate gary ballance used the name kevin as a derogatory term to refer to any player of colour and that this was an open secret in the england dressing room. that another england star, alex hales, called his dog kevin because he was black. a disgusting joke, rafiq called it. and what of yorkshire's england captain, joe root, who last week said he couldn't recall any racist behaviour at the club. he never engaged in racist language. ido... i found it hurtful. rooty was involved, before he started playing for england, he was involved in a lot of the socialising nights out where i was being called a expletive. but, again, itjust shows, and he might not remember it, but itjust shows how normal it was in that environment, in that institution. rafiq also asked about former england captain michael vaughan, who strongly denied the whistle—blower�*s claims, since corroborated by two other cricketers, that he made a racist remark to a group of asian players. he said this yesterday, actually, that his reputation is being trashed unfairly. what's your reaction to that? i think it's important, on michael, that we don't make it all about michael. the simple... look, it was a long time ago, michael might not remember it, as i said about earlier, because it doesn't mean anything to him. rafiq also describing, in harrowing detail, an incident that occurred away from headingley early on in his career. my first instance of drinking, i actually got pinned down at my local cricket club and red wine got poured down my throat. how old were you? 15. 15? 15 years old. the racial harassment rafiq suffered at headingley has sparked a growing number of further allegations in cricket, at yorkshire and beyond. do you think it's institutional in cricket more widely? - yes, i do. there's a real problem here, notjust yorkshire, throughout the country. and i'm going to be the one that's going to speak about this. former yorkshire chairman, roger hutton, who resigned in the wake of the scandal, conceded he feared the club was indeed institutionally racist, before cricket's governing body, the ecb, admitted their attempts to improve diversity in the game had some way to go. what we have struggled with is... ..is getting our first class game to wake up to the same extent, and that is the point, we are at that stage now where i think we are, if not already in an emergency then we are approaching one. the ecb have been criticised for not doing more to support rafiq and the man who runs the game had this message for the whistle—blower. we know we've let you down and we are going to fix this and we're going to fix it quickly and we're going to fix it fast, because the survival of our sport depends on it. but for the man at the centre of one of cricket's gravest ever scandals, the damage has already been done. i can imagine as a parent, hearing me speaking out, why i would ever want my kids to go anywhere near the game. and i don't, i don't want my son to go anywhere near cricket. do i believe i lost my career to racism? yes, i do. that must be a terrible feeling. horrible. yeah. horrible. and, atjust after half past eight we will be discussing azeem rafiq's testomony in more detail with ankur desai on the bbc asian network and jamie raynor, presenter of the cricket show on bbc radio leeds, who was at today's commons hearing. counter terrorism officers say it could be weeks before they fully understand the events surrounding the death of a suspected terrorist who was killed when a homemade device blew up in the back of a taxi on sunday. it's understood the 32—year—old suspect — emad al sway—le—meen — had his asylum claim rejected seven years ago after he arrived in the uk from the middle east. he then went on to convert to christianity in 2017. here's our home affairs correspondentjune kelly. at the women's hospital, while staff look after patients inside, outside, the police are continuing their work, gathering any potential evidence. and liverpool is learning more about emad al swealmeen, the asylum seeker who launched the attack on his adopted city. his final act here was captured on cctv. taxi driver david perry so lucky to escape. counterterror police are examining whether the main charge on the device failed to explode. and this is why there was not further damage and more casualties. a property in rutland avenue in sefton park, recently rented by emad al swealmeen, has yielded important evidence, according to police. they know more about the components which made up the device, how they were obtained and how it was assembled. was the home—made explosive tatp used? it's been the basis for a number of attacks, including the manchester arena bombing. since then, there have been even tighter restrictions on the sale of chemicals used to make tatp. emad al swealmeen had converted from islam to christianity. this was the ceremony at liverpool's anglican cathedral. the cathedral was the scene of a remembrance service on sunday, as the attack happened close by. i was again surprised and i was disappointed. the christian churches in liverpool have always tried to work together, the faith communities have always tried to work together, so when an individual like this does what this man has done, it won't shake that. suddenly, when we are coming back from work, we see the roads are being seized and we come through, there is a blast... we could not stay here. we could not stay here and we were very shocked. today, the chief constable of merseyside came to see local residents whose street was part of the police investigation. obviously, this incident has had a huge impact right across liverpool, merseyside and, indeed, the nation but we wanted to come down and speak to the residents today, explain why they are going to see extra, extra uniformed presence, just to provide reassurance to our communities. so the consequences of this attack may be in plain sight, but what people here and beyond want to know is what was the motivation behind it. june kelly, bbc news, liverpool. we can speak now to afzal ashraf, a specialist in international relations and security at loughborough university. doctor, at loughborough university. what do you make of1 information doctor, what do you make of the information coming out so far? weill. information coming out so far? well, it is uuite information coming out so far? well, it is quite confusing _ information coming out so far? well, it is quite confusing at _ information coming out so far? well, it is quite confusing at times - information coming out so far? -ii it is quite confusing at times and unclear, but it is something we need to expect because this is the police and the intelligence services trying to make sense of the senseless. this is a typical devastating attack, which the police have initially described as terrorism, but they are now saying they don't know the motives, so we are not entirely clear why it was designated as terrorism because terrorism requires a particular type of motor. but it is something that i'm pretty confident that the police and the intelligence services are all over it, and they are doing everything possible to get to the bottom of this. is possible to get to the bottom of this. , ., . ., this. is there a clear dividing line between a _ this. is there a clear dividing line between a terrorist _ this. is there a clear dividing line between a terrorist attack - this. is there a clear dividing line between a terrorist attack in - between a terrorist attack in an attack committed by someone with mental problems?— attack committed by someone with mental problems? well, i'm not sure that there is, — mental problems? well, i'm not sure that there is, but _ mental problems? well, i'm not sure that there is, but there _ mental problems? well, i'm not sure that there is, but there are _ mental problems? well, i'm not sure that there is, but there are legal - that there is, but there are legal definitions, which are describing terrorism as a particular offence based on ideological or religious motives, whereas somebody who does something for medical or psychological reasons, as you put it, won't necessarily come under that category, but, yes, there are a million definitions, thousands of definitions of terrorism, some of them are legal, some are academic and some or otherwise, but i'm not sure a definition will help us in this case. i think we need to find out why this person did it and to find out if there's any way we can stop the likelihood of this sort of attack taking place again. should or could he have _ attack taking place again. should or could he have been _ attack taking place again. should or could he have been under— could he have been under surveillance? fist could he have been under surveillance?— could he have been under surveillance? �* ., surveillance? at the moment, it seems he _ surveillance? at the moment, it seems he wasn't, _ surveillance? at the moment, it seems he wasn't, and _ surveillance? at the moment, it seems he wasn't, and certainlyl surveillance? at the moment, it i seems he wasn't, and certainly the police have said so, and as far as i know the intelligence services haven't confirmed that they have them on surveillance. it's very unlikely that they did, because if they had had him under surveillance, they had had him under surveillance, they would've had reasons to suspect him and we would have a better picture, clearer picture of what he did and why he did it. is picture, clearer picture of what he did and why he did it.— did and why he did it. is dead now, we never know _ did and why he did it. is dead now, we never know why _ did and why he did it. is dead now, we never know why he _ did and why he did it. is dead now, we never know why he actually - did and why he did it. is dead now, we never know why he actually did| we never know why he actually did it. ., we never know why he actually did it. . ,., we never know why he actually did it. that is always a possibility, and generally. _ it. that is always a possibility, and generally, even _ it. that is always a possibility, and generally, even when - it. that is always a possibility, and generally, even when wel it. that is always a possibility, - and generally, even when we think we know staff, we on the no add to a reasonable degree of, if you like them accuracy or reliability, so we never fully get a picture of these things, but we have in most cases a fairly good idea. and depending how the police approach this thing, i think there is a very good likelihood that they will get a clearer picture of the situation and between now and i think the next few weeks and months. they will certainly be picking through a whole host of information that they have got from his accommodation, from people who know him, and possibly for many of the electronic equipment that he might have had like telephones and laptops and so on. so often in that sort of little bits of detail in the evidence that they get from the crime scene, so to speak that the clues to what the police want to know, motive, accomplices and other things well in marriage. almost certainly they well get to the bottom of how he made the bomb and what advice or help he used to make the bomb. that should be relatively easy to get a hold on. i mean the word relative because, you know, there are traces, if you like, laughed when people search on being able to do this sort of thing, and, there is always the possibility in there is always the possibility in the hope that somebody who encountered hand, maybe not as a close friend, but somebody who encountered him may well have a clue as to who might have influenced ten if there was somebody who did stop by doctor, thank you so much for joining us. by doctor, thank you so much for joining ne— after weeks of political pressure and a government u—turn borisjohnson has proposed a ban on mps acting as paid political consultants or lobbyists. he made the announcement whilst the labour leader sir keir starmer was setting out his plans for how to toughen up the rules on second jobs. it comes in the wake of the row over the former mp owen paterson. our political correspondent chris mason reports. this afternoon, the prime minister welcomed his greek opposite number to downing street with questions about sleaze still swelling. it is nearly a fortnight since the row is a bad parliamentary standards broke out here, entirely because the government wanted to change the rules just as one of their own mps faced suspension. in a letter to the commons speaker, borisjohnson says... any outside activity undertaken by an mp should not prevent the primary role of a member of parliament must be to serve their constituents and to serve parliament and that is why the prime minister is calling for the code of conduct to be tightened so that is made very clear to members of parliament are moving forward. second jobs, moonlighting in the caribbean, talking of private businesses for money, the soundtrack to autumn here. and, to labour... enough is enough. we need a government that governs in the public interest. where standards count for something. where truth means something and where honesty is at the heart of everything that it does. when are you finally going to sort out this mess? isn't it all your fault? earlier, sharper questions and notjust from reporters to the chief whip and leader of the commons over suggestions the government had tried to bend the rules to bail out a friend, the former minister owen paterson. the attempt by right honourable and honourable members of this house, aided and abetted by the government, under cover of reform of the process, effectively to clear his name was misplaced, illjudged and just plain wrong. after a deluge of critical headlines, government, parliament, is now trying to sort itself out. our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. one of our many political correspondents. you have an update about the lib dem leader, i expect. some real—world consequences of this debate that has been very dominating westminster for the last couple of weeks. the liberal democrat leader, a baby, was confirmed in the last theme and it has given up his consultancy work. he used to do some consultancy work. he used to do some consultancy work. he used to do some consultancy work as well as his role as an mp and as liberal democrat leader. he always insisted that was to help fund over the lifetime of his disabled son, but he obviously feels that he is now no longer able to do that after the fury that we have seen in the last couple of weeks which followed on from the issues around on pattison and his outside work. issues around on pattison and his outside work-— outside work. what will happen tomorrow? _ outside work. what will happen tomorrow? -- _ outside work. what will happen tomorrow? -- ownpaterson. i outside work. what will happen | tomorrow? -- ownpaterson. so outside work. what will happen - tomorrow? -- ownpaterson. so labour tomorrow? —— ownpaterson. so labour is bringing forward a motion which would ban all paid consultancy work for nps. —— owen paterson. but would ban all paid consultancy work for nps. -- owen paterson. but the government— for nps. -- owen paterson. but the government has _ for nps. -- owen paterson. but the government has rather— for nps. -- owen paterson. but the government has rather spiked - for nps. -- owen paterson. but the government has rather spiked its i for nps. -- owen paterson. but thel government has rather spiked its gun by announcing earlier this afternoon that it would back the idea of banning paid consultancy work for mps. so labour is still going to press ahead but its motion. the government is going to do what is known as amending it, to change it and says it wants to look at limiting the amount of time that mps can spend on any sort of outside interest. no labour�*s writer look at this, while the motion tomorrow focus is largely on paid consultancy work, labour�*s writer look at this as they actually want to crack down on second jobs in parliament. so this will go ahead tomorrow, it will 90, this will go ahead tomorrow, it will go, we expect to come into a boat in the commons, so expect to hear a lot more tomorrow.— sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen. all yours. we are well underway as wales play belgium — where they'll be hoping to secure a favourable draw in the play—offs. they are without their star man gareth bale as they take —— we start with football and world cup qualifying in europe with wales playing belgium in theirfinal qualifier at the cardiff city stadium. wales are without their star man gareth bale as they take on the world's number one ranked side — but they are already guaranteed a play—off place — but they still want to finish second to secure home advantage and a draw would do that while belgium have already secured group top spot. they had just equalised in the first 12 minutes. looking rosy at the moment for the welsh, all the latest on that on the bbc sport website. the bbc understands that the chairman of the premier league, gary hoffman is on the brink of standing down from his role following the controversial takeover of newcastle united by the public investment fund of saudi arabia. although premier league officials felt there was no option other than to allow the deal to go through, other clubs were unhappy at not being told about it in advance to attempt to stop it. it is understood hoffman is yet to make a final decision, but an announcement of his departure is expected in the coming days. he only took over as premier league chairman in april last year. i can't tell you now because we have been discussed it yet. it's so fresh that lee is not here with us, so we are just taking our time to make that decision and then talk to the squad first. chelsea striker sam kerr has extended her contract at the club for another two years. the australianjoined in 2019 and won the league with chelsea last season. she's scored 39 goals in 47 appearances. kerr said "i think the club gives me every opportunity to succeed as a player. "i can t see myself going anywhere else in the world or leaving europe, having what i have at chelsea." derby county are now 18 points from safety in the championship after being given a further nine point penalty for breaches of the league's accounting rules. the club had already been docked 12 points after going into administration. the rams are now almost certain to be relegated to league one and a further 3 point penalty will apply if they breach the league's profitability and sustainability rules. freddie steward has described scoring his first try for england as the best moment of his life. it came against australia at twickenham last saturday and now the 20—year—old leicester full back says after watching south arica win the world cup final, he's thrilled to have been selected to play against them this weekend. if you would have told me when i was watching that game that the next time england played south africa i would be involved, i would've laughed at you. it has been an incredible two years. it's been a lot of hard work, but to have it happen so quickly has been amazing. it's not an easy, but it's been a fantastic experience, and i'm just gratefulfor fantastic experience, and i'm just grateful for the opportunity to represent england. mercedes have asked for a review of the decision not to penalise red bull's max verstappen forforcing lewis hamilton wide in the sao paulo grand prix. the incident was "noted" by the stewards, but there was no investigation. mercedes have lodged a "right of review" after new evidence emerged — believed to be the on—board camera footage. it happened as hamilton was trying to pass his title rival for the lead — he went onto win the race, cutting the dutchman's lead to 1a points with grand prix's to go. just to let you know connects to one between males and belgian air. keeping with that goal from wales, belgium and manchester city can about eight minutes remaining until half—time and allen. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. give mea give me a call at there are any more goals. thank you. he well. the number ofjob vacancies in the uk hit a record high in october. but employers are still struggling to find enough people to fill them. data from the office for national statistics also shows that despite predictions — the number of people unemployed didn't rise significantly following the end of the furlough scheme in september. the number of people on company payrolls rose by 160 thousand between september and october in total 29.3 million were employed. but there were more than a million vacancies — with the hospitality sector particularly hard hit, as our business editor simonjack reports. too many cooks can spoil the broth. not enough can hurt a business. this family owned hotel in sutton coldfield is 20 staff short and that means turning business away. we've got a huge demand, our telephones are so busy. the problem is wejust don't have the staff to fulfil that demand, so we are having to close areas. we are probably losing thousands of pounds a week in turnover that we can't, we just haven't got the staff to do it. in this market, its employees calling the shots, as average wages are rising faster than the current rate of inflation. this commercial laundry in east london has had to offer more family friendly hours and higher wages, but it has still struggled to replace workers from eastern europe. headcount has shrunk from 140 to 80 and so has the business. we can only operate at a certain level with the amount of staff we currently have. in my opinion, this is how we are going to be for a long, long time, years. because, simply, without the labour force, we can't ramp up our business. so rather than trying to ramp up and failing, we're better off reducing the size of the business and being more secure in this format. clearly, a shortage of staff is better than a shortage ofjobs, which many feared might happen when the furlough scheme run out at the end of september. today's job figures of the first they show is that _ unemployment has consistently and continuously fallen for nine | months in a row now and record numbers of people are in work, | including, i can announce today, 100,000 young people who have started jobs through _ kick—sta rt scheme. it's a great time to be looking for a job. there are now a record 1.2 million vacancies out there, but the same labour shortages which are pushing up wages are also, as we've seen, holding back the economy and, for the bank of england, higher wages means higher inflation, which means the case for higher interest rates may be hard to resist. just how fast and how far the bank raises borrowing costs will depend on what kind of inflation we see. if we start to see that workers are getting very high pay rises and, therefore, costs are increasing further, so companies are raising their prices again, that's the type of information that will be disruptive, in which the bank of england might really have to slow things down, raise interest rates more sharply and that's the type of inflation that does prove problematic. higher energy and fuel prices are expected to push inflation up to 5% next year. average wages are rising less than that, so many will actually feel poorer. the bank of england is hoping that cost of living squeeze is short lived. simon jack, bbc news. let's get more on this with hilary ingham who is a senior lecturer in economics at lancaster university. thanks so much forjoining us. what do you make of these in figures? they look rather optimistic than i think. the unemployment rate has fallen slightly. we have got lots and lots of people and you say, many young peoplejoining and lots of people and you say, many young people joining the labour market, but,, this issue of the very high level of vacancies which from a job—seekers perspective is good, but there are businesses that are struggling to find workers, obviously you talk to somebody in the hospitality industry, but they are not alone, so we know about hgb driver shortage as, but there are now shortages in manufacturing, and construction and in digital industries. so the problem is that there is, you know, work of power and wages are starting to increase, and wages are starting to increase, and i think there is a danger than that this is going to drive inflation, and, this comes at the same time when fuel prices are steeply increasing as well, which parts further inflation pressure into the economy. flan parts further inflation pressure into the economy.— parts further inflation pressure into the economy. can other people lookin: for into the economy. can other people looking for a — into the economy. can other people looking for a job _ into the economy. can other people looking for a job still _ into the economy. can other people looking for a job still all _ into the economy. can other people looking for a job still all of - into the economy. can other people looking for a job still all of those i looking for a job still all of those vacancies? looking for a 'ob still all of those vacancies?— vacancies? wow, what we have actually seen — vacancies? wow, what we have actually seen as _ vacancies? wow, what we have actually seen as that _ vacancies? wow, what we have actually seen as that there i vacancies? wow, what we have actually seen as that there has| vacancies? wow, what we have i actually seen as that there has been actually seen as that there has been a lot of labour market transitions, and in actualfact, these a lot of labour market transitions, and in actual fact, these are a lot of labour market transitions, and in actualfact, these are not people that have actually lost their job and are looking for another one commits people who left their currentjob momentarily and are seeking something else. i think what this pandemic has done is actually made a lot of people and the career paths are actually mapped out to be to see whether that's actually what they do want to do, and many have opted for a change. whether they will go towards the industries where those shortages are remains to be seen, but it is very noticeable how many people are actually changing in plain and. the many people are actually changing in lain and. ., . ., .,, plain and. the chancellor has seen the osts plain and. the chancellor has seen the posts that _ plain and. the chancellor has seen the posts that people _ plain and. the chancellor has seen the posts that people are - plain and. the chancellor has seen the posts that people are far i plain and. the chancellor has seen the posts that people are far too i the posts that people are far too gloomy in their assessment about the economy recovering, jobs recovering, did he have a plain crazy i think he did he have a plain crazy i think he did have a point. he and employment rates that were being protected, weatherby came out of this pandemic, you know, weatherby came out of this pandemic, ou know, ,., , .,, you know, some people where predicting _ you know, some people where predicting unemployment i you know, some people where| predicting unemployment rates you know, some people where i predicting unemployment rates that are double this. there is a slight concern here insofar as these are the first figures that have come out after the furloughs demanded. they may be some workers who are still in payroll, but they may later on the unemployment register. there have been independent business services that the lns has conducted and suggesting that the number of people is likely to be small. i think the economy has faired a lot better than people predicted, but,, growth is still relatively sluggish, which i think is one reason why the bank of england are rather reticent to look to the living interest rates immediately. they are rather hoping that this inflationary pressure is going to be transitory, ie short—term, and that therefore they are not going to have to do, sort of, increase interest rates to the start of choke off any investment plans that firms might have. doctor hila , plans that firms might have. doctor hilary. thank _ plans that firms might have. doctor hilary. thank you — plans that firms might have. doctor hilary, thank you so _ plans that firms might have. doctor hilary, thank you so much. - now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. good evening. tuesday brought us another mild day. quite a lot of cloud around in general, but that is going to be clearing as we head through tonight. now, over the next few days, it is still looking mainly mild for the time of year. we've got one or two showers in the forecast, mainly across northern parts of the uk. now, for england and wales, the cloud that we had on tuesday should tend to break up and dissipate into the early hours of wednesday morning. so, skies clearing, more showers packing in on the breeze across scotland in particular. a bit wintry over the very highest ground. temperatures just about frost free for most of us, but it will be quite a fresh start to wednesday morning. now, wednesday, tomorrow, brings us a day of sunshine and scattered showers. most of the showers in the northwest of the uk, further south and east should stay dry with quite a bit of sunshine, so more sunshine compared to recent days. top temperatures about 9—13 celsius on wednesday. that mild air sticks with us throughout wednesday into thursday as well, in fact, it doesn't really turn colder until we get to sunday. maybe time to dig out the winter coat. bye for now. hello this is bbc news — the headlines. the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq reveals the full extent of the racism he says he faced at the club. he said racist language was used "constantly" during his time at yorkshire. pretty early on me and other people from asian background, there was comments such as, "you lot sit over there, near the toilets. azeem rafiq described the treatment he received at yorkshire as inhuman and said racism in english cricket was widespread. after days of political pressure borisjohnson says rules around mps extra jobs should be tightened up — labour also put forward their plans. it's emerged the suspected terrorist who died when a homemade bomb went off in a liverpool taxi had previously been denied permission to stay in the uk. the national health service is facing the most difficult winter in its history, according to the organisation representing nhs trusts in england. and — why the crew of the international space station had to take cover when russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile. more now on the cricket racism story. the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq says he hopes by giving evidence to mps about his experiences of racism and bullying at the club that he will help transform the culture of cricket. sabbiyah pervez has spent the day at bowling old lane cricket club in bradford, where she's been getting grassroots reaction to azeem's testimony. i'm 19 years old and i coach cricket for children. i've been playing cricket for the last 15 years. i'm chairman of the cricket club, i've played cricket in bradford i for the last 40 years. order, order. this hearing into racism in yorkshire cricket. as they watched the select committee hearing azeem rafik�*s moving testimony is reopening old wounds. pretty early on me and other people from asian background, there were comments such as you lot sit over there by the toilets, elephant washers. you start reliving stuff and think "oh, actually that happen. that happened to us." when you hear that now 35, a0 years later and people still using that after all the efforts that have gone into making change and you still feel, "you know what, you could be in the 70s, you could be in the 80s, nothing has really changed." but you see as your mates or your family. family, yeah. so for someone to say that, like, no one in your family would say something like that. as rafik detailed the racial abuse he had experience and the consequences of it on his mental health many in this room empathise. he said i was in denial for so many years. i and it proved that he had so much. love for that sport and for the game itself that he was willing to put himself through that. - actually, he said, - when he took a seat back and actually looked into it he realised that actually, i all of them, including the word that was said throughout the years i are not ok in any way shape or form. people expect you to conform. what he's done there is he's open up a whole can of worms now. and then everybody can relate to it, we can relate to it. the recreational game has over 30% representation from the british asian and that drops to a mere 4% at professional level. there's more kids than ever that want to play cricket but there's a glass ceiling that you can't go beyond. what are the reasons for that? is it because avenues are not open? people are fearful and because you haven't had that positive role models coming up and say, "you know what, i played for yorkshire, had a fantastic time, we should encourage. when i hearing that, we hearing the opposite. everybody should be able - to reach their maximum potential. as the hearing concludes they reflect on how it's made them feel and what they'd like to see from the club now. it's completely distressing and upsetting to hear. i hopefully with the new chairman at yorkshire that will make... he will make big strides. things need to be shaken at the root of the tree not only the top of the tree. in order there to be change everyone needs to be included. _ for relationships and trust between the grassroots and yorkshire county cricket club to be repaired the seeds of change must be planted urgently. let's discuss today's events in more detail with ankur desai, a presenter on the bbc asian network. his programme has been looking extensively at azeem rafiq's experience of racism at yorkshire and racism within cricket. and also i'm joined byjamie raynor, presenter of the cricket show on bbc radio leeds. he was at today's digital, culture, media and sport select committee hearing. i know you've been speaking to people in broadcasting all day about this. what a people been telling you? fit. this. what a people been telling ou? �* ., ., this. what a people been telling ou? ., ., , ., , you? a lot of people have been frustrated _ you? a lot of people have been frustrated and _ you? a lot of people have been frustrated and angry _ you? a lot of people have been frustrated and angry that i you? a lot of people have been frustrated and angry that they l you? a lot of people have been i frustrated and angry that they had to witness somebody talk with such depth and with such personal pain. and a lot of people could sadly empathise with what azeem rafiq had to say and they felt that so long they would've liked to talk to out whether it's shocking from a cricket perspective or talking from a societal perspective as well. they felt their voice would be heard. and maybe with azeem rafiq talking today it could be a watershed moment for british asian because somebody�*s been able to speak out with the courage that is demonstrated and be able to talk about something so deeply rooted in personal it could have a wider impact on the game of cricket but maybe society as well. do you feel it is a watershed moment? i do you feel it is a watershed moment?— do you feel it is a watershed moment? ~ �* ., ~ ., moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for — moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for the _ moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for the last _ moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for the last 12 _ moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for the last 12 months i moment? i think so. i've talked to resume for the last 12 months and j resume for the last 12 months and beyond because i know him, no assessor and dave shared their experience working in cricket and at other people working in cricket through british agents background and they talked about struggles and the fact that they did try to speak out and they would be punished in some way by not being allowed to progress or maybe they would not be able to have a career in the sport. i think this could be a watershed moment because maybe there could be a domino effect and other people may come out and speak. a lot of people have accused the committee of being quite silent on the issues so far. the silence has been deafening for that maybe they felt their voice would be heard before. maybe now after azeem rafiq has demonstrated today. after azeem rafiq has demonstrated toda . . ~ ., after azeem rafiq has demonstrated toda. . ~ ,, today. talking about voices being heard. today. talking about voices being heard- you _ today. talking about voices being heard. you are _ today. talking about voices being heard. you are at _ today. talking about voices being heard. you are at the _ today. talking about voices being heard. you are at the hearing, i today. talking about voices being | heard. you are at the hearing, tell us about that.— us about that. obviously a very emotional _ us about that. obviously a very emotional and _ us about that. obviously a very emotional and difficult - us about that. obviously a very emotional and difficult listen i us about that. obviously a very | emotional and difficult listen to hear— emotional and difficult listen to hear someone detail his recollection of the _ hear someone detail his recollection of the accounts of the institutional racism _ of the accounts of the institutional racism that he alleges against the former_ racism that he alleges against the former yorkshire county cricket club _ former yorkshire county cricket club to — former yorkshire county cricket club togo _ former yorkshire county cricket club. to go into such detail about the loss_ club. to go into such detail about the loss of— club. to go into such detail about the loss of his baby boy in the situation _ the loss of his baby boy in the situation that surrounded that was very. _ situation that surrounded that was very. very— situation that surrounded that was very, very difficult to listen to. and _ very, very difficult to listen to. and to — very, very difficult to listen to. and to hear him articulate in his words _ and to hear him articulate in his words how— and to hear him articulate in his words how that was a moment in which he recognised previous incidents that had — he recognised previous incidents that had happened in his eyes during his time _ that had happened in his eyes during his time in_ that had happened in his eyes during his time in his first time with yorkshire _ his time in his first time with yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke _ yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke of — yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke of realising that he had been a victim _ spoke of realising that he had been a victim of— spoke of realising that he had been a victim of racism and how that was a victim of racism and how that was a very— a victim of racism and how that was a very difficult. and difficult process _ a very difficult. and difficult process for him to of experience. to hear and _ process for him to of experience. to hear and speak about that was certainly— hear and speak about that was certainly something of great difficulty i'm sure for many. jamie, i know difficulty i'm sure for many. jamie, i know you — difficulty i'm sure for many. jamie, i know you interviewed _ difficulty i'm sure for many. jamie, i know you interviewed azeem i difficulty i'm sure for many. jamie, | i know you interviewed azeem rafiq in september last year. how did what he said to you then compared to what he said to you then compared to what he was able to say today and parliament? {lit he was able to say today and parliament?— he was able to say today and arliament? . ., , ., ., , parliament? of course, what he was allowed to say _ parliament? of course, what he was allowed to say today _ parliament? of course, what he was allowed to say today and _ parliament? of course, what he was allowed to say today and indeed i parliament? of course, what he was allowed to say today and indeed in l allowed to say today and indeed in the amount of detail that he could speak— the amount of detail that he could speak of— the amount of detail that he could speak of that is well with parliamentary privilege at play during — parliamentary privilege at play during that select committee really opened _ during that select committee really opened up in image that i had not considered — opened up in image that i had not considered when we initially spoke with azeem rafiq and he spoke last year about— with azeem rafiq and he spoke last year about his experiences. at the level— year about his experiences. at the level of— year about his experiences. at the level of detail and the consistency in which _ level of detail and the consistency in which he spoke about it, the way he articulated his experience and the allegations that he put forward were rather harrowing. i think the comparison — were rather harrowing. i think the comparison being that this is an individual— comparison being that this is an individual that has had to sit with this situation for many years. and then— this situation for many years. and then has— this situation for many years. and then has had to be persistent in the last 12 _ then has had to be persistent in the last 12 to— then has had to be persistent in the last 12 to 15— then has had to be persistent in the last 12 to 15 months and making sure that it _ last 12 to 15 months and making sure that it was _ last 12 to 15 months and making sure that it was still in the media limelight and it was still getting the coverage that he could get it to this point— the coverage that he could get it to this point that it was then heard by gc ms— this point that it was then heard by gc ms select committee and he was allowed _ gc ms select committee and he was allowed to— gc ms select committee and he was allowed to speak freely about his experiences with the hope that change — experiences with the hope that change can come from what he has had to indoor~ _ change can come from what he has had to indoor. ~ . , .~' change can come from what he has had to indoor. ~ . , a y., to indoor. what struck you in particular listening _ to indoor. what struck you in particular listening to - to indoor. what struck you in particular listening to the i particular listening to the testimony? i particular listening to the testimony?— particular listening to the testimony? particular listening to the testimon ? ~ ., testimony? i think the pain and which he had _ testimony? i think the pain and which he had to _ testimony? i think the pain and which he had to go _ testimony? i think the pain and which he had to go through i testimony? i think the pain and which he had to go through and testimony? i think the pain and i which he had to go through and you can hear it when he was breaking down at times, when he was trying to talk about some of the personal impact it's had on him and his family, on his mental health. and what struck me was the tone also of what struck me was the tone also of what he had to say about the game going forward and the role in which agents can play in the game. there seems to be a real highlight where he talked about the fact that this could be a moment where other people might be able to have a voice and be able to talk about issues within the game of cricket. but beyond some awesome five live today, we had a lot of people get in touch with us and say this is something that is demonstrated in cricket but also in wider side. they've given me examples of what the experience of the workplace and beyond the parameters just sport. it could be something which gets highlighted and talked about more in detail going forward for that we had an overwhelming response to what azeem rafiq had to say today. beyond the fact that is within the hallmarks of cricket, it could be something deeper as well.— cricket, it could be something deeper as well. where does the testimony _ deeper as well. where does the testimony this _ deeper as well. where does the testimony this morning - deeper as well. where does the testimony this morning leave i deeper as well. where does the i testimony this morning leave both york shire and cricket more generally?— york shire and cricket more tenerall ? , ., , generally? huge repair needs to be succeeded and _ generally? huge repair needs to be succeeded and what _ generally? huge repair needs to be succeeded and what has _ generally? huge repair needs to be succeeded and what has happened | generally? huge repair needs to be i succeeded and what has happened at a hu-e succeeded and what has happened at a huge amount of it given how we are now seeing — huge amount of it given how we are now seeing more stories come out from _ now seeing more stories come out from other— now seeing more stories come out from other cricket clubs within the domestic— from other cricket clubs within the domestic county circuit. this is clearly— domestic county circuit. this is clearly a — domestic county circuit. this is clearly a problem that york shire haven't— clearly a problem that york shire haven'tjust struggled clearly a problem that york shire haven't just struggled to grapple with but— haven't just struggled to grapple with but even domestic county and further— with but even domestic county and further afield as well. with azeem rafiq _ further afield as well. with azeem rafiq naming certain counties when asked _ rafiq naming certain counties when asked by— rafiq naming certain counties when asked by mps today and the experiences that players have suffered — experiences that players have suffered during their playing career during _ suffered during their playing career during that time period, there's a lot of— during that time period, there's a lot of work— during that time period, there's a lot of work that needs to be done, a lot of work that needs to be done, a lot of— lot of work that needs to be done, a lot of trust— lot of work that needs to be done, a lot of trust that needs to be rebuilt _ lot of trust that needs to be rebuilt. notjust in the professional game as well but in the community— professional game as well but in the community of cricket. i think a lot of families, — community of cricket. i think a lot of families, parents of young children— of families, parents of young children feeling very insecure about taking _ children feeling very insecure about taking their children to cricket, to play cricket, to be involved in the game _ play cricket, to be involved in the game given what has come to light today— game given what has come to light today from testimony of azeem rafiq alone _ today from testimony of azeem rafiq alone but _ today from testimony of azeem rafiq alone. but with yorkshire in mind and particularly patel statements today _ and particularly patel statements today and indeed what he said when giving _ today and indeed what he said when giving evidence as part of the select— giving evidence as part of the select committee hearing, there are steps _ select committee hearing, there are steps in _ select committee hearing, there are steps in place to try and rectify the situation from a yorkshire perspective and one hopes the same will follow— perspective and one hopes the same will follow suit from england and wales _ will follow suit from england and wales cricket board and the rest of the county — wales cricket board and the rest of the county circuit as well. i think that watershed moment that we spoke of it has— that watershed moment that we spoke of it has clearly been felt by many and one _ of it has clearly been felt by many and one would hope that the game can't rebuild. will and one would hope that the game can't rebuild-— can't rebuild. will there be a new generation _ can't rebuild. will there be a new generation of— can't rebuild. will there be a new generation of british _ can't rebuild. will there be a new generation of british asian i generation of british asian cricketers that will rise up to the game and come to be household names and come to be able to survive the kind of experiences that azeem rafiq had to survive or perhaps not even endure them?— endure them? yeah, you like to hope that they will — endure them? yeah, you like to hope that they will be _ endure them? yeah, you like to hope that they will be a _ endure them? yeah, you like to hope that they will be a generation - endure them? yeah, you like to hope that they will be a generation of i that they will be a generation of british asian cricketers that will follow azeem rafiq. great examples of representations of the british asian cricket community but i think the call for better representation at all levels. if a british asian family want to see theirjob progress and they want to see representation at the coaching level, administration level and in the corridors of authority as well. then there might have the confidence to save the children, look "you can go for a career in cricket, traditionally british asian michael for the sake option. "was to become a doctor or lawyer because they are the industries in which we feel a lot safer and we can sort of predict our future a lot more. lot safer and we can sort of predict ourfuture a lot more. if lot safer and we can sort of predict our future a lot more. if we do start to see a new generation of british asian and cricket from the top tier of the ecb to the grassroots level that we might see the number of recreational cricketers, which about a third are british asian, you might see that number increases the numbers go up through the ranks was up at the numbers to eight moment the number seemed to dwindle as the higher up you go. seemed to dwindle as the higher up ou to. . ~' seemed to dwindle as the higher up ou to. . ~ ,. seemed to dwindle as the higher up outo. ., it's been revealed that thousands of police officers are working without the appropriate level of vetting. figures obtained through a bbc investigation by the file on four programme show that a quarter of forces in england, wales and northern ireland haven't checked all personnel to meet national guidelines. the national police chiefs council says it's the responsibility of each force to ensure checks are up to date. let's get more on this with zoe billingham who's a former inspector of constabulary. what were your initial thoughts when you saw this? the what were your initial thoughts when you saw this?— you saw this? the latest figures that were revealed _ you saw this? the latest figures that were revealed on _ you saw this? the latest figures that were revealed on file i you saw this? the latest figures that were revealed on file on i you saw this? the latest figures l that were revealed on file on four show around two and half thousand police officers and police staff and probably volunteers within that hadn't been vetted. at the time they did a freedom of information request was up first of all, it's really disappointing that all vetting isn't now up to date and in place. particularly in light of the tragic events at the death of sarah everard and what we saw happen when predators are able to find a place in policing. but we need to look at these figures in context when i looked at this two and half years ago there was something like 35,000 police officers without vetting in place. so the picture is improving but until every single officer, member staff, volunteer working in policing has that first line of defence vetting in place then i think it's difficult for the police to restore public trust and confidence.— to restore public trust and confidence. ., ., , confidence. you mention this point ears out confidence. you mention this point years out that _ confidence. you mention this point years out that given _ confidence. you mention this point years out that given the _ confidence. you mention this point years out that given the year- confidence. you mention this point years out that given the year the i years out that given the year the police have had i think some people watching this might think vetting is the ultra priority of getting new officers in the force. but perhaps checking existing officers as well. what on that point of checking existing officers, where does that stand? ., ., ~' existing officers, where does that stand? ., ., ~ ., ~' existing officers, where does that stand? ., ., 4' ., 4' stand? you would like to think so. you have to _ stand? you would like to think so. you have to remember _ stand? you would like to think so. you have to remember that i stand? you would like to think so. you have to remember that there | stand? you would like to think so. i you have to remember that there are 20,000 new officers coming into policing at the moment. obviously, it's absolutely vital that they go through the necessary checks. of officers that have been in force for say, ten years, their personal circumstances could really have changed. light exchange, terrible things happen within individuals lives and it could be that people who were passing the vetting ten years ago are now doing things that are risky, potentially dangerous and that are potentially allowing predatory behaviour within forces to emerge. of course it's a tiny, tiny proportion of police officers that actually display these behaviours. but it's the officers that are actually leading to a lack of trust i think on behalf of the public. that the police are taking this seriously and are doing this in the way that we would like to see them. making sure there is just no place for predatory behaviour in policing. of for predatory behaviour in policing. of course vetting isn't the only thing that you'd want to see within forces. that'sjust thing that you'd want to see within forces. that's just the first line of defence. as a whole line of other measures that need to be put in place within forces. for example officers, calling out inappropriate behaviour reporting back to the professional standards department and the professional standards department and the county corruption units having enough staff and enough resources to actually be able to monitor and check on what those officers are doing. i’m monitor and check on what those officers are doing.— officers are doing. i'm interested in the idea _ officers are doing. i'm interested in the idea of— officers are doing. i'm interested in the idea of vetting. _ officers are doing. i'm interested in the idea of vetting. what i officers are doing. i'm interested in the idea of vetting. what doesj officers are doing. i'm interested l in the idea of vetting. what does it involve? asking question, checking bank account, speaking to colleagues? shill bank account, speaking to colleagues?— bank account, speaking to colleatues? �* ., ., colleagues? all of the above. absolutely- — colleagues? all of the above. absolutely. one _ colleagues? all of the above. absolutely. one of— colleagues? all of the above. absolutely. one of the i colleagues? all of the above. absolutely. one of the things colleagues? all of the above. l absolutely. one of the things i think that will be looked at in the independentjury inquiry that's being commissioned by the home secretary in the wake of the tragic death of sarah everard is whether or not the process of vetting for police officers is robust enough. because the bottom line on this is quite often police forces are reliant on the officers giving a true and honest account on vetting forms. of course 99.9% will give him an honest account. but for those determined to come into policing because through policing they can access vulnerable victims who they can pray on two sexual favours and sexual abuse then we need to make sure there is not simply a reliance on the word of that officer but there needs to be perhaps more stringent checks in place and the routine vetting that we see at the moment. of course that will take resourcing and of course it will take commitment and prioritisation. but i think sarah everard terrific murder was a watershed for policing in so many ways. and i think forces you really now need to step up and demonstrate to the public that they have got a grip on this.— have got a grip on this. thank you so much. you can listen to file on 4: who's policing the police? on bbc sounds. hospital bosses in england say the nhs is facing the most difficult winter in its history, because hospitals are "beyond fully stretched". alongside covid cases, many hospitals are seeing more frail and elderly people being admitted, as well as significant numbers of people with alcohol and mental health—related problems. our health editor, hugh pym, has been to newcastle's royal victoria infirmary, where doctors and nurses say they've never been busier. it was busy last night. very busy in ed, and the region was busy too. so, predictably, a 93% fall, which is the highest occupancy we've had in the last few days. so we've got no beds on trauma, i no medical beds, no surgical beds. morning meetings face the reality of another day. ed, the emergency department, already under pressure. there are record numbers of patients. beds are hard to find. i've been nursing for 27 years and none of us have ever seen anything like this, and yes, it is just the start of winter. i don't know what's to come. doctors say all this reflects a familiar range of long—term health problems. just generally unwell patients in the community. we've got a population that is getting older, they are getting frail. we are also finding the trend that as more people are getting older, more people are needing much more input and needing input acutely. because of covid, infection control measures are still needed. that restricts the number of beds for those with other conditions. numbers aren't nearly as high as injanuary, but everybody needs dedicated specialist care. it was tough. really tough. tariq has been seriously ill with the virus. he is emotional as he pays tribute to the nurses. some beautiful angels. beautiful. so kind. he tells me why he hadn't been vaccinated. i was quite busy, i had to run my business. so due to all this, it was a mistake i shouldn't have made. it's the best way i can put it. so what is your message to other people who haven't had the vaccine? please do it. don't wait. don't wait for tomorrow. it may be too late. away from the main hospital, a specially created new unit pushes on with routine operations. here, they are doing eye surgery. so you make a hole in the bag where the cataract sits. linda has been waiting nearly two years to have a cataract removed. she is in and out within an hour. you were very good at keeping still. all the staff are great and the doctor was fantastic, and i'm just looking forward to going home and getting on with life. they are tackling the backlog of operations, but pressures across the hospital are resulting in cancellations of some other procedures. the chief executive summed up the current mood. i think it feels like the perfect storm. it's really pressured. she welcomes new nhs funding, but says staff shortages are still a big problem. we desperately need some medium— longer—term strategies on workforce solutions. we are in such a tight spot. there is no room for manoeuvre at the moment. winter isn't even here yet, but the staff's concern is already obvious. they are braced for some testing months, knowing the strain will get even more intense. hugh pym, bbc news, newcastle. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 37,243 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average, there were 39,133 new cases reported per day in the last week. 214 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 148 related deaths were recorded every day. russia has confirmed it conducted a weapons test in space, targeting an unused russian satellite. the us said the test had endangered astronauts on board the international space station and called russia �*dangerous and irresponsible'. fresco the actions destabilising. russia's defence ministry said the debris created posed no threat. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. it was a moment of high drama on the international space station, with an emergency call from mission control. we are sorry for the early call, but we were recently informed of a satellite break—up and need to have you guys start reviewing the safe haven procedure. on board, the seven strong crew including two cosmonauts from russia were told to take shelter inside their return capsules. it was to avoid hundreds of thousands of pieces of space debris created after russia tested a missile system blowing up an old soviet spy satellite. nasa said it was unthinkable that russia would endanger lives. the russian foreign minister denied it was endangering peaceful space activities. and travelling at speeds of around 14,000, tiny pieces of debris can cause huge damage. an ordinary stainless steel spoon that was hit at 1.6 kilometres per second by something two millimetres across, so you can see it has gone straight through. a fleck of paint because of this crack in the window of the international space station back in 2016. but larger fragments are causing much more concern. something the size of a golf ball, for example, roughly about three centimetres across, if that were to hit the space station, that would be large enough to go through the shields on the space station and cause catastrophic damage. nasa says the next few days will be critical. the space station passes through the debris field every 90 minutes on the worry is that some of the fragments will remain in orbit for years to come, adding to the growing junk surrounding our planet. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall are in the middle east for the first major royal tour since the pandemic began. they've arrived injordan where they'll celebrate the country's centenary and focus on preserving the country's rich cultural heritage. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. for the first time in a long time, a royal arrival. charles and camilla came to this key middle eastern ally to deepen ties with britain. it helps thatjordan is a monarchy as well. friendship between the two royal families goes back decades. prince charles thanked the king and people ofjordan for taking in so many in need of help. i just wanted to say particularlyjust how hugely we all admirejordan for looking after so many refugees. then, they went out, into this biblical land to see the spot wherejesus is said to have been baptised. and here, they paused, away from the turmoil of the present to make contact with the past. this might look like a tourist trip, but it is much bigger than that. it is about building on a key relationship with a long—standing ally, and raising the profile of issues like the environment and religious tolerance. issues that the prince has embraced for decades, but are now a much, much bigger deal. the royals are back, and very welcome. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. good evening. we have been spoiled for much of november so far with temperatures well above average for the time of year. we have got some cold weather on the cards eventually. as we head in to next week. for the here and now, this is the picture on tuesday in rotherham quite a lot of cloud around there and another mild day and actually the mild thing continues for the next few days. it will be one or two showers in the forecast, particularly across the north and northwest of the uk with weather fronts trying to push in. but high pressures neverfar away with the southwest and to the east there, as well. so, quite a lot of dry weather as we head through the course of tonight, particularly across england and wales with the cloud that we've seen during tuesday tending to dissipate and clearing the skies. there will be more showers for the north and a breeze across scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of a wintry flavour to some of these showers over the highest ground, some sleet and some hail mixed in. it could be a touch of frost for eastern parts of scotland and northeast england, but generally frost free further south. but a fresh start to your wednesday. wednesday, we are between weather systems and a ridge of high pressure holding onto our weather. fairly dry and settled day for many areas, it'll be a day of sunshine and a few showers. most of the showers will be in the north, particularly for northern and western scotland, one or two getting into northwest england and northern ireland. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather with fairly light winds. and more sunshine on wednesday than we've seen over the recent days. interest on a degree or so about nine to 13 degrees but still several degrees above average for this time of year. heading onto wednesday night and into thursday now, the weather front still bringing in some outbreaks of rain and blustery conditions to the north of scotland but high weather keeping things dry elsewhere. and it is going to be mild yet again with the winds coming in from a south westerly direction. a lot of cloud in the best of some sunshine will be found across southern and eastern parts and with a bit of a fern effect, the winds will blow over the higher ground we could see temperatures for the east of scotland, 16 or 17 celsius. about ten degrees above average for one or two spots. so, very much mild air is going to be the story for the next few days and a hoarding on through to saturday as well, but then you'll notice the blue colours returning with these northerly winds heading on into sunday. so, still a couple more days of that very mild, but largely dry and settled weather and then time to dig out the winter coat because things are turning colder for sunday into next week. bye— bye. this is bbc news, i'm christian fraser. borisjohnson is backing a proposal to ban mps from working as paid consultants, in the wake of the westminster sleaze row. after several weeks of damaging headlines mrjohnson says the code of conduct for mps should be updated so that it "commands the confidence of the public". not exactly the great thaw with china, but president biden says he and president xi understand the others' boundaries, after a three hour virtual meeting. former cricketer azeem rafiq gives shocking details of the racism he faced in english cricket, claiming the offensive language he was subjected to, was "constantly" used during his time at yorkshire. pretty early on, me and other people from asian backgrounds, there were comments such as, "you lot sit over there near the toilets." and the russian missile launch that led to panic

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