At 6:00 the chairman of yorkshire county cricket resigns as the club is engulfed by a racism row. he s left over the club s response to the racism experienced by former player azeem rafiq. despite a year long enquiry, no disciplinary action was taken. what i ve seen is a culture that is locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change. former england capatin michael vaughan was accused of making a racist comment to players something he denies. the bbc says he won t be presenting his cricket programme next week. also on the programme tonight. greta thunberg leads thousands of young activists through the streets of glasgow to demand action on climate change at cop26.
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Those player said he had heard the alleged comment. a prominent pundit, tonight he was stood down from his radio show next week. in a statement, a bbc spokesman said it takes any allegations of racism extremely seriously. the allegation against michael vaughan predates his time working for the bbc. we have made the editorial decision that michael will not appear on the show on monday. the show focuses on topical discussion around current cricketing matters and given his involvement we need to maintain impartiality on the programme. it comes at a time when cricket is desperate to try to engage with the south asian community and become more diverse. some fear this damaging episode may send the game backwards. it is damaging episode may send the game backwards. , ., ., , backwards. it is more about trying to net backwards. it is more about trying to get systemic backwards. it is more about trying to get systemic change backwards. it is more about trying to get systemic change in - bac
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