0:00:08 > 0:00:10Up to 500 people in Salisbury
0:00:10 > 0:00:12are being advised to wash their clothes and possessions
0:00:12 > 0:00:16after last week's nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19As police continue their investigations,
0:00:19 > 0:00:20it's confirmed traces of the poison their investigations,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23have been found in a local pub and restaurant.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Wash clothing you haven't already, pub and restaurant.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28ideally in the washing machine. pub and restaurant.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned
0:00:32 > 0:00:33should be double bagged in plastic and would normally be dry cleaned
0:00:33 > 0:00:37until further information is available.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40But questions have been raised is available.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43as to why it's taken a week to issue the advice.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Also tonight, to issue the advice.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48China's Parliament gives President Xi the right to rule for life.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50At the Winter Paralympics, Millie Knight and Brett Wild
0:00:50 > 0:00:52win their second silver medal, in the women's downhill super-G
0:00:52 > 0:00:56for the visually impaired. in the women's downhill super-G
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And a symbol of defiance and pride. in the women's downhill super-G
0:00:58 > 0:01:05Why more people are choosing to wear Afro hairstyles.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Good evening.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27There's a public health warning for hundreds of people
0:01:27 > 0:01:32in Salisbury tonight for hundreds of people
0:01:32 > 0:01:37who went to the same premises for hundreds of people
0:01:37 > 0:01:44visited by the Russian spy Sergei Skripal
0:01:44 > 0:01:46the day he came into contact with a deadly nerve agent.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48They're being advised to wash their clothes and possessions,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51after traces of the poison, were found in an Italian
0:01:51 > 0:01:52restaurant and a pub. were found in an Italian
0:01:52 > 0:01:54England's Chief Medical officer has stressed the risk is extremely low,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and no one should be alarmed. stressed the risk is extremely low,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59But questions have been raised, as to why it's taken seven days
0:01:59 > 0:02:00to issue the advice. as to why it's taken seven days
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04More surreal and extraordinary scenes in Salisbury this afternoon,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06wearing gas masks and protective clothing, military personnel
0:02:06 > 0:02:10loading potentially contaminated cars onto trucks.
0:02:10 > 0:02:20The vehicles, some but not all of them with police markings,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23were being recovered from a pay-and-display car park behind a
0:02:23 > 0:02:26behind a church not far from the city centre.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27It was the attack on Yulia and Sergei Skripal,
0:02:27 > 0:02:32with a with a rare and lethal nerve agent last Sunday, which led
0:02:32 > 0:02:38to this huge operation, called Operation Morlop.
0:02:38 > 0:02:47Today, police confirmed that traces of the nerve agent were found
0:02:47 > 0:02:50in the Mill Pub as well as the Zizzi restaurant where the BBC understand
0:02:50 > 0:02:53that the table used by this couple was so contaminated it had
0:02:53 > 0:02:54to be destroyed. was so contaminated it had
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Today the Chief Medical Officer gave this advice to people
0:02:57 > 0:03:00who were in the pub and restaurant on Sunday afternoon and Monday.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Wash clothing you haven't already, on Sunday afternoon and Monday.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05ideally, in the washing machine, any items which cannot be washed,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and would normally be dry cleaned, should be double bag
0:03:07 > 0:03:09in plastic until further information is available.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Wipe personal items such as phones and handbags
0:03:11 > 0:03:14and other electronic items, with baby wipes, and dispose of them
0:03:14 > 0:03:15in plastic bags in the bin. with baby wipes, and dispose of them
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Wash hard items such as jewellery and spectacles which cannot go
0:03:19 > 0:03:20in the washing machine with warm water and detergent.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Steve Cooper was in the pub on Sunday, at exactly the same time
0:03:23 > 0:03:25as the Skripals and told me that he's getting worried.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28They have not revealed what the nerve agent was,
0:03:28 > 0:03:30and actually what the effect, long-term effect on everyone's
0:03:30 > 0:03:33health could be, so I would like to know more about that,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I would like to know what courses I can personally take.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Rather than just washing my clothes. I can personally take.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Having potentially already been exposed,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42what long-term affects for me and my wife,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and then using baby wipes to wash my phone and my watch...
0:03:45 > 0:03:52I don't really think is going to get rid of a nerve agent!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56So did the police and other emergency services respond fast
0:03:56 > 0:04:00enough to last Sunday's events? emergency services respond fast
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Are you satisfied that you escalated this incident quickly enough
0:04:03 > 0:04:08at the beginning of last week? this incident quickly enough
0:04:08 > 0:04:09The machinery, the support, this incident quickly enough
0:04:09 > 0:04:13the national advice, this incident quickly enough
0:04:13 > 0:04:18the capability and expertise this incident quickly enough
0:04:18 > 0:04:20of both national and local partners was mobilised by Monday.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24For this ancient medieval city, it has been a bizarre and at times
0:04:24 > 0:04:25frightening seven days. it has been a bizarre and at times
0:04:25 > 0:04:27The Bishop of Salisbury said this afternoon that what he called
0:04:27 > 0:04:29"the shocking attack" had violated their community.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32But if suspicion is proved right, what happened here, the use
0:04:32 > 0:04:34of a chemical weapon, a nerve agent, to attack two people,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36is likely to have huge implications for Britain's
0:04:36 > 0:04:45relationship with Russia. implications for Britain's
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Bring us up to date with the progress of the investigation so
0:04:49 > 0:04:55far.Clive, one week on from this unprecedented nerve agent attack on
0:04:55 > 0:04:59UK soil, police clearly have made some progress, they have identified
0:04:59 > 0:05:03an air of ageing used in the attack, though they have not made that
0:05:03 > 0:05:08public, they have named two public venues where they found traces of
0:05:08 > 0:05:12the nerve agent, that can give us some idea that they are having some
0:05:12 > 0:05:18success in following the trail back to where Sergei and Yulia Skripal
0:05:18 > 0:05:21may have been attacked, the amount of nerve agent found on the table
0:05:21 > 0:05:26where they sat suggests that by that time, they got it all over their
0:05:26 > 0:05:31hands, and that is obviously a useful clue. Detectives have
0:05:31 > 0:05:35recovered the car of Sergei Skripal, and they have spent several days at
0:05:35 > 0:05:41his house, but they have not said how much progress they are making at
0:05:41 > 0:05:43identifying those who carried out the attack or crucially, the
0:05:43 > 0:05:48involvement of the Russian state, if any. The national security council
0:05:48 > 0:05:52of ministers and officials will tomorrow be meeting, they will be
0:05:52 > 0:05:56giving an update on the progress in the investigation and meanwhile,
0:05:56 > 0:06:02troops spending an awful amount of time recovering vehicles and other
0:06:02 > 0:06:06object which may have become contaminated. Some objects, for
0:06:06 > 0:06:10instance, the table where Yulia and Sergei Skripal sat, have been
0:06:10 > 0:06:13destroyed. A lot of work still going on, one of the focus is tonight is
0:06:13 > 0:06:17The Mill pub just around the corner, a lot of work going on there this
0:06:17 > 0:06:22evening, we think that is likely to be decontamination work.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30China's parliament has voted to abolish the two-term limit
0:06:30 > 0:06:31for the Presidency. to abolish the two-term limit
0:06:31 > 0:06:33The constitutional change, which was passed almost unanimously,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35could see the current leader, Xi Jinping, rule for life.
0:06:35 > 0:06:44Our China correspondent, John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45China's John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:45 > 0:06:45China's parliament John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:45 > 0:06:45China's parliament was John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46China's parliament was preparing John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:46China's parliament was preparing to John Sudworth reports from Beijing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47China's parliament was preparing to hand unlimited power to its
0:06:47 > 0:06:54president. And there could be no doubting the outcome.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Should Xi Jinping rule for life, I ask.
0:06:56 > 0:07:02Of course, they answer. rule for life, I ask.
0:07:02 > 0:07:02Please rule for life, I ask.
0:07:02 > 0:07:02Please don't rule for life, I ask.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Please don't say rule for life, I ask.
0:07:03 > 0:07:03Please don't say that rule for life, I ask.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Please don't say that it is rule for life, I ask.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Please don't say that it is for life, it is just that there is not a
0:07:06 > 0:07:15limit for the number of terms.But whatever you call it, the change
0:07:15 > 0:07:19means that he can rule China for as long as he wants. He was the first
0:07:19 > 0:07:24to cast his ballot. The applause further proof of the inevitability
0:07:24 > 0:07:38of the result. At almost 3000 delegates, only two voted against.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Past, the announcer says, and this man's hold on power now becomes both
0:07:42 > 0:07:49complete and indefinite. -- passed. The cost of opposition to the rule
0:07:49 > 0:07:54of Xi Jinping can be high. I am shown papers left behind by a
0:07:54 > 0:07:59husband, a lawyer, who recently wrote an open letter calling for
0:07:59 > 0:08:06democratic elections. He is now being detained for subversion.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10TRANSLATION:He did everything within the boundaries of the law,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14and yet, it is not allowed here. Now, many people are afraid of
0:08:14 > 0:08:19speaking up.What has been the effect on you and your 13-year-old
0:08:19 > 0:08:30son?My son loves his father, this situation is a huge blow for him.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33All public discussion of the constitutional change is being
0:08:33 > 0:08:42tightly controlled and censored. The 2-term limit solve a problem facing
0:08:42 > 0:08:47all undemocratic authoritarian states, it helped China ensure
0:08:47 > 0:08:49orderly and regular leadership succession is. What has happened
0:08:49 > 0:08:55here today is highly significant, a choreographed, compliant,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57rubber-stamped Parliament has removed the last limitation on
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Sheedy Peng pot power. As the delegates left, they may have
0:09:01 > 0:09:07glanced at this, Chairman Mao's portrait, a stark reminder of the
0:09:07 > 0:09:15risks of lifetime role. -- Xi Jinping.
0:09:15 > 0:09:15Tell Jinping.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Tell us what Jinping.
0:09:16 > 0:09:16Tell us what this constitutional Jinping.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Tell us what this constitutional change means for ordinary Chinese
0:09:19 > 0:09:25citizens.You can sometimes tell how significant a story is in China by
0:09:25 > 0:09:32how little coverage it gets and that is certainly the case here, the
0:09:32 > 0:09:37constitutional change is being given very scant mention bike coming as
0:09:37 > 0:09:39controlled news sources, alongside massive and heavy censorship of
0:09:39 > 0:09:45social media, where China to hold the debate, they would argue that Xi
0:09:45 > 0:09:50Jinping is no Chairman Mao, that the country is lastly different, more
0:09:50 > 0:09:55sophisticated, more wealthy, and the public would never tolerate his
0:09:55 > 0:10:03level of terror and tyranny. Critics would point out that this is now the
0:10:03 > 0:10:05second largest economy in the world, governments decisions are highly
0:10:05 > 0:10:08complex, and the concentration of power on this scale in the hands of
0:10:08 > 0:10:15just one man is fraught with danger. Both for the country and for him.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20The Chancellor Philip Hammond, has rejected calls to announce
0:10:20 > 0:10:21the end of austerity. has rejected calls to announce
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Speaking two days before he delivers his Spring Economic Statement,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26he said the country was still heavily in debt, but there was
0:10:26 > 0:10:28"light at the end of the tunnel". heavily in debt, but there was
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Labour has accused the government, of holding back growth.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36Our Political Correspondent Chris Mason has more.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42The Chancellor suggested today that after years of gloom,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44the public finances might, just might, be getting closer
0:10:44 > 0:10:46to emerging into the sunlight. just might, be getting closer
0:10:46 > 0:10:51There is light at the end of the tunnel,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54because what we're about to see, of the tunnel,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56is debt starting to fall of the tunnel,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58after it's been growing for 17 continuous years.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59That's a very important moment for us.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02But we are still in the tunnel at the moment.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03We have to get debt down. the tunnel at the moment.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06We have all sorts of other things we want to do.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11We have taken a balanced approach. things we want to do.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13That debt the Chancellor talked about looks like this,
0:11:13 > 0:11:14big by historic standards. about looks like this,
0:11:14 > 0:11:16But, forecasts suggest the amount the UK owes,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18relative to the size of the economy, could have peaked.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Labour, gathering this weekend in Dundee for their Scottish
0:11:20 > 0:11:23conference, claim there is little to celebrate, and want to turn
0:11:23 > 0:11:31on the spending taps. to celebrate, and want to turn
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Lives have been destroyed and millions have been left in despair.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And it is thanks to the failed economic dogma
0:11:36 > 0:11:37of neoliberalism and austerity. the failed economic dogma
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Austerity, I will keep repeating time and time again,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42austerity was a political choice, it is not an economic necessity.
0:11:42 > 0:11:50We choose socialism. it is not an economic necessity.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55On Thursday, a report highlighted the pressure on many councils
0:11:55 > 0:11:57in England with squeezed budgets and reduced services,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59after cuts in central government funding.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Philip Hammond is already under pressure for extra spending
0:12:01 > 0:12:03on defence and the health service. pressure for extra spending
0:12:03 > 0:12:05But, Tuesday's spring statement will be a low-key affair.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07He won't appear on the step there for instance,
0:12:07 > 0:12:08brandishing his red box. there for instance,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Significant changes will instead be reserved
0:12:10 > 0:12:17for the Budget in the autumn. will instead be reserved
0:12:17 > 0:12:24But, today's political skirmishes serve as a reminder
0:12:24 > 0:12:26of just how different instincts are
0:12:26 > 0:12:28of the Conservatives and Labour over the economy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34Chris Mason, BBC News, in Downing Street.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Demonstrators have caused delays and serious disruption
0:12:39 > 0:12:41at two of Britain's busiest railway stations.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Kings Cross in London had to be closed earlier this evening,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45as police held back protesters, opposed to Turkey's military
0:12:45 > 0:12:46offensives against Kurds in Syria. opposed to Turkey's military
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Earlier, campaigners at Manchester Piccadilly station
0:12:48 > 0:12:50made their way from the concourse on to the tracks.
0:12:50 > 0:12:58The station was closed for three hours, causing long delays.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01The Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable
0:13:01 > 0:13:04says too many older people who voted for Brexit
0:13:04 > 0:13:07were "driven by nostalgia" for a world where "faces were white."
0:13:07 > 0:13:09He was speaking at his party's spring conference in Southport.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11His comments have been criticised by, among others,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13the cabinet minister Sajid Javid, criticised by, among others,
0:13:13 > 0:13:19who said Mr Cable was "wrong and disrespectful."
0:13:27 > 0:13:28There've been extraordinary scenes tonight
0:13:28 > 0:13:30at the conclusion of the Crufts dog show.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Shortly after the whippet, Colloonney Tartan Tease,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33was named as best in show, Colloonney Tartan Tease,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35a man appeared to run onto the arena floor.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37The show's organisers, the Kennel Club, says it can't
0:13:37 > 0:13:40confirm, if it was a protest of some kind but added they are,
0:13:40 > 0:13:45"looking into the incident". kind but added they are,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54In one of the great Old Firm matches, Celtic came from behind
0:13:54 > 0:13:57twice against Rangers and also had a man sent off before
0:13:57 > 0:13:58winning 3-2 at Ibrox. a man sent off before
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Their Premiership lead is now nine points.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Here's our Scotland football correspondent Chris McLaughlin.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05A correspondent Chris McLaughlin.
0:14:05 > 0:14:05A familiar correspondent Chris McLaughlin.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06A familiar noise correspondent Chris McLaughlin.
0:14:06 > 0:14:06A familiar noise and the correspondent Chris McLaughlin.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09A familiar noise and the usual colour but for the first time in
0:14:09 > 0:14:12years, a resurgent Rangers fancied their chances. With fewer than three
0:14:12 > 0:14:19minutes gone, they showed why, Josh Windass, 1-0, cue the mayhem. When
0:14:19 > 0:14:23the equaliser came though, it was special, Tom Rogic with a reminder
0:14:23 > 0:14:29of Celtic's quality. Rangers came again, Daniel Candelas, 2-1, but
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Mousa Dembele cancelled it out to round off a breathless first half.
0:14:33 > 0:14:45Was this a red card? Resistant certainly felt so, Simunovic off. On
0:14:45 > 0:14:50came the champions with a titanic struggle and they got their reward,
0:14:50 > 0:15:00a double fist pump, drama to come after the goal from Eduard. It was
0:15:00 > 0:15:04not to be for the home side, and Celtic edged closer to seven in
0:15:04 > 0:15:11aerobic. -- Edouard. -- edged closer to seven in
0:15:11 > 0:15:11a to seven in
0:15:11 > 0:15:13a row. to seven in
0:15:16 > 0:15:19There were eight goals in the Premier League today,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21they are all on Match of the Day 2 after the news, but if you'd
0:15:21 > 0:15:24like to know the two results then here they come.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Tottenham are up to third in the table after they came from behind
0:15:27 > 0:15:28to win 4-1 at Bournemouth. table after they came from behind
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Heung-Min Son scored twice but Harry Kane was substituted
0:15:30 > 0:15:31with an ankle injury. but Harry Kane was substituted
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Petr Cech saved his first penalty for Arsenal almost three years
0:15:34 > 0:15:37after joining the club and kept his 200th Premier League clean sheet.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38They beat Watford 3-0. 200th Premier League clean sheet.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40There have been more British medals on the second day
0:15:40 > 0:15:43of the Winter Paralympics in South Korea including a second
0:15:43 > 0:15:44silver for teenager Millie Knight. in South Korea including a second
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Kate Grey reports from Pyeongchang. in South Korea including a second
0:15:45 > 0:15:46No in South Korea including a second
0:15:46 > 0:15:47No time in South Korea including a second
0:15:47 > 0:15:47No time to in South Korea including a second
0:15:47 > 0:15:47No time to celebrate in South Korea including a second
0:15:47 > 0:15:47No time to celebrate yesterday's in South Korea including a second
0:15:47 > 0:15:48No time to celebrate yesterday's all in South Korea including a second
0:15:48 > 0:15:51No time to celebrate yesterday's all the medal, Millie Knight and died
0:15:51 > 0:16:00were first on the slopes today, this time in the super-G, more technical
0:16:00 > 0:16:03course to test them, but the standard was set, good team-mates do
0:16:03 > 0:16:03any
0:16:03 > 0:16:06better? any
0:16:06 > 0:16:07Yesterday any
0:16:07 > 0:16:07Yesterday they any
0:16:07 > 0:16:08crashed out any
0:16:08 > 0:16:08crashed out of any
0:16:08 > 0:16:08crashed out of the any
0:16:08 > 0:16:09downhill but any
0:16:09 > 0:16:09downhill but there any
0:16:09 > 0:16:09downhill but there was no any
0:16:09 > 0:16:10downhill but there was no sign of any
0:16:10 > 0:16:12downhill but there was no sign of holding back in their favourite
0:16:12 > 0:16:16event, already super G World Cup champions, this was their best medal
0:16:16 > 0:16:22chance. And they delivered, not quite enough to beat Millie Knight
0:16:22 > 0:16:24but a podium finish nonetheless. The winner of yesterday's race followed
0:16:24 > 0:16:28them down the hill and again outperformed the Brits, so it was a
0:16:28 > 0:16:35silver and bronze.Massive dream come true for both of us. And I am
0:16:35 > 0:16:38just so glad we have done it together isElsewhere on the snow,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42first representative in Nordic skiing for 20 years, went in the 15
0:16:42 > 0:16:47kilometre cross-country, a gruelling course, and he finished a long way
0:16:47 > 0:16:53down the field, in 17th place. With day to, done and dusted, tomorrow
0:16:53 > 0:16:55the attention turns to the snowboarding and for the first time
0:16:55 > 0:16:58ever, Great Britain have athletes taking part. -- Day two. All three
0:16:58 > 0:17:00going for gold.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Ireland won the Six Nations Championship yesterday but Wales
0:17:05 > 0:17:08are up to second in the table after a bonus point win
0:17:08 > 0:17:09against Italy in Cardiff. after a bonus point win
0:17:09 > 0:17:11George North scored two of their five tries in the 38-14 win.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13They face France on the final weekend.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19Italy will win the wooden spoon for the third year in a row.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28The BBC Sport website has highlights
0:17:28 > 0:17:29of all the weekends Six Nations rugby,
0:17:29 > 0:17:34but that's all the sport for now, Clive.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37It's been a symbol of defiance and empowerment.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Well, now, more black people are choosing
0:17:39 > 0:17:40to wear Afro hairstyles. people are choosing
0:17:40 > 0:17:43A photo exhibition of young girls in Atlanta, in the United States,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45has attracted lots of attention, and the creative team
0:17:45 > 0:17:47behind the pictures, is now looking for children
0:17:47 > 0:17:49in the UK, to be part of their next project.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Our correspondent Elaine Dunkley has the story.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58It's a celebration of the beauty of black girls,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01the Afro, a symbol of pride. the beauty of black girls,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03The collection is called Afro Art, but it's more than that,
0:18:03 > 0:18:09it's about the acceptance of who you are.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Awesome. of who you are.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16Chin up, there we go, perfect. of who you are.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Little girls who don't need to use chemical relaxers
0:18:21 > 0:18:24or have straightened hair chemical relaxers
0:18:24 > 0:18:26to feel that they too are naturally beautiful.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31In this time I think it is very important when you see beautiful
0:18:31 > 0:18:33African-American kids with natural hair and their real selves in that
0:18:33 > 0:18:36art, it's very inspiring to see for young kids these days,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39to see that they are beautiful and their natural hair is beautiful
0:18:39 > 0:18:42and their culture is beautiful, and they don't have to put any extra
0:18:42 > 0:18:44effort into being who they are. and they don't have to put any extra
0:18:44 > 0:18:45What's the look you are going for? and they don't have to put any extra
0:18:45 > 0:18:55Today we are going for Harlem Renaissance.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I love the Harlem Renaissance period, I think it was a period
0:18:57 > 0:18:59where African-Americans were really powerful.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03The portraits have gone viral, young black girls in classical
0:19:03 > 0:19:05poses, regal, elegant, depicted in the way that
0:19:05 > 0:19:08history often didn't allow. depicted in the way that
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Others show the Afro as futuristic, a promise of things to come.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14To see them with their hairstyle this way, with this type of clothing
0:19:14 > 0:19:17in these types of periods, it's something that hasn't been seen
0:19:17 > 0:19:20before, it's been a journey for society to see us as beautiful,
0:19:20 > 0:19:23a lot of girls in the past, they have been sent home for wearing
0:19:23 > 0:19:26braids or wearing their hair in an Afro, and over time,
0:19:26 > 0:19:33we have wanted to wear our own hair that grows out of our head.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37The politics of black hair is deeply rooted in history.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40The reason for it, you might say, is like a new awareness among black
0:19:40 > 0:19:42people that their own natural appearances, physical appearance,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45is beautiful, for so many years, we were told that only white
0:19:45 > 0:19:48people were beautiful. we were told that only white
0:19:48 > 0:19:50In the 1960s, the Afro emerged during the civil rights movement
0:19:50 > 0:20:00as a symbol of rebellion, pride and empowerment.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Once again, the natural hair movement is growing.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07But there has been controversy, with black stars like Solange
0:20:07 > 0:20:17having their natural hair airbrushed from the covers of magazines.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Portraits have stirred conversations around the world, in this salon,
0:20:19 > 0:20:21in Lewisham, in London, the need for positive images
0:20:21 > 0:20:22in childhood resonates. the need for positive images
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Where I grew up I was always the odd one out because everyone
0:20:26 > 0:20:28around me was white, I never saw anyone who had similar
0:20:28 > 0:20:30hair to mind, it was quite hard. I never saw anyone who had similar
0:20:30 > 0:20:31And I really hated my hair. I never saw anyone who had similar
0:20:31 > 0:20:35It took such a long time just to have a black Disney Princess,
0:20:35 > 0:20:41so I've never grown up seeing images like that when I was a child.
0:20:41 > 0:20:41Once like that when I was a child.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Once you like that when I was a child.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Once you start like that when I was a child.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Once you start seeing positive images of yourself, it will help you
0:20:44 > 0:20:49as you grow up to love yourself more.On social media, these
0:20:49 > 0:20:54youngsters have become stars, icons of the Afro. Doing what they do
0:20:54 > 0:20:58best, being themselves.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59That's it. best, being themselves.
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