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