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BBC Panorama White Fright: 'Blackburn IS more divided'

Last night’s film claimed the production team found a town even more geographically segregated.

Cllr Mohammed Khan, the leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council, said: “I’m very disappointed. AS THERE ARE STILL SOME WHITE FAMILIES LEFT!!!

lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

A LEADING academic believes Blackburn is becoming more rather than less segregated, storing up problems for the future.

Professor Ted Cantle spoke after the BBC’s Panorama programme revisited the town in a documentary shown last night.

In 2007, its programme ‘White Fright’ highlighted the divide between Muslim Asian and white residents.

Last night’s film claimed the production team found a town even more geographically segregated.

Its conclusion was backed by Professor Cantle who led a government enquiry into race riots in Burnley, Oldham and Bradford in 2001 and in 2009 investigated the situation in Blackburn finding ‘one of the most ethnically divided towns in the country’.

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