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Radio WM,5 mins

'I can't believe how this rumour gathered speed and how people believed it' The Beauty Queen Riots podcast

Rakeem Omar

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It's 18 years since the Lozells Riots. It started with rumours that a young black woman had been raped by a group of South Asian shopkeepers in October 2005. People were protesting outside the hair and beauty shop - Beauty Queen. Two nights of rioting had hundreds on the streets and two people died. Journalist Amardeep Bassey has returned to investigate the story he first covered.

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