As Britain went into lockdown fears about health infection rates and the catastrophic impact on the economy set in, but something else was taking hold. We've been speaking to the anti-racism charity, The Monitoring Group, and they've noticed an alarming trend: a rise in racist hate crime.

Guests:

Suresh Grover, The Monitoring Group.

Dorothea Jones, The Monitoring Group.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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Lockdown and the rise of race hate crime