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BBC pays up in `race' case

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON APRIL 26 . A woman journalist of Asian origin has won a £50,000 out-of-court settlement with the BBC whom she had accused of racism.

Sharan Sandhu, who joined the BBC in 1990, complained that she had been repeatedly overlooked for promotion because of her race and gender. She told an employment tribunal that there was a clear racial divide at the BBC World Service between the white Oxbridge set and the non-white staff who were consistently ignored.

``I'm quite relieved that it's all over. It has taken three years of my life. I am going to start a new life,'' she said after the settlement adding that she suffered for 10 years hoping that things would improve.

The BBC denied her allegations and claimed that she was given "extensive opportunities'' to develop her career.

Even a special workshift was designed for after she returned from a "prolonged period of sickness''.

The BBC said it stood by its selection procedures.

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