A BBC presenter has said she was racially abused in the street moments before she started filming. Sima Kotecha tweeted that she been getting ready to film the coronavirus special news programme in Leicester on Monday when a man started shouting at her.
Police have now said that a man has been charged with public order offences. Taking to Twitter, she told her 17,800 followers the racist abuse meant that their filming wasn't able to go ahead.
She tweeted: "Apologies - but man shouting terrible things at me has ruined it for everyone. I’m afraid not going to make it on the special programme. "Apologies to our guests who we had to send home without putting on air after myself and team were subjected to racist and abusive behaviour. "Sad