Riots Next Year?
Ebony returns with a special report from Juliet Alexander in Handsworth.
Three months after the series of riots which began in Birmingham and spread rapidly to other cities, the political and social costs are still being counted.
In the Handsworth area alone •unemployment is four times the national average
•nine out of ten leave school without a job
020 per cent of the area is officially 'extremely deprived'. Ebony talks to the people of Handsworth about the reality behind the statistics and challenges the record of the city fathers and community leaders in the face of such urgent problems.
If the September riots have no effect, there are many who believe the only solution will be more riots, and this time the cost may well be even higher. Researchers
KAMSCILLA NAIDOO, GEOFF SMALL Producer JUUAN HENRIQUES
Executive producer JOHN WILCOX