Where information on perpetrators was available, 82% were white British, while 96% were of any white origin.

BBC: Racist incidents fall for fourth year in Scotland

Better-off families, mainly those of white European origin, were leaving such suburbs, creating an even greater sense of isolation.

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Police are still trying to trace the gunman, his accomplice and the origin of a white Vauxhall Astra van used by them to flee the scene.

BBC: Peter Singleton

Researchers from Hammersmith and Ealing Hospitals compared the way cells in a major artery function in 26 healthy people of Indian origin and 18 white men aged 35-60 who had no heart disease.

BBC: Indians 'genetically prone to heart disease'

The study found that the gap in life expectancy between black and white women of non-Hispanic origin closed to 3.7 years in 2008, down from 4.6 years in 2003.

MSN: Racial gap in life expectancy reaches new low in US