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Two killed by gunman BBC DOCUMENTAR­Y SERIES TELLS STORY OF A HIDDEN

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Two women were killed when a gunman opened fire in a Florida yoga studio.

Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21, were shot and killed by Scott Beierle, 40, on Friday in state capital Tallahasse­e.

Five other people were injured in the shooting before the gunman took his own life. Two were still in hospital last night.

A police spokesman said: “There were indication­s that several people not only fought back but tried to save other people.” It is not thought to be terror related.

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The actor is presenting a BBC documentar­y series about the country’s role in slavery, which generated prof its that funded industrial growth.

The two- part series – Slavery: Scotland’s Hidden Shame – sees Hayman, 70, travel across Britain and to Sierra Leone and Jamaica to uncover a story that has been swept under the carpet.

He said: “I don’t think there’s a problem with saying sorry.

“It happened 200 years ago, our ancestors were involved and we’re deeply sorry about this horrific, shameful episode in our past.

“We have a shared history, so what do we do? We can’t suddenly give billions of pounds because we don’t have it but we can build cultural and business exchanges, and create scholarshi­ps and traineeshi­ps for young people of Caribbean and African origin.

“We’re a country of entreprene­urs. Why can’t we have some entreprene­urs go and help kickstart businesses in the Caribbean?”

The series, which begins on BBC1 on Tuesday at 9pm, shows that

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