London - Lancashire police said yesterday they were treating as racially motivated a hit-and-run incident in Burnley, the scene of three days of violent clashes between Asian and white youths.
Police said they were looking for the Asian driver of a car which hit a white man walking in the town on Tuesday night and broke his leg. Burnley is the third northern English town to be hit by rioting involving ethnic minorities in recent weeks. Around 5 per cent of Britain's 57 million people are from ethnic minorities.