So why didn't Radio 5 news or BBC TV news mention it?
I'd imagine there's an editorial difference between Newsnight and BBC TV/Radio news and equally news clips broadcast via the BBC website. I don't regularly watch BBC TV news and didn't see it yesterday so can't comment on that but Radio 5 didn't mention ethnicity on their news whilst I was listening. I still think someone, somewhere intervened for reasons best known to themselves and the fact that others within the Beeb saw fit to tell the whole story only adds to the mystery.