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BBC removes article linking bare nails trend to ‘white supremacist standards of beauty’

Corporation says story did not meet editorial standards after it attracts criticism from US and UK media A BBC article that included a claim that a trend for bare nails was linked to “white supremacist standards of beauty” has been permanently removed from its website, after…

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