With racist hate crimes on the increase, young Londoners speak out about the abuse they have faced.

A man said something to me and I assumed he needed directions so I took my earbuds out to listen to him. He was shouting, swearing and hurling vile racist abuse, telling me: "You need police protection, call the police." He walked away, I filmed him then he came back - repeating those words once again. I am a British Asian. This is in London, in my neighbourhood. In the city I deliberately chose to make my home because of its diversity - the first place where I felt a sense of belonging after growing up in a less multicultural part of the country. That sense of belonging and safety has now been badly shaken, and I'm not alone in this. After I shared what happened on social media, messages started coming in from people who have had similar experiences. Uzma Hussain was harassed by a woman outside her restaurant in Walthamstow Village One of them is Uzma Hussain, who had opened the Axe and Ember Smokehouse with her husband in Walthamstow Village just before Christmas. Uzma thought she didn't like meat or was perhaps a vegetarian, so went out to speak to her.