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BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake has said an overwhelmingly “white” working environment is affecting his mental health.The presenter told a journalism diversity conference on Wednesday: “It’s really affecting me that I walk in and all I see is white people.”...“I’ve seen a lot of people leave this building because they couldn’t deal with the culture.”He also said others found they had to try to be a certain type of person to progress with the broadcaster, adding: “If you want journalists to progress, they have to be who they are.”“I don’t think there’s a single Muslim involved in the senior editorial processes” at BBC Radio 5 Live, he added....Arthanayake added that he has noticed a difference since moving north after living in London for 20 years.He said: “Since moving up here, being called the p-word – that didn’t happen in London. You’d get a slap for that in London, not even from me.”