Asian professor on £100,000-a-year wins racism case against NHS trust after being sacked and accused of 'playing the race card'

An Asian medical professor on £100,000-a-year who was accused of 'playing the race card' and then sacked has won a racism case against an NHS trust.

Professor Tanweer Ahmed, 55, is now in line to receive a big payout after successfully suing the trust after he was sacked over 'laughable' bullying allegations.

The senior clinical director at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust tried to fight off the historical accusations, which he branded 'malicious' and a tribunal found were based 'heavily on hearsay'.