leader of the conservative the next leader of the conservative party. former business secretary to vince cable is giving evidence to the post office inquiry. a police officer has been suspended after a video showed him kicking and stamping our processor in the head. let's look at the footage now but let me warn you that you may find some of it distressing to watch. the police force said it understood the deep concerns that have been raised after the video is about a protest outside rochdale police station. greater manchester police said three of its officers were injured after they were called to the city's

airport on tuesday evening following reports of a fight. the force has referred itself to the police watchdog and removed an officer from operational duties. our correspondent explained more. this has come correspondent explained more. ti 3 has come through to greater manchester police in the last hour following the video and social media yesterday that you have been talking about. it happened during an arrest at manchester airport and i think we can play again, like you said, greater manchester police has called this video truly shocking and says the use of such force in an arrest is unusual. we can see a male officer is holding a taser over a man on the floor and then stamping on and kicking his head. it happened after reports of a fight at terminal two and on tuesday night and police said when they went to make an arrest three officers were attacked and they needed hospital treatment and they needed hospital treatment and a female officer suffered a broken nose. four men were arrested for a freight and assault on

emergency workers. one officer was removed from operational duties yesterday and the force referred itself to the police watchdog. this morning, greater manchester police has confirmed that an officer has been suspended from all duties. tell us about the protest about the police station.— us about the protest about the olice station. , ., , , ., police station. this happened late last niaht, police station. this happened late last night. a _ police station. this happened late last night, a crowd, _ police station. this happened late last night, a crowd, a _ police station. this happened late last night, a crowd, a large - police station. this happened late last night, a crowd, a large crowd| last night, a crowd, a large crowd gathered outside rochdale police station late last night. it ended quite peacefully. greater manchester police say there was no incident and they do say that they understand the immense feeling of concern and worry that this footage and this incident at manchester airport will have caused. they fully respect people's rights to protest and demonstrate their views peacefully. the independent office for police conduct is reviewing this incident further and the force is going to meet with them later today to

discuss what happened. speaking on bbc radio manchester, _ discuss what happened. speaking on bbc radio manchester, andy - discuss what happened. speaking on | bbc radio manchester, andy burnham said the investigation now must proceed in a thorough way. let said the investigation now must proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what _ proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what i _ proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what i felt _ proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what i felt when _ proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what i felt when i - proceed in a thorough way. let me be clear about what i felt when i watch . clear about what i felt when i watch the footage. i would say that it is a fast moving and complicated situation in a challenging location. obviously it was at the airport. it is not clear—cut i would say and there issues for both sides in the situation. that said, and here is where i want to be clear, it is right that the officer has been suspended. that is the right action, it is abundantly clear to me that the right steps had been taken. the question is now, where do we go from here, firstly, as mayor of greater manchester and we are proud of the way we work with each other, i would

ask for calm. what i can assure people is that the right sticks have been taken in the right way. time has been taken to get a clearer picture of what has happened the investigation needs to be allowed to proceed in a thorough and measured way. that said, i will be speaking to the independent office for police conduct today to ask them to work with us to put in place arrangements to ensure the highest level of independence for this investigation and secondly that there will be input from community stakeholders. there were protests outside a police station in rochdale. the mp has spoken about the incident in the

house of commons. the spoken about the incident in the house of commons.— spoken about the incident in the house of commons. the video footage of a greater — house of commons. the video footage of a greater manchester _ house of commons. the video footage of a greater manchester police - of a greater manchester police officer stamping on and kicking a man in manchester airport is truly shocking and disturbing. that man is one of my constituents in rochdale and i am meeting his family later today. our police face a difficult job in keeping us safe, but they themselves know that they have to expect the highest standards of conduct in their duties. will the leader make the time in this house to discuss the important issue of police conduct? flan to discuss the important issue of police conduct?— police conduct? can i thank my honourable _ police conduct? can i thank my honourable friend _ police conduct? can i thank my honourable friend for _ police conduct? can i thank my honourable friend for that - police conduct? can i thank my honourable friend for that very | honourable friend for that very important question today, as i said, clearly— important question today, as i said, clearly the _ important question today, as i said, clearly the footage is incredibly disturbing and there is understandably a lot of concern particularly in his constituency because — particularly in his constituency because it was his constituent who was affected. greater manchester police _ was affected. greater manchester police has said that the officer involved — police has said that the officer involved has been suspended from all duties— involved has been suspended from all duties and _ involved has been suspended from all duties and a referral has been made to the _

duties and a referral has been made to the independent office for police conduct _ to the independent office for police conduct i_ to the independent office for police conduct. i will make sure that the home _ conduct. i will make sure that the home secretary has heard his question— home secretary has heard his question today and is in touch with him at _ question today and is in touch with him at the — question today and is in touch with him at the earliest opportunity to discuss _ him at the earliest opportunity to discuss this further. a 21—year—old man has been remanded in custody after a man was stabbed outside a barix and gelling. the victim remains in a serious condition in hospital. police said a number of knives have been seized the stabbing is not being treated as terror —related. the government must

the price, the source and the future of energy in the uk are hot topics. in the uk are hot topics. so now the government is putting a little more meat on the bones of their election pledge to create great british energy. the company won't supply any power to households. instead, the goal is to change the way energy is made and who owns those resources. the government is committed to spending £8.3 billion of public money, investing in wind power on land and at sea, new technologies, like carbon capture, nuclear power, and community schemes on a small scale, or for local communities to benefit from big projects near them. they hope that will be matched by £60 billion of private company investment. but there's no guarantee that will happen. so will it work? i think gb energy is fixing a different problem, which is more about who owns

the assets rather than whether or not they get built. it's a government priority to say that the gb state owns some of it, which doesn't necessarily fix the issue, which is making it investable. it's a bigger issue for hitting our targets. we need to have the certainty of revenues for investors to say, "yes, i will put my money down." because with a renewable project, most of the capital injection is up front. you need to spend a lot of money at the beginning. today, the crown estate is getting in on the act. it owns vast swathes of coastline and seabed around the uk, and says that partnering with the government will halve the time it takes to get offshore wind projects delivering power. so the ball is now rolling on a key election promise. but it's a long—term plan, which needs a fair wind from investors. that means customers are unlikely to see any benefit in their bills for a long time yet. colletta smith, bbc news.

let's bring you some pictures from the scene of where keir starmer is due to announce the plan for gb energy. he will be... is doing a visit in the north—west to highlight the government's promises on green energy. they will give a 3p over the course of the parliament to invest in green energy. —— three 8p. robert jenrick has decided to participate in the conservative leadership election. hejoins two in the conservative leadership election. he joins two others in the conservative leadership election. hejoins two others in in the conservative leadership election. he joins two others in the race to replace rishi sunak. tell us more about robertjenrick and right he isjoining the race. he

more about robert jenrick and right he is joining the race.— he is “oining the race. he becomes the he is joining the race. he becomes the third candidate _ he is joining the race. he becomes the third candidate to _ he is joining the race. he becomes the third candidate to put - he is joining the race. he becomes the third candidate to put himselfl the third candidate to put himself forward. it has been apparent for some time that he had his eyes on that topjob. he has been sounding out support for some time. he points out, he reminds people in his statement that he resigned from rishi sunak�*s government as immigration minister over the direction of policy on illegal and illegal immigration. and his view is that the tories did not attract people who went to support the reform party. he has taken a hard line on immigration and talked about leaving their european court on human rights. it has been a transformation for robertjenrick transformation for robert jenrick who transformation for robertjenrick who was a key ally of rishi sunak when he was brought into the immigration brief. working on it first hand seems to have changed his mind. he is now number three, we have james cleverly, the former home secretary already declared an the

former security minister also. he also was someone seen as a centrist or a moderate. those sorts of words previously used to describe tom tugendhat. he has written an article in the telegraph this morning floating the idea of leaving the european court of human rights, talking about migration policy. this is perhaps because he realises that it is going to be up to tory party members to decide who is the next conservative party leader. nominations close on the 29th of july, we are expecting a few more candidates to declare themselves, each of them will need the support of ten mps in parliament. it is a narrow pool, only 121 tory mps left after the general election so only about ten candidates who can make it through. that will be whittled down to a final four, who will go in

front of the conservative party conference in the autumn. we will have a summer of campaign events and then after the conference, mps will decide who the final two they want to put forward to the members, who will have the final say. [30 to put forward to the members, who will have the final say.— will have the final say. do we have an idea will have the final say. do we have any idea of — will have the final say. do we have any idea of the _ will have the final say. do we have any idea of the others _ will have the final say. do we have any idea of the others who - will have the final say. do we have any idea of the others who might l any idea of the others who might decide tojoin the any idea of the others who might decide to join the race? i'm any idea of the others who might decide tojoin the race? i'm not sure if you heard me. do you think there will be other names joining there will be other names joining the race? we seem to have lost her. president biden has used a televised address from the white house to say that he abandoned his re—election bid "to save american democracy". the eighty—one— year—old — who until last weekend had resisted calls to stand aside — said it was time for younger voices to emerge and he wanted to pass the torch to a new generation. he praised his vice—president, kamala harris, as a tough and capable leader.

he said decisions made now are differed determine the fate of america for decades to come. at a republican party campaign rally, donald trump told his supporters that biden had pulled out because he was losing. from washington, will grant reports. this report from our correspondent, will grant. in a speech no sitting president has delivered in more than half a century, joe biden confirmed his decision to drop out of the race to the american people. it was time for new voices and, yes, he acknowledged, younger voices. so i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. that is the best way to unite our nation. nothing could get in the way of saving democracy, said president biden, including personal ambition. he painted november's vote as a choice between forwards or back, hope or hate, unity or division. despite republicans calling for him to resign the presidency, mr biden said he had no intention of stepping aside.

over the next six months, i will be focused on doing myjob as president. that means i will continue to lower costs for hard—working families, grow our economy, i will keep defending our personal freedoms and our civil rights, from the right to vote to the right to choose. it's just a month since his make—or—break presidential debate with donald trump. his halting, at times garbled performance, a moment he never came back from. the, erm, with the covid... excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with, er... now it's almost certain the person he's passing that torch to is his vice president kamala harris. # i break chains all by myself. # won't let my freedom rot in hell... _ her campaign has gone from strength to strength, generating tens of millions of dollars in record time, and has energised a despondent base. she even seems to have settled on a slogan. we are not going back.

we are not going back! many of those watching weren't alive the last time a us president did this. in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately win the presidency. mr biden will hope that history won't be repeating itself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton

to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. we are bringing you continuing coverage of the post office inquiry where vince cable is giving evidence. the inquiry is examining how hundreds of sub—mothers were wrongly prosecuted after a bug caused problems. bring us up—to—date. caused problems. bring us up-to-date-_ caused problems. bring us up-to-date. caused problems. bring us u-to-date. . , up-to-date. vince cable has been appearing. _ up-to-date. vince cable has been appearing. he _ up-to-date. vince cable has been appearing. he was _ up-to-date. vince cable has been appearing, he was business - up-to-date. vince cable has been - appearing, he was business secretary between 2010 and 2015 under the conservative lib dems coalition. they have been examining what he knew about the scandal. key moments in the scandal happened under his tenure, that included alan bates, now sir alan bates, his campaign and

a class—action lawsuit. the mediation scheme between sub postmasters and the post office and several reports forensic accountants. what we have heard so far from vince cable is that he wasn't aware of the magnitude of the issues and didn't look at them closely because he was told that no attention was warranted to that degree. he said he didn't hear sir alan bates's name until he was five years in the job. alan bates's name until he was five years in thejob. we did hear that on reflection it is clear from years in thejob. we did hear that on reflection it is clearfrom his witness statement that the post office board was a failure, he said he agreed with sir alan bates's characterisation that post office's middle management were essentially thugs in suits. he said that he and sir ed davey, who was also responsible for the post office

during his own tenure, they both agreed that they were authoritarian. so much of this testimony, and what we have heard in the last few months identify missed opportunities. we hear about what could have been done and what should have been brought to his attention when he had that responsibility for the post office. there was also this line that he wasn't computer literate so he would have needed things explained to him. he said, i was reliant on the competence and integrity of those giving advice. that seems to be a line taken by number of people who were ministers at different points. yes, in his witness statement he goes further to identify this as something that needs to be rectified in the future, that he and several ministers and civil servants and even post office officials on the board were not computer literate enough and couldn't understand the magnitude of this. that is for the

inquiry to decide. the chair has to decide whether they really did lack that understanding or not. what he has said and government officials in the last few weeks you have appeared, government only works if ministers and cabinet ministers can rely on the information provided to them by officials, not only post office officials but civil servants themselves. they have been questions raised in the last two weeks about whether people like sir vince cable and his own ministers were receiving accurate information, whether that line drawn between civil servants in the post office that allowed appropriate scrutiny was working effectively. if we listen to baroness ralph on tuesday who was a junior minister at the time responsible for oversight of the post office, she said she thought civil servants were working against

her and that she was fighting them and that they may have been unwilling to scrutinise the post office properly. it is worth remembering that during sir vince cable's time, the privatisation of royal mail was going on. there were huge financial pressures on the post office and some have said in the past, the inquiry council has asked, was horizon too big to fail? that is one of the central questions here. was that information available and did theyjust not want was that information available and did they just not want to was that information available and did theyjust not want to see a? that's not what's a vince cable is saying, he says it wasn't even flagged up as a potential issue. thank you very much indeed. let's have a listen into the post office inquiry. i have a listen into the post office inuui . . , have a listen into the post office in. ui _ ., , ., ., have a listen into the post office inui . ., ., . inquiry. i was having to decide about the _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export of _ inquiry. i was having to decide about the export of weapons l inquiry. i was having to decide | about the export of weapons to inquiry. i was having to decide - about the export of weapons to saudi arabia that were being used to bomb civilians and i was awake at night because i would have blood on my hands or i would make a decision that would have put large numbers of

british workers out of work. i was preoccupied with that problem. in the middle of it i was being asked to sign letters about this mediation scheme, so i needed time to think about it. i refuse to fine the first the first draft you did sign, if we can have — the first draft you did sign, if we can have a — the first draft you did sign, if we can have a look at that. this is the letter— can have a look at that. this is the letter back— can have a look at that. this is the letter back to james arbuthnot of the 17th— letter back to james arbuthnot of the 17th of march. i am writing to you further— the 17th of march. i am writing to you further regarding the post office — you further regarding the post office mediation scheme. i appreciate you raiding your concerns particularly — appreciate you raiding your concerns particularly regarding your constituent, who i understand has a case in _ constituent, who i understand has a case in the — constituent, who i understand has a case in the scheme. i must first reiterate — case in the scheme. i must first reiterate that mediation scheme is

independent of government and decisions relating to the scheme are its operation are matters for the parties — its operation are matters for the parties involved and not for the government stop. if we go over the pa-e government stop. if we go over the page please. the penultimate paragraph, you conclude by saying, i know— paragraph, you conclude by saying, i know through second site report and the subsequent investigations, there is no evidence of systemwide problems with horizon and that conclusion has stood firm through nearly— conclusion has stood firm through nearly two — conclusion has stood firm through nearly two years of investigation. the priority must be to ensure that those _ the priority must be to ensure that those applicants remaining in the scheme _ those applicants remaining in the scheme can have their cases considered swiftly and fairly. i hope — considered swiftly and fairly. i hope all— considered swiftly and fairly. i hope all parties will work constructively to ensure this can happen — constructively to ensure this can happen. that sentence, there is no evidence _ happen. that sentence, there is no evidence of— happen. that sentence, there is no evidence of systemwide problems with

horizon _ evidence of systemwide problems with horizon and that conclusion has stood _ horizon and that conclusion has stood firm _ horizon and that conclusion has stood firm through nearly two years of investigation, was that a suggestion put to you by officials? well it— suggestion put to you by officials? well it was, but i... because i was confronting the issue for the first time i wanted reassurance from the postmasters that that was indeed the case. i had asked the officials to check with the federation whether this was indeed their understanding. i was told that it was. that the general secretary or the head of the union had appeared before the select committee and had said he was satisfied that there was no problem. i was now being told by the officials, the post office and the union that there wasn't a problem so

it seemed to me perfectly reasonable for me to accept that collective view. ~ . , . for me to accept that collective view. . ., , ., , ., view. was that in your mind the critical turning _ view. was that in your mind the critical turning point, _ view. was that in your mind the critical turning point, the - view. was that in your mind the critical turning point, the views | critical turning point, the views expressed by the general secretary of the _ expressed by the general secretary of the n _ expressed by the general secretary of the n f— expressed by the general secretary of the n f s p? | expressed by the general secretary of the n f s p?— of the n f s p? i had dealt with them. of the n f s p? i had dealt with them- you _ of the n f s p? i had dealt with them. you dealt _ of the n f s p? i had dealt with them. you dealt with him? - of the n f s p? i had dealt with them. you dealt with him? not of the n f s p? | had dealt with - them. you dealt with him? not with him. he them. you dealt with him? not with him- he had — them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met— them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met me _ them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met me on _ them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met me on a _ them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met me on a couple i them. you dealt with him? not with him. he had met me on a couple of| him. he had met me on a couple of courtesy calls. him. he had met me on a couple of courtesy calla-— him. he had met me on a couple of courtesy calls-— courtesy calls. who are you referring — courtesy calls. who are you referring to? _ courtesy calls. who are you referring to? my _ courtesy calls. who are you referring to? my first - courtesy calls. who are you i referring to? my first dealings courtesy calls. who are you - referring to? my first dealings with the federation _ referring to? my first dealings with the federation 15 _ referring to? my first dealings with the federation 15 years _ referring to? my first dealings with the federation 15 years earlier - referring to? my first dealings with the federation 15 years earlier had | the federation 15 years earlier had been with mr baker. my second interaction had been with a representative, mr thompson or original head had come to see me about individual cases. i had met mr thompson on a couple of occasions. he had come to talk about the progress on the transformation

programme and that was my extent of my dealing with the union. had programme and that was my extent of my dealing with the union.— my dealing with the union. had he ever struck — my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you _ my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you as _ my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you as a _ my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you as a tool? - my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you as a tool? a - my dealing with the union. had he ever struck you as a tool? a tool l my dealing with the union. had he | ever struck you as a tool? a tool of the post— ever struck you as a tool? a tool of the post office? all ever struck you as a tool? a tool of the post office?— the post office? all my dealings with the federation _ the post office? all my dealings with the federation on - the post office? all my dealings with the federation on him - with the federation on him personally, they struck me as people of high integrity and who believed in what they were doing as trade union officials do. i had no reason to doubt their integrity whatever. did you not need to see second site's— did you not need to see second site's report in order to include a sentence — site's report in order to include a sentence for sentences such as these in the _ sentence for sentences such as these in the letter? you sentence for sentences such as these in the letter?— in the letter? you are watching the ost office in the letter? you are watching the post office inquiry. _ in the letter? you are watching the post office inquiry. sir— in the letter? you are watching the post office inquiry. sir vince - in the letter? you are watching the post office inquiry. sir vince cable | post office inquiry. sir vince cable giving evidence there. he talked about accepting the collective view

that there wasn't a problem with their horizon it system. if you want to continue watching the inquiry, we are streaming the proceedings nonstop today on the bbc iplayer. navigate to the news channel page and you can see all the available live streams. we have one running on president biden and on the build—up to the olympics. you can watch on tv, online on the iplayer app as well. the actor amanda abington says she has been under pressure from brutal, relentless and unforgiving threats from fans of strictly come dancing. the actor previously made accusations of the teaching methods of her dancing partner who has denied her claims and left the show. our correspondent reports. amanda abington says she went on to strictly thinking it would be hard work but fun. speaking on camera for the first time about her experiences with her professional dance partner, she told channel 4 news that what

happened in the rehearsal room left her with ptsd. it happened in the rehearsal room left her with ptsd-_ her with ptsd. it still has a lastin: her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect _ her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect on _ her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect on me. - her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect on me. i - her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect on me. i still| her with ptsd. it still has a - lasting effect on me. i still can't talk about certain things that happened in that room. because it immediately triggers a feeling of anxiety. now, that's not right. this is a bbc show on a saturday night. his response should not happen from a bbc show. that is crazy. her artner a bbc show. that is crazy. her partner has — a bbc show. that is crazy. her partner has refuted her allegations and denied any accusations of abusive or threatening behaviour. he has he says provided evidence and remains confident of clearing his name. in the time since amanda has voiced her unhappiness she says she has been shocked by their brutal reaction from some individuals on social media. to make the aftermath

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prime minister will give new information shortly. do we have any equal use let yet about what he will say? equal use let yet about what he will sa ? ~ . equal use let yet about what he will sa ? . ., , . ., equal use let yet about what he will sa ? ~ ., , . ., , say? we are expecting him to re-his concet say? we are expecting him to re-his conce -t of say? we are expecting him to re-his concept of clean _ say? we are expecting him to re-his concept of clean energy. _ say? we are expecting him to re-his concept of clean energy. what - say? we are expecting him to re-his concept of clean energy. what he i concept of clean energy. what he will say today is about this new partnership with the crown estate which owns the majority of the land of the coastline, which will enable them to push forward with offshore wind projects, he will be announcing that partnership and also talking about the investment that will come over the next five years from the government, which will be about 8.3 billion. we are hoping to understand a little more about the practicalities around gb energy, so it won't be a direct energy supply to our homes like british gas, but it will be a vehicle that will accelerate these projects. we are keen to hear more about how that will work in principle. will gb energy be owning these projects or

investing in them and providing advice and support? thea;r investing in them and providing advice and support? they talked about housing, _ advice and support? they talked about housing, but _ advice and support? they talked about housing, but what - advice and support? they talked about housing, but what they i advice and support? they talked | about housing, but what they are trying to defeat is nimby is. how is this going to work for big installations of solar panels? this gb ener: installations of solar panels? this gb energy doesn't _ installations of solar panels? try 3 gb energy doesn't exist in isolation. we had very early on, when labour took office they were trying to reduce the barriers to renewable energy projects, the opposition that people sometimes have two having these projects in their back yard. now not requiring, still requiring community involvement but maybe not preventing or restricting these projects because of one complaint here or there, but making sure that process is speeded up a little bit more. this is one of a number of packages or policy changes that the labour government are looking at to accelerate the delivery of renewable

energy projects.