a vulnerable man kept as a slave for almost 26 years has won a "record payout" after his family sued the government for denying him adequate compensation. pupils across scotland received blank exam results emails this morning. the sqa says it has now resolved the "technical issue" and that emails have been reissued. and artists from 58 countries are putting on more than 52,000 performances, as the edinburgh fringe gets under way. a very good morning. let's go back to our top story — here in the uk, there's been renewed rioting in some cities in england and northern ireland, including darlington and plymouth and belfast.

in belfast, a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital after he was seriously assaulted during disorder there. his condition is described as serious and police are treating the incident as a racially—motivated hate crime. police officers also came under "sustained attack." petrol bombs, masonry and bricks were thrown towards police. petrol was also poured over a land rover and set alight. lyndsey telford has this report. what started as a protest became a powderkeg ready to explode. anger turned to hatred, hate turned to violence, and victims targeted in what's been described as sickening acts. the owner of a cafe seen here barricading his door. just all i wanted, really, in that moment was to save my staff and i had customers inside. so i wanted to run from back door

and was keeping shouting, "run, run, run," and i was holding on the door. i don't want anybody to get injured. the damage will be about between 15 and probably around 20 grand. the damage here is bad, but for others it's devastating. businesses nearby were torched on saturday night. at this supermarket, nothing can be salvaged. ashes. nothing left. i mean, literally nothing left. nothing. it's the third time this shop has been set on fire. staff feel abandoned by police. all what they are doing is coming here, doing a statement, and go. and theyjust give you fake promises. if the police want to do something, they are not going to allow those people to do that from the beginning. across the street, a cafe destroyed,

and this owner fearful for his life. yeah, at the time, when i was in the office, they come and shout my name, "where is mohammed?" then they smash all windows on the ground floor here. for me, it's not easy. i am going through difficulties because they know my name now. they know your name, what do you think that means? it's scary. you know, my life is threatened. that night, the place was torched. as those affected pick up the pieces, they will be asking, is there any future here? lyndsey telford has this report. lyndsey telford, bbc newsline. white microwave also just heard that

two more people have been charged with disorder after unrest in merseyside in the last week. a26—year—old man and a 15—year—old boy that are due in court over the next few days facing violent disorder charges. there has been a lot of concern about how social media is being used to organise the protest. earlier i spoke with anne craanen a senior research and policy manager on extremism at the institute for strategic dialogue think tank. i asked her if she was surprised by the role social media has been playing in the protests. not necessarily surprised, but what i am surprised at is kind of the relationship between what we have seen online and the off—line violence. 0ftentimes, it can be very hard to assess whether online content leads directly to off—line violence. i would say in this instance it was incredibly clear. that was seen from following the attacks last monday where a 17—year—old perpetrator killed three girls and injured many others, we saw an immense amount of disinformation very quickly spreading about the supposed

perpetrator, him being an alleged migrant who came to the uk recently and illegally. and from that we saw a lot of hate speech, mostly anti—migrant and anti—muslim hate speech, but also very quickly these calls for protest. this really started with the focus on southport, but obviously we have seen them all over the country and we have seen that sort of... those online sort of, you know, calls for protest, that is exactly where the violence actually manifested itself, so i am surprised at how direct the relationship is and how clear it is. and i suppose the problem for the authorities is there isn't one specific organiser of this disorder. no, exactly. that is the very hard part, and i think that is also very characteristic of the far right. the far right, for anyone watching the far right over the last years, i do not think, to be honest, this comes as a surprise, it doesn't come out of nowhere. obviously the scale is immense, but given the anti—migrant and anti—muslim hatred that has been

spreading, but also that has been mainstream for so many years, you know, that has sort of given the far right more confident outlook to think that they could maybe get away with this. the scale of the violence and the extremist violence, i should say, is of a very different scale than we have seen recently. it would be very hard for the police to see who is involved. obviously, a lot of arrests have been made, but especially for the online content with the 0nline safety act, you know, whilst there are now offences that have been added to the 0nline safety act for spreading disinformation, for instance, how are they going to find those people and hold them accountable for what they have done also in the online sphere? and you can get more on the violent disorder on the bbc news website. we have a live page up and running. we will turn a retention to some of the day's other news. —— turn our

attention. a british man kept as a slave for almost 26 years has won a record legal pay out after his family sued the government for "denying him adequate compensation" in what was one of the uk's biggest cases of modern day slavery. the man was held on a traveller site with 17 other vulnerable men — forced to work for little or no pay, fed on scraps and beaten by their captors. this report from linsey smith contains details you may find upsetting. in one of the biggest investigations into modern—day slavery... abusing their vulnerable victims... his family had given him up for dead. it was a story that made headlines around the world. 18 vulnerable men rescued from this lincolnshire traveller site. they had been kept in squalor by the rooney family. one, a homeless man picked up in hull, was even made to dig his own grave. today's sentences reflect the level of exploitation, control and violence that exhibited.

it's seven years since the rooneys wept in court as their family were sent to prison. but only now has the victim's sister finally won what she says is adequate compensation for him. it has taken as long to get his compensation as the rooneys have spent in prison. and that's quite something, isn't it? i only wish the money could fix him, but it won't. the family would only tell their story anonymously. they are still fearful of the rooneys. my brother needs care round the clock. he was hit over the head with a jcb bucket, i believe, and this has caused him to develop brain atrophy. what we got back was definitely not the man that left us. it is clear from police footage of his rescue that the victim's suffering was mental as well as physical. doesn't appear to be any toilet area. he was forced to live in this

caravan in squalor and filth, condition is not fit for human habitation. this is where they would lay their heads after a day working on driveways. customers describe watching the victims strip tarmac by hand without tools. my brother was made to work with a broken leg. he did originally have a cast, but because he couldn't walk or move fast, i understand the rooneys forced him to actually remove it. and unfortunately now, he is suffering with what i think is a malunited fracture, which is causing him a lot of pain and he has got a very significant limp. he has been left to sleep in dog kennels and horse boxes, etc. my brother has had no experience of having to live on his own or how to clean and cook for himself. the victim was held with 17 other vulnerable men. some of them seen here posing with one of the rooneys. 15 of them have died

since their rescue. they were never going to recover, some of them. some of them were emaciated, had a long history of being treated badly, not being fed properly, not being sought medical attention when they needed it, and unfortunately that will take a toll on the body over a period of time. butchers, builders, baby—sitters, modern day slaves can be hidden in plain sight. and families like the rooneys can make millions off them, living lives of luxury, wearing rolexes and holidaying abroad. whereas lawyers say, once rescued, victims often walk away homeless and penniless. sadly, i've had four clients die in the time it takes to get legal aid in place and actually make an application to seeker. the seeker system is simply not fit for purpose. compensation is essential to rebuilding lives and closing that door on exploitation. it is incredibly unfair that victims of trafficking are not

obtaining compensation. one reason victims find it hard to secure compensation is that legal aid isn't ordinarily available to help them apply. this solicitor represented the victim for free. 0ur sense is that this may be the highest amount of compensation paid out to a modern slavery survivor under the scheme. we hope that it will be a really important and significant decision for other survivors to be able to use. the ministry ofjustice say they do not comment on individual cases, but told us that seeker doesn't make specific provisions victims of modern—day slavery. with almost 4000 british nationals trapped in slavery, according to the latest figures, campaigners say that needs to change. about 145,000 pupils across scotland are receiving

their exam results this morning. but some pupils received blank exam results emails without their grades. 0thers others did manage to get given, as you can see, their results in envelopes. officials say those emails have now been reissued. certificates are being sent out for various qualifications, including national 5s, highers and advanced highers. let's speak to our bbc scotland reporter, katie hunter, in glasgow. can we start off with this issue with the blank e—mails? i can imagine being a student, waiting for your result to come, you get the e—mail, then it is absolutely blank, what has gone on? it e-mail, then it is absolutely blank, what has gone on?— what has gone on? it has been a really interesting _ what has gone on? it has been a really interesting and _ what has gone on? it has been a really interesting and unusual. really interesting and unusual morning. we were filming in glasgow with a group of seven or eight young people, and all but one had signed up people, and all but one had signed up to get the results on their phone via text or e—mail. at about eight o'clock, the texts started coming in

and people were generally very happy. the first time we rely something might be wrong is when one of the pupilsjust something might be wrong is when one of the pupils just got a blank e—mail. so, luckily the head teacher was there at the head teacher was able to whisper his results to him. but it really unusual set of circumstances. around 58,000 people across scotland had signed up to receive their results via text or e—mail. now, as i said, the text results came through, the problem was with the e—mail. the scottish qualifications authority estimates that around 7000 people expecting results today will have been impacted by the e—mail delay. the chief executive fiona robertson says the priority has been fixing the problem, and it was resolved before 9:30am, c e—mails should now be making their way to people with their results.— their results. very briefly, what about the pass _ their results. very briefly, what about the pass rates _ their results. very briefly, what about the pass rates this - their results. very briefly, what

about the pass rates this year? | their results. very briefly, what i about the pass rates this year? as ou about the pass rates this year? is you said, national about the pass rates this year? sis you said, national fives, about the pass rates this year? sis you said, nationalfives, hires about the pass rates this year? sis you said, national fives, hires and you said, nationalfives, hires and advanced highers are the main focus for people wanting to get into university, they are a big focus. the a— university, they are a big focus. the a- c university, they are a big focus. the a— c pass rate was 75% today. that was down slightly on last year, closer to when it was pre—pandemic. katie hunter in glasgow, thank you very much. ijust want i just want to take you to a news conference that is taking place in manchester. this follows that video that emerged showing an officer being filmed kicking and stamping on a man's head at the airport last month. this is the solicitor for the two men who were involved and their mother. he is speaking, let's have a listen to what he is saying.— listen to what he is saying. alleged olice listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. _ listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. as _ listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. as far _ listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. as far as _ listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. as far as we - listen to what he is saying. alleged police violence. as far as we are i police violence. as far as we are aware, there have been no proactive attempts by the gmp to monitor or to

investigate the further hate crimes perpetrated against this family. i have now spoken to catherine bates, the regional director for the have now spoken to catherine bates, the regional directorfor the i 0pc, with regards to lodging a formal complaint against officers from greater manchester police. the intent to meet with the director, but also to seek a meeting with mayor andy burnham, if he is actually interested in the context. i will firstly set out today some of the context of what the family alleges happened that day, followed by a list of concerns and requests they wish to make public. the deliberate attempt by some within greater manchester police are so—called police sources to present a version of events to the media in the immediate aftermath and then to claim publicly that they cooperated with the io pc investigation is deeply unhelpful and can be seen as nothing more than a deliberate and cynical attempt to manipulate and

mould a narrative of events and untruths. the family has many serving police officers and believes the actions of these officers do not represent their many colleagues who do a difficultjob day in, day out. the family wish to put on record that if the two young men sat next to me, and seen on video and stand accused of criminality, theirfamily fully support that they must face robust, due legal process. the family also wish to state that they know many other families that the police play a crucial role in our society and police with the consent of the people, and that it is precisely why, when they get it so badly wrong, that they must be held to account. equally, when they get it right, the police should be praised and the family wish to place on record their thanks to the police who for days have had to face

right—wing, racist thugs causing violent disorder and spreading fear across england, but it will be clear to many who have watched the horrific violence over the last few days that, despite repeated attempts to her police officers, despite the grotesque and often deadly violence they faced, the missiles, the punches thrown, the arson, the wanton violence they were subjected to, the police officers have not been provoked and taken the law into their own hands. in our democracy, we have the right to expect that those in uniform will not act as thugs and will act within the law. and that any force used must be reasonable, legitimate and proportionate. the two young men sat here today, along with her mother and family, are left devastated and traumatised by the incident at manchester airport. despite the creel, clear attempt to some to place this information on media and social media, the young men sat next

to me do not have a single criminal conviction, not even a speeding ticket. in fact, conviction, not even a speeding ticket. infact, members conviction, not even a speeding ticket. in fact, members of the family are serving police officers with greater manchester police and other members of the family in other areas of the country. amad himself has undergone an interview process tojoin the gmp. has undergone an interview process to join the gmp. today is about setting the record straight and issuing a warning to greater manchester police that leaking or using so—called police sources to justify alleged criminality by their officers can only be seen as a deliberate attempt to interfere with the investigation. i want to start now with what sparked the incident, something that we have heard nothing about to date. a woman was travelling back from her holiday in pakistan. she was feeling unwell on the plane, and as a result use the empty seat next to her to be able to sit more comfortably. shortly after making use of the seat, she could

hear a male muttering in the row behind her. at first, she paid no attention, but then the e—mail went out of his way over the course of the next several hours to subject her to a tirade of alleged racial abuse. he repeated the called her a pitch, and referred to her... she was scared the ten hag three was going to become physical and assault her. despite her appeals to the qatar airlines cabin crew, they did nothing to intervene. she appealed to him to come down, but he refused to him to come down, but he refused to listen. he then stood up behind her. he was towering over her and hurling abuse. it was a mixture of abuse in english and in arabic. at this point, she became increasingly frightened and intimidated. he was over six feet tall and was not large build. the wife intervened and told him to stop, and asked him to sit

down, however he continued, and his children were also ridiculing her. even though she was feeling extremely unwell, she fought himself up extremely unwell, she fought himself up and walked to the bureau of the plane, looking for a seat. she sat down at the back on a random seat, however she was told to move pretty much straightaway somebody else was assigned to the seat. she had no choice but to come back to her seat and sit down, and the abuse continued for several hours. the set three continued to intimidate her by shouting racist abuse and by being a bully. 0nce shouting racist abuse and by being a bully. once the flight landed, she walked off the plane and was walking towards the baggage claim area and she felt something hit her hand luggage. she looked back and saw the mail standing behind her. luggage. she looked back and saw the mailstanding behind her. he luggage. she looked back and saw the mail standing behind her. he was using his hand luggage to repeatedly bump into her. at that point, she began to cry, she was extremely traumatised, she was scared, she was upset and stressed, achieve collective the wrong suitcase which

she did not realise until she eventually got home that evening. as soon as she exited at the arrivals, she saw her two sons and her six—year—old grandson waiting for her. she broke down into tears and told them that what happened to her over the last several hours, and her sons questioned her as to what had happened and to this man was. she told her sons at the cabin crew had failed to assist her. she wanted to leave, but when they walked past starbucks, she noticed a man in question and she froze. both her sons approached the man and questioned him regarding the abuse. the man was rude and proceeded to laugh in her sons' face and an altercation took place. following this, the family left starbucks and headed towards the car park. when they got to the car park, for here was paying for the parking. i will summarise some of the details because of the ongoing

investigation, but police officers, two females andy man approached him, then without identifying themselves, immediately grabbed him by rest, and i have seen and many of you will have seen the footage that has been broadcast by the manchester evening news, some of it heavily pixelated, but the context that the family wishes to provide is that if you watch closely, if you watch closely the footage, he is immediately grabbed by the rest, as can be seen on the cctv, the mail officer proceeds to grab him by the neck and it is alleged that he hits his head into the ticket machine, at which point the other son asked the police officer to remove his hand from his neck as he was not resisting arrest. they were shocked at the unnecessary aggression and violence, alleged violence shown from the start. there was no immediate attempt to speak to them, to caution him or to simply

say, can we speak to you for a second? the family appreciates you have seen leaked footage with pixelation of the top of vital events as they unfold. however, this is what the context of what took place. when he asked the police officer to remove his neck old, it is alleged by him and his mother and others that the mail officer then proceeded to punch him twice in the side of his head, at which point he falls onto the ground. the officer pulls them down, due to the fact that she was holding him from behind. the officer, whilst punching to mount one, pushes her to the ground. as you can see from the cctv, pandemonium breaks loose at that point. at this point, for here was also tasered from behind and land space first, at which point the

officer. with him. she can be seen leaning over her son as he lies motionless on the ground. the taser thatis motionless on the ground. the taser that is used as a prohibited firearm and licence by police officers. it can emit up to 50,000 volts of electricity. at no point do you see on the video, fahir reaching for any officers' firearms as is later claimed in the immediate press release from the gmp. nor is he doing anything other than lying motionless, face down. it is at this point, as the officer stands up, he proceeds to run and kick fahir in the face. mrs akhtar then tried to pull her son's face away. as the officer then attempts to stamp on his head, as can be seen in the graphic video at this point. both brothers are compliant. temp two is incapacitated, his brother is sat at some distance behind on a seat with his hands on his head. with officers

keeping him under control. the officer then proceeds to lift his foot up and appears to stamp down on fahir�*s head. mrs akhtar states she attempted to pull his son's as she thought the officer could have killed her son at this point. she genuinely believed at this point that her son was dying as he was limp and unresponsive due to tasered. as seen in the video, the officer then kneels down, placing his knee on his back, whilst you are still limp and then looks up, straight at mrs akhtar whilst he has his knee on fahir�*s back and he is not moving. at this point, it is alleged that the mail officer still has his taser drawn. using his right hand,it has his taser drawn. using his right hand, it is alleged he strikes mrs akhtar directly in the face using his taser as a weapon. at this point, mrs akhtar never, prior to this or during that point, is

presenting any threat to any police officer. at this point, she screams as she holds herface, she was terrified she would now be subjected to the same violence as she alleges her son was. this is the bruising that mrs akhtar had on her face, her son was. this is the bruising that mrs akhtar had on herface, you will get copies at the end of the press conference. some of which you can still see on her face today. she was left bleeding from below her i. this is what she alleged she was subjected to. at no point did any officer approach mrs akhtar to check on her well—being or welfare. at no point did anybody seek to get medical assistance for mrs akhtar. and as she screamed, she thought she would now face the same violence as her two sons. she then held her face, as well as holding onto her son, and she noticed the officer walked off behind her and she was scared that this officer would

attack her from scared that this officer would attack herfrom behind. she looked back and noticed that he then pointed his taser at her other son, who were sat down with his hands on his head and was compliant. even though she had been attacked, she struggled and stood up, and saw the same officer that had allegedly attacked her and her son fahir then proceed to kick her son amad and drag him down on the floor and taser as a weapon to hit her son his head. another officer then sat on top of amad and pressed his head down to the floor and proceeded to threaten him. at this point, she stood up between her sons, who were lying on the floor, and at this point she can hear her six—year—old grandson crying and her son amad telling her to go to his nephew. mrs demme three touches herface and notice to go to his nephew. mrs demme three touches her face and notice she was touching her cheek. she did not want touching her cheek. she did not want to leave her sons as she genuinely feared for their lives. she then noticed the officer that kicked fahir in the head over, she tells

him to stop. at this point, the officer tells her to step back, then a female officer pushes her away as she is moving away. anotherfemale officer then come spider and pushes her back and again. —— comes behind her. she was dazed, crying, disorientated, but notice the officers with amad roll him over onto his front. at this point, he was handcuffed from the rear and now they were kneeling on his chest. the officer then grabbed amad by the neck and pushed his head into the floor before getting him up and taking him away. she then sees the other officer left fahir and also take him away.— other officer left fahir and also take him away. there we have the solicitor talking _ take him away. there we have the solicitor talking about _ take him away. there we have the solicitor talking about that - solicitor talking about that incident that happened at manchester airport. you will remember that a video that emerged showing a police officer kicking and stamping the man's head. the family they are

presenting their side of the argument in quite a lot of detail. this is the first time we have heard from them. they were making accusations about the police making accusations about the police making a deliberate attempt to interfere with the independent 0ffice a deliberate attempt to interfere with the independent office for police conduct investigation. greater manchester police, there were a lot of claims made against them. we will go to greater manchester police and put those claims to them about what the family are saying, but that the first we have heard in detail about that incident that happened at manchester airport last month. stay with us on bbc news. live from london. this is bbc news. police officers come under attack in another night of violent disorder in uk cities. several officers are injured

in plymouth, while petrol bombs are thrown by protestors in belfast. bangladesh's parliament is dissolved to make way for a new government, a day after the prime minister sheikh hasina resigned and fled the country. blindfolded and beaten — israel's leading human rights organisation has likened the country's prison system to a network of torture camps for palestinians. and artists from 58 countries are putting on more than 52,000 performances, as the edinburgh fringe gets under way. hello. we start this hour here in the uk, where there's been renewed rioting in some cities in england and northern ireland. in belfast, police officers came under "sustained attack." petrol bombs, masonry and bricks were thrown towards police. petrol was also poured over a land rover and set alight. the worst outbreaks of violence

came in belfast, plymouth, and darlington.