iain watson, bbc news.ns, an australian and an indian, began their ascent of nanda devi almost three weeks ago. rescuers were sent to find them when the group failed to return to base camp. the uk border force intercepted 7a migrants today after eight small boats crossed the english channel. the home office said the men, women and children have had medical examinations. a criminal investigation's been launched. 0ur correspondent, richard galpin, is with me. richard, what more can you tell us? we think this is, according to one mp in the area, a record number of migrants trying to cross the channel, eight boats in total, 7a people, and seven of those boats we re people, and seven of those boats were intercepted by the border force and the coast guard, just one boat reached the south coast. 0n and the coast guard, just one boat reached the south coast. on top of that, the french authorities managed to intercept another two boats in french water and i think this is linked to the fact that the weather is good a

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. after eight small boats attempted to cross the english channel. the home office said the men, women and children have had medical examinations. a criminal investigation‘s been launched. here's richard galpin with more details. eight boats in total, 7a people. seven of those boats were intercepted by border force and the coastguard. just one boat managed to reach the south coast of england. on top of that, the french authorities intercepted another two boats in french water. and this is linked to the fact that the weather is good, it is warm, calm and that encourages people to try and make the crossing. in response there has been a robust statement from the home secretary. he has said that the numbers of people trying to cross now is deeply concerning and they are putting their lives at risk. it is very dangerous and the english channel is a very busy shipping lane. the home secretary says he will do everything possible to stop more people crossing and saying that people trying to ente

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.e other stories making the news: at least two people are missing and 38 others have been injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing plant in the russian city of dzerzhinsk, which is about 370 kilometres east of moscow. locals videoed plumes of smoke hanging over the blast area. the captain of a passenger cruiser which collided with a pleasure boat on the danube has appeared in court. 28 people are feared to have died in the collision in the hungarian capital budapest. 30 south korean tourists and three tour guides, as well as two hungarian crew, were on board. a complete ban of plastic bags has come into force in tanzania, which has become the 34th african country to bring in such restrictions. under the new environmental laws, using, selling, importing or producing plastic bags is completely banned in the east african state. anyone caught using plastic bags or wrappings could face a week in jail. the state funeral for the veteran democractic republic of congo opposition leader,

iain watson at the peterborough account. you the result in a special edition of this week. i'm delighted that we have by—election specials. the headlines on bbc news: remembering those who help to liberate europe and changed because of the second world war. a day of commemoration. 75 years to the day of the d—day landings at normandy. playing with his son moments before walking up the door for the last time, the inquest into the london bridge attacks from the family of the man who led that terrible incident. ford has announced the closure of its bridge and engine plant putting 1700 jobs at risk in the latest blow to car manufacturing in britain. let us stay with that story. the car maker ford has confirmed plans to close its engine plant in bridgend next year. the company blamed huge changes in the industry — and insisted the decision wasn't connected to brexit. workers at bridgend — which employs 1,700 people — were sent home, after receiving a letter saying they'll lose theirjobs by september 2020. it is the latest blow to

iain watson, bbc news.pool have won football's top club competition, the european champions league, beating fellow english clu b tottenha m. well, more on this now, and of course for every winner there is a losing team. spurs were always the underdogs going into the final and simonjones spent the evening with some of them in north london. here in north london some pretty glum faces. hundreds of fans have packed into this pub to watch the game on big screens, thousands more went to watch the game at nearby tottenham stadium, their brand—new stadium, but it wasn't the result they wanted. things got off to a really bad start, spurs going behind under one minute, giving away a penalty. despite that the fans have been in good voice during the evening, cheering on their team even though it didn't go the way people wanted. people here have been very proud of the way they have played in the champions league this season, they never really expected them to get to the final but they admitted that spurs were the underd

iain watson, bbc news.ic republic of congo buries a long—standing opposition leader, and his funeral becomes a diplomatic summit. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the momemt of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles album sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: liverpool have won football's top club competition, the european champions league, beating fellow english clu b tottenha m.

iain watson, bbc news. let us get some other stories now. apologies.king down on immigration a key part of his election campaign in 2016. now, under new rules, nearly all applicants for us immigration and visitor visas, will have to submit their social media details. state department regulations will require an estimated 15 million people a year, to submit their social media usernames and five years' worth of email addresses and phone numbers. when the rules were proposed — the american civil liberties union said there is "no evidence that such social media monitoring is effective or fair". let's get some of the day's other news. the state funeral for the veteran democratic republic of congo opposition leader, etienne tshisekedi, has taken place in the capital kinshasa. tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony, including several heads of state, and the drc‘s current president — his son, felix tshisekedi. he died two years ago in belgium, but congo's previous government had blocked the return of his body. a group of doctors linked to anti—gover

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.nment building in the us state of virginia. all but one of the victims were colleagues of his. police described the scene of the shooting at the complex in virginia beach as "a war zone". chris buckler reports. the police had no choice but to run to the line of fire. but little could have prepared them for the carnage they discovered inside this local government building. the office workers were finishing up for the weekend when one of their collea g u es the weekend when one of their colleagues walked in and started firing a shot after shot, indiscriminately killing a dozen people. they said to stay in there until the cops got there to let us come out. there was probably about 20 of us in an office, we barricaded the door. for those who managed to escape, the relief was obvious as others were airlifted to hospital, and so far the only explanation that has been offered for all of these deaths and injuries is that the gunman was a disgruntled employee. the suspect, and this will be the

iain watson, bbc news.s of sussex, who has been critical in the past of the us president. ahead of the 2016 us presidential election, the la—born duchess backed mr trump's rival hillary clinton and suggested she would leave the us if he won. when asked by the sun about the comments, mr trump said he had not been aware of them, adding: "what can i say? i didn't know that she was nasty." but mr trump said meghan would make "a very good" american princess, adding he thought it was "nice" she had joined the royal family. eight climbers, including four britons, are missing on india's second—highest mountain. the group, which also includes two americans, an australian and an indian, began their ascent of nanda devi almost three weeks ago. rescuers were sent to find them when the group failed to return to base camp. the headlines on bbc news: jubilation from liverpool fans as their team win the greatest prize in european football — the champions league — beating tottenham 2—0 in an all—english final in madrid. it'

iain watson, bbc news, westminster. and international studies at the university of birmingham and asked him whether trump‘s comments would be received as a help or a hindrance to the tory leadership candidates. that is the big question — of course most of this is will the trump endorsement actually help your candidacy or perhaps even hinder it? or, more likely, just make no difference at all. trump flatters himself. saying his endorsement can make a 40 or 50 point difference. that might work in west virginia or alabama but doesn‘t work in the uk. i think his endorsement will be minimal in terms of the impact it has on the conservative party race. but it may actually be about his reliability and collectibility as a partner in politics. obviously, next week we have the visit, he will be spending time in the united kingdom, what big issues is he likely to put on the agenda? state visits are meant to be symbolic and they are meant to be about reaffirming the deep political relationships between the states. trump has proved

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster.eet acting very quickly this morning to suspend this minister. it was very swift. at the morning briefing, downing street made it clear the prime minister had found the footage of the incident we have seen very concerning, and he had been suspended from ministerial office at the foreign office. i should stress this is quite an unusual thing to do. usually one of two things happen when allegations are made against ministers. they are either sacked outright, and sometimes then there is an investigation and they come back into office. or they continue in office while the investigation is going on, which happened to damian green who was being investigated over inappropriate behaviour. former defence secretary gavin williamson who was accused of leaking from a security council meeting. at this time mark field has been suspended while investigations take place by the cabinet office. that is an indication of how serious it is being taken. and also doing a favour to the two people vying to suc

iain, thank you very much, iain watson.ttish parliament to mark 20 years of devolution. in a speech to msps, she said she'd "watched scotland grow and prosper" since holyrood took on its legal powers two decades ago. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie was there. scotland is an old nation with a relatively new parliament. it's seen two decades of devolution. the queen, joined by the duke of rothesay, said she fondly remembered the opening ceremony. today she was back addressing the current msps. i have no doubt that for most of these last 20 years this striking chamber has provided exactly that — a place to talk. but, of course, it must also be a place to listen, a place to hear views that inevitably may differ quite considerably, one from another, and a place to honour those views. the political landscape has changed dramatically since 1999. that's what's called competition, ithink... the first first minister was the labour leader, the late donald dewar. nicola sturgeon was then a young snp msp. now she's first minister.

iain watson has the drama from the night. the result that seemed to be on a nice edge.d... cheering and applause. but it was labour that cut through, narrow victory over the brexit party with the majority of 683, with the conservatives in third place. the results seem to be on a knife edge all night. sometimes the brexit party were ahead sometimes labour. labour supporters are delighted they hung onto the seat. this cts to be a two horse race —— used to be a two horse race. labour delighted they came out in front. brexit party supporters had high hopes but their leader, nigel farage, kept a low profile. in the end, just to view rallied to the new party. the new labour mp put her victory down to not banging on about brexit. did come up but not as much people think. they cared about the letter a ll people think. they cared about the letter all over the community, the police, the lack of police on the street, drug dealing happening without fear of being caught. these are all the issues that people in peter's —— here spoke to. are all the issues that people in peter's -- he

iain watson, bbc news. lots of reaction to that last night.dline, on heathrow, on his income tax plans. maybe not going as far as some of his supporters in parliament would have liked him to do. that said, there wasn't really a killer blow. there wasn't really a killer blow. there wasn't a moment on which his campaign looked like it was in trouble. and he is so far ahead with tory mps that he is almost certain to be on that ballot paper that goes to be on that ballot paper that goes to the membership. so it's probably not a bad night for his campaign overall. the big race here is for who else will be going to tory members in that boat from the other four. there's only 14 votes between second place and fifth place in the ballot of tory mps. sajid javid insisted this morning he is staying in the race, that he still has a chance of finishing second when the votes are whittled down tomorrow. rory stewart, the other man potentially in trouble, saying he is staying in the race. he still thinks he has something to offer. there is going to be another

iain watson, bbc news, peterborough.olitics at the university of kent. . thanks forjoining us. what were theissues . thanks forjoining us. what were the issues that mattered here that meant that labour won the by—election? meant that labour won the by-election? on the ground, labour spent quite a bit of the campaign talking about issues like crime, well away from brexit. also what seeing kicking in behind this surprisingly resilient labour vote in peterborough is probably a return of something we are not talking about much at the moment, the left and right divide. we hear a lot about leave and remain, but in the data from the 2017 election, many voters still like where labour are on issues like the economy and things like that. the labour vote was down, so was the conservative vote. the brexit party had a good election. but labour squea ked through with a majority of 683 votes. how is it going to help jeremy corbyn? it takes some pressure off him, he's been under a lot of pressure to commit to a second referendum, to get

with me is our political correspondent, iain watson, iain, this is a field that's getting increasinglyhave a baker's dozen it is indeed. so far we have a ba ker‘s dozen of it is indeed. so far we have a baker's dozen of candidates who have declared they want to be the next prime minister. now, i think what is interesting is that although so many have already declared, mps will whittle this huge field down to two, that will then go to the membership and the dividing lines in the contest have become clearer, they be summed up in the phrase, deal or no deal. the health secretary and the international development secretary have both argued that in effect parliament would stop us leaving without a deal, by implication they're saying candidates calling for no deal are trying to pull the wool over the eyes of members. but andrea leadsom said, mps would prefer no deal to a further delay. sajid javid, who wants a deal, is also saying he wants no deal preparations ramped up and the newest candidate said he wants the issue to go back to the people. that issue to go back to the people. that is no

iain watson, bbc news.o richard galpin outside the us ambassador‘s residence where president trump is staying. first we go tojessica parker who is in westminsterfor us this morning. good morning to you. as we mentioned, yesterday was all about the tuxedos. today is the business suits. that is right. there will be a business breakfast and then talks at downing street. if yesterday was about the pageantry, todayis yesterday was about the pageantry, today is all about the politics. you can't imagine two more different liga leaders. there is donald trump, the rule breaker, the impromptu tweeter, then there is theresa may whose greatest misdemeanour famously was running through a field of wheat. if they have varying clinical styles they also have varying political views. all eyes will be on the press conference they are due to hold a later today —— political styles was of a big cloud hanging over the stalks for them. theresa may only has days left as the party leader and weeks left as the prime minister. that'll

iain watson, bbc news, peterborough.n peterborough for us now. in that huddle behind you jeremy corbyn and lisa forbes? you mightjust corbyn and lisa forbes? you might just be corbyn and lisa forbes? you mightjust be able to see the back of the labour leader's head. he is talking to labour activists who have assembled here in the as the rain begins in cathedral square in peterborough. he is here for a celebrate of a tour of the city centre and he hasjust celebrate of a tour of the city centre and he has just said two people gathered here, don't write labour off. write labour off at your peril. he is thrilled. it could very easily have been nigel farage here this morning. labour won by not many votes, slightly increasing the majority from 2017. the brexit party had high hopes of winning here. took a huge number of tory votes and almost took the seat. but in the end labour got out its court date. labour got out its court date. labour has a very well established machine here but churning out this vote and it worked and it g

iain watson, bbc news, peterborough. ian is in peterborough.out of ten people voted to leave the european union —— farage. the assumption was that he could make a breakthrough and put conservatives under pressure and put conservatives under pressure and produce a new leader and also on british politics more generally, over brexit but to some extent momentum is everything in politics, so it's interesting that he fell short and in the wider debate, why did it happen, he would say that labour are better organised on the ground and his party is very young and from the labour point of view, their analysis that they talked about wider issues than brexit and people were taking about decisions about their own communities and voted for many reasons other than brexit and perhaps the brexit party talked about wider issues like euro elections might not fare too well in the way that the liberal democrats quadrupled their vote picking up the votes of those who wanted to avowedly remain in the european union. you cannot draw straight conclusions and it did lo

more now from our political correspondent iain watson. a result that seemed to be on a knife—edge. that lisa forbes is duly elected... cheering and applause but it was labour that cut through. a narrow victory over the brexit party, a majority of 683, with the conservatives in third place. the result seemed to be on a knife—edge all night. sometimes the brexit party felt they were ahead, sometimes it was labour. labour supporters are delighted that they've held on to this seat. although their vote has tumbled since the last general election. this a seat that used to be a two—horse race between labour and the conservatives. tonight it was a two—horse race between labour and the brexit party. they are delighted that they came out in front. brexit party supporters had high hopes but their leader, nigel farage, kept a low profile. six out of ten voters backed brexit here in the referendum but, in the end, just too few rallied to the new party. the new labour mp put her victory down to not banging on about brexit. it did come up but not as much people think it might have done. they care

iain watson, bbc news. let us take a look at what is going on in parliament square.t you can guess what that is, it is the trump balloon, the focal point for those protests during last year's working visit, and it is being inflated because it is going to be flying in the london skies again. let us see how big the protest is this time round. big protests last year, you may remember, when the news emerged donald trump was coming for that working visit in july, donald trump was coming for that working visit injuly, well, huge protests a nd working visit injuly, well, huge protests and lots of signatures, 1.8 million on a petition saying he shouldn't be coming for a working visit, a state visit or anything else but he did come and huge protests accompanied that visit. although the president basically travelled between all the locations he was attending by marine one, the helicopter, so he was kept well away from any protesters. will he see any today? as we have from experts, there are three stages of the cord and between the president any one time so maybe he will catch

take part in a debate to be screened on bbc television this evening. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonrisjohnson will boris johnson will definitely borisjohnson will definitely clear today's parliamentary hurdle. in the first ballot last week, he was a long way ahead of his rivals, and by thursday, when mps whittle down the remaining hopefuls to the two candidates who will compete for the votes of the wider membership, he will almost certainly be one of them. the former foreign secretary has been criticised for keeping a relatively and uncharacteristically low profile. come on, boris. come on. but he will take part in tonight's bbc debate, and his opponents are hoping that under greater scrutiny his campaign will crack. the question, though, is who willjoin him in the final ballot paper. i think this tory election contest is a chance for all of us to put forward positive ideas for how we can make the country better. only jeremy hunt and michael gove have so far demonstrated that they can command the support of more than 10% of their colleagues. so the campaign is run by dominic raabe,

iain watson, bbc news. so what happens now?nother ballot with mps voting for their preferred leadership candidate between 3 and 5 this afternoon. the results will be annonced at 6 o'clock, and the mp with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the race. more ballots are likely to take place tomorrow until the final two candidates remain. when there are only two left in the competition, the first hustings with conservative members will get under way. at this point tory party members will vote, and the winner of the contest and our next prime minister will be announced in the week of the 22nd ofjuly. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor norman smith. so, norman, how do you think things are shaking down after last night?” think two things, one is boris johnson is beatable, despite the huge lead he has built up. two, has rory stewart blown it after he developed a real momentum going into last night's debate and then seemed to fritter it away with a rather lacklustre, uncomfortable performance. but per

speeding offence, became the first mp to be ousted under recall rules. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonpeterborough. the victory was narrow but labour's campaign was wide—ranging. who are we looking at? jeremy corbyn met lisa forbes, the successful candidate, in peterborough this morning. instead of battling it out on brexit, she'd highlighted council cuts and concerns over crime. and the labour leader had a robust message for his political opponents. all the experts wrote labour off yesterday. write labour off at your peril! we are strong, we are very determined to offer that politics that invests in decent services, in decent housing, in decent health care. labour won here in peterborough, but their vote share tumbled from the general election. the key to their victory seems to be an ability to motivate their own core vote, and to bringing activists from other parts of the country from as far away as north wales and the south coast. 0vernight, as the prospect of victory ebbed away, the brexit party leader kept a low profile, but today he took to the airwaves trying to explain why in a

they might be able to pick up some of dominic raab cosmic supporters. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonping champagne tonight and who will be drinking tetley ‘s ? tonight and who will be drinking tetley 's? they might keep it quiet. in the case of some of the candidates. perhaps we will ask it ata candidates. perhaps we will ask it at a future press conference. tonight, the champagne, if that's what it is, is gone a bit flat in the rory stewart campaign because he was presenting himself as this interactionist, this outsider. what was interesting if there was assumption tonight that people would gang up assumption tonight that people would gang up on the front runner, gang up on borisjohnson, gang up on the front runner, gang up on boris johnson, try gang up on the front runner, gang up on borisjohnson, try and knock him off his perch but in fact, what we witnessed, was a battle for second place, the people going through to that crucial round when the wider membership get a say and what was interesting there, there was only about 13 votes that separates the four candidates that aren't bo

we have iain watson. we spoke a while back, give us an update. big entrance. this was traditionally a two horse race and tonight is a two horse race between labour and the brexit party. some say that the labour call vote has seen off the insurgents. it is not enough to stop the brexit party winning. because of the brexit party winning. because of the collapse in the —— conservative vote. we a re the collapse in the —— conservative vote. we are expecting results in an hour or so stop if you are listening to mood music, it is more harmonious on the labour side than on the brexit side and that has slightly changed its tune in the past hour. we will keep coming back to you as the mood changes and things have developed. we will see if it comes in aboutan developed. we will see if it comes in about an hour applause time. —— our‘s time. it may go longer. lance forman, i would suggest that if nigel farage hasn't turned up, that would sound like it doesn't, your party doesn't think you have won it. i think they could be 1000 reasons he hasn't shown up. he

iain watson, bbc news. so what happens now?ther ballot, with mps voting for their preferred leadership candidate between 3.00 and 5.00 this afternoon. the results will be annonced at 6.00, and the mp with the fewest votes will be eliminated from the race. more ballots are likely to take place tomorrow until the final two candidates remain. when there are only two left in the competition, the first hustings with conservative members will get under way. at this point, tory party members will vote, and the winner of the contest and our next prime minister will be announced in the week of the 22nd ofjuly. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor norman smith. norman, looks almost certain that borisjohnson will be going through to the final two. that is some scrabbling around for votes now amongst the others, rory stewart was saying he is involved in talks with michael gove's team to join forces. michael gove's team to join forces. michael gove's team to join forces. michael gove's to just sing in the last f

let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson who is at westminster.he prime minister, she officially takes it seriously. she said the footage was very concerning and she did that very swiftly indeed. and in fact in quite an unusual way because she said there ought to be an investigation by the cabinet office, indeed mark field had referred himself to the cabinet office for investigation following the investigation. but in most cases if you think back to the damian green allegations, the allegations against gavin williamson, they continued in office until reports were drawn up and then either resigned or were sacked. in mark field plasma case, the prime minister has suspended him pending the investigation so he is no longer a foreign office minister. it's not clear whether he will also be suspended as a conservative mp as well because the chairman of the conservative party said it was very difficult to defend the footage he saw. i think what helps mark field is two things, first, there are other colleagues in the conservative party who have been defend

with me is our political correspondent, iain watson. the field getting bigger and bigger.er‘s dozen of last week in august and we have a baker's dozen of candidates to replace her. deal or no deal sounds like a replace her. deal or no deal sounds likea game replace her. deal or no deal sounds like a game show about how conservative candidates answer could be crucial to the chances of becoming the next prime minister. to two contenders, matt hancock and rory stewart, argued strongly for a deal but said they believed that and play simply would not allow a new prime minister to leave without one. the former cabinet minister andrea leadsom disagrees and says parliament would accept no deal if there is some kind of mutual arrangement to avoid disruption. the home secretary said let's ramp up preparations for no deal but he would go hammer and tongs for a deal. when conservative mps in just over a week began this process of whittling down this huge field of candidates to two this question of no deal could be definitive in deciding how they do so. thank you. a cruise ship lost co

let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson. 6ood good morning to you.t borisjohnson is getting his facts wrong, all the while boris johnson is talking about what sort of budget he would introduce to cope with a no deal brexit. but how do you think this is going to play out in the days ahead with another hustings coming up, another one in which they won't actually debate head—to—head? which they won't actually debate head-to-head? they want to head—to—head in these hustings even though the wider public, notjust the conservative membership, can watch them. there is going to be two of them in fact on saturday, lots of opportunity for those conservative members who wanted to ask questions of each candidate to do so but the candidates can't ask questions of each other. it's now becoming a familiar theme, jeremy hunt effectively accusing boris johnson of running away from scrutiny and inviting him again and again as he doesin inviting him again and again as he does in his latest letter to have a head—to—head before crucially the ballot papers are sent to the

five different messages from different candidates. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at theliament. the bar is set little higher over the next two days? yes, it is, they will have to get support from the mps on thursday and this group of ten will be whittled down then on thursday. between now and then, they will try and convince the fellow mps why they should back then. i spoke to rory stewart just why they should back then. i spoke to rory stewartjust before became on—air, he is one of the lesser—known candidates but he is hoping to do well, he thinks he will meet the next threshold which in effect is 17 members of parliament, including himself. he added a caveat, that is if some of them have not pledged to support other candidates. they can only back one candidate. people party had the most sophisticated electorate which is to say they are two—faced, putting it more bluntly. they can say they are backing someone until transfer their allegiance to think someone else will when. i would allegiance to think someone else will when. iwould be allegiance to think someone else wil

iain watson, thanks for joining us.nt in the conservative leadership race here on the bbc news channel. the result of the second ballot is expected at six o'clock tomorrow and we will be building up tomorrow and we will be building up to the announcement. egypt's former president, president morsi, has died at court. he had been facing charges including allegations of spying. while he was being held, activists complained about his prison conditions. the muslim brotherhood have the night accused the egyptian authorities of being responsible for his death. last year a british parliamentary panel claimed mohamed morsi was being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day which they said could be considered torture, and crispin blunt says he has previously raised concerns about his health. we investigated the conditions of the detention and we reported on it and the report was made available to the egyptian government and we sought to go and inspect the conditions of his detention and they declined that opportunity. but

let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson who is at westminster. sandbach been sent abusive messages by a fellow mp and this incident around mark field as well. that's right, you have summed that up. there will be a by—election possibly before the summer, the first test of a new conservative leader. secondly, the wit‘s office for the conservatives are already investigating the text to antoinette sandbach which she saw as abusive. and now they have something else in the plate, they are now investigating mark field. brandon lewis the conservative party chairman said the footage of him ejecting a protester from that event in london was difficult to defend. so that investigation is going on and that could potentially lead to the conservative party whip been removed from mark field. but meanwhile downing street has stepped in and act themselves. the prime minister has found the footage very concerning and she has suspended mark field as a foreign office minister. now, ishouldjust emphasise how unusual this is because you may remember there was some othe

the party had been too apologetic over accusations of anti—semitism. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonyn, and on a number of occasions he has spoken out not so much on the question of anti—semitism directly, but on how the party has handled anti—semitism. he has criticised it for being too apologetic, he has sided with some people who have been expelled for allegedly saying anti—semitic things or publishing anti—semitic material. so what happened was because of a pattern of behaviour, as they called it, labour suspended him. pattern of behaviour, as they called it, laboursuspended him. but in february, as these disciplinary processes have to be gone through, labour's national executive looked at the details of the case and what they decided to do was to reinstate him. that was jawdropping for many people in the labour party. more than 120 labour mps and labour lords, labour peers, have signed a statement saying that labour should have an independent process for dealing with all of this, and that jeremy corbyn himself should show leadership and take the party whip away from chris willia

our political correspondent iain watson reports from peterborough.eremy corbyn met lisa forbes, the successful candidate, in peterborough this morning. instead of battling it out on brexit, she'd highlighted council cuts and concerns over crime. and the labour leader had a robust message for his political opponents. all the experts wrote labour off yesterday. write labour off at your peril! we are strong, we are very determined to offer that politics that invests in decent services, in decent housing, in decent health care. labour won here in peterborough, but their vote share tumbled from the general election. the key to their victory seems to be an ability to motivate their own core vote, and to bringing activists from other parts of the country from as far away as north wales and the south coast. overnight, as the prospect of victory ebbed away, the brexit party leader kept a low profile, but today he took to the airwaves trying to explain why in an area where six out of ten voters backed brexit in the referendum his party had failed to secure an