this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at lipm. the chancellor defends the rise in national insurance on the self—employed as he says the government is facing new spending challenges. what i did yesterday was address a basic continuing unfairness in the current system, the benefits available to the self—employed have significantly improved. this is not the time to do it. when consumer spending isjust dipping and other front line of the effect of that will be the sole traders, and at the front line of the effect of that will be the sole traders, self—employed. theresa may arrives in brussels for what is expected to be herfinal eu summit, before triggering article 50. donald tusk is re—elected as president of the european council. i'm maxine mawhinney. and in the next hour — remembering those who served in iraq, afghanistan, and in the gulf war. may this memorial commemorates the lives and service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. the queen unveils a memorial,

dedicated to both soldiers and civilians, at a special service in central london. an australian man alleged to have posed as justin bieber online is charged with more than 900 child sex offences. jubilation in the catalan capital as barcelona produced one of the greatest comebacks in football history with a stunning victory over paris saint—germain in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self—employed, saying the government faces "new challenges." mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015

manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self—employed people paying on average £240 more every year. learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the west midlands this morning. and after yesterday's budget the chancellor's the one looking for answers after criticism over his plans to hike up national insurance. i think the decision we made is a fair decision, to ask self—employed people to payjust a little more contribution for the services they receive. this is not in any way an attack on business, it's usually supportive of business, i want people to have choices about the way they work, but i want them to make those choices on the basis of what is right, not on the basis of what tax advantages they bring. but this is the row he woke up to, accusations the tories had broken

a manifesto promise made by mr cameron in 2015. if you elect me as your prime minister there will be no increase in vat, no increase in national insurance, no increase in income tax. and there is criticism, too, from some conservative mps. my leaflets i put through people's doors, the people who voted for me said we will not put up vat, income tax, national insurance contributions, it didn't have any brackets or anything, it didn't say that. that was what we put out, that was what people believed in. and i don't think we should break that promise. the government insists the policy will make the system fairer. the new changes plus others already planned means 2.6 million people will gain around £115 per year. 1.6 million will have to pay more. on average, £2110 a year. labour's hoping tory rebels will help them oppose the plans. i represent a constituency with a large number of self—employed. at the moment they are on the edge,

on the edge because of the dip in consumer spending. what's happening in the economy at the moment. this is not a time to be penalising them, we want a fair system, let's plan the fair system so those self—employed are treated fairly. let's end this mode of self—employment that is exploiting so many people. but others are clear the changes will make things fairer. 45% of the increasing climate in the last years has been driven by self—employment. he's looking at his tax take and realising the more people are self—employed and the blessed taxi get in because they pay significantly less tax than employees. he is right to try and address that. sources say philip hammond is privately bullish about the changes. they admit privately the initial explanation of the measures may have fallen short. the government insists its plans are fair, but philip hammond said no chancellor can rule out future tax changes. adding, that's a golden rule. at the moment, self—employed people

do pay significantly less tax than people who are in employment earning the same amount of money. if you wa nt to the same amount of money. if you want to ensure equity between people earning the amount of money, creating the same wealth in the economy, there is a case of increasing the tax on the self—employed, or alternatively, reducing the tax on employees. the problem for the chancellor is, more of us are becoming self—employed. nearly half of the growth of employment in the workforce over the five 01’

or six years has been among the self—employed. they are paying less tax and that is creating a hole in the public finances. the political lesson is, don't make promises about tax changes in the future? the conservatives promised not to raise income tax, national assurance of vat in their manifesto. they are the three biggest tax is by far and to tie your hands for five years not to raise the biggest taxes gets you into the political problems we have seen today. i know 24 hours after a budget, you spend hours going through the detail, are there any bodies buried there by the treasury? it is interesting and a worrying forecast about what is happening to

earnings. earnings are still on average, below where they were in 2007 and they will not hit that level again until early 2020, so more than a decade with no earnings growth, which is to do with the hangover from the recession which is unprecedentedly bad in terms of earnings growth. the budget of responsibility has said despite the terrible performance over the last two years, the economy is working at capacity. it cannot get much better. so all of that together, it is reminding us we are still in the middle of this horrible decade. and borrowing £20 billion in 2020, so austerity is not going away?” borrowing £20 billion in 2020, so austerity is not going away? i am afraid austerity isn't going away. if philip hammond keeps his promise to get rid of the deficit by the end of the next parliament, that is going to mean, not only did we have

a period up until the next election, a period up until the next election, a period up until the next election, a period of significant austerity. george osborne said he wanted to get rid of the deficit by now. philip hammond says he wants to get rid of it by 2025. we could have three parliament's worth of austerity to get the deficit down to zero. the chancellor didn't mention brexit, so this could be changing and it could go out of the window? one of the things economic forecasters will tell you is there is more uncertainty about what will happen over the next five or six years. we some central forecast and the obr and the treasury are saying we should get some modest growth, but things could turn out better than that. or they could turn out worse than that. it is not until we know how the economy is going to react that we don't know what the public

finance and tax and spending consequences are going to be. we have an update from cleveland police following the rape in redcar of the mother who was abducted with her toddler. they are saying as a result of police enquiries, officers have established the circumstances surrounding a report of rape in redcar on friday the 3rd of march, are not as thought. police are not looking for two men who forced a mother and her toddler into a car on redcar seafront. they may have been known to each other and that is the latest coming from redcar police. theresa may is in brussels to attend what's expected to be herfinal eu summit, before triggering the uk's departure from the european union. on the agenda is whether to extend the term of donald tusk as president of the european council. our reporter is in brussels. let's

talk about donald tusk‘s reappointment first, damien? that vote returning him to president of the european council has gone through. donald tusk had to leave the room. the vote was taken. we knew the polish side, his own country were against him because of political differences between mr tusk and the current government in poland. they said they were against him being extended and voted against. but what we understand is reports are saying he was returned by the 27 others, and that will include the uk if the count is correct. there had been some suggestions the uk could use to abstain but would have sided with the 26 to reconfirm mr tusk for another two and a half years and to go against the polish views. that

was a slightly delicate choice for the reason made to have made. mr tusk now, confirmed another two and a half yea rs tusk now, confirmed another two and a half years at the helm, chairing the summit meetings, which will take him all the way through the brexit negotiations and the timetable that has been set out. how does this leave relations between donald tusk and poland ? leave relations between donald tusk and poland? very, very strange. we will wait to see what the poll said. going into the vote earlier this afternoon, the polish prime minister said it was totally unacceptable, they would not stand for this and would do everything they could to try and stop this happening, to stop mr tusk being reconfirmed for another two and a half years. they had a couple of ways to try to do that. one would be to try and delay the vote. but clearly hasn't happened. another way to do it is try to object to the conclusions

that will come at the end of this summitand that will come at the end of this summit and that could cause some problems for confirming the result of the vote. essentially it seems the polls have been left isolated, even their own closest supporting countries, the countries they are lined with like hungary have not stood with them on this issue and they have gone with the other nations. so poland in an awkward position, and a very difficult relationship now between donald tusk, the president of the council here and poland. theresa may has arrived, this could be her last summer, particularly if she triggers article 50. is the word brexit being mentioned a lot? not very much. according to her timetable, when she triggers article 50 before the end of the month, is what she said, that will be before there is another event like this. so this will be her last summit, the last one before she formally notifies the uk's intention

to withdraw. that process gets underway. it is not up for discussion today, it is all about economic issues are looking at migration and all sorts of big questions like that. tomorrow, after theresa may has left and gone home, the other 27 will have a session where they discuss the future of the eu looking forward beyond brexit. what shape they believed the eu should have. those discussions are getting underway. brexit is the thing that is underlying those, determining that course, but it won't formally be the issue being discussed, not until theresa may presses the button and triggers negotiations. damien, for the moment, thank you. the health secretaryjeremy hunt has said it is essential that a and e departments in england hit their target for waiting times now that extra money has been put into social care, as announced in yesterday's budget.

if we are leaving people too long in a&e departments, not getting the flow right through hospitals, it is bad for patient safety. that's why it's absolutely essential that we do get back to the 95% target. this one is critical for patient safety. and that's why yesterday you saw the chancellor announcing a £2 billion short—term package of social care. a man who allegedly posed online asjustin bieber to solicit explicit images from children has been charged with more than 900 sex offences by australian police. police believe he had 150 victims and up to 20 are believed to be from the uk. an idol to millions, justin bieber, the pop star with an adoring young fan base across the globe. but now, a 42—year—old law professor in brisbane is accused of sexually abusing children by pretending to be the canadian star.

gordon douglas chalmers allegedly used social media to win the trust of bieber fans, including up to 20 in the uk, and got them to send him explicit images. he was already facing charges of grooming children, but after police went through his computer, more than 900 new charges have been added. they include three of rape, five of indecent treatment of children, and hundreds of making child exploitation material. justin bieber is touring australia, and some of his teenage fans, like priscilla hadad, say they can understand why young people may be tempted to speak with a fake celebrity online. sometimes, maybe their excitement might get them like, oh, wow, this is so amazing. i'm going to go with it and i'm going to keep talking. queensland police say the arrest was made after

tip—offs from the us and german authorities, and they are warning parents to protect their children online and know what they're up to. it's my rules, it's my house and there's a lot out there. and for me, i really, really want to be on top of it. chalmers is due in court next month. anisa kadri, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the chancellor defends the rise in national insurance on the self—employed, as he says the government is facing new spending challenges. theresa may arrives in brussels for what is expected to be herfinal eu summit, before triggering article 50. donald tusk is re—elected as president of the european council. the queen unveils a new war memorial in london to honour the british personnel who served in iraq and afghanistan. and in sport, owen farrell failed to make it to the end of the training session ahead of the calcutta cup match against scotland in the six

nations. eddiejones match against scotland in the six nations. eddie jones has match against scotland in the six nations. eddiejones has said he could be a doubt, but made light of it saying he ran into his dog. arsene wenger is going to ask the players if he should stay as boss. he hasn't made up his mind. alex hales has returned from injury to underline his england credentials with a century. they are currently 237-3 with a century. they are currently 237—3 after 38 of their 50 overs. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. the queen has unveiled a memorial in london in honour of all those from the uk who served in iraq and afghanistan between 1990 and 2015. the monument, on the banks of the thames, is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. before the unveiling, a special service took place in horse guards parade, as robert hall reports. here is the memorial behind me. one

is representing iraq and the other won afghanistan. between them, the bronze disc. on the side you can see troops in afghanistan and represented on the other side of the disc, are civilians, aid workers, medics and so on. very much the idea of this memorial is to remember both the service personnel who have served in iraq and afghanistan in the last quarter of a century, but also the civilians, aid workers, people involved in the reconstruction of both of those countries. robert hall reports on the unveiling and also the service at horse guards parade, attended by the queen. there have been many accounts of individual sacrifice during the longest continuous period of combat operations since the second world war, but today's ceremonies had at their heart stories that weren't told, stories of the duty and service shown by thousands, in and out of uniform. mark stonelake and his wife donna

had travelled here from cornwall. mark rebuilt his life after losing a leg to a roadside bomb. he was here to remember all of those who serve. it symbolises the hard work that the british forces have done in the gulf region, in iraq and afghanistan. everyone has their own unique take on the war and what happened, but it is nice to share with people that been through similar situations to myself. we meet in the presence of god to commemorate and give thanks for all those civilians and members of the military who have served on operations in the gulf region, iraq and afghanistan. the operations being commemorated today divided public opinion as to their merit. no one ever doubted the dedication

of every man and every woman who travelled to that troubled region. tony o'donnell lost her husband gary in afghanistan. it is definitely not just about widows. i am happy to be here and i have seen some of the other widows, so there are a few of us here. it is a pity we couldn't all come, but this is about everybody, notjust those who died. this unveiling might not have been possible without the generosity of the public. the queen was the first to inspect a structure which captures the complexity of the events spanning a quarter of a century. the memorial itself is left, and in a way, there is an unfinished side to it, which is a nod to the fact that we live in an ongoing situation in both of those countries. one day, sergeant mark lunn and his wife will pass on their iraq experiences to their son,

alfie, not on his best behaviour this morning. now, he and generations to come will have a permanent reminder of a chapter in our history that remains unfinished business. let's talk to one of those who was at one of the commemorative events. angie, you wear a at one of the commemorative events. angie, you weara medic at one of the commemorative events. angie, you wear a medic in afghanistan and lost friends?” angie, you wear a medic in afghanistan and lost friends? i did, the medical corps lost people, everybody lost people out there. this is why we have this memorial today, to help us remember those who didn't come home. is this a fitting memorialfor didn't come home. is this a fitting memorial for those didn't come home. is this a fitting memorialfor those who didn't come home. is this a fitting memorial for those who served in both afghanistan and iraq? memorial for those who served in both afghanistan and iraq7m memorial for those who served in both afghanistan and iraq? it is a beautiful memorial. they have brought in the civilian thing, which

is brilliant. people underestimate what the civilians do in a conflict zone. you rescued what the civilians do in a conflict zone. you rescued a what the civilians do in a conflict zone. you rescued a dog, who was a dog who was looking for explosives in afghanistan? yes, vidar, it was hisjob to go in afghanistan? yes, vidar, it was his job to go out and find the improvised explosive devices. we cannot smell them, we are not backward. he would go ahead of the patrols, go into busy villages and marketplaces to clear those and we would go in after and make the area safe. he started showing signs of not enjoying it any more and became gun shy. what does that mean? it is a term used the dogs when they don't reacted loud explosions and gunfire. they start showing signs of fear. they start showing signs of fear. they don't want to play and work any more. for a surge dog in afghanistan, we need them to work.

he came out of service and he is now mine. you cannot blame him? he did two years, mine. you cannot blame him? he did two yea rs, for mine. you cannot blame him? he did two years, for tours out there. i don't think i would like to be out there for that length of time. you have written a book about him? yes, it is called gun shy after his condition. it is about how we met, bringing him home and giving him a new life. i think you spoke to prince harry at the service at horse guards parade? i did, i gave him a copy of the book to pass on to her majesty and princess anne got a copy today. and what he interested in the story of vidar? he was, i met him last year, and i was talking to him about it then, it was in production. soi about it then, it was in production. so i was able to give him a copy. and it had a paw print stamp on it

from vidar. thank you very much, say hello to vidar from all of us. this wonderful memorial to all of those who served in iraq and afghanistan. it will be here for future generations to remember those who served in those conflicts. it is here on the banks of the river thames. the founder of a charity which supports people who as children were forcibly sent abroad without their parents has been giving evidence at the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. margaret humphreys said the deportation of thousands of children was the "most catastrophic child abuse legacy within our living memory." here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. margaret humphreys has worked most of her life for the british child migrants. her offices are covered with the pictures of those she's helped. today, 30 years after founding the child migrants trust, she finally got to give evidence to a british public inquiry, and she didn't hold back. without doubt this is the most catastrophic child—abuse legacy within our living memory.

kidnapping, sexual abuse in the uk before they were sent — before they were sent! between 1945 and 1974 britain accelerated the migration of poor children, in particular to australia. the idea — to reduce the impact on british social services, and bring what was called "good white stock" to the commonwealth. this man in a suit, he came to see me, and he says, "your mother's dead, you know, so how'd you like to go to australia?" the sun shines everyday... the story of margaret humphreys' fight for the migrants was made into a feature film in 2011. she was particularly horrified about the way it stripped them of their identities, and their families. it is a chilling fact of the scandal that many were told they were orphans when that wasn't true. that was in my view i think the greatest betrayal of all, because it took so much hope from them. the inquiry has heard

seven days of evidence, from migrants in their later years, remembering their lives. deprived of good education, love and support. even their shoes were taken away. once in australia i walked with no shoes, and dare i say it, no underwear, and belive me — you need to do that walk to know how it feels to be nobody. when your feet hurt and they bleed, and nobody, but nobody, to go home to that night. the british government has apologised for what happened, but this inquiry is looking at the legacy it has left, and former child migrants have told me they want more compensation to ease the impact it is still having so late in their lives. tom symonds, bbc news, at the child—abuse inquiry. wikileaks founder, julian assange

says his group will work against cia spies. he said companies have asked for more details about the cyber hacking he claims to have revealed ina hacking he claims to have revealed in a league published this week. the cia has declined to comment. julian assange believes his group can help technology companies. wikileaks has a lot more information on what has been going on. and so, i wa nt to on what has been going on. and so, i want to announce today that after considering what we think is the best way to proceed and hearing these polls from some of the manufacturers, we have decided to work with them to give them some exclusive access to the additional goal technical details we have so

fixes can be developed and pushed out so people can be secured. once this material is effectively disarmed, by us, by removing critical components, we will publish additional details about what has been occurring. the artist sir howard hodgkin, regarded as one of britain's greatest contemporary painters, has died at the age of 84. sir howard, a central figure in contemporary art for more than 50 years, died peacefully in hospital in london. he was known for paintings full of vibrant colours, shapes and emotions. many of his bold, colourful works were inspired by the landscapes of india, which he often visited. he won the turner prize in 1985 and was knighted in 1992. an exhibition of hodgkin's portraits will open later this month at london's national portrait gallery. now, let's get the weather. there is some glorious spring

sunshine outside. we have lots of pictures sent in. this is in oxfordshire. plenty of blue sky. more crowd keeping in across the south—west of england, health care. overnight, whilst it is dry and clear across much of the uk, more clouds creeping into the uk and bringing drizzling rain. chilly towards the east. the touch of frost. tomorrow morning we keep the sunshine across eastern part of scotla nd sunshine across eastern part of scotland and eastern england, but the cloud creeps in during the course of the day. the cloud will break up some of us. as we head through friday evening, just towards the far north—west, things will turn wet and windy. but the weekend is looking pretty decent, particularly saturday are largely dry day with some sunshine and by the time we get to sunday, there will be rain which will play gradually towards the east

and things will colder by sunday. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. the chancellor defends his decision to increase national insurance contributions for the self—employed. he says the move — announced in the budget — will address unfairness in the system. theresa may is in brussels for what's expected to be her final eu summit before triggering brexit, as donald tusk is re—elected as president of the european council. an australian man alleged to have posed as justin bieber online is charged with more than 900 child sex offences. up to 20 of his victims are believed to be in the uk. a new war memorial is unveiled by the queen by the thames to honour those who have served in iraq and afghanistan. the monument is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. now, time for the sport.

england fly half owen farrell failed to make it to the end of today's training session ahead of saturday's calcutta cup match against scotland in the six nations. farrell left the field with england's medics looking at his left knee. england trained in the sunshine at pennyhill park, number eight billy vunipola will make his first appearance in the tournament from the bench. head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt but made light of today's incident. he's got a bad leg so he couldn't finish training. i think he ran into a dog, my dog was running around and he ran into him. you'll be all right. he'll be all right, you. you

just said he was a doubt. yet, but i think he'll be all right. is that 0k? think he'll be all right. is that ok? there's no risk for us. england's cricketers are batting in barbados as they go for a 3—0 whitewash in their one day series against the west indies. alex hales has hit a century in bridgetown — 110 off 107 balls. joe root has been lucky — he was dropped on one and was given not out on appeal for lbw — he's still batting and closing in on his century. you can follow the live text commentary on the bbc sport website or listen of test match special of 5live sports extra. chairman sir chips keswick has seen fit to comment on the current turmoil at arsenal. he says the board "respect that fans are entitled to their different individual opinions", but it will always run the club with its "best long—term interests at heart". manager arsene wenger meanwhile, says he will consider those fan

opinions, when he decides whether to extend his contract, although it's "not the most important factor". a poor run in the premier league and that 10—2 aggregate defeat by bayern munich in the champions league have seen an increase in supporter unrest. i work very hard for 20 years to make ourfans happy. when you lose a game, i understand they aren't. i don't want to judge that. i am not capable to, i live in my daily work with my complete commitment after that. i said many times you have to accept different opinions. manchester united play russian side fc rostov in the last 16 of the europa league — the tie involves a 5000—mile round trip for united and manager jose mourinho has previously described as "bad in every aspect" mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit to play on. uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but they won't call the match off.

after seeing the playing service, mourinho says "i don't know which team to play." andy murray has been handed a very favourable draw of the indian wells atp masters. the briton has avoided roger federer, rafa nadal, del potro, kei nishikori and novak djokovic. his first match will be against either hensen lu or a qualifier. i feel fresh, against either hensen lu or a qualifier. i feelfresh, i against either hensen lu or a qualifier. ifeelfresh, i knew against either hensen lu or a qualifier. i feel fresh, i knew i had to take a decent break after melbourne. hopefully i can play some good stuff. my results have been a bit inconsistent so hopefully i can doa bit inconsistent so hopefully i can do a bit better this year. british freestyle snowboarder katie ormerod has posted on social media that she has suffered a broken back while training. british freestyle snowboarder katie ormerod has suffered a broken back in training for the world championships in sierra nevada, spain.

ormerod, who became gb‘s first ever big air world cup winner earlier this year, describes the injury as "nothing too serious" but will now miss the event, although she hopes to return to action before the end of the season. the teenager is seen as one of britain's biggest medal hopes for the 2018 pyeongchang winter olympic games in south korea. "pretty gutted i broke my back yesterday... luckily it's nothing too serious so i'll be back in less than six weeks for the end of the season! !" joe root has just got his century in barbados. seven overs remaining in that third one—day international. more now on our top story. the chancellor philip hammond has been defending his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self—employed. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self—employed people paying on average £240 more every year. with me to discuss this is guy anker, managing editor at moneysavingexpert.com. how hard are people going to be hit by this? on average £240 a year but

if you earn less than £16,000 a year you are slightly better off. what it does do is it simplifies the process. there are two types of national insurance people pay. we are going down to one type. if you are going down to one type. if you are self—employed you are still paying a bit less national insurance thanif paying a bit less national insurance than if you are employed but that gap is going to close. they will argue the benefits you get other employee far outweigh any benefits you get from that. absolutely. pension contributions, paid holiday and alsojob pension contributions, paid holiday and also job security. peace of mind is very important there as well. will this result in more people becoming employees rather than being self—employed? becoming employees rather than being self-employed? it's impossible to say. this is only one piece of the jigsaw, how much tax you pay is one thing. you have to be self—employed rather than being employed, it might

be due to personal circumstances as well. if you want £240 a year worse off that is a big kick in the teeth, but it may not be enough to create such a big change. more and more people in this country are self—employed. philip hammond says what he did yesterday makes the system fairer. that's the argument because a lot of people who are employed are probably thinking, why amion employed are probably thinking, why am i on this summary and a person on the same salary who are self—employed is paying less in tax. he says that's what he's trying to even out. studies today have said something similar. nevertheless, you can understand people who are self—employed feel like it's a big kick in the teeth because they take on, they will argue, they could take on, they will argue, they could take ona on, they will argue, they could take on a lot more risk being self—employed. on a lot more risk being self-employed. one of the other announcements involved dividends, business owners who pay themselves dividends on top of a salary. some people have felt that has been a bit

ofa people have felt that has been a bit of a tax dodge. right now you can earn £5,000 tax—free individual and is, that will go down to £2000. it also hit large investors owning dividends on their shares. a lot of people set up companies and pay themselves in dividends. sometimes they will spread between family members so they can use the allowa nce members so they can use the allowance more than once. philip hammond is trying to crack down on some of that but again, people have set up businesses and will field like these are the rules, you've moved the goalposts, is it fair. like these are the rules, you've moved the goalposts, is it fainm happens all the time with every budget. as one door opens, another seems to close, that's life. it is, one budget its vat, another budget it's the top rate of tax. but is the nature of budgets. we watch them thinking how am i going to be hit? is your website getting inundated with

requests for information? you get the sense a lot of people don't quite understand what was announced. yes. preparing notes for this interview, the national insurance structure is so technical, it's very difficult to work out. a lot of people are asking how does this affect me. thank you. two men have been found guilty of conspiring to commit fraud by telling businesses they were selling them halal lamb meat when it was actually turkey. mahmudur rohman and kamal rahman imported the cheaper meat from europe and sold it to dozens of customers for almost double the price, making them a profit of hundreds of thousands of pounds. sima kotecha reports. these two men were involved in selling meat on a big scale. in court today kamal rahman and mahmudur rohman were found guilty of running a fraudulent operation. their company was based in peterborough but it sold meat restau ra nts, ta ke peterborough but it sold meat restaurants, take and butchers here in leicestershire and beyond. the men told their customers, like this butchers, that the meat was boneless leg of lamb, that it was actually

turkey, much cheaper, which they then sold the doubled the price. for some of those who were lied to, today's verdict doesn't lessen the pain. i feel betrayed, i feel angry. the people i supply feel angry, they know it's not my fault, i used to supply to restaurants. those restau ra nts supply to restaurants. those restaurants still buy from us but they even felt this, how can somebody do this? there might be somebody do this? there might be some people watching this thinking, hang on, he's a butcher, how could he not tell the difference between what is lamb meat and turkey meat? what would you say to that? they come vacuum packed, we never chopped them or cut them to customers. we don't know what the meat looked like. the colour of the meat is different, so if you look at it it's just read lamb meat, you can't tell. we never handled the turkey so we

didn't know. this is actually some of the turkey meat that was sold off to local butchers as halal lamb meat. authorities raised concerns when meat was tested in the east midlands area in 2013, after the horse meat scandal. that testing revealed that meat in the region was not what it had been labelled as. leicester city council's investigation linked the meat to the company. mahmudur rohman created this fake certificate to make customers believe that the company was a genuine business when it actually wasn't. the judge told the mend their crime was a serious matter because it was to do with deception. they will be sentenced next month. john lewis has cut its staff bonus to 6% this year, the lowest level since the 1950s. despite rising profits, the partnership — which also owns waitrose — is warning of an "increasingly

uncertain market". it comes afterjohn lewis announced in january that it was cutting hundreds ofjobs. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. three, two, one... these were the good old days, a stonking double—digit reward. john lewis is owned by its staff, and they cherish their annual bonus. this year, a different story — just 6%, the lowest for 63 years, despite reporting healthy pre—tax profits. the reason we've done that is because it gives us more firepower to accelerate our plans for the future. it basically means we can maintain our investment this year and absorb the cost of change, even if the market gets tougher in the year ahead, and that's very important to the long—term success of the business. a revolution in shopping habits is underway. nearly half of alljohn lewis's sales are now online, but they still have to pay the costs of all the stores. how to make money and give the customers what they want — it's something all retailers

are trying to figure out. no matter how good a retailer you are, you are not immune to the challenges that all retailers face now. costs are rising in the supply chain because of the weak pound. you also have higher costs for staff because wages are rising, and then of course there's business rates on top of that. and then you have to invest heavily in the business to keep yourself competitive. but as the spring season gets underway, what the chairman of this business is worried about is the impact of the falling pound, and how that could affect prices and profits. the main uncertainty in the market this year is what happens with inflation. i said injanuary that it was the dog that hadn't barked. and i think what we can now see is, here, the sort of low rumble of a bit of a growl. and will consumers start to rein back as a result? john lewis is preparing itself for a tough year ahead. emma simpson, bbc news.

millions of people suffer from bellini, the world's most common eating disorder. new research has found that stimulating the brain with electricity could help reduce symptoms. i've got some eggs that were best before the 8th of december... as pa rt before the 8th of december... as part of her condition, she hoards food until its way past its use by date. if there's ever a nuclear explosion i have enough for every single person. there's probably stuff in here that's been here four yea rs. stuff in here that's been here four years. do you have a fear of running out of food ? years. do you have a fear of running

out of food? yes. i have a definite fear of being hungry. despite having the stash, she only eats three ingredients, which she weighs on her scales without fail. these are very accurate and i have two just to check, and then this is the back—up. bulimia has taken over philippa's life and torn it apart. it got to the point where the only thing in my life was the bulimia, the eating disorder. that was me, from getting up disorder. that was me, from getting up to going to bed. i have nothing else in my life, i can't socialise, i got depressed. itjust became an onward cycle that i couldn't break. there's new research which is providing hope. it was conducted by this lady for her doctorate and involves sending weak electrical currents to a part of the brain in the prefrontal cortex associated with impulse control. tell me how

this works. i put this rubber headband on your head just like this. these two electrodes would be slotted into the front, then i turned the stimulation on so you will feel a slight tingling sensation. what is happening is a wea k sensation. what is happening is a weak current is being sent from this, which is like a battery, around ina this, which is like a battery, around in a circuit through your brain. i can feel it, it singles a bit. this is designed to make me later on feel less impulsive? that's what we hoped would happen. the technology gave participants less urge to binge and greater self—control. but it's a long way from being prescribed. it is important to remember that this trial is very early days in the research. it was a single session, we're only looking at the temporary effects. the next step would be to carry out over the course of several

weeks, daily sessions to see whether this has long—lasting effects on symptoms. what is encouraging is that the brain stimulation has been effective in treating related conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and substance abuse disorders. as a participant, philippa found it worked her, even if only a few hours. then i came out and my brain thought completely differently. it was like something had been switched and it was back into being how i remember it. when i was an early teenager. perhaps the most was an early teenager. perhaps the m ost pote nt was an early teenager. perhaps the most potent thing, the research has allowed her to believe that her future might be brighter than her past —— the most important thing. in a moment we will take a look at the financial markets but first the headlines. the chancellor defends the rise in national insurance for the self—employed, he says the government is facing new spending challenges. theresa may is in brussels for what's expected to be her final eu summit before triggering brexit,

as donald tusk is re—elected as president of the european council. the queen unveils a new war memorial in london to honour the british personnel who served in iraq and afghanistan. hello. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. it's been a pretty flat day as you can see. the situation with the ftse has been influenced by morrisons. shares fell after it said that rising import costs could mean uncertainty in the future. not much action in the us either. investors are being cautious ahead of tomorrow's all—importa nt are being cautious ahead of tomorrow's all—important jobs figures. despite today's performance, us markets have actually been rising for eight yea rs. actually been rising for eight years. elsewhere we've seen energy

companies coming under real pressure as news emerged of rising oil supplies in the us. in europe, the european central bank says the biggest debt to the eurozone comes from overseas. i'm joined by with nandini ramakrishnan, global market strategist, jp morgan asset management. what did the ecb mean by the biggest threat coming from overseas? the eurozone growth that has been referenced in the recent press conference was talking about the strength within europe and the central bank's policies that have helped start credit growth and have positive gdp and inflation coming out of europe. if the rest of the world starts slowing down europe is an economy that's geared towards these global forces. an economy that's geared towards these globalforces. china, the us, even emerging markets around the world. i think he is confident in his work in the eurozone but keeping a close eye on how other developments across the world turn out. surely the elephant in the room

is brexit. if the uk and european union aren't able to strike a trade deal that is mutually beneficial that will cause some issues for europe. as a whole the strength of the european economy is strong, there are threats, political for example, that made plays a bigger cloud across some of the growth stories we seen cloud across some of the growth stories we seen so cloud across some of the growth stories we seen so far. keeping an eye on brexit and the global developments will be key for mario draghi and the ecb. you mentioned america, and other question people are asking is what does america planned to do in terms of its economic growth and trade policy?” think that's the big wild card for most market participants and even general observers around the world is what does the trump administration, the new political regime in the us mean for us trade relationships with other nations? whether you are mexico, canada, europe, looking closely at us trade

policies and how they will affect global markets. that will be a key for how economic growth is outlook for how economic growth is outlook for the rest of the world. let's talk about oil. are we on the verge of seeing another glut in supply? we aren't going to be seeing a huge fall in the price based on the supply dynamics. in the past few days and weeks we have seen slightly higher supply in the us in particular making the oil price fall several dollars per barrel. is this going to be a sustained fall in oil price, probably not. we've seen rising demand across the world and we have seen coordinated cut in production from opec producers. that's like cap on supply will help keep oil prices stable around $55 a barrel for the course of the year. thank you forjoining us. a quick flash of the markets, as you can see once again a sleepy day all around the world, everyone is waiting for the world, everyone is waiting for

thejobs figures out the world, everyone is waiting for the jobs figures out of america tomorrow. that's all from me, there is a round—up of all the other top business stories on our website — bbc.co.uk/business. when fire raged through crandon park how's it was reduced to a charred shell. the national trust says restoring the stately home will be its biggest conservation effort in a generation. today it launched a £30 million campaign to find a designer to ta ke million campaign to find a designer to take on the challenge. april 2015 and fire ripped through clandon park house. it burned all night and much of the next day. a masterpiece of the 1720s, devastated by an electrical fault. piano plays. from the front it looks deceptively unscathed but inside you can see the damage.

the roof, floors and ceilings gone, much of its prized collection destroyed. and yet experts say the structure of the building itself is sound. this was state—of—the—art in its time. built to the highest specification. this was a statement by the onslow family, this politically ambitious family. because of that the building was so resilient and we think that was why it survived the fire. it was built to last. yes, this building is a survivor. despite the obvious damage, a melted lamp, a precariously hanging fireplace, the national trust say the ground floor will be completely restored. this is what it used to look like. one of the most significant palladian homes in britain. it was owned by the onslow family until they gave it to the national trust in 1956. this is the marble hall at clandon.

one of the most magnificent rooms in england. wow, so, paul, the marble hall has been completely cleared ? yeah, that's right, yes. the salvage effort completed in the summer. some of the debris in here was eight feet high. one can imagine the scenes that greeted the salvage team when they came into the room. temperatures would have exceeded 1300 degrees centigrade, so the survival is remarkable. the salvage operation here was painstaking. teams of archaeologists sifted through ash and debris for months. there was nothing like the first day of the archaeology when we were not really expecting to find anything and then suddenly we found this amazing little stoneware duck right inside the door, and it was a great moment for us all, it gave us hope that we would find more precious things in the debris. an architecture competition opens today for designers to come up with plans for clandon.

the trust wants to create a national exhibition space on the upper floors. we have huge collections across the national trust. we can create spaces here that the trust doesn't have elsewhere. it will take five or six years but the national trust is convinced clandon park will rise from the ashes. graham satchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. we've got a glorious springlike day out there across most parts of the country through the afternoon. scenes like this one taken by one of our weather watchers. beautiful blue skies, not quite wall—to—wall sunshine. we had more cloud creeping into the south—west. quite a bit of low cloud there four times in cornwall. the satellite shows us

that nicely with the cloud creeping across the south—west but much of the uk seeing a good deal of sunshine as we head towards the end of the day. later on tonight will see more cloud coming in across northern ireland, wales and the south—west. some hill fog is likely and a bit of drizzle around. for much of scotland, central and eastern england, those clear skies persist. quite a fresh start on friday morning. for the northern isles of scotland, showers should clear, an improvement for friday. for the west of scotland it will be quite breezy, cloudy with drizzly outbreaks of rain. at 8am some cloud and drizzle for northern ireland, north—west england and wales also cloudy. to the east it's looking clearer and brighter with some sunshine to start the day. cloudy skies in the south—west of england. hill fog and perhaps the odd spot of drizzle. a bit of a west east split to the date first thing. the cloud

in the west rifts eastward. there will be some breaks in the cloud and eastern parts of england staying dry. temperatures cooler than today around 7—13. for the weekend we will see some fronts coming in from the antic introducing slightly cooler air, particularly later on in the weekend. don't write off the weekend, there's a lot of dry weather arounds. slow—moving front bringing in cloud and rain for parts of northern england and wales. to the south—east it will be a decent day, 15—17 or so in a few spots and clear and dry day, 15—17 or so in a few spots and clearand dry in day, 15—17 or so in a few spots and clear and dry in the north—west. on sunday if front moving west to east. there will be some rain but it should clear to sunshine and showers later on in the day. to sum up, for saturday quite a lot of dry weather on the cards and some sunshine for many of us. by the time we get to sunday if you outbreaks of rain, gradually clearing towards the east

and things. to field cooler. more details on the weather for the week ahead on the website. today at 5: the chancellor defends raising national insurance for people who are self—employed. tory backbenchers have criticised the proposal, which breaks a manifesto pledge, but philip hammond says the government is facing new challenges. what i did yesterday was address a basic continuing unfairness in the current system, the benefits available to the self—employed have significantly improved. this is not the time to do it, when consumer spending is just dipping, and the people most affected will be the sole traders, the self—employed. we'll have more from westminster in a moment, and will talk to one conservative backbencher who's voiced concerns about the policy. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. theresa may is in brussels

for what's expected to be her final