in sport, they're calling it one of the greatest european ties ever. barcelona make history by coming from 4—0 down against paris st germain to win with the last kick of the game. and two years after historic clandon park house was gutted by fire, we report on the start of the huge restoration task. and carol has the weather. good morning. for many this morning it's a fairly cloudy start, also a damp one with showers or some rain but by mid—morning, for most we'll have some lovely springlike weather with a fair bit of sunshine except across the channel islands and the south—west, where it will be cloudy and damp, and it will be quite a windy day for some of us. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the chancellor phillip hammond is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing national insurance contributions for many self—employed workers in yesterday's budget. he's facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some backbench conservative mps. the treasury has defended the increase, saying it will return fairness to the system. the amount self—employed workers will pay will rise from 9% to ii% by april 2019. it means an average increase of £240 a year. and it'll affect around two million workers across the uk, raising £145 million a year for the treasury by 2022. our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster for us this morning. it's already starting to get a tiny bit awkward for the chancellor, isn't it, even from his own mps. he has certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and there is lots of criticism that this policy breaks a promise in the conservative ma nifesto a promise in the conservative manifesto not to put up national insurance, so there are calls this morning for the chancellor to reverse yesterday's announcement. critical tories say it does nothing to encouraged enterprise, does nothing to encourage risk—taking. one mp said he was worried it would hit voters he described as white van men. so, yes, calls forthe ministers and the government to change their mind, but ministers are insistent there won't be a u—turn and these changes will make the system fairer. but labour said this is the government breaking promises and clobbering the self—employed. elsewhere, there was extra cash for social care, £2 million to help ease the creaking system and also help to soften the blow of changes to business rates with a £300 million hardship fund. labour saying, business rates with a £300 million hardshipfund. laboursaying, look, that can knock money isn't enough, especially for social care and the nhs -- that especially for social care and the nhs —— that kind of money. and this morning, the morning after the budget, all the giveaways philip hammond managed to find are being overshadowed by that row over national insurance. elia ghani -- eleanor garnier in westminster for us eleanor garnier in westminster for us this morning. steph is outside the studio with some experts and people who'll be affected, how are the changes being received? good morning to you and good morning, everybody. as you heard there, one of the big stories especially for business is this change in the national insurance that the self—employed will pay. a couple of experts we can talk to about this, rebecca, a tax expert. we heard the chancellor talking a lot about fairness, does this make the system fairer for working people? there is always a difficult question because it depends on your perspective but the current system has been in place for years. —— fair. it comes from a time when most we re fair. it comes from a time when most were employed and not many were self—employed so the current system compensates self—employed people for the risks they were taking about being self—employed. what the government have done is they have focused on the benefits people get in future, as they're saying people essentially get the same pensions, they've got to equalise the system. interesting, kelly, you are self—employed and you've been trying to work out for the last 12 hours what it will mean for you and kelly, what it will mean for you and kelly, what are your thoughts?” what it will mean for you and kelly, what are your thoughts? i think you're right, rebecca, as an entrepreneur you take risks, you are taking the road less travelled. so eroding the dividend tax allowance and increasing national insurance contributions will have an impact on finances and it erodes the profitability of being self—employed. profitability of being self-employed. have you worked out how much it will cost you? a couple of 100 pounds a year, which isn't substantial but at the same time it's sending a bad message to businesses. is it putting pressure on you as an entrepreneur? absolutely, i think it is. thank you for your time, absolutely, i think it is. thank you foryourtime, i absolutely, i think it is. thank you for your time, i know you'll be joining us through the show and we will have more experts here to talk to us about what this means for them. steph, thanks very much for that. we'll be speaking to the chancellor philip hammond just after 7am this morning. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has told the bbc that the common sense time for a second independence referendum would be autumn next year. a vote can only take place with the permission of the westminster government. but the remarks are the clearest signal yet that the snp is planning to hold another vote before the uk leaves the european union. in westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing about holding a referendum. i'm not and i never have been. ialways a referendum. i'm not and i never have been. i always think that sometimes says more about them than it does about me because it suggests that there are politicians in westminster who think brexit and all of this is some con of game. it's not a of this is some con of game. it's nota game, of this is some con of game. it's not a game, it's really really serious and the implications for the uk serious and the indications for scotland are serious. some of your collea g u es scotland are serious. some of your colleagues talk about autumn 2018 as a likely date. within that window, as an outline of a uk deal becomes clear, and the uk exiting the eu i think would be the common sense time for scotland to have that choice if thatis for scotland to have that choice if that is the road we choose to go down. just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn 2018? i'm not ruling out autumn 2018? i'm not ruling out autumn 2018? i'm not ruling out anything, no. a new memorial honouring the british military personnel and civilians who have served in iraq and afghanistan since the first gulf war will be unveiled by the queen later today. members of the public donated more than £1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent robert hall reports. the military deployments to iraq and afghanistan over a 2k year period represent the longest and most intense series of operations since the second world war. 682 british service personnel lost their lives. many others came home with life changing injuries. the new memorial was first mooted in 2014 and fundraising began on remembrance sunday of that year. it stands on the bank of the thames alongside reminders of other military campaigns. the new monument doesn'tjust commemorate the armed forces, it gives equal prominence to the civilians who worked on the humanitarian side of operations. government, aid and charity workers, all of whom showed the twin values ofjudy and service. although british public opinion was divided over the merits of the campaigns in iraq and afghanistan, no one questions the dedication shown by both military and civilians trying to get those countries back on their feet. this team behind the memorial accept there is no clear end to this chapter in our history. today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences for those who we re shared experiences for those who were there. the sadness, the pain and the pride. robert hall, bbc news. the mother of the missing serviceman corrie mckeague has said it is just a matter of time before they find her son's remains at a landfill site. suffolk police have revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the raf gunner vanished after a night out in suffolk last september, was carrying a heavier load than first thought. police are currently searching the site outside cambridge. a man in australia who posed online as the singerjustin bieber has been charged with more than 900 child sex offences. the 42—year old man is accused of persuading fans of the star to send him explicit images. police say he had been using a number of sites, including facebook and skype to communicate with children. a united nations report is to call for an independent investigation into the potential health impact of the uk's largest open—cast coal mine. residents living near the ffos—y—fran site in south wales have led a long campaign againstair and noise pollution. cut into the side of the valley east of merthyr tydfil, this is ffos—y—fran opencast mine, the size of 400 football pitches. since 2007 a private company has been digging here right next to people's houses. what you're looking at right now, the mountain, the rim, is the bowl of the opencast mine. my biggest effect is the dust, absolutely phenomenal amount of dust. for more than a decade some locals have been claiming that pollution from the mine has been causing breathing and sleeping problems. they've held protests a nd sleeping problems. they've held protests and petition the local council, the welsh and uk governments. now bbc news has learned the united nations is set to make a surprise in intervention. a report by its special rat that are on the human rights of communities at risk of pollution will call for an independent investigation of claims this mine could be harming local people. i came across a number of pressing issues but this was definitely at the top of the list, i heard allegations of very high rates of childhood asthma, cancer clusters among the community. i didn't hear any evidence of a strong intervention by the government to investigate. merthyr tydfil council said his findings were based on unsubstantiated claims by the local community. the mind's operator insisted it had a proud record of mining responsibly. steffan messenger, bbc news. malta's famous rock arch, that featured in a number of films and the tv series game of thrones, has collapsed into the sea. the azure window was damaged by heavy storms. the prime ministerjoseph muscat said it was heartbreaking. a study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't in imminent danger. look at it, before and after, just gone. four years ago they said it wasn't in danger and it has gone already! very sad. there is one in donegal, i hope that doesn't go, very similar. what a night in the champions league, the greatest comeback in the champions league. ba rca, comeback in the champions league. barca, 4—0 down in the first leg, winning it with three late goals, not against just winning it with three late goals, not againstjust a minnow in the qualifying rounds, against psg, who hadn't lost this season in the champions league. how did that happen? something we haven't seen before. luis enrique, the barca manager, said it was like watching a horror movie an frogging in front of him! -- horror movie an frogging in front of him! —— unfolding. barcelona are the first team to overturn a 4—0 deficit from the first leg of a champions league game. even with seven minutes to go at the nou camp they appeared to be heading out, but they scored three quick goals against paris st germain, including this one from serge roberto, with the last kick of the game to win 6—5 overall and reach the quarter—finals. manchester united are in russia for tonight's europa league match. they play rostov in the last 16. jose mourinho isn't happy about the state of the pitch. manchester city were knocked back in the title race last night when they drew 0—0 at home with stoke city. it means chelsea are smiling ten points clear of both city and tottenham. it finished goalless there against stoke. and both wales and ireland name unchanged sides for their 6 nations match in cardiff tomorrow night. wales coach rob howley says it's a chance for his side to earn redemption after defeat to scotland in their last match. a little more on that rostov pitch in the papers for you in a moment. thanks, mike. time fora in the papers for you in a moment. thanks, mike. time for a first look at the weather with carol. good morning. this morning it is a cloudy start, a damp one for some as well but most of us will end up like this, a beautiful weather watchers picture from port ballantrae in northern ireland from yesterday. what we have this morning will be sunny spells developing particularly through the middle part of the morning, late morning into the afternoon and remaining mild with temperatures above average for the time of year. but there's also quite a bit of cloud around this morning. across the channel islands in the south—west, that is producing some damp conditions. it's also rather windy this morning too and we have got some showers but some of us will start with some sunshine. we start at 7am across cornwall, into the channel islands, this is where we have a weather front and that's what's producing all the cloud and damp conditions. across the rest of southern england into east anglia, the midlands and wales, some blue skies to start with, variables amounts of cloud, quite windy at the moment in northern ireland, north england, central and southern scotland, slowly easing through the day and then we run into a rush of showers, some emerging to bring outbreaks of rain across scotland with snow on the tops of the mountains. remaining windy even into the evening into the northern isles. the cloud we have will break up through the morning and then it will bea through the morning and then it will be a beautiful spring day. you can see where we still hang on to the cloud in the far south—west and channel islands, here we have temperatures around 11, but top temperatures around 11, but top temperatures today could get to 15 01’ temperatures today could get to 15 or possibly 16 somewhere in the south—east. even as we go further north, ten at this stage in march in stornoway is a healthy temperature, if of course you like it on the mild side! through the evening and overnight, this weather front in the south—west will tend to move and ta ke south—west will tend to move and take its cloud and rain with it across northern and western parts of the country. most of the rain and drizzle will be on the coasts and the hills and as you push further east we won't have the cloud in eastern areas at this stage, so under clearer skies there's the risk of ground—frost. we start tomorrow with clearer skies in eastern areas but don't be fooled by because our weather front in the west will move over to the easter through the day, taking rain and drizzle with it, nothing too substantial —— the east. behind it we see some breaks, particularly in the west and particularly in the west and particularly in the shelter of any hills and temperatures down a touch but still across england and wales and northern ireland in particular we are looking at above average. backin we are looking at above average. back in scotland, for some above average but a bit lower, not much than today. that leads us into the weekend, turning a bit more u nsettled weekend, turning a bit more unsettled because we have an array of weather fronts coming in at different times, bringing wet and at times windy weather. by the time we get to sunday, behind this cold front we're looking at cooler air coming in. if that's alarming you in anyway, don't worry, next week we start to see the temperature come up once again. the forecast for this weekend is fairly mixed. what we have will be sunny spells at times and we'll also see some rain at times as these weather fronts tend to cross from the west towards the east and it will turn that little bit cooler with the recovery in the temperatures next week, but that doesn't mean wall to wall blue skies next week either, the weather turning more unsettled, especially from the middle of the week. let's take a look at some of the main stories in this morning's newspapers. steph and mike is here. we will chat ina steph and mike is here. we will chat in a second. it is all about the budget. the front of the mirror. this picture is used a lot, theresa may, prime minister, laughing in the house of commons. not the most flattering picture. philip hammond's budget was peppered with jokes among the policy announcements. people referencing the different style from him yesterday and the daily telegraph, the impression here, going back on the pledge, our commitment to you, from the election campaign, no increase in vat or income tax, reflected on the front of the times. the front of the times, the £2 billion tax rate. would you like to pick up on those? lots of analysis with businesses questioning what it will mean for them and we were talking about self—employed people who will face a rise in the national insurance which they pay. the financial times has picked up on this and talking about how it is a hit on entrepreneurs. we have heard the government talk about entrepreneurs as the people who will help in the future to get through the financial problems. what they say is this rise in the national insurance, the selvie employed, and the cut in the dividend tax break, so the cut in the dividend tax break, so often entrepreneurs will take a dividend from their company rather thana dividend from their company rather than a salary and now they have to pay more tax on that —— self—employed employed. lots of entrepreneurs say it is a direct hit on them at a time when they should be in courage to be entrepreneurial. the fun of the daily mail, no laughing matter is the front page, and making the point that in the past the conservative party was thought of as the friend of the small business. what have you got, mike? it might seem like jose mourinho has something to complain about, look at this close up of the pitch, in russia, where there are tough tos of grass, which it is hard tough tos of grass, which it is hard to mow, without a sort of goat, and are patches and then tough tos. he is really unhappy about it. -- tufts. it reminds me a little bit off my lawn. and this is a heartwarming story, a little bit like the brownlie brothers, cross—country racing in lincoln and 200 metres from the end, his legs buckle and he isn't going to finish, so buckle and he isn't going to finish, so his friend doesn't finish his own race, he stops and carries his friend across the line the last 200 metres. it is like the brownlie brothers. he said i rather would have not finished to help my friend. i liked this story in the times, i don't know if you saw this, women don't know if you saw this, women don't have the chips when they are looking at a good—looking man. really? the idea is if you are out for dinner with a good—looking man as your date you don't want to be seen as your date you don't want to be seen eating chips. women are likely to order eating something healthy and green. you are not going out for fish and chips anyway. and it works for men in a different way. if he is with a very attractive woman, a man is likely to order something very expensive to make him look wealthy and powerful. so a woman would want to look healthy... well, why can't people be themselves? just a pastie. yes, let's go on a date, mike. isn't that sweet, it is all arranged. keep it in the budget. you have a whole bunch of people outside the studio. yes, we set up outside the studio because we have to many people. we are going to talk to experts about changes to education as well, so there are t levels coming in, important for skills, business rates as well, something sean and then have spoken about. what is a t level? it will be like the a-level, it is the same age, but in technical education. it is hard to explained. it might be a t—l in engineering. and something that will have some credibility. yes. it is getting parity between the two. it is really important for those doing technical education. thank you both very much. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: chancellor philip hammond faces criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments for the self—employed. a new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served in iraq and afghanistan will be unveiled by the queen later. let's get some reaction to yesterday's budget, which chancellor philip hammond said prepared the british economy for the brexit negotiations to come. stewart hosie from the scottish national party is in our westminster studio. thank you for your time this morning. can i just thank you for your time this morning. can ijust ask you for your response to mr hammond's budget yesterday? i thought it was an awful budget and particularly absent of reference to brexit. a passing comment at the beginning of the budget statement. the idea that he has prepared the uk for the negotiations is absolutely laughable. what were you expecting? all of the warnings he has had, 10% loss in gdp, hundreds of thousands ofjobs not loss in gdp, hundreds of thousands of jobs not created, loss in gdp, hundreds of thousands ofjobs not created, gdp reduced with a reduction in migration, all of the warnings. we would have expected him yesterday, given it should have been the brexit budget, to prepare the ground, to spend the money he needed to spend to mitigate the consequences of brexit. that would have been the sensible thing to do, not sit on a war chest for the future and wait until the damage is done. instead he did none of these things. there was a specific level of funding for the scottish government, £350 million funding boost. what did you make of that? as isaid at boost. what did you make of that? as i said at the time, every penny is welcome, at let's not kid ourselves. that barely dents the cuts we've seen even that barely dents the cuts we've seen even with the extra cash. the scottish government will still have to.9 scottish government will still have to .9 billion less to spend in real terms at the end of this parliament thanit terms at the end of this parliament than it did in 2010 —— terms at the end of this parliament than it did in 2010 -- 2.9 terms at the end of this parliament than it did in 2010 —— 2.9 billion. it barely dents the cuts we have seen it barely dents the cuts we have seen driven from westminster.m it barely dents the cuts we have seen driven from westminster. it is ha rd seen driven from westminster. it is hard not to reference all of these political issues in relation to brexit and certainly in your case in scotla nd brexit and certainly in your case in scotland and the question of whether or not they will be another referendum. which direction did yesterday's budget take in terms of another referendum ? yesterday's budget take in terms of another referendum? the budget in itself doesn't change anything. the key thing is will the uk government really embark on this hard tory cliff edge brexit? we fear that they will. and secondly, will they accept into the uk negotiating position the sensible compromise position put forward by nicola sturgeon? if they do that is welcome. if it is rejected at —— out of hand, it makes a second referendum more likely but thatis a second referendum more likely but that is not where we are today. yes, indeed. we are running a clip of nicola sturgeon talking about when the referendum might be. if it were to happen, just help with clarification of that, because i know it is torture around this, asking what you're thinking is relative to brexit. just try to give your clearest a nswer relative to brexit. just try to give your clearest answer about when there might be another independence referendum? as i say this is dependent on the uk government attitude to the scottish government compromise position in relation to the eu negotiations. the first minister was asked what a commonsense time be if one should happen and given we have brexit negotiations starting, article 50 starting, and leaving the eu into nt 19, the first minister was quite right that should it happen, somewhere around autumn 2018 might make sense. thank you for your time this morning. coming up in about an hourfrom now, we'll be speaking to the chancellor, philip hammond. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. a bbc news investigation's found it's easier to rent a flat in the capital if you have a pet than if you're on benefits. out of 11,000 rooms advertised on spareroom.com, none were available in london for people claiming housing benefit. landlords say more social housing is needed but campaign groups say it's discrimination and are calling for a change in the law. clandon park house, the 18th century mansion in surrey that was destroyed by fire, is to undergo a £30 million reconstruction. the fire, thought to have been started by an electrical fault, only left one room, the speakers' parlour, intact. the national trust is inviting design teams to submit plans to restore the state rooms, as well as creating new galleries. now take a look at this. it's known as a "living wall," it's in victoria, and it's among a number of similar projects in the capital aimed at improving air quality. middlesex university is carrying out a study into how plants can absorb the pollutants in the air. our initial results show that plants on living walls can absorb the particulate matter and therefore absorb this harmful pollutant and we have seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide levels. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all running well, it seems, at the moment. no reported problemsjust there. however, if you take a look at our camera in central london, you can probably see roads have been closed on whitehall, around st james's park, northumberland avenue and victoria embankment, it's for the ceremonies taking place later as the new iraq and afghanistan war memorial is unveiled in victoria embankment gardens. and the a20 lewisham high street is down to one lane in both directions for works. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. after a warm night last night it is a mild start today. and an improving picture. although it may be cloudy at the moment, we will see bright, sunny spells developing. it is not wall—to—wall weather. quite pleasant in the sunshine with a westerly breeze. it will become a northerly direction this evening. we have highs of 16 degrees. certainly above where we expect it to be. cloud builds this evening and stays good overnight. temperatures down to five or six degrees. the wind dropping off. tomorrow, some of half might have —— some of us might have bright spells but the wind moves in and stays through the day. it is up to about 13 degrees. one or two spots of rain. still, largely dry. through the weekend, outbreaks of rain never far away. we should have a bright start to saturday. not likely we will see rain until later and some of us might miss it altogether. it is fragmented by the time it gets to us. is fragmented by the time it gets to us. on sunday, bright spells but it is not really until monday that we see bright and bright weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to charlie and sally. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: philip hammond promised a brighter future for britain in his budget yesterday. but did he break an election promise not to raise national insurance? we'll be speaking to the chancellor after 7am. these are the astonishing scenes when fire ripped through 18th century clandon park house in surrey. nearly two years later, the search is on for an architect to bring it back to life. we'll show you inside. and a female choir singer has made history by becoming the first woman to be appointed to a permanent position with the st paul's cathedral choir. we'll be talking to her just after 7:30am. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. the chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge, by raising national insurance contributions for many self—employed workers in yesterday's budget. a number of conservative mps say philip hammond's proposal breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto. but the treasury has rejected calls for a rethink, saying the increase will return fairness to the national insurance system. our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster for us this morning. is the national insurance issue embarrassing for the chancellor? well, he certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and as you say, there's lots of criticism that this might have broken a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise national insurance. treasury sources, though, saying actually after the election there was clarifying legislation that said only those in conventional employment would not see national insurance go up. nevertheless, there's lots of criticism from tory mps who say this does nothing to help people who want to take risks, who want to get on, and there's also one tory mp who said he's worried this might hit what he described as the white van man. so calls for the chancellor to make a u—turn but ministers are insistent they will not be doing that and this change will make the system fairer. labour say this is the government breaking promises and clobbering the self—employed. there were other changes, more money for social care to ease the creaking system and more help to soften the blow to changes to business rates. but labour saying that of money for social care for the nhs isn't enough and this row of an actual insurance is if you like stealing the limelight from those positive things that philip hammond did manage to get out yesterday. eleanor, thank you. the chancellor also announced an extra £200 million for wales spread over four years. but some welsh politicians have said the additionalfunds are inadequate. the welsh government is responsible toa the welsh government is responsible to a whole range of services, from health to education, and when £300 million is being spent on buckingham palace and £5 million is being spent on the building behind me, £200 million is an insult. we'll be speaking to the chancellor philip hammond just after 7am this morning. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has told the bbc that the common sense time for a second independence referendum would be autumn next year. a vote can only take place with the permission of the westminster government. but her remarks to the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet that the snp is planning to hold another vote before the uk leaves the european union. the queen will unveil a memorial in london this morning in honour of all those from the uk who served in iraq and afghanistan between 1990 and 2015. the monument is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. members of the public donated more than £1 million to pay for it. a united nations report is to call for an independent investigation into the potential health impact of the uk's largest open—cast coal mine. residents living near the ffos—y—fran site in south wales have led a long campaign againstair and noise pollution. the mine's operator, miller argent, says the company has a proud record of mining responsibly. files seen by the bbc suggest margaret thatcher's government was reluctant to hold a public inquiry into the policing of the miners‘ strike for fear of a witch hunt. they show the then home secretary leon brittan discouraged any inquiry into the conduct of the police at that time. miners were disappointed last year when the home secretary amber rudd ruled there would be no inquiry into the so—called battle of org reave. watching nature documentaries makes us happier and reduces stress levels. i believe that, i believe that is true. i thought it might make you laugh. are you just saying that? it is true. that's according to a new study by californian academics. the link between a connection with nature and human wellbeing is well studied. what this new research has found is that even watching short clips can significantly increase positive emotions. perhaps this one from planet earth two is doing just that for you. i suppose it depends. these are lovely images but if you see the ones of the very stressful attacks in the wild, that's not good, that is not so pleasant. depends on the outcome, the lizard made it through the snakes in the famous clip, eventually she made it. it was happy in the end. speaking of stress levels, trying to make the link. the release of endorphins and relief. explain the elation among the barcelona players. never seen anything like it, grown men and womenjumping anything like it, grown men and women jumping into each anything like it, grown men and womenjumping into each other‘s arms, crying, floods of tears because of the scale of the comeback, the greatest ever. set the scene. 4-0 down from the first leg against psg, who hadn't lost all season in the champions league, with seven minutes to go they were three goals away from their target but thenit goals away from their target but then it all turned around. what with then it all turned around. what with the commentator make of it, the spanish commentator? shall we have a listen, here's how he reported on those final seven minutes. i was just getting really good! he is referring to sergio burr to. —— surgery is referring to sergio burr to. —— surgery roberto. you can hear the pundits in the background, the weeping. even with barcelona, they have never seen anything like this! barcelona pulled off the biggest recovery in champions league history last night. 4—0 down against paris st german from the first leg of their last 16 tie, barca won 6—1 at home with the dedicing goal coming in the final minute of injury time. it finished 6—5 on aggregate and barcelona are through to the quarter—finals. olly foster watched the match. neymar, messi and suarez, the most feared strike force in world football. barcelona's motto is more than a club but no club had overturned such a deficit in the champions league. an early goal would give them hope, suarez‘s headerjust would give them hope, suarez‘s header just crossed would give them hope, suarez‘s headerjust crossed the line, this would be the match about the finest of margins and the referees don't steffa n of margins and the referees don't steffan messenger‘s sometimes debatablejudgement, a steffan messenger‘s sometimes debatable judgement, a penalty? messi scored a penalty for barca, one more to level the tie or one more for psg, a crackerfrom cavani that should have put the tie to bed. an away goal that left barca needing three. surely no more time, two minutes to go before neymar did that, the 90 were up when neymar converted another suspect penalty and with practically the last kick of the match, roberto stayed onside, swamped by his teammates. that was more thanjust swamped by his teammates. that was more than just a goal. barcelona are more than just a goal. barcelona are more than just a goal. barcelona are more thanjust more than just a goal. barcelona are more than just a goal. barcelona are more than just a club. olly foster, bbc news. the sort of comeback that arsenal could have done with the other night against bayern munich! manchester united manager jose mourinho has described their europa league tie against rostov bad in every respect. united are 700 miles south of moscow near the black sea and mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit to play on. uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call the match off. mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection is going to be tricky. it is hard for me because we are going to play on that field, if you can call it a field. i don't know which team it helps really. i don't know if mkhitaryaan is going to play. manchester city failed to move up to second in the premier league after drawing 0—0 at home to stoke city. it was a game of few clear cut chances. kelechi iheanacho put city's last wide from close range. it's the first time they have failed to score at home since pep guardiola took over and means chelsea remain ten points clear at the top of the table. spurs are above city on goal difference we didn't win but we didn't lose so we did everything we could, we had chances, they didn't have many chances, they didn't have many chances to score goals. they didn't score. we needed brilliance in the last part. defensively well organised. but we tried. bournemouth say they're extremely disappointed that defender tyrone mings has been banned for five games for violent conduct. an fa panel ruled he deliberately stood on the head of manchester united's zlatan ibrahimovic during their draw last weekend and decided the standard three—match ban wouldn't be harsh enough. wales and ireland have both named unchanged sides for their 6 nations match in cardiff tomorrow evening. the irish come of the back of victory over france. while wales lost to scotland, having led at half time. it was their first defeat to the scots in ten years but interim head coach rob howley says he's giving his players a chance of redemption. we discussed given the opportunity for the side to redeem themselves after the second half performance. obviously i know things have been said in the week in terms of some player's performance and the coaching team have given them the opportunity to go out again and deliver a performance the players are proud of. and as equally important is for the supporters to support that and it's going to be a huge game on friday night. when we won the championship in 14 and 15, we actually had minimal changes week to week and i think we grew as the tournament went on. that's a massive challenge because everyone through the championship tends to pick up a little bit more rhythm. the first game you tend to bea rhythm. the first game you tend to be a little bit underdone and you've got to pick up from there. england's cricketers are in barbados for today's third and final one day international against west indies. they've already won the fist two games so the series is already in the bag, and with the champions trophy later this year, bowler chris woakes believes england have a great chance of winning a major trophy. we haven't seen an england team in odi cricket play the way this team is playing at the minute and especially with the bat, it's fantastic to watch the majority of the time. i know we had a slip the other day but there's very few and far between is. it's exciting times, hopefully we can reduce the goods at the right time, tournament cricket is different to a series so that will be a different challenge but i think we've got the best chance as we've probably ever had. double olympic gold—medallist max whitlock will miss the british and european championships to focus on preparing for the world championships in september. whitlock has only recently returned to full time training after his successes in rio last summer. he suffered from glandular fever two years ago and says he needs to manage his body if he's to compete at the highest level. he deserves a rest as he tries to work out his trademark move. he wa nts a work out his trademark move. he wants a move named after him.|j imagine he can choose from several. he is good at most of them. he is pushing the boundaries. speaking of pushing the boundaries. speaking of pushing the boundaries. speaking of pushing the boundaries, we were talking when the report was on, what causes a team to lose three goals, a hugely experienced team as well, to concede three goals in the last seven minutes when they know they just have to keep the ball, tactics in the corner so barcelona couldn't get it to score. the psychologically of fear and when it paralyse is you, you start feeling everything and it colla pses you start feeling everything and it collapses on top of you. so important in sport because it affects you physically, you can't move in the same way and you don't look for things in the same weight. the shape and the tactics go and the noise, the crowd would have made a difference —— same way. noise, the crowd would have made a difference -- same way. yeah, the atmosphere! thanks, mike. speakto you later. so has the budget left you better or worse off? this week steph has been out on the road looking at what people wanted from the chancellor. this morning she's back, and she's got a crowd of people outside our studio to find out if they're happy with what they heard. good morning to you and good morning, everyone. quite a few people here this morning so we thought we would do an extension to the studio, these are our offices, the studio, these are our offices, the team are working hard trying to work out what the budget means for everyone. being on the road all week this week, looking at what people wa nt to this week, looking at what people want to do here and there is lots of things that came out yesterday. some people said it was a dull but but but there's still things that would have a direct impact on people's lives, national insurance, the amount of tax the self—employed pay. laura, you guys have been doing a lot of analysis overnight. what are your thoughts and the winners and losers? there's obvious things we can point to, some small funding for skills and technical education for young people. really welcome cash injection on social care. and a controversial but welcome step on closing some of the tax disparities between the self—employed and employees. but the biggest news is not the policies the chancellor announced but the confirmation of a grim set of forecasts from the office for budget responsibility both for public finances, with the goal of closing the deficit looking like it has been pushed down to the middle of the next decade, and especially on family finances with our forecast suggesting typical incomes will fall over the rest of the parliament, particularly hurting the parliament, particularly hurting the poorer half of households. in terms of winners and losers, there is something we should all be concerned about in terms of the state of public finances and the impact of falling incomes, which it looks like will lead to rising inequality over the parliament. vip area in a nightclub which is ideal at this time of the morning. no drinks but a couple of croissants and a bacon but he! thanks very much. dominic, iwill start and a bacon but he! thanks very much. dominic, i will start with you, you're an entrepreneur in the events industry, tell us about what you heard. there's an analysis this morning suggesting this is an attack on entrepreneurs. i agree. the cut of the dividend is two £2000 has beena of the dividend is two £2000 has been a bit of an anti— entrepreneurial attack —— dividends to. people start off unemployed before they start their own businesses so this is a". the rise in national insurance you have to pay and the dividend —— a big issue. you think that is going to be a big hit for the industry, for entrepreneurs? the reasons to be self—employed and start a business are decreasing. the budget has encouraged people to getjobs are decreasing. the budget has encouraged people to get jobs and because the reasons to be self—employed now are not as positive as they used to be. there's an argument it is not as risky and that's why the government is doing this, in the past it would be easier to be... trickier and more risky to be self—employed and now it is not as risky so you should pay more. there's that argument but i feel like we should encourage entrepreneurs with help like this to become self—employed and from that grow a business and bring in more people who are contractors to help. any benefits would be welcomed. dave, you are a pub landlord and there was specific news for your industry and the idea of the majority of pubs getting this £1000 discount on business rates you pay. put that in context, is that a lot of money? it isa it is a drop in the ocean, a token gesture from a government that has been anti— pub from day one, and it was a response that was nothing, cancelled out by the increase anyway because we are self—employed. cancelled out by the increase anyway because we are self-employed. how much do you normally pay in business rates ? much do you normally pay in business rates? they are unique in pubs, based on turnover, which is based on an estimation, effectively a guess, so an estimation, effectively a guess, so you an estimation, effectively a guess, so you are an estimation, effectively a guess, so you are penalised if you perform well. the key point is it is based on turnover from an average operator. it is a reasonably efficient operator, the term which is used. i have been in the business ten years, we took the pub five years ago, it was closed, because it was trading for sometime, rated at eight kand was trading for sometime, rated at eight k and because we increase turnover dramatically, business rates went up 33,000, so... —— 8k. it is absolutely meaningless. in london, with high turnover i mean, we are a small country pub, but it is completely meaningless. let's get some other thoughts. toby, we met you at the start of the week. you said you wanted something on housing. it wasn't there. housing is one of the biggest issues for all people at the moment, especially young people trying to get on the housing ladder. the government had a housing ladder. the government had a housing white paper last month. that was described as quite a feeble document. think tanks and people in the industry didn't seem impressed. one of the most writing interventions was the ex— housing minister who said it hasn't made a difference. when they say the current policy won't work, the budget was a good time to change it. that is something that you were disappointed about. absolutely. people were talking about what was said. we have to take note of what wasn't addressed. housing was one of them. coming from london, i wasn't addressed. housing was one of them. coming from london, lam wasn't addressed. housing was one of them. coming from london, i am lucky to live in my familial home. i am re ce ntly to live in my familial home. i am recently graduated, looking to move out and get independence. you won't be able to do that in london if you don't have parents who can fund the deal. i don't have that. a lot of people don't have that. essentially you have to choose between pursuing a creative career, which is what i do, in freelance, orthe a creative career, which is what i do, in freelance, or the corporate route, getting a job and having enough money to rent. toby, you were in pleased in the money to social care, we will talk more about that, and the other guests as well in this area, which feels like a nightclub, with all of these lights, and we can see if we can get some pinnacle eithers for later. i will have an es p resso eithers for later. i will have an espresso martini police. -- pinnacle s. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. here she is. morning. good morning. you are right. today it will be a beautiful day if you like it sunny and mild for the time of year. that is the forecast for most of us. not all of us. at the moment, showers, some of them merging in scotland and northern england. we have another front in the south across cornwall and the channel islands. that is giving more clout and damp conditions. there is a sea fog for the english channel as well. first thing this morning we have the cloud and some drizzle and rain across cornwall and the channel islands. move away from that and by 8am we have bright skies, variable cloud, which holds true northwards into wales and northern england. windy at the moment for northern england, central and southern scotland and northern ireland. the drizzle will break up and then we have showers especially in northern eastern scotland, angus and fife, some will be producing snow. wind will prevail for the day in northern isles where we have a lot of showers, heavy with hail thrown in at times as well, but foremost into the afternoon it is going to be stunning with a lot of spring sunshine and it will feel might for this stage in march. the top temperature 15, possibly 16 in the south—east and in the light wind it is lovely. as we had on through the course of the evening and overnight we will hang on to the clear skies across the east so that we could see a total ground frost. meanwhile the weather front across the channel islands and cornwall comes back at us from the west introducing thicker cloud and also some rain and drizzle. a lot of that will be on the hills and the coast. tomorrow we start off right in the east, however with the cloud, rain and drizzle in the west, that will push eastwards through the day. and then behind it we will see some brea ks then behind it we will see some breaks in western areas especially in the shelter of the hills for example. temperatures in the northern half of the country will be down, especially in scotland and northern england. for northern ireland, england and wales we have temperatures in double figures. in the south at this time of year the average should be around 10 degrees. moving into the weekend the first weather front moves through, sinking south—east was, and then on sunday and other comes from the west, a cold front, and behind it we could pull in cooler conditions. it won't suddenly turn cold but it will be colder or cooler than it has been. period saturday, remember, the weather front crosses, moving south—east, not very heavy. and behind it, dry and bright with sunshine coming through. temperatures 11 to about 14 in the south. on sunday the temperatures go down as the cold front comes and brings rain with it ahead of the cloud moving eastwards. and then behind it we will see some brighter skies, it will be quite easy at times and temperatures nines, tens or maybe 11, but into the new week it is looking unsettled. a lot going on in the forecast, once again. thank you. when fire raged through clandon park house in surrey in april 2015, the 18th century mansion was reduced to a charred shell. the national trust says that restoring the stately home will be its biggest conservation effort in a generation. today it's launching a £30 million campaign to find a designer who'll take the challenge on. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to find out how big the task will be. 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. 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, and melted lab, a precariously hanging fireplace, the national trust say the groundfloor 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 o nslow in britain. it was owned by the onslow family until they gave it to the national trust in 1956. this is the national trust in 1956. this is the marble hall at clandon. one of the marble hall at clandon. one of the most magnificent rooms in england. well, so, paul, the marble hall has been completely cleared. yes, that is right, yes. the salvage effort competed in the summer. some of the debris and he was eight feet high. one can imagine the scene is that greeted the salvage team when they came into the 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. and an architecture competition opens today for designers to come up with plans for clandon. the trust was to create a national exhibition space on the upperfloors. 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 yea rs elsewhere. it will take five or six years but the national trust is convinced clandon park will rise from the ashes. extraordinary images, those, aren't they? yes, it's going to be beautiful though. coming up later on breakfast, we'll bejoined by pop—band steps. # tragedy, when the feeling's gone... charlie is so excited, aren't you, will you join in? charlie is so excited, aren't you, will youjoin in? 20 charlie is so excited, aren't you, will you join in? 20 years? 20 years after these dance moves and costumes made their mark on the british pop scene. they'll be here to tell us about their new album and tour. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. a bbc news investigation's found it's easier to rent a flat in the capital if you have a pet than if you're on benefits. out of 11,000 rooms advertised on spareroom.com, none were available in london for people claiming housing benefit. landlords say more social housing is needed but campaign groups say it's discrimination and are calling for a change in the law. the mother of a man who was shot dead in north—west london a year ago today has made a fresh appeal to find his killers. oliver tetlow was murdered in harlesden in a case of mistaken identity. four men were charged over his death but were all cleared after the trial collapsed due to lack of evidence. crimestoppers is offering a 10,000 pound reward for information. now take a look at this. it's known as a "living wall," it's in victoria, and it's among a number of similar projects in the capital aimed at improving air quality. middlesex university is carrying out a study into how plants can absorb the pollutants in the air. our initial results show that plants on living walls can absorb the particulate matter and therefore reduce this harmful pollutant, and we have seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide levels. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all running well, it seems, at the moment. no reported problemsjust there. however, if you take a look at our camera in central london, you can probably see roads have been closed on whitehall, around st james's park, northumberland avenue and victoria embankment, it's for the ceremonies taking place later as the new iraq and afghanistan war memorial is unveiled in victoria embankment gardens. and the a13 is down to three lanes westbound on the south side of the beckton roundabout after an accident. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. after a warm night last night, it's a mild start today. and an improving picture. although it may be cloudy at the moment, we will see bright, sunny spells developing. it is not exactly wall—to—wall sunshine. quite pleasant in the sunshine with a westerly breeze. it will veer around to a northerly direction this evening. we have highs of 16 degrees. certainly above where we expect it to be for this time of year. cloud builds this evening and stays put overnight. temperatures down to five or six degrees. the wind dropping off. tomorrow, some of us might have bright spells first thing but the wind moves in and stays through the day. it is up to about 13 degrees. maybe one or two spots of rain. still, a largely dry day for many. through the weekend, outbreaks of rain never far away. we should have a bright start to saturday. it's not likely we will see rain until later and some of us might miss it altogether. it is quite fragmented by the time it gets to us. on sunday, though, again, some bright spells but it is not really until monday that we see bright and dry weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the chancellor accused of breaking an election promise on national insurance. employed and self—employed alike use our public services in the same way, but they are not paying for them in the same way. philip hammond says his budget announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from tory backbenchers about the impact on the self—employed. also in the budget, there was the promise of an extra £2 billion for social care and big changes education in england. i'm here this morning with experts and people affected to see how the announcements have gone down. good morning, it's thursday the 9th march. a new memorial to honour the british military personnel and civilians who served in iraq and afghanistan. in sport, they're calling it one of the greatest european ties ever. barcelona make history by coming from 4—0 down against paris st germain to win with the last kick of the game. and also this morning: after 1,000 years of being male only, one of our best known choirs takes on its first woman. we'll speak to her. and carol has the weather. a windy start to the north, for many a cold start with cloudy and damp weather and rain but through the day for most of the uk that will give way to sunny spells, the exception being the channel islands and cornwall where we'll hang onto cloudy and damp whether. more details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the chancellor phillip hammond is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing national insurance contributions for many self—employed workers in yesterday's budget. he's facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some backbench conservative mps. the treasury has defended the increase, saying it will return fairness to the system. the amount self—employed workers will pay will rise from 9% to 11% by april 2019. it means an average increase of £240 a year. and it'll affect around two million workers across the uk, raising £145 million a year for the treasury by 2022. our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster for us this morning. as we just as wejust mentioned as we just mentioned a moment ago, it isn't labour mps, notjust labour mps suggesting this is a mistake, some tory backbenchers are saying they already need to rethink this. that's right. the chancellor has woken up to a bit of a row on his hands this morning, especially with that criticism over whether or not this has broken a conservative party ma nifesto, this has broken a conservative party manifesto, a promise not to increase national insurance. treasury sources have said in fact it doesn't break the manifesto pledge because there was legislation after the election which clarified everything and said only those in conventional employment would not see their national insurance go up. nevertheless, there's lots of criticism bite from tory mps and in the papers this morning. the telegraph saying tories break tax vowed and in the sun we have spiked van man. one tory mp said he worried about voters to he described as white van man being impacted. others say it won't do anything to encourage entrepreneurial and risk—taking, which is what the conservatives are seen to do normally. labour says this is the conservatives breaking promises and clobbering the self—employed. but ministers are in system they will not be doing a u—turn, they say this change will make the system fairer. there have been other changes. more money for social care and help to soften the blow for those changes to business rates. extra cash there. but labour say this whole budget was scandalous, not enough money for social care and the nhs and i think this row over national insurance is slightly overshadowing the positive things the chancellor did have to say yesterday. eleanor, thank you very much indeed. we will talk to you again soon. we'll be speaking to the chancellor philip hammond in 20 minutes' time. steph is outside the studio with some experts and people who'll who'll be affected. how are the changes being received? good morning and good morning, everybody. we have some people who can tell us more about the impact on the self—employed because kelly, you're self—employed. tell us about the differences this will make for you, you spent the last 12 hours analysing this, haven't you? that's right, i'm a small—business owner and when! right, i'm a small—business owner and when i decided to incorporate my copywriting agency last year! of my was around dividends. they already have the dividend tax and the allowa nce have the dividend tax and the allowance is compensation for that, allowing you to withdraw £5,000 tax—free so reducing that two £2000 will impact me. you take dividends from your company rather than a salary so you will have to pay more tax? yes. the national insurance issue, will that impact you? £6 a week for a self—employed person, that adds up over the period of time you're working, and normally you ta ke you're working, and normally you take risks, the national insurance contributions reflect that but by eroding the margin between self—employed and employed, it makes being self employed less attractive. this is going to make a difference to people like kelly, we had the chancellor say this is about making things fairfor working chancellor say this is about making things fair for working people, chancellor say this is about making things fairfor working people, does it? when he talks about fairness the government is focusing on the benefits, not how much kelly is paying. they're focusing on the pension because that has to be the biggest cost the government is managing in this measure, making sure people are paying enough now to fund it. historically there were more self—employed people —— employed people and fewer self employed people and fewer self employed people and the rates reflected that but now the government are saying that isn't relevant. the government is saying it isn't as risky to be self—employed so they should be paying more as blue they are saying the difference in risk between being self—employed and employed is lower thanit self—employed and employed is lower than it would have been historically -- paying than it would have been historically —— paying more? thank you for your time this morning. the reason we are here is we will have lots of experts p°ppin9 here is we will have lots of experts popping in to tell us their thoughts on the different things that came out in the budget yesterday. that's it for me for now. thanks, steph. speak to you later. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has told the bbc that the common sense time for a second independence referendum would be autumn next year. a vote can only take place with the permission of the westminster government. but the remarks to the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet that the snp is planning to hold another vote before the uk leaves the european union. in westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing about holding a referendum. i'm not and i never have been. i always think that sometimes kind of says more about them than it does about me because it suggests that there are politicians in westminster who think brexit and all of this is some kind of game. it's not a game, it's really, really serious and the implications for the uk are serious and the indications for scotland are serious. some of your colleagues talk about autumn 2018 as a likely date. within that window, as the outline of a uk deal becomes clear, and the uk exiting the eu i think would be the common sense time for scotland to have that choice if that is the road we choose to go down. just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn 2018? i'm not ruling out anything, no. no police misconduct has been identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the rotherham child abuse scandal. but the independent police complaints commission say it's identified significant failings in the way survivors and alleged perpetrators were treated. the commission is looking at allegations which include 91 named police officers. a new memorial honouring the british military personnel and civilians who have served in iraq and afghanistan since the first gulf war will be unveiled by the queen later today. members of the public donated more than £1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent robert hall reports. the military deployments to iraq and afghanistan over a 24—year period represent the longest and most intense series of operations since the second world war. 682 british service personnel lost their lives. many others came home with life—changing injuries. the new memorial was first mooted in 2014 and fundraising began on remembrance sunday of that year. it stands on the bank of the thames alongside reminders of other military campaigns. the new monument doesn'tjust commemorate the armed forces, it gives equal prominence to the civilians who worked on the humanitarian side of operations. government, aid and charity workers, all of whom showed the twin values of duty and service. although british public opinion was divided over the merits of the campaigns in iraq and afghanistan, no—one questions the dedication shown by both military and civilians trying to get those countries back on their feet. the team behind the memorial accept that there is no clear end to this chapter in our history. today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences for those who were there. the sadness, the pain and the pride. robert hall, bbc news. the mother of the missing serviceman corrie mckeague has said it is just a matter of time before they find her son's remains at a landfill site. suffolk police have revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the raf gunner vanished after a night out in suffolk last september, was carrying a heavier load than first thought. police are currently searching the site outside cambridge. a united nations report is to call for an independent investigation into the potential health impact of the uk's largest open—cast coal mine. residents living near the ffos—y—fran site in south wales have led a long campaign againstair and noise pollution. the mine's operator, miller argent, says the company has a proud record of mining responsibly. malta's famous rock arch that featured in a number of films and the tv series game of thrones has collapsed into the sea. the azure window was damaged by heavy storms. you can see in there, amazing piece of geography. the next picture we can see it has gone in its entirety. the prime ministerjoseph muscat said it was heartbreaking. a study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't in imminent danger. now it is gone, though! gone for ever! —— for ever. the chancellor has acknowledged that the social care system is under pressure, and in yesterday's budget offered £2 billion over the next three years to councils in england. so how should the money be spent and is it anywhere near enough? let's speak to care home owner mike padgham and nigel edwards, chief executive of the nuffield trust health charity, who's in our london studio. nigel, if i can first turn to you, give us a sense of that £2 billion, it sounds like an enormous sum of money, what is it relative to the need? we spend about £16 billion on social care on adults in england. but need has been growing, we're getting older, more of us are living alone and the councils that have administered administered social ca re have administered administered social care have had a real terms cut of over £1 billion over the last five yea rs. over £1 billion over the last five years. square that circle, this £2 billion figure, what are people saying they need as opposed to what they have now got? estimates vary but people are saying they needed £2 billion this year. while the money from the chancellor will be welcome, people will also say it isn't really enough. councils have been given additional powers to raise money through what's called a precept, additionalfunding from through what's called a precept, additional funding from council tax, but it has basically been wiped out by the national living wage, the two sons are very similar. people i think will be relieved that there is some money but i think they will be hoping for £2 billion. mike, you're at the sharp end, you run a business for care homes? primary leave the clients we have our local authority funded, i agree, clients we have our local authority funded, iagree, it is clients we have our local authority funded, i agree, it is a decent amount, but not enough. a good start but the chancellor needs to know more is needed. you look after people who are elderly with dementia, how much do you get to look after somebody for a week? dementia, how much do you get to look after somebody for a week7m we're talking about local authority funded, just shy of £500 a week. sounds like a lot, but when you break it down, 24/7 care isjust around £5 an hour. staff need to be paid more than the living wage and so we paid more than the living wage and so we want to pay more to recruit more, we are caught in that difficulty. we want local authorities to get more funding but it has to come to the front line. it's all very well, the money, but we don't want it tied in bureaucracy. you face the reality day in, day out, your staff and their care needs. what would your message be to the chancellor about funding? as we heard from the nuffield trust, they say possibly it is half. the announcement is approximately half what the experts say they need, what would you say?|j would say come and have a look at social care on the front line and see why it's not working. we can have the health service but even that funding will mean more people caught up in hospital because they can't be discharged either into their own homes or back into care homes. i would like the chancellor and the prime minister to look for themselves and to see the case. nigel, what will you say to the chancellor following from his announcement yesterday? we have had some funding to deal with the immediate however the issue is for the last 30 years that politicians have dodged the issue of how to pay for care for older people and adults in need. they're out for reviews none of which are properly implemented and it is time for the politicians to face up to this very serious problem. unfortunately they have left it so long we are doing it ina have left it so long we are doing it in a situation where there is no money. this is notjust about helping the health service by the way. there are a large number of people in need and it is the case that probably only 20 or so are sent to people who have needs to get local authority help. what is the radical change that is needed? more money, but what else, a structural change? probably changes on both how the provision of social care happens, it is a very old private sector market which is quite fragmented, it is very low paid and i think it is often quite bureaucratic in how it is administered. the big issue is how to raise money. we have been ducking the issue. other companies like germany, japan, the netherlands and scandinavian countries have faced up to the issue. it is causing their real problems. they have made bold choices over the last few decades to make sure that they are ready for what was an obvious oncoming problem as the population has aged and the workforce, which is a real concern here, and we need to deal with it, and there are big brexit implications for the workforce, that they have tried to deal with those problems. and we have not managed to do that. and as nigel was talking you were nodding seriously especially when he was talking about the idea of putting off big decisions about what to do with the problem. from the chancellor's point of view, amongst lots of other problems, brexit around the corner, issues around the economy and what will happen, are you angry about the lack of decision making about putting money into social care? yes, lam, putting money into social care? yes, iam,| putting money into social care? yes, lam, i have been in social care putting money into social care? yes, i am, i have been in social care for 25 years and each government has always put it off. and while you don't want to turn away the paper, it is another delay. we know what the problems are. my view is social ca re the problems are. my view is social care and health in one body in the future. we are dancing around the edge and until we crack that we will never get anywhere. it is time to stop talking and less just get on with it. would you agree that people working in the industry are not paid enough? definitely. i can't see - luckily i am no politician — i can't see tax not going up somewhere to pay for it. if people want better social care they would pay more tax. it is tough and i think that they would. i can't see how we can do it unless we pay more. thank you for your time this morning. what is more to come on the budget this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: chancellor philip hammond faces criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments for the self—employed. a new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served in iraq and afghanistan will be unveiled by the queen later. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. hopefully more than a moment. the weather forecast is u nsettled moment. the weather forecast is unsettled after today. today we have afair bit unsettled after today. today we have a fair bit of sunshine after this morning's cloud, drizzle and rain and it is going to be mild for this time of january. for some and it is going to be mild for this time ofjanuary. for some of us, really mild. we have weather fronts pushing to the north sea taking cloud and drizzle with them. we do have a weather front rates across the channel islands and south—west england where we have murky conditions and low cloud. there will be some dampness in the air with showers or rain. and what you have at the moment you will hang on for much of the day, cornwall and the channel islands on and off. away from those areas we are back into some sunshine. there is cloud around this morning. one or two of us will season showers. most of us won't. cloud will continue to not away. we will see the sun come out. it is windy for northern ireland, england, central and southern scotland. it is windy the far north of scotland. it will remain so here for the northern isles especially through the course of the day. slowly easing through the evening. the wind elsewhere will ease through the morning. the showers fading for most. the sun will come out and it will feel pleasa nt will come out and it will feel pleasant if you are in the light wind. we hang onto the cloud and the dampness across cornwall and also the channel islands. so, temperatures today, well, nine and ten and 11 for the north of the country, already in the southern half of the country from anglesey to the wash we are looking at 8—12. the temperature will climb in the sunshine. in the south—east we could see 15 or even higher than that. through the evening and overnight what will happen to the weather front in the south—west corner is it will pivot and push up across western and northern areas, taking rain and drizzle with it. most of that will be in the hills and the coast at we see some at lower levels. you can also see in the east we have some clear skies, so with temperature drops we will see some frost around. first thing in the morning to clear skies prevailfor a time and some sunshine. however a front that has pivoted in the west will move to the east through the course of the day, taking dampness with it. and then behind it what you will find is in the west, particularly in the shelter of the hills, we are looking at some sunny spells coming through. quite breezy to the west as well. temperatures down for scotland and the north of northern england but for northern ireland, england and wales, although they come down a touch, above average for this stage in march. through the weekend, one front sinks south, a bit of a lull, then the next front comes from the atlantic, a cold front, so behind it on sunday we sequel —— we see cool air coming in. for the weather front, we sequel —— we see cool air coming in. forthe weatherfront, coming we sequel —— we see cool air coming in. for the weatherfront, coming to the south—east, either side of it there are bright spells with a bit of cloud and temperatures in the north of 11 or 12, of cloud and temperatures in the north of11or12,12— of cloud and temperatures in the north of 11 or 12, 12— 14 in the south. down a little bit more over the course of sunday. thank you very much indeed. talk to you soon. let's have a quick look at the papers, dominated of course by the budget yesterday and the picture of philip hammond multibillion pound tax rate, self—employed hit, they say, accused of breaking a pledge. the front of the mirror, they have the prime minister theresa may throwing back her head laughing. they say, what is so her head laughing. they say, what is so funny, prime minister? the front of the sun, spite van man, the raid on the self—employed and the front of the daily mail has, no laughing matter, the chancellor made quite a few jokes matter, the chancellor made quite a fewjokes in his budget yesterday but breaking the manifesto pledge, says the daily mail. we can speak now to the chancellor. good morning to you and thank you for your time this morning. if you would just pick up this morning. if you would just pick up straightaway on those issues that iam sure up straightaway on those issues that i am sure you have seen on the front pages, those broken pledge issues, why did you break the conservative pledge not to raise taxes or specifically not to raise national insurance contributions? what we did in 2015 was legislate through parliament for all of these issues around tax and national insurance and we explained them to parliament exactly how we interpret them, how are we intended to legislate for them. no one objected, no one raised issues about it. indeed, the labour party acknowledged in parliament that we delivered the manifesto commitments. we regard the issue as dealt with. without with it in 2015. what i did yesterday was addressed a basic continuing on venice in the current system. the benefits available to the self—employed have significantly improved, they have full access to the state pension now, that is worth £18,000 a year on average to a self—employed person and as we go forward with negotiations with the eu we need to make this country strong and fit and ready for the future. we need to invest in the skills of the next generation. we need to support the public services. all of that requires us to raise some money and we had to look at where best to do that in a way that enhances the fairness of the tax system. in this measure, enhances the venice for the 85% of people who are in employment, who pay their national insurance through paye and the measure itself changing the way it contributions work actually produces more winners than losers among the self employed. 6% will play less national insurers overall as a result of these changes. what is confusing people and people agree with you is logical but people say it is like insulting the intelligence when you say you didn't pledge something, because in your manifesto you say clearly the conservative government will not increase the rate of vat or national insurance in the next parliament. why is it so difficult for you to say it was a pragmatic decision you have taken to break the pledge because it needed to be broken. common sense says you have broken the pledge. this didn't happen yesterday, it happen in 2015. my question is do you accent you have broken the pledge? when the national insurance bill went through parliament we explained clearly in parliament we explained clearly in parliament why we were doing what we we re parliament why we were doing what we were doing, how we were interpreting it, and at the time my predecessor specifically asked the office of tax simplification to look at the national insurance contributions and to make recommendations to ensure that we brought them more appropriately into the system. are you seriously still maintaining that you seriously still maintaining that you haven't broken the pledge, i just want to be clear, because eve ryo ne just want to be clear, because everyone can go back and look through what your party said you would not do and now you have done? well, i am clear that we had this discussion in 2015. the result it than with the legislation that we put through parliament. why is eve ryo ne put through parliament. why is everyone so put through parliament. why is everyone so upset about it today? sorry, i am everyone so upset about it today? sorry, iam interrupting everyone so upset about it today? sorry, i am interrupting you, everyone so upset about it today? sorry, iam interrupting you, i apologise? you are interrupting me. nobody voted against it or tabled amendments. we had this discussion in 2015 and as far as i was concerned when i approached the issue yesterday, we resolve this issue yesterday, we resolve this issue in 2015, now written —— britain faces these issues and we have to face them in the light of where we are today, the need to fund social care, the need to invest in britain's future, the skills for the next generation, and to do it in a way that is prudent and conserves the firepower as we go through the negotiation period with the eu to make sure britain can benefit from brexit and the opportunities that will lie ahead for us. with respect, some people say you could be wrong about the decision you have taken to ta ke about the decision you have taken to take the pledge, you could just be wrong about that and the other point is people we spoke with this morning, and we have many here in the studio, small business people, the studio, small business people, the people you target, who say as far as they are concerned they feel now as if you're conservative government is anti— small business. there is a sentiment coming through. it is evidenced in this latest measure that you no longer are on their side. well, i don't accept that at all. we strongly support small businesses, growing businesses. they are the bedrock of britain's economy and we will continue to encourage new ventures, innovation, growing businesses in this economy. what we are dealing with is a perverse incentive in our tax and national insurance system which is driving people who are essentially employees to turn themselves into self—employed workers instead. that is not good for them, it is not a healthy thing for them, it is not a healthy thing for them, it is not a healthy thing for the structure of the economy to be driven by tax advantages and tax differences. people should have choices about the way they work. people should have choices about the form they use to start a business. those choices should be driven by the needs of their business and by the needs of their business and by the needs of their business and by the needs of the economy, not by artificial tax incentives. and the gap is too big. for somebody earning £28,000, an employee between him and his employer will pay nearly £5,000 of national insurance contribution for his pension and for the national health service. someone earning the same amount of money self—employed will be paying less than £2000. that is simply not fair. can i finally ask you, sometimes politicians can change minds on things, that is if they look and think, maybe rethink, as you phrase it in political terms, you rethink and listen to what people say. i used route dump are you categorical there will be no turnaround —— are you categorical there will be no turnaround in these contributions? let me be clear we are doing two things, abolishing the class to national insurance contribution, which is highly regressive, a chart on people with very low self employment incomes, and in place of it we are increasing the class for contribution. overall that will mean 60% of people with lower earnings will be better. those on higher earnings, the 40% on high earnings, will pay a little bit more. we think that is fair, we think it is a reasonable way to go forward given the benefits entitlement for the self—employed has improved so much. thank you for your time this morning. just after eight o'clock we'll be speaking to the shadow chancellor, labour's john mcdonnell. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. a bbc news investigation's found it's easier to rent a flat in the capital if you have a pet than if you're on benefits. out of 11,000 rooms advertised on spareroom.com, none were available in london for people claiming housing benefit. landlords say more social housing is needed but campaign groups say it's discrimination and are calling for a change in the law. clandon park house, the 18th century mansion in surrey that was destroyed by fire, is to undergo a £30 million reconstruction. the fire, thought to have been started by an electrical fault, only left one room, the speakers' parlour, intact. the national trust is inviting design teams to submit plans to restore the state rooms, as well as creating new galleries. now, take a look at this. it's known as a "living wall," it's in victoria, and it's among a number of similar projects in the capital aimed at improving air quality. middlesex university is carrying out a study into how plants can absorb the pollutants in the air. our initial results show that plants on living walls can absorb the particulate matter and therefore reduce this harmful pollutant in the air, and we have seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide levels. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all running well, it seems, at the moment. now, a number of roads have been closed in central london, and you can see the westbound delays here on the victoria embankment, it's closed at westminster bridge. it's for the ceremonies taking place later as the new iraq and afghanistan war memorial is unveiled in victoria embankment gardens. and in hackney wick, the eastway tunnel is down to one lane westbound for works, delays stretching back three miles on the a12. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. well, after a warm night last night, it's certainly a mild to today, and an improving picture. so although it may be cloudy at the moment, we will quickly see bright, sunny spells developing. it is not exactly wall—to—wall sunshine. quite pleasant in the sunshine with a westerly breeze. it will veer around to a northerly direction by this evening. we're looking at highs of 16 degrees. certainly above where we expect it to be for this time of year. cloud builds as we head through this evening and stays put overnight. temperatures down to five or six degrees. that wind dropping off. as we head into tomorrow, some of us might have bright spells first thing but the cloud moves in and stays through the day. temperatures up to about 13 degrees. maybe one or two spots of rain. still, a largely dry day for many. through the weekend, outbreaks of rain never far away. we should have a bright start to saturday. it's not likely we will see rain until later and some of us might miss it altogether. it is quite fragmented by the time it gets to us. on sunday, though, again, some bright spells but it is not really until monday that we see bright and dry weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. the chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge, by raising national insurance contributions for many self—employed workers in yesterday's budget. a number of conservative mps say philip hammond's proposal breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto. but the treasury has rejected calls for a rethink, saying the increase will return fairness to the national insurance system. the leader of the liberal democrats, tim farron, has criticised the chancellor's decision to increase the rates of national insurance paid by self—employed people. there's £100 billion extra borrowing during because the government chose a hard grexit, you can't have a strong economy with a hard brexit and therefore you can't have strong well funded social care with a hard brexit. the government has made wrong choices. it's an insult to self—employed people, one in four in my constituency are self—employed, people don't get holiday pay and now thanks to this government they won't get a holiday in the first place! we'll speak to the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell after 8am. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has told the bbc that the common sense time for a second independence referendum would be autumn next year. a vote can only take place with the permission of the westminster government. but her remarks to the bbc‘s political editor laura kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet that the snp is planning to hold another vote before the uk leaves the european union. the queen will unveil a memorial in london this morning in honour of all those from the uk who served in iraq and afghanistan between 1990 and 2015. the monument is dedicated to civilians as well as servicemen and women. members of the public donated more than a million to pay for it. members of the public donated more than £1 million to pay for it. no police misconduct has been identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the rotherham child abuse scandal. but the independent police complaints commission say it's identified significant failings in the way survivors and alleged perpetrators were treated. the commission is looking at allegations which include 91 named police officers. a united nations report is to call for an independent investigation into the potential health impact of the uk's largest open—cast coal mine. residents living near the ffos—y—fran site in south wales have led a long campaign againstair and noise pollution. the mine's operator, miller argent, says the company has a proud record of mining responsibly. files seen by the bbc suggest margaret thatcher's government was reluctant to hold a public inquiry into the policing of the miners‘ strike for fear of a witch hunt. they show the then home secretary leon brittan discouraged any inquiry into the conduct of the police at that time. miners were disappointed last year when the home secretary amber rudd ruled there would be no inquiry into the so—called battle of org reave. watching nature documentaries makes us happier. that's according to a new study by californian academics. they say that watching nature programmes and animal documentaries can reduce our stress levels, and even watching short clips of programmes like this one from planet earth two can significantly increase positive emotions. did that do the trick for you, the flamingos? they were amazing. it is true, even watching short clips helps you. i don't know why that is, what is it? it just helps you. i don't know why that is, what is it? itjust takes helps you. i don't know why that is, what is it? it just takes you out helps you. i don't know why that is, what is it? itjust takes you out of your ordinary life. unless it goes for blair on. that's the key thing, the happiness is greater if there has been a thrilling trace —— unless it goes horribly wrong. david attenborough should watch out! you knew it was a giraffe! if there has beena knew it was a giraffe! if there has been a chase, chased by a lion, the feeling of relief and exhortation and ecstasy at the end is far greater and that was the same for barcelona last night. thinking they were down and out, they had been caught by the snakes, they had been caught by the snakes, the lion, but they escaped and they did the impossible! this is all the last seven minutes of the match. they are three goals behind. the context is 4—0 down from the first leg and then psg score a goal in the second tie to make it impossible, gary linekersaid second tie to make it impossible, gary lineker said the game was over ina tweet, gary lineker said the game was over in a tweet, but no, seven minutes, three goals to turn it around and this is how the spanish commentator described the last seven minutes. gol gol gol! it sums up the mayhem and the pandemonium. the goalkeeper playing up front. the manager was sliding onto the pitch and the commentator went on and on for seven minutes because sergi roberto scored with virtually the la st roberto scored with virtually the last kick of the game to complete the impossible. the party continued afterwards, tears, people jumping on each other in celebration. it is the biggest recovery in champions league history, and finished 6—5 on aggregate with barcelona are through to the quarter—finals. olly foster watched the match unfold. neymar, messi and suarez, the most feared strike force in world football. barcelona's motto is "more than a club", but no club had overturned such a deficit in the champions league. an early goal would give them hope, suarez‘s header just crossed the line. this would be the match about the finest of margins and the referee's sometimes—debatable judgement. should that have been a penalty? lionel messi scored a third for barca. one more to level the tie or one more for psg, a cracker from cavani that should have put the tie to bed. an away goal that left barca needing three. surely there wasn't time. two minutes to go when neymar did that. the 90 minutes were up when neymar converted another suspect penalty and with practically the last kick of the match, sergi roberto stayed onside, swamped by his teammates. that was more than just a goal. barca are more than just a club. olly foster, bbc news. how arsenal could have done with a comeback like that the other night against bayern munich! manchester united manager jose mourinho has described their europa league tie against rostov bad in every respect. united are 700 miles south of moscow near the black sea and mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit to play on. uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call the match off. mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection is going to be tricky. i find it hard to believe we are going to play on that field, if you can call it a field. i don't know which team to play really. i don't know if mkhitaryaan is going to play, i don't know. manchester city failed to move up to second in the premier league after drawing 0—0 at home to stoke city. it was a game of few clear cut chances. kelechi iheanacho put city's last wide from close range. it's the first time they have failed to score at home since pep guardiola took over and means chelsea remain ten points clear at the top of the table. spurs are above city on goal difference an all british tie in the wta event at indian wells in california. heather watson came from a set down to beat the american gibson to reach the second round where yuan konta is waiting, the first time they have ever played each other on the tour. england's cricketers are in barbados for today's third and final one day international against west indies. they've already won the fist two games so the series is already in the bag, and with the champions trophy later this year, bowler chris woakes believes england have a great chance of winning a major trophy. we haven't seen an england team in od! cricket play the way this team is playing at the minute. and particularly with the bat, it's fantastic to watch the majority of the time. i know we had a little slip—up the other day but they're very few and far between. it's exciting times. hopefully we can produce the goods at the right time. tournament cricket is completely different to playing in a series so that will be a different challenge, but i think we've got the best chance as we've probably ever had. double olympic gold—medallist max whitlock will miss the british and european championships to focus on preparing for the world championships in september. whitlock has only recently returned to full time training after his successes in rio last summer. he suffered from glandular fever two years ago and says he needs to manage his body if he's to compete at the highest level. he tries to find the trademark move he's going to name after himself. back to the barca tweets, michael owen is only getting his breath back he said and gary lineker said good heavens! thanks very much and see you later! for 1,000 years, the sound of st paul's cathedral choir has been heard at some of the most important national occasions. but until now, only men or boys have been full—time members. that's changed with the appointment of carrisjones to the choir‘s alto section. she'll take up her role in september, although the move has been criticised in some circles as political correctness. carris joins us now from central london along with st paul's director of music andrew carwood. good morning to you both. good morning. good morning. carrisjones, congratulations, you've made history. it appears so, completely overwhelming. you won't be the first woman to have ever sung with the choir but the keyword is permanent, isn't it? exactly, the trail has been blazed before by some extremely talented colleagues of mine who have appeared as part of the choir as deputies, ad hoc singers. iwill appeared as part of the choir as deputies, ad hoc singers. i will be the first full—time member of the choir that's the mail. using alto as you just mentioned, what does that mean, where do you fit? —— that's female. arising between the top line, sung by boys, and the ten line, sung by boys, and the ten line, sung by men —— buys it. andrew, why was it time for a permanent female member of staff? andrew, why was it time for a permanent female member of staffim is very simple for me because you have to have the best person and carris was the best, we had a wonderful shortlist with very strong applicants and we considered considered and listened. but the best thing is we have very flexible singers in britain in the choral tradition and they do what they are told and that's why we have the best choirs in the world. it's no surprise a woman can sing as well as a man on an alto part. what do you say to the traditionalists who say that the choir should remain all—male? that the choir should remain all-male? what you have to do is look at other people and how successful they are, there are successful they are, there are successful chamber choirs in this country and other cathedral choirs with women singing on the alto line. we are dealing with stereotypes. there's no stereotypical male voice and no stereotypical female voice. they all do a variety of things and some singers... other people are just perfect and can be flexible and carris is one of those. it's a great development. carris, what kind of reaction have you had, especially amongst your colleagues. from my collea g u es amongst your colleagues. from my colleagues it has been overwhelming, very positive, i have been so touched and born up really by people getting in touch saying how thrilled they are, male and female, that this has happened. couldn't have been more positive really. what are you most looking forward to when performing with the choir? i'm looking forward to all of it really! it is quite the routine and very different to what i'm currently used to in my freelance work. i'm actually looking forward to getting into the rhythm of my ex— services we can being part of being such a wonderful organisation and singing in sucha wonderful organisation and singing in such a fabulous building —— ex— services week and. we heard the bells, would you give us a tiny moment and a bit of music to start the day, what would be your musical interlude this morning? goodness me, it is very early for singing! goodness knows what could happen! that is a bit mean, isn't it? it is a bit. carris, you're heavily pregnant, i know you want to sit down so we will let you do that. thank you brain much. thank you. it isa thank you brain much. thank you. it is a bit early —— thank you very much. it is a bit early to be doing anything like that! carol, you can sing, you can sing, can't you? charlie, not in a million years! good morning. i apologise for my earlier mistake when i said temperatures were mild for this stage in january, when i said temperatures were mild for this stage injanuary, of course imeant... we for this stage injanuary, of course i meant... we will see temperatures in the midst of teams, maybe higher and a lot of sunshine around. not everywhere. a weather front is producing showers but they will move away in northern and eastern areas but a stubborn one which has in score is across the... especially in cornwall. this morning we have some showers and drizzle, that will go and in the late morning to the afternoon we have a beautiful afternoon we have a beautiful afternoon in much of the british isles. temperatures in the south—east could hit 16 or more, in wales a similar story. it is windy in northern ireland, central england and scotland, easing through the morning. in western scotland sunshine came through with earlier showers fading, except in the northern isles, we will hang onto them, and in the evening the wind will ease. through the evening our weather front in the south—west will pivot and come to other western and northern areas, introducing some patchy bits of light rain and drizzle, mostly on the coasts and hills and under clearer skies in the east it will be cold enough for a touch of frost but here it means first thing we will see sunshine. it won't last. tomorrow will be cloudier than today as our western front edges to the east through the day. as it does, some of us will brighten up when we see sunshine, especially if you're in the shelter of benny hills. for scotland and the far north of northern england tomorrow it will be cooler than today —— any hills. for tomorrow, temperatures down on today in northern ireland but still above average for this stage in march. into the weekend, another weekend crosses asked down towards the south east through the day, then a lull and then on sunday a cold front comes in from the atlantic. —— crosses asked. it won't turn cold, it will be to load than it is at the moment. —— crosses has. a dry and brighter note ahead of this weather front. a narrow band of rain, not particularly heavy and brighter skies behind it for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures between nine and 14. as we head into sunday, they cold front coming in from the atlantic introducing that rain, cooler conditions following on in that breeze behind it but behind it again there will be sunshine coming through. the temperatures dipping on sunday and the early part of the week, turning more unsettled and the temperatures rise through the middle of next week. all change once again. thanks very much. we will talk to you again soon. so has the budget left you better or worse off? this week steph has been out on the road looking at what people wanted from the chancellor. this morning she's back, and she's got a crowd of people outside our studio, to find out if they're happy with what they heard. good morning and good morning, everybody. you could say it's a p°p‘up everybody. you could say it's a pop—up studio because we have lots of people coming in and out today. you have been looking at what impact the budget will have on different generations, who has it worked out well for? there's a few things we can look to that benefit certain generations. we start with social care, the baby boomers, the generation now in the final phase of their careers or entering retirement will welcome the extra funding given their increasingly caregivers for parents, partners and many of them will receive care themselves. to the other end of the scale, the millennials, born in the 80s and 90s, some funding on technical education is welcome but it is quite small and the big thing missing yesterday was anything on housing, which is the real concern for that generation. gen x in the middle, the increases in national insurance for the self—employed will hit this group, about half of the increases will come from members of gen x. the big picture for this generation is the large cuts to welfare that this government in heritage will really hit family incomes in gen x, but actually there's workers and families in every generation. that bleak outlook for family incomes that was maintained in yesterday's vigurs hits those prime age really across the age range and that is a big story. thanks very much for your time. we have a vip area. everyone who has something to say. let me move in here. morning everyone. let me start with you, gary. you are and events entrepreneur. we have heard about changes to national insurance contributions. also as well the dividend tax and the taxi will have to pay when you take dividends out of your company, what are your thoughts? that will strangle the intention for people to become entrepreneurs, to become entrepreneurial. i am entrepreneurs, to become entrepreneurial. iam not entrepreneurs, to become entrepreneurial. i am not suggesting thatis entrepreneurial. i am not suggesting that is why they got into it but it isa that is why they got into it but it is a benefit to have. i can see that it will affect their ability to get past those breaking point and be sustainable. it is hard enough for many people as entrepreneurs to become sustainable. it might take between one in five years. i deal with, well, isay, i don't personally, but there are 4000 freelancers and entertainment producers in and around the music business who will be affected next year and they don't have time to prepare for it. i don't think they understand how it comes back to them, even if it might come back with the full benefit in their pensions, it is not the way it has been delivered at the moment. you think it will put people off? for sure. i know that you are trying to set upa sure. i know that you are trying to set up a business at the moment, abbie, so what did you think of yesterday? even though it has a short—term negative effect ultimately people who want to be entrepreneurs will do that. the thing i was concerned with, though i can see the benefits, is increase in ni for self—employed people. national insurance. yes. there is a lot that goes into it and wages are not stable. so, to pay more tax could be a deterrent for people to pursue that route. we know that this is what a lot of young people want to do. so does it go against the grain? ithink to do. so does it go against the grain? i think it might. and toby, we spoke at the beginning of the week, your concern was around housing. there wasn't anything about housing? people my age have this big concern that it is difficult to get on the housing ladder because we cannot rent at an affordable rate in the first place. the government hasn't done anything on this. they have a white paper last month but it was a feeble document without much in it that i saw would change things. and i saw the ex— housing minister say it wouldn't change anything and they have to get on and build more houses. and i want to talk skills, another issue, and for you, i know that you met with the government last week, that is a big thing for you, and we have changes in technical education. what are your thoughts? there is a need for education reform. 500 million will help companies like us in the north to recruit and develop skilled workers in the uk so i think it is needed but it is more important as a start, just a drop in terms what needs to happen in the education system. so you think that these technical education levels, equivalent to a—levels, or make a difference? yes, wider reform will be needed to produce skilled workers needed. thank you for your time. i know we will talk to more of you. we have experts and entrepreneurs to find out what it means. we have only given to view a drink. awkward. —— two of you a drink. come on, work harder, do more. it is austerity, thatis harder, do more. it is austerity, that is what it is. coming up later on breakfast, we'll bejoined by pop—band steps. # tragedy, when the feeling is gone and you can't go on, it is a tragedy. 20 years? can you believe it? 20 years after their dance moves and costumes made their mark on the british pop scene, they'll be here to tell us about their new album and tour. i knew you were going to do that. we we re i knew you were going to do that. we were concentrating really hard. i knew you were going to do that. we were concentrating really hardlj i knew you were going to do that. we were concentrating really hard. i am trying to learn it. i will get there. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. a bbc news investigation's found it's easier to rent a flat in the capital if you have a pet than if you're on benefits. out of 11,000 rooms advertised on spareroom.com, none were available in london for people claiming housing benefit. landlords say more social housing is needed but campaign groups say it's discrimination and are calling for a change in the law. clandon park house, the 18th century mansion in surrey that was destroyed by fire, is to undergo a £30 million reconstruction. the fire, thought to have been started by an electrical fault, only left one room, the speakers' parlour, intact. the national trust is inviting design teams to submit plans to restore the state rooms, as well as creating new galleries. now, take a look at this. it's known as a "living wall," it's in victoria, and it's among a number of similar projects in the capital aimed at improving air quality. middlesex university is carrying out a study into how plants can absorb the pollutants in the air. our initial results show that plants on living walls can absorb the particulate matter and therefore reduce this harmful pollutant in the air, and we have seen a reduction in nitrogen dioxide levels. let's have a look at the travel situation now. the tube is all running well, it seems, at the moment. no reported problemsjust there. however, if you take a look at our camera in central london, you can probably see roads have been closed on whitehall, around st james's park, northumberland avenue and victoria embankment, it's for the ceremonies taking place later as the new iraq and afghanistan war memorial is unveiled in victoria embankment gardens. and there are westbound queues on the m4 towards the elevated section at brentford, it's slow back to the a4 in chiswick. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. after a warm night last night, it's certainly a mild start today. and an improving picture. although it may be cloudy at the moment, we will see bright, sunny spells developing. it is not exactly wall—to—wall sunshine. quite pleasant in the sunshine with a westerly breeze. it will veer around to a northerly direction this evening. we have highs of 16 degrees. certainly above where we expect it to be for this time of year. cloud builds this evening and stays put overnight. temperatures down to five or six degrees. the wind dropping off. tomorrow, some of us might have bright spells first thing but the wind moves in and stays through the day. it is up to about 13 degrees. maybe one or two spots of rain. still, a largely dry day for many. through the weekend, outbreaks of rain never far away. we should have a bright start to saturday. it's not likely we will see rain until later and some of us might miss it altogether. it is quite fragmented by the time it gets to us. on sunday, though, again, some bright spells but it is not really until monday that we see bright and dry weather. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the chancellor accused of breaking an election promise on national insurance. employed and self—employed use the public services in the same way but they are not paying for them in the same way. philip hammond says his budget announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from tory backbenchers about the impact on the self employed. also in the budget, there was the promise of an extra £2 billion for social care and big changes education in england. i'm here this morning with experts and people affected to see how the announcements have gone down. good morning, it's thursday, 9th march. also this morning... a new memorial to honour the british military personnel and civilians who served in iraq and afghanistan. in sport, they're calling it one of the greatest european ties ever. barcelona make champions league history by coming from 4—0 down against paris saint germain, to win with practically the last kick of the game. and two years after historic clandon park house was gutted by fire, we report on the start of the huge restoration task. and carol has the weather. a fairly windy start to the day. regardless of what you have at the moment, it will blossom into a sunny day except across cornwall and the channel islands. more details in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the chancellor, philip hammond, is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge, by increasing national insurance contributions for many self—employed workers in yesterday's budget. he's facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some backbench conservative mps. the treasury has defended the increase, saying it will return fairness to the system. the amount self—employed workers will pay will rise from 9% to 11% by april, 2019. it means an average increase of £240 a year. and it'll affect around 2 million workers across the uk, raising £145 million a year for the treasury by 2022. our political correspondent, eleanor garnier, is in westminster for us this morning. the chancellor may have been cracking jokes yesterday, but today, certainly in the papers, not much fun for certainly in the papers, not much funfor him certainly in the papers, not much fun for him to be reading. he has woken up to a row this morning over the changes to national insurance. criticism of the policy. some critical tories saying it does little to encourage enterprise. one said he was worried it might hit voters he described as working white van men. there is also criticism it might have broken an election promise by the conservatives in 2015. the chancellor told breakfast he told it had all been decided after the election. when i approached this issue yesterday, we had resolved this issue in 2015. now britain faces a different set of circumstances and we have to look at this issue in the round in the light of where britain is to date, the need to fund social care, to invest in britain's future, the skills the next generation need and to do it in a way that is prudent and conserves firepower as we go through this period of negotiation with the eu to make sure britain can benefit from brexit and the opportunities that will lie ahead. labour have weighed m, will lie ahead. labour have weighed in, saying the government is breaking promises. elsewhere in the budget, more money for social care to help ease the creaking system. help to soften the blow for those changes to business rates that small firms were worried about. labour say the money put aside for social care was not enough. i think the changes to national insurance really have overshadowed anything positive the chancellor had to say yesterday and it is going to be interesting to see how the row plays out. for the moment, thank you. steph is outside the studio with some experts still crunching the number — how are the changes being received? good morning. lots of people trying to work out what the changes actually mean. not least self—employed people. we have got kelly and rebecca, a tax expert. kelly, you are self—employed, for the last 12 hours, you have been trying to work out what it means. what difference will it make? i run a small business and when i incorporated last year what i looked at was dividend taxation. they brought in the dividend tax for this new financial year and it means you are getting less of your taxation but at the same time, you have the allowa nce, but at the same time, you have the allowance, £5,000, which makes a bit ofa allowance, £5,000, which makes a bit of a difference, a couple of hundred pounds. eroding it to £2000 will make an impact. you do not take a salary from your business, you pay yourself dividends and now you will pay more tax on it. exactly. with the increase in the national insurance contributions, it is sending a message that they want people to be employed rather than self—employed and it will probably put people off making the choice to be freelancers and small business owners. we heard the chancellor talking about fairness, making the system fairer for those employed and self—employed, what are your thoughts? the government are talking about long—term fairness. what they have focused in on the measure is the pension benefits people will get at the end. historically, more people are employed and self—employed. the self—employed paid self—employed. the self—employed pa id less self—employed. the self—employed paid less national insurance to reflect the risk they were at starting their own business. now the government have set their pensions equal in the long term so it is about asking the self—employed to contribute more based on what they will get at the end. we will talk more about it later. other issues came up to do with business rates, and technical education and the changes coming with that and the extra money for social care. pretty busy here this morning. we have enough mugs to give everyone a drink! thank goodness for that. i knew she would sort it. we'll be speaking to the shadow chancellor, labour's john mcdonnell, in a few minutes' time. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has told the bbc that the common sense time for a second independence referendum would be autumn next year. a vote can only take place with the permission of the westminster government. but her remarks, to the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg, are the clearest signal yet that the snp is planning to hold another vote before the uk leaves the european union. in westminster some politicians think you are bluffing. in westminster some politicians think you are bluffinglj in westminster some politicians think you are bluffing. i am not and i never have been. i would think it sometimes says more about them than about me. it suggests our politicians in westminster who think it isa politicians in westminster who think it is a game. it is not a game, it is serious. the implications for the uk and scotland are serious. some of your colleagues talk about autumn, 2018, as a likely date. within that window of when the outline of the uk deal becomes clear and the uk exiting the eu, i think that would be the common sense time for scotland to have a choice, if that is the road we choose to go down. you are not ruling out autumn, 2018? lam not you are not ruling out autumn, 2018? i am not ruling anything out, no. no police misconduct has been identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the rotherham child abuse scandal. but the independent police complaints commission say it's identified "significa nt failings" in the way survivors and alleged perpetrators were treated. the commission is looking at allegations which include 91 named police officers. a united nations report is to call for an independent investigation into the potential health impact of the uk's largest open—cast coal mine. residents living near the ffos—y—fran site in south wales have led a long campaign against air and noise pollution, as steffan messenger reports. cut into the side of the valley east of merthyr tydfil, this is ffos—y—fran opencast mine, the size of some 400 football pitches. since 2007, a private company's been digging here, right next to people's houses. we're stinking in pollution here. what you're looking at, the mountain there, that rim there is the bowl of the opencast mine. my biggest effect is the dust, absolutely phenomenal amount of dust. for more than a decade, some locals have been claiming that pollution from the mine has been causing breathing and sleeping problems. they've held protests and petitioned the local council, the welsh and uk governments. now bbc news has learned the united nations is set to make a surprising intervention. a report by its special rapporteur on the human rights of communities at risk of pollution will call for an independent investigation into claims this mine could be harming local people's health. he'd met local campaigners as part of an official visit to the uk injanuary. i came across a number of pressing issues but this was definitely at the top of the list. i heard allegations of very high rates of childhood asthma, cancer clusters among the community. i didn't hear any evidence of a strong intervention by the government to investigate. merthyr tydfil council said his findings were based on unsubstantiated claims by the local community. the mine's operator insisted it had a proud record of mining responsibly. steffan messenger, bbc news. the co—operative bank has reported an annual loss of £477 million. the troubled bank has been trying to turn around its fortunes after a £1.5 billion black hole was discovered in its accounts in 2013. last month it was announced that the bank, which has 4 million customers, was putting itself up for sale. malta's famous rock arch, that featured in a number of films and the tv series game of thrones, has collapsed into the sea. the azure window was damaged by heavy storms. the prime minister, joseph muscat, said it was heartbreaking. a study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding. the weather coming up later and the sport. let's get some more on the fallout to yesterday's budget. labour's shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is in our westminster studio. the front pages, no laughing matter, joking in the commons yesterday, you must have looked at this morning's papers and felt quite pleased. not really. i represent one of the areas where there are a large number of my constituents who are self—employed, the sole traders, and they have been hit by this quite hard. there is a general sense of unfairness. i am hoping that will be —— that we will be able to persuade the chancellor to back off. the labour party will oppose this and i think other parties will as well. we may be able to persuade enough conservative mps to persuade enough conservative mps to ask the chancellor to think again. it is going to hit middle and low earners in particular at a time when consumer spending on recent figures is dipping. these sole traders, the self—employed, they are usually at the front line when the consumer spending dips and they are the ones who suffer the most. it is the ones who suffer the most. it is the wrong policy but the wrong time. your initial reaction yesterday was one of anger, i heard you speaking about this, you said you were angry. watching you in the budget, you said, theyjust don't care. do you still feel angry today? yes, i do. i was angry at this because i honestly thought that we were going to have a proper consultation on the self—employed. there is an issue, the bogus offer employment, the number of people who are forced into self—employment who should be directly employed. as a result, they are in insecure work. they do not get statutory sick pay, maternity pay, maternity pay. i thought we would have a proper cross—party discussion to tackle it and look at the long—term future of self—employment and how the self—employed, if they were going to pay more, would get access to the full range of benefits be employed get. i was angry it was bounced in. yes, it was a conservative manifesto commitment that they wouldn't. i thought they would abide by it. i was angry about what happened on social care and the lack of any money for the nhs to tackle the crisis it is in. the chancellor would say he is making it fairer and giving a huge amount of money to social care over the following three yea rs. social care over the following three years. also, he is taking more tax of wealthy business owners and people on the lowest incomes will not be adversely affected by this. the middle and low earners who will be. you have put the out there, £250 a yearfrom be. you have put the out there, £250 a year from about £20,000 earnings. ata time a year from about £20,000 earnings. at a time when they are already struggling. on the social care, we we re struggling. on the social care, we were led to believe that he would match the funding the independent assessment by the king's fund, for example, the experts, have said is needed immediately. they say we need 2 billion immediately. he then announced 2 billion over three yea rs. announced 2 billion over three years. it is just a sticking plaster. it will mean large numbers of people will not get the care they need. we have all ready seen 4.5 billion cut from social care by this government. 1 million people not getting the care they need. it will go nowhere near tackling the crisis. people are suffering. go nowhere near tackling the crisis. people are sufferinglj go nowhere near tackling the crisis. people are suffering. i am sure the chancellor would say that the money he has already pledged has got to come from somewhere. if you were doing hisjob, where would it come from? it was interesting yesterday, he was posting, this was what annoyed me, boasting about his cuts to corporation tax. what that means, he is cutting corporation tax, an example, to a company called uber while increasing the national insurance payments of a driver for uber. it is unfair. i would not be giving away money to the rich in capital gains tax, reducing the bank of‘s —— the bankers' levy. it is about values, we need a fair taxation system which ensures people get a ccess taxation system which ensures people get access to social care and the nhs. their values seems to be giving more money to the rich rather than caring for the wider society. not acceptable. how do you think your leader did yesterday?” acceptable. how do you think your leader did yesterday? i thought he did very well. he was angry too. you could see that in the passion he displayed. he raised the issue of the self—employed and then the number crunching went on. what was interesting, as the details were analysed, across the house, it was not just labour mps, conservative mps raising concerns. there is the potential here, if we can get enough conservative mps supporting us, we can say to the government, this is not the way forward on the issue of self—employment, you need a proper consultation. people like the federation of small businesses we have been working with. tackle bogus self—employment. make sure the self—employed have access to all the benefits others do. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you back i just want to bring you back to the question aboutjeremy i just want to bring you back to the question about jeremy corbyn's performance yesterday. philip hammond said during his speech, d riverless hammond said during his speech, driverless car is something the party opposite note something about. he was making jokes about the leadership of your party.” he was making jokes about the leadership of your party. i thought it was nasty but to be frank, i want a chance in charge of the economy not a comedian. yesterday was not the day, when you are inflicting suffering on people by raising national insurance, you aren't addressing the nhs or the problems in social care, it wasn't a day for jokes. to be frank, it was more stand—up than serious economic. thank you. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. we've got some stunning pictures to show you. this was taken this morning in pembrokeshire. look at that sunrise, spectacular. in derbyshire, a similar story. beautiful blue skies and for many that will be the weather today. if you're just stepping out, across the board it is mild. a bit more new pr across parts of the highlands. many of us will have sunny spells and it will be mild, regardless of what you currently have. at the moment there is some cloud around and showers and rain. you can see that pushing away. we have a weather front across the channel islands and cornwall and that will be with us for much of the day. that producing low cloud, dank, murky conditions. poor visibility at times as well. the cloud and the showers fade and we will see a lot of sunshine developed. very windy across parts of northern ireland, central and southern island and that will ease as we go through the day. into the afternoon you will see we hang the murky conditions for cornwall and the channel islands. sunny spells developing on, there will be some cloud bubbling up. some places in the south—east could hit 16 celsius. a pleasant afternoon across northern ireland, northern england and much of scotland. across the northern isles will hang onto those showers. the wind went ease until we get into the evening. under clear skies in eastern areas the temperature will drop quickly and we will be prone to a touch of ground frost. meanwhile our weather front in the south—west comes in through western and northern areas, introducing thick cloud, drizzle and patchy rain. most of which will be in the hills and the coasts. tomorrow morning we start off with a patchy rain, continuing to drift east. it. dry and bright but through the day the cloud will advance taking some of its rain with it, largely across the far north of the country. behind it it will brighten up. some sunshine coming through, particularly in the shelter of the hills. further north, temperatures down on today. for northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, although the temperatures will be down a touch we are still way above average for this stage in march. in the weekend, this weather front continuing to move down to the south—east. then we've got another weather front coming in from the west during sunday. cooler conditions coming in behind it. suddenly turning very cold, cooler thanit suddenly turning very cold, cooler than it has been and it's going to be through the course of the next few days. a question for you. what's your favourite animal? cats of course. will the king of the picture ofa course. will the king of the picture of a cat make you calm? yes, i love cats. the reason i ask if there is a survey out. experts have decided that looking at animals can calm you down. i always think if you have a stressed child, or a toddler having a tantrum, put them in front of a nature programme. have a look at this. choral music plays throughout animal bleats i feel better already! which one does it for you? anything that looks like a monkey, particularly the baby once. it's the orangutan for me. they never seem to be in a rush. let us know what your favourite animal is. also, putting an animal in a lap is. also, putting an animal in a lap isa is. also, putting an animal in a lap is a good thing. that would depend what it was! maybe not a flamingo! laughter when fire raged through clandon park house in surrey in april 2015, the 18th century mansion was reduced to a charred shell. the national trust says that restoring the stately home will be its biggest conservation effort in a generation. today it's launching a £30 million campaign to find a designer who'll take the challenge on. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been to find out how big the task will be. 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 competed 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 satchel, bbc news. beautiful. very brave person taking thejob on. coming up in a moment on the bbc news channel is business live. here on breakfast, for more than 20 years britain's armed forces have served in campaigns in iraq and afghanistan. robert hall is in london for us this morning. good morning. good morning from horse guards parade. a lot of people have waited a long time for this memorial which will represent the 300,000 people who served in nearly a quarter of a century of operations in iraq and afghanistan. around me preparations are underway for a drumhead church service. more than 600 personnel died in iraq and afghanistan, this is all about the thousands of others, both civilian and military, who showed service and duty. we will meet the design of the memorial after the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. a pretty mild start to the day. add in some sunshine, it will feel positively springlike. looking at the satellite picture, there is a stripe of cloud close to southern england and the channel islands. some patchy rain. to the north—east, showery rain across north—eastern scotland. the showers will become increasingly confined to orkney and shetland. allowed in the south will break up as well. patchy rain for cornwall and the channel islands. in between, plenty of sunshine. temperatures up to 15 or 16 maybe. pretty impressive for march. this evening, it will turn chilly in eastern areas under clear skies. in the west, cloud will topple them. patchy light rain. temperatures will begin to come up again. a touch of ground frost in eastern areas. in eastern parts, some sunshine first thing tomorrow. in the west, the cloud thickening with patchy rain and drizzle. potentially slightly heavier rain in scotland. breezy in the west. southerly wind, still quite mild. a subtle change in wind direction on the weekend, gradually switching to more of a westerly wind, bringing slightly cooler air. we can expect some spells of sunshine. there will also be some spells of rain and gradually, slowly but surely, it will start to turn a little bit cooler, particularly by the time we get to sunday. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and alice baxter. it's called the trial of the century in south korea and it kicked off today — jae y lee pleads not guilty to corruption charges including bribery and embezzlement. live from london, that's our top story on thursday, 9th of march. with a verdict expected in as little as three months‘ time, we‘ll ask what the fate of the boss tells us about south korea‘s biggest company. also in the programme... prices in china‘s factories rocket the most since the beijing olympics. could the world‘s factory be making inflation for the rest of us?