dedicated to both soldiers and civilians, at a special service in central london. an australian man alleged to have posed as justin bieber online is charged with more than 900 child sex offences. jubilation in the catalan capital as barcelona produced one of the greatest comebacks in football history with a stunning victory over paris saint germain in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self employed, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying on average £240 more every year. learning to solve technical problems at a college in dudley in the west midlands this morning. and after yesterday s budget the chancellor s the one looking for ans
of remembering him. the artist sir howard hodgkin, who has died at the age of 8a. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here s kirsty. tonight, david cameron s former director of communications when he was prime minister tells us that being perceived to have broken a manifesto pledge on national insurance is a very difficult position for the government. join me now on bbc two. in ten minutes time the papers takes a look at the headlines, followed by the main headlines in the iipm bulletin. in another chance to see newsnight at 11:15pm. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh woozencroft. your main stories this evening: england wrap up a series whitewash over west indies, inspired by a century from alex hales in the final odi. could a poor pitch in rostov interrupt manchester united s europa league challenge? and warrington are still awaiting their first win of the super league season after defeat to champions wigan. good evening, plenty to come, but first england have thrashed
are confident? yellow makar he will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that 0k? be all right, yeah. i think you will be all right, is that ok? we have got plenty of back ups. we have exceptional players so there is no risk for us. as for scotland, edinburgh flanker hamish watson will start in place of the injured john hardie. it s the only change to the starting 15 and means their backline stays the same for the trip to twickenham, a venue where scotland haven t won since 1983. that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks forjoining us. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate devlin, political correspondent at the herald and peter spiegel, news editor at the financial times. nice to see you both, waiting patiently so we can get on air! now for the front pages, starting with the guardian. it says that theresa may is putting off the