:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at ten, the Prime Minister defends a controversial increase
:00:08. > :00:11.in national insurance for millions of self-employed workers.
:00:12. > :00:14.Theresa May insists the changes will make the system simpler,
:00:15. > :00:21.The shift towards self-employment is eroding the tax base.
:00:22. > :00:25.It's making it harder to afford the public services
:00:26. > :00:28.on which ordinary working families depend.
:00:29. > :00:30.But the Chancellor stands accused of breaking
:00:31. > :00:33.an election manifesto pledge - and there are calls for him
:00:34. > :00:39.What we've got to do is make sure it doesn't get through the net.
:00:40. > :00:41.We've got to make sure it gets stopped.
:00:42. > :00:44.The Chancellor needs to do a U-turn. He needs to do it quickly.
:00:45. > :00:48.Stepping up the pressure on England's A departments -
:00:49. > :00:50.the Health Secretary says extra Budget money means they must
:00:51. > :00:55.Honouring the service and sacrifice of military and civilians who served
:00:56. > :00:59.in Iraq and Afghanistan - the Queen unveils
:01:00. > :01:04.Rescued from wildlife traffickers - we return to Ivory Coast,
:01:05. > :01:07.to report on the continuing crackdown on the illegal
:01:08. > :01:12.One of the great artists of his generation -
:01:13. > :01:15.tributes are paid to the British painter Sir Howard Hodgkin,
:01:16. > :01:21.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News:
:01:22. > :01:23.There's an away goal for Manchester United
:01:24. > :01:48.But they're held to a draw by Russians FC Rostov.
:01:49. > :01:52.The Prime Minister has insisted that the controversial change
:01:53. > :01:55.announced in the Budget to increase national insurance for self-employed
:01:56. > :01:59.workers is "simpler, fairer and more progressive".
:02:00. > :02:01.Theresa May refused to accept that the government had
:02:02. > :02:04.broken a manifesto pledge, saying the promise had only extended
:02:05. > :02:09.But the move has angered a number of Conservative
:02:10. > :02:12.backbenchers and been roundly criticised by Labour.
:02:13. > :02:17.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:02:18. > :02:20.Brussels is rarely a place where British prime ministers can
:02:21. > :02:25.find a retreat, but Theresa May entered discreetly into the summit,
:02:26. > :02:30.Not for her the grand arrivals of her other EU colleagues.
:02:31. > :02:36.Not the day for Number Ten to stop and chat.
:02:37. > :02:39.But after a domestic debacle over her budget,
:02:40. > :02:45.As the Chancellor made clear yesterday, we will use this moment
:02:46. > :02:50.of change to build a stronger economy and a fairer society that
:02:51. > :02:53.works for ordinary working people by embracing genuine economic
:02:54. > :03:01.You have said many times that you believe deeply that voters must
:03:02. > :03:08."A Conservative government will not raise VAT, income tax
:03:09. > :03:14.As you know, that appeared in the Conservative manifesto
:03:15. > :03:18.in 2015, the basis upon which voters elected a Tory government.
:03:19. > :03:24.Will you admit that you have broken that promise to the public?
:03:25. > :03:30.If you do not, do you not risk looking like other politicians
:03:31. > :03:34.who try to wriggle out of uncomfortable truths?
:03:35. > :03:37.The legislation was clear that it was honouring our manifesto
:03:38. > :03:40.commitment in our 2015 manifesto and no amendments or concerns
:03:41. > :03:46.Honouring a commitment is not exactly the same
:03:47. > :03:51.We did make some difficult decisions in the budget yesterday,
:03:52. > :03:54.but those decisions allowed us to fund an ambitious,
:03:55. > :03:58.new approach to technical education, to open more than 100 new free
:03:59. > :04:02.schools and meet the growing demand for social care.
:04:03. > :04:07.The shift towards self employment is eroding the tax rates,
:04:08. > :04:09.it is making it harder to afford the public services
:04:10. > :04:12.on which ordinary working families depend and this goes some way
:04:13. > :04:25.The referendum ended politics as usual, and despite the context that
:04:26. > :04:29.is that Theresa May faces, she's had a relatively trouble-free time. But
:04:30. > :04:34.with real anger at home over her government's Budget, not today.
:04:35. > :04:40.Gavin Wright is a self-employed tiler from Norwich. He chose the
:04:41. > :04:45.Tories in 2015. But now he fears he'll lose as much as ?500 a year
:04:46. > :04:52.from the changes. He reckons the Conservatives have slammed the door
:04:53. > :04:56.on him. Cheated, annoyed. Basically you vote for someone, you get told
:04:57. > :04:59.something. A year or so down the line they change their mind. They
:05:00. > :05:03.lied to you, basically, and here we are. We've all been cheated.
:05:04. > :05:08.Thousands, millions of self-employed people. At home, Philip Hammond's
:05:09. > :05:12.Budget will meet resistance from Labour but the real trouble is that
:05:13. > :05:15.some Tory MPs are on the warpath as well. This is something that has
:05:16. > :05:19.slipped through the net and what we've got to do is make sure it
:05:20. > :05:28.doesn't get through the net. It has to be stopped. The Chancellor leads
:05:29. > :05:31.to do a U-turn, quickly. This is not sending out the message that I know
:05:32. > :05:32.every Conservative member of Parliament believes in, which is
:05:33. > :05:35.supporting business growth. These people are making the growth of the
:05:36. > :05:37.future. In seven months the Prime Minister's team has rarely felt
:05:38. > :05:42.pressure like this. They may well learn the hard way their Brexit
:05:43. > :05:43.adventures in Brussels are not the only fund. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC
:05:44. > :05:46.News, Brussels. Around 15% of all British
:05:47. > :05:48.workers are self-employed. Under the new tax change
:05:49. > :05:50.announced yesterday, more than half of them
:05:51. > :05:52.will lose out. Higher and middle earners
:05:53. > :05:54.will be hardest hit. Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed has
:05:55. > :05:58.been looking at the numbers. Hairdressers, builders,
:05:59. > :06:01.minicab drivers, well-paid The growing five million strong army
:06:02. > :06:08.of the self-employed. They tend to pay less
:06:09. > :06:10.tax and the Treasury I asked the man charged
:06:11. > :06:16.by Theresa May with investigating the new world of work
:06:17. > :06:19.whether Phillip Hammond was right to impose an increase
:06:20. > :06:22.in National Insurance contributions Tax rises are never popular,
:06:23. > :06:27.but as tax rises go, It's economically rational and it
:06:28. > :06:33.strengthens the long-term So if you're going to
:06:34. > :06:37.increase taxes, this Mr Hammond has talked
:06:38. > :06:41.about fairness. So what are the differences
:06:42. > :06:45.between being employed directly by a company
:06:46. > :06:48.and being self-employed? For employed people,
:06:49. > :06:51.there's the issue of rights at work. They receive parental leave,
:06:52. > :06:56.sick pay and holiday pay. If you are self-employed,
:06:57. > :07:00.you receive none of these rights. At present, an employed person
:07:01. > :07:07.on about ?25,000 a year would pay For a self-employed person, that
:07:08. > :07:20.insurance payment falls to ?1630. After this new tax increase,
:07:21. > :07:27.that payment will rise to ?1810. That means that the tax gap
:07:28. > :07:30.between the employed Self-employed people earning less
:07:31. > :07:36.than ?15-16,000 per year The biggest hit will be about ?580
:07:37. > :07:48.a year by 2019 for people earning The self-employed aren't the only
:07:49. > :07:56.people facing a tax increase. This is Kelly Gilmour-Grassam,
:07:57. > :07:58.who runs her own writing business. She takes some of her income
:07:59. > :08:00.in dividends from her The Government is going to ask her,
:08:01. > :08:04.and over a million other investors with shares,
:08:05. > :08:06.to pay more tax. The people that might be
:08:07. > :08:08.thinking of making the leap to being a freelancer or setting up
:08:09. > :08:11.a small business, it might This is just the one budget
:08:12. > :08:15.and we have already had If you can imagine what might happen
:08:16. > :08:19.next year or the year after, you know, it's setting a culture
:08:20. > :08:23.of discouragement But what about the employers
:08:24. > :08:29.of the self-employed? They also gain, by,
:08:30. > :08:31.for example, not making The Government is looking at
:08:32. > :08:37.changing the rules for them as well. This debate about the new world
:08:38. > :08:56.of work and fairness We heard earlier the Prime Minister
:08:57. > :08:59.refusing to accept a manifesto pledge has been broken, but how much
:09:00. > :09:03.pressure is the government under, over this? I think there is a lot of
:09:04. > :09:07.pressure on them and in a way this has been one of, if not the most
:09:08. > :09:11.bumpy yesterday for Theresa May's government since she took charge.
:09:12. > :09:15.Back in the heady days of the summer. She's in trouble for two
:09:16. > :09:18.reasons. Firstly, because of breaking that manifesto promise,
:09:19. > :09:22.even though she was trying at pains to get off on bat on a technicality,
:09:23. > :09:26.if you like, about how legislation went through the House of Commons.
:09:27. > :09:30.But also because of who this tax rise will actually affect. For many
:09:31. > :09:33.Tory MPs, what she and the Chancellor are doing is basically
:09:34. > :09:38.going after the Tory tribes, going after their own people. The PM did
:09:39. > :09:43.have a couple of reassurances. She said the legislation won't come in
:09:44. > :09:45.until the autumn. She did hint at a package of measures, saying this
:09:46. > :09:51.basically couldn't be looked at in isolation. And above all, she tried
:09:52. > :09:55.hard to explain her conviction that this is fair. So whether or not in
:09:56. > :09:58.her view it was really in the manifesto or not, whether or not
:09:59. > :10:01.it's going to be a measure that's just going to come in on its own,
:10:02. > :10:05.this in her view is something that is fair and therefore it's something
:10:06. > :10:09.that has to be done. But it certainly has been a bumpy day for
:10:10. > :10:13.her, no question about that. The Prime Minister is in Brussels, the
:10:14. > :10:19.last summit before the start of negotiations on leaving the EU. It's
:10:20. > :10:22.a crucial moment for her. Oh, yes, it's very sensitive. There's a sense
:10:23. > :10:26.here that the UK and the other 27 countries are sizing each other up
:10:27. > :10:31.before they sit down, facing each other across the negotiating table.
:10:32. > :10:35.One of the biggest fights that is likely to come very early in the
:10:36. > :10:41.tricky Brexit negotiations is over the bill that the UK has to settle
:10:42. > :10:45.before we actually depart. There have been suggestions in this town
:10:46. > :10:51.that the UK could be asked to stump up tens of billions of pounds, in
:10:52. > :10:54.order to pay off things like EU officials' pensions, other projects
:10:55. > :10:57.we might have committed to, but basically we've got to pay an exit
:10:58. > :11:03.bill. The Foreign Secretary has told the BBC that instead of paying that
:11:04. > :11:07.bill, in fact, he's suggested that Theresa May should do what Margaret
:11:08. > :11:13.Thatcher did, back in 1984, and instead of paying up, she should ask
:11:14. > :11:18.for money back. Now, this whole issue of whether or not we should be
:11:19. > :11:22.stumping up any cash to pay to get out is something that is going to be
:11:23. > :11:26.very controversial at home, but very controversial here, in Brussels.
:11:27. > :11:31.There's determination here to make sure the UK doesn't walk away, but I
:11:32. > :11:34.think that we are set at the start of the negotiations for opportune
:11:35. > :11:38.Asti fight over cash. Laura Kuenssberg in Brussels, thank U. --
:11:39. > :11:42.a nasty fight, over cash. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
:11:43. > :11:44.says it is essential that A departments in England hit waiting
:11:45. > :11:47.time targets over the next year, now that extra money has been
:11:48. > :11:50.earmarked for care and health NHS trusts are meant to assess 95%
:11:51. > :11:54.of patients within four hours, but the latest figures suggest most
:11:55. > :11:56.are currently only reaching 85%. Immense pressure on hospitals,
:11:57. > :12:06.long delays for some patients. It's been one of the toughest ever
:12:07. > :12:08.winters for the NHS, with the worst performance
:12:09. > :12:10.on waiting times in England Having hinted the key A
:12:11. > :12:15.target might be changed, the Health Secretary now says
:12:16. > :12:18.the 95% benchmark can I'm personally not a great fan
:12:19. > :12:24.of targets and I'm certainly not a fan of having too many targets,
:12:25. > :12:27.but this one is critical How is that going to be
:12:28. > :12:34.achieved and how quickly do It is not going to be overnight,
:12:35. > :12:38.but it is essential, and I am expecting the NHS to return
:12:39. > :12:41.to that target during the course Hospitals in England have now been
:12:42. > :12:50.given a strict timetable. We hope to be in a position whereby
:12:51. > :12:54.we will deliver 90% performance by September and 95% performance
:12:55. > :13:00.by the end of March 2018. Some hospitals, like this one,
:13:01. > :13:04.are consistently meeting the target. As you can see, we've got a bank
:13:05. > :13:08.of computers here that give us Technology helps them monitor
:13:09. > :13:11.the flow of patients and there is a focus on diverting
:13:12. > :13:14.them if possible to Our attendances for the past year
:13:15. > :13:22.were around about 140,000 patients. 40,000 of those we were able to get
:13:23. > :13:26.to see the GP which we have on site and that has enabled us to remove
:13:27. > :13:30.from the emergency department a lot of patients that probably did not
:13:31. > :13:34.need to be here in the first place. Getting the A system
:13:35. > :13:36.back to the 95% target is a big commitment,
:13:37. > :13:38.given how far short of that the national
:13:39. > :13:42.performance figure now is. So can the NHS in England deliver
:13:43. > :13:47.with the money it's got? Ministers said the Chancellor's
:13:48. > :13:50.budget increase will help - That includes a 100 million A
:13:51. > :13:57.spending boost in year one. But that is a small proportion
:13:58. > :14:00.of NHS England's annual It is a very big stretch
:14:01. > :14:07.to hit 95% next year. It will need significant
:14:08. > :14:10.investment in extra doctors, nurses and beds and in communities
:14:11. > :14:13.and hospitals and we can't see Ministers say new money for social
:14:14. > :14:19.care in the community and GP facilities in hospitals will help,
:14:20. > :14:21.but they will now be judged on whether that 95% target
:14:22. > :14:24.is met in a year's time. A brief look at some of the day's
:14:25. > :14:35.other other news stories. The United States has said it's
:14:36. > :14:37.deployed 400 extra troops to Syria, to speed up the defeat
:14:38. > :14:40.of the Islamic State group They've been sent to support
:14:41. > :14:46.an expected assault by an allied local force, which includes
:14:47. > :14:50.a Kurdish militia. German police say several people
:14:51. > :14:53.have been injured in an axe attack There are no reports about how
:14:54. > :15:07.serious the injuries are. Angela Merkel has sharply criticised
:15:08. > :15:09.Turkey's president for describing the cancellation of Turkish
:15:10. > :15:11.political rallies in Germany President Erdogan made the comment
:15:12. > :15:15.after hearing that his ministers wouldn't be able to speak
:15:16. > :15:20.to Germany's Turkish community about a forthcoming referendum
:15:21. > :15:23.on constitutional reform. Mrs Merkel said his language
:15:24. > :15:26.wouldn't be tolerated. Two people have been killed
:15:27. > :15:30.after a motorway bridge collapsed on Italy's main
:15:31. > :15:32.Adriatic coast highway. A temporary structure had been
:15:33. > :15:35.supporting the bridge near the north-east Italian
:15:36. > :15:39.city of Ancona. Media reports say that two Romanian
:15:40. > :15:43.workers were also injured. A national monument paying tribute
:15:44. > :15:47.to members of the military and civilians who served and worked
:15:48. > :15:50.in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan The Queen led the ceremony,
:15:51. > :15:59.watched by 2500 invited guests, including other members
:16:00. > :16:01.of the Royal family, politicians Tony Blair - who's faced strong
:16:02. > :16:07.criticism for taking the UK into the Iraq conflict -
:16:08. > :16:09.was also at the ceremony, There have been many accounts
:16:10. > :16:20.of individual sacrifice during the longest and most intense
:16:21. > :16:23.period of combat operations This was a day to recognise
:16:24. > :16:37.the stories that have not been told. We meet in the presence of God
:16:38. > :16:42.to commemorate and give thanks for all those civilians and members
:16:43. > :16:48.of the military who have served 682 service personnel lost
:16:49. > :17:04.their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. The political decisions
:17:05. > :17:06.which put them in harm's way No one has ever doubted the courage
:17:07. > :17:15.and dedication of every man and every woman who travelled
:17:16. > :17:19.to a troubled region. May this memorial commemorate
:17:20. > :17:25.the lives and service of all. My son was called Kris O'Neill,
:17:26. > :17:29.he was killed in Iraq in 2007. At least they are all being
:17:30. > :17:32.recognised, that is the main thing. With all the controversy over
:17:33. > :17:37.the Iraq war, I did not even think we would get a memorial,
:17:38. > :17:39.but it shows what But delight at public recognition
:17:40. > :17:46.was tempered by regret. A very fitting service,
:17:47. > :17:48.a very pretty memorial, Bereaved parents, family members,
:17:49. > :17:56.were not originally invited to this. Those who were invited saw
:17:57. > :17:59.a sculpture that offered a glimpse Today brought a good closure
:18:00. > :18:08.to the events, both Iraq, which was quite traumatic,
:18:09. > :18:10.and Afghanistan, which I went to four times,
:18:11. > :18:13.which was very traumatic. And I am leaving a team behind that
:18:14. > :18:23.will continue working. One day, Sergeant Mark Lunn
:18:24. > :18:28.and his wife Michelle will pass on their Iraq experiences
:18:29. > :18:31.to their son Alfie, not on his best Alfie, and generations to come,
:18:32. > :18:39.will have a permanent reminder of a chapter in our history that
:18:40. > :18:41.remains unfinished business. Fake news, corrupt, the enemy
:18:42. > :18:50.of the American people - those are just some of the attacks
:18:51. > :18:52.that President Trump has repeatedly launched on a number
:18:53. > :18:58.of mainstream media outlets. But what effect have his attacks
:18:59. > :19:02.had on the journalists? The BBC's media editor, Amol Rajan,
:19:03. > :19:05.is in the United States assessing This is what your brain
:19:06. > :19:10.has been waiting for. This is a city and country that
:19:11. > :19:16.thrives on information. But in the age of Donald Trump
:19:17. > :19:20.and digital media, it is getting harder for Americans to sort
:19:21. > :19:22.fact from fiction. The next generation
:19:23. > :19:31.of great talk radio... A new generation of conservative
:19:32. > :19:34.talk radio hosts is making millions of Americans feel like they're
:19:35. > :19:39.being heard at last. This President today, Donald Trump,
:19:40. > :19:47.I would go into battle for, whereas I would never have gone
:19:48. > :19:50.into battle for Obama. Proud patriot Andrew Wilkow
:19:51. > :19:52.broadcasts on a station that now has The internet really opened
:19:53. > :19:58.people's eyes, because now, In this digital new media age,
:19:59. > :20:05.the closed guild of media companies in this country,
:20:06. > :20:08.they no longer enjoy You know I have a running
:20:09. > :20:12.war with the media. That attack was aimed at CNN,
:20:13. > :20:20.yet they and other networks are seeing their ratings rise
:20:21. > :20:22.sharply, because of A lot of politics is
:20:23. > :20:25.usually in the grey area. Trump says things that
:20:26. > :20:29.are clearly untrue. His aides say things that
:20:30. > :20:31.are clearly and provably false. In some ways, it is more
:20:32. > :20:34.black and white now, which makes it easier
:20:35. > :20:36.for journalists to fact check and to be blunt and to be
:20:37. > :20:39.clear in their reporting. Donald Trump has provided
:20:40. > :20:42.an unexpected boost to ratings and revenues at organisations
:20:43. > :20:45.like this one. And in declaring a war
:20:46. > :20:51.against the media, perhaps this President is helping to create
:20:52. > :20:55.a golden age for journalism. Another organisation targeted
:20:56. > :21:00.by Trump is the New York Times. Its editorial pages backed
:21:01. > :21:06.Hillary Clinton in the election. It actually clarified our mission
:21:07. > :21:11.in a way, you know, newspapers like mine went through a long decade
:21:12. > :21:17.or so of debating what our future And suddenly, in comes this
:21:18. > :21:25.transformational president, and I think the answer is in a lot
:21:26. > :21:28.of ways, our future There has been a lot
:21:29. > :21:33.of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold
:21:34. > :21:35.Donald Trump accountable and I'm here to tell
:21:36. > :21:38.you that it goes two ways. You don't want to say anything
:21:39. > :21:40.on the record at all? For those reporters who cover
:21:41. > :21:43.the White House, it is a challenge when journalists are excluded
:21:44. > :21:45.from the official briefings. You do your best to get the actual
:21:46. > :21:49.information out of the White House and you write a story and then
:21:50. > :21:52.they come back at you with, How are you supposed to write
:21:53. > :21:55.anything resembling reality if you're actually not
:21:56. > :21:57.getting their side of the story? So it kind of puts
:21:58. > :22:00.you in a double bind, A media savvy President has damaged
:22:01. > :22:05.trust in American journalism. But for those who report on Trump,
:22:06. > :22:08.it's rarely been harder or more rewarding to search for the truth
:22:09. > :22:11.about where power lies. The man appointed by President Trump
:22:12. > :22:20.to be in charge of America's environmental policies has said
:22:21. > :22:22.he doesn't believe that carbon dioxide is a primary
:22:23. > :22:27.cause of global warming - a view that's at odds with most
:22:28. > :22:30.scientific evidence. Scott Pruitt also described
:22:31. > :22:33.the Paris Climate Accord, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas
:22:34. > :22:38.emissions, as a bad deal. Let's speak to our North America
:22:39. > :22:51.correspondent Nick Bryant who's And the reaction? It is a moment in
:22:52. > :22:55.the Trump administration that comes as no surprise. Scott Pruitt is a
:22:56. > :23:01.climate change sceptic, which is why he got the job. But for many a
:23:02. > :23:04.jaw-dropping moment to hear the head of the Environmental Protection
:23:05. > :23:10.Agency to say he's not convinced carbon dioxide is a contributor to
:23:11. > :23:14.global warming, which flies in the face of mainstream science and has
:23:15. > :23:18.been slammed by environmental groups and it contradicts his agency's
:23:19. > :23:23.website, which has policy implications. We are expecting an
:23:24. > :23:28.executive order from President Trump that would roll back many of Barack
:23:29. > :23:33.Obama's environmental regulations. There is also a fierce debate in the
:23:34. > :23:39.Trump administration about whether to withdraw from the Paris Accord,
:23:40. > :23:46.the landmark agreement. People like Scott Pruitt say it is a bad deal.
:23:47. > :23:51.The President's daughter and Rex Tillerson say America should stay
:23:52. > :23:56.in. It is a measure of how much has changed that Rex Tillerson, who till
:23:57. > :23:59.a few months ago was head of the largest oil company is now a
:24:00. > :24:03.moderating voice in the administration on climate change.
:24:04. > :24:06.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:24:07. > :24:09.A woman stabbed to death by her brother at a flat
:24:10. > :24:18.33-year-old Ann-Marie James was killed in the incident on Wednesday.
:24:19. > :24:25.36-year old Melvin James is understood to have
:24:26. > :24:30.Staff at John Lewis and Waitrose - who own the company
:24:31. > :24:33.and receive a yearly bonus - have seen their bonus cut to its
:24:34. > :24:36.The John Lewis Partnership chairman said it had been reduced
:24:37. > :24:39.for the fourth year in a row because of uncertainty
:24:40. > :24:41.about inflation and the impact of Brexit on the value
:24:42. > :24:45.A Church of England bishop has turned down a promotion
:24:46. > :24:46.after his congregation protested about his opposition
:24:47. > :24:51.The Right Reverend Philip North, who is currently the Bishop
:24:52. > :24:54.of Burnley, was selected as the next Bishop of Sheffield in January.
:24:55. > :24:57.Mr North said it was clear his appointment would be 'counter
:24:58. > :25:04.productive' to the mission of the Church.
:25:05. > :25:10.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he will take fans' opinions into
:25:11. > :25:16.account when he makes up its mind whether to stay in the job. Arsenal
:25:17. > :25:18.have lost five of their last seven games leading to speculation about
:25:19. > :25:19.the future of their longest serving manager.
:25:20. > :25:22.Earlier this year, we brought you the story of Nemley Junior,
:25:23. > :25:25.a baby chimpanzee freed - thanks to a BBC investigation - from
:25:26. > :25:28.Two of the traffickers are now being prosecuted,
:25:29. > :25:32.And the body responsible for trying to stop the illegal trade
:25:33. > :25:43.in endangered species has now tightened up its procedures.
:25:44. > :25:45.David Shukman has been back to Ivory Coast.
:25:46. > :25:48.A heart-warming story of recovery - a baby chimpanzee, Nemley Junior,
:25:49. > :25:54.An astonishing turnaround, given the trauma he's been through.
:25:55. > :25:56.Poachers killed his mother and the rest of his family and then
:25:57. > :26:08.He was freed as a result of a BBC News investigation.
:26:09. > :26:11.But he never liked to get too far from his keepers.
:26:12. > :26:19.Chimpanzees live in close families in the wild.
:26:20. > :26:23.Nemley Junior has now lost his and needs a new one.
:26:24. > :26:25.This is a key moment for Nemley Junior, meeting another
:26:26. > :26:31.He's never going to make it back into the wild,
:26:32. > :26:38.so the best hope is to create bonds with a new family.
:26:39. > :26:42.Just a few months ago, he looked so much thinner while in the hands
:26:43. > :26:53.We briefed the police and they moved in.
:26:54. > :26:59.A young dealer called Ibrahima Traore and his uncle Mohamed.
:27:00. > :27:01.They're now awaiting trial - the first prosecution for wildlife
:27:02. > :27:06.trafficking that Ivory Coast has ever seen.
:27:07. > :27:09.And with big money involved, they're linked to another network
:27:10. > :27:15.The Sidibe family also sold baby chimpanzees,
:27:16. > :27:18.but two of them have now been arrested, so this could
:27:19. > :27:25.Once you get one, you arrest them, you prosecute them,
:27:26. > :27:33.That message starts to get out - that wildlife crime is no
:27:34. > :27:38.low risk, there is a risk here, in fact, I might go to jail.
:27:39. > :27:40.The dealers circulate videos of the chimps for sale.
:27:41. > :27:42.Wildlife investigators say the arrests will slow the trade
:27:43. > :27:51.It is just one big step, but it is a neverending battle,
:27:52. > :27:56.So you've made progress, but it's not the end?
:27:57. > :27:59.Not the end, it's like a drug, it's a never-ending battle.
:28:00. > :28:02.Back at the zoo, Nemley Junior is playful.
:28:03. > :28:05.A mobile phone keeps him amused and here's the view from it.
:28:06. > :28:08.After our first report of his rescue, many of you were keen
:28:09. > :28:11.Well, it's reassuring to see him thriving,
:28:12. > :28:15.and also to think that with four traffickers arrested,
:28:16. > :28:17.other chimps in the jungles may be a little safer.
:28:18. > :28:21.David Shukmman, BBC News, in Ivory Coast.
:28:22. > :28:26.The artist Sir Howard Hodgkin has died at the age of 84.
:28:27. > :28:29.A painter and printmaker, he was a central figure
:28:30. > :28:31.in contemporary art for more than half a century
:28:32. > :28:35.and became known for his semi-abstract blocks of colour.
:28:36. > :28:37.The Tate described him as one of the greatest artists
:28:38. > :28:39.of his generation, as our arts editor
:28:40. > :28:46.This is a self-portrait by Howard Hodgkin.
:28:47. > :28:48.It is how he saw himself, not in physical terms,
:28:49. > :28:52.but as a representation of his feelings and sensations.
:28:53. > :28:55.That was his style, to step out of time and place
:28:56. > :29:00.It is what marked him out as an artist.
:29:01. > :29:07.Each painting was the result of the laborious stop-start process
:29:08. > :29:13.I hate the act of painting, I always have done.
:29:14. > :29:21.amateur painters, aren't you lucky to be able to do this?
:29:22. > :29:40.I may be lucky with the result, but having to go through the horrors
:29:41. > :29:47.of painting the picture is not something I ever look forward to.
:29:48. > :29:50.Howard is really one of the great painters of his generation.
:29:51. > :29:53.He is up there with David Hockney, with Bridget Riley.
:29:54. > :29:56.He has got an international reputation and he leaves
:29:57. > :30:04.behind him some very, very great works of art.
:30:05. > :30:07.Howard Hodgkin first arrived on the scene in the 1960s.
:30:08. > :30:10.He made his name in the 70s and triumphed in the 80s,
:30:11. > :30:12.representing Britain at the Venice Biennale
:30:13. > :30:15.I am very pleased, very grateful and very surprised.
:30:16. > :30:18.Matisse, Degas and Jackson Pollock were all influences.
:30:19. > :30:22.But it was the light and life of India that he first discovered
:30:23. > :30:25.in 1964 which became his great love and inspiration.
:30:26. > :30:31.Lilac, the pink, the orange, yellow between.
:30:32. > :30:36.I think more than any other artist I can think of,
:30:37. > :30:39.Howard's paintings are a celebration of life, they are an
:30:40. > :30:46.It is not just life as if seen by a one-eyed Cyclops.
:30:47. > :30:51.It is life in motion, it is life as experienced over many years,
:30:52. > :30:53.but more than anything else, it is viewed through sensation
:30:54. > :30:59.Howard Hodgkin might not have enjoyed picking
:31:00. > :31:02.up his brush and making his art, but he couldn't resist
:31:03. > :31:07.His paintings were his way of remembering and will be our way
:31:08. > :31:14.The artist Sir Howard Hodgkin, who has died at the age of 84.
:31:15. > :31:24.Tonight, David Cameron's former director of communications
:31:25. > :31:30.when he was Prime Minister tells us that being perceived to have
:31:31. > :31:32.broken a manifesto pledge on National Insurance is a very
:31:33. > :31:35.difficult position for the government.
:31:36. > :31:38.Now, time for the news where you are.