hello. this is breakfast with babita sharma and rogerjohnson. victory for anthonyjoshua as he adds another world heavyweight belt to his collection. the british boxer took the wbo title on points in front of 80,000 fans as he now targets his shot at history. good morning. it's sunday 1st april. happy easter. also this morning: the comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee after a senior party official at the centre of an anti—semitism row is forced to resign. heading home. russian and american diplomats pack their bags after being expelled as part of action taken following the salisbury attack. a celebration of the skies. events are held across the country to mark 100 years of the royal air force.

yes, indeed. 0n the very day that the raf came into being, the 1st of april 1918, where better to be than here? this is the last intact first world war aerodrome anywhere in europe. join me laterfor a look around. and in sport: 0ne game away. manchester city beat everton to close in on the premier league title. a win over rivals manchester united next weekend and they are champions. and helen has the weather. good morning. today it is still looking to be the driest weather day of this easter weekend. that really the weather forecast is all about what is happening tonight and tomorrow. i will bring you up to date in about 15 minutes. see you then. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. britain's anthonyjoshua has secured his third major boxing world title with victory over

new zealand's joseph parker in cardiff. joshua now needsjust one more belt to be crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. david 0rnstein reports. he's one of the biggest stars of british sport, but for that star to continue rising, anthonyjoshua must keep winning, and with each opponent comes danger. go, new zealand! go, joseph parker! never before had reigning heavyweight champions met on these shores but with two unbeaten records on the line, this turned into a cagey contest. thouthoshua was the aggressor, parker stood firm, and the briton would go the distance for the first time in his career. the referee was criticised for how often he stepped in, but the judges unanimously ruled in joshua's favour. he now has three of the four recognised world champion belts. nobody has held all of them at once. that is the aim.

i think 2018 was always a time to capture all the belts. we are one away now, and i think the sky's the limit for what we're trying to achieve. so a night that didn't quite deliver the drama many wanted to see was no less significant for anthonyjoshua, on his rise towards sporting greatness. a journey that shows no sign of slowing down. joshua's breakthrough came at the london 2012 olympics. he turned professional a year later. he collected his first major title victory over charles martin. beating wladimir klitschko at wembley added a second crown in spectacular style. now only deontay wilder can prevent joshua from becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. you see the good, the bad, the ugly. and long may it continue, i think. i'm not done. i think i have a lot of years left in me. if i can keep control of fights like that, without taking too much punishment,

i should be around for a long time. 0minous for his rivals, tantalising for his fans. joshua's star burning brighter than ever. a labour party official at the centre of a dispute about anti—semitism has stepped down from the party's ruling body. christine shawcroft had been under pressure to leave labour's national executive committee after opposing the suspension of a council candidate accused of holocaust denial. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake joins us from our london newsroom. this anti—semitism rowjust won't go away. at tuesday, christine shawcroft, you may not have heard of until this week, was a powerful figure in the labour party, director of the momentum grassroots campaign group, set up to supportjeremy corbyn‘s leadership, but she became the focus of accusations of anti—semitism after her support of the council candidate accused of denying an the holocaust. she quit

last night saying she had become a distraction. she reiterated her abhorrence of anti—semitism and holocaust denying. jeremy corbyn has been accused of needing to do better to tackle anti—semitism and there is evidence of that. the sunday times doing an investigation into the biggest pro—jeremy corbyn facebook groups uncovering nasty abuse and exa m ples of groups uncovering nasty abuse and examples of racism, anti—semitism, misogynistic abuse, threats of violence against women. these groups account for about 400,000 people in total but the sunday times has identified around 2000 messages of this nature. the labour party distancing itself, saying the groups are not run by the party or officially connected to labour in any way. thank you very much. christine shawcroft‘s place on the nec has gone to the comedian eddie izzard. we have more on that coming up izzard. we have more on that coming up later in the papers. dozens of russian diplomats ordered

to leave the united states as part of the international response to the salisbury nerve agent attack have left washington. ? on monday they were given seven days to return home. ?andy moore has the details. well—wishers gathered inside the gates of the russian embassy in washington to say farewell to their departing colleagues. around 50 men, women and children left in a small convoy out of 170 people who will eventually leave the united states. a russian aircraft had already been loaded with their luggage at the airport ready to carry them home. and in mirror images in russia, american diplomats and their families could be seen packing their bags and leaving the us consulate in st petersburg. in the failing light, the american flag was taken down. the consulate has been ordered to close down completely, with the expulsion of a total of 60 american diplomats from here and moscow. tit—for—tat expulsions have been matched by tit—for—tat rhetoric. in today's sunday telegraph, the defence secretary, gavin williamson, said "the world's

patience with putin's repeated pattern of malign behaviour had worn thin." he added: russia has demanded consular access to sergei and yulia skripal. she is now said to be conscious. britain said her rights and wishes will be taken into account. the geneva convention says access should be allowed. we all know very well that the russians operate on a basis of strict reciprocity. if we interpret the convention in a restrictive way, they will do the same in a future case, and some unfortunate briton in trouble in russia will have trouble getting consular access. 0vernight, the last american diplomats left their consulate in st petersburg. in the coming days, more of their british colleagues will be following, with the uk being told

to slim down its embassy staff in moscow even further. andy moore, bbc news. fees charged for children's funerals by local authorities in england are to be scrapped. it's after a campaign by the mp carolyn harris who needed a loan to bury her eight—year—old son after he was killed in a car accident. the costs will now be met by a new £10 million fund being set up by the government. the change brings england into line with wales, which scrapped the fees last year. tougher penalties for littering come into force in england today. 0n—the—spot fines will increase from £80 to £150. authorities can also use the penalties to target vehicle owners if it is possible to prove rubbish has been thrown from their car. jessica parker reports. hitting litter louts where it hurts — their pockets. 0n—the—spot fines are nearly doubling, with the maximum penalty now set at £150.

littering is of course bad for the environment. it's not good for the taxpayer either. the government says keeping the country's streets clean costs local councils nearly £700 million last year. that is money which could be better spent on other services. we want to encourage people to litter less, but also to recycle more and make sure that they work with their communities so that councils can invest their council tax in services that truly matter. it is also going to be easier to tackle littering from vehicles. previously officers had to identify exactly who threw litter from a car. now councils across england will only need to prove that rubbish has been dropped from a vehicle in order to fine the owner, even if it was discarded by somebody else. cracking down on culprits is, it seems, a popular idea. well, there's too much litter around. it's a mess. i think it is dangerous, throwing it out the car anyway, because of the cars behind you. and just in general, walking around, it's awful sometimes. fines and punishments

drive behaviour, so yeah, ultimately i think it is a good thing if we want cleaner streets. but ministers are warning authorities not to abuse the new powers, saying they should be used in a proportionate way. jessica parker, bbc news. lots of comments coming on social media. it's just about enforcing the rules. keep those comments coming ceremonies will be held today to mark exactly 100 years since the royal air force became the world's first independent airforce. they begin a summer of events to mark the centenary, culminating onjuly 10th with a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey, a military parade and a 100 aircraft flypast over the mall and buckingham palace. this is one that roger wants everybody to know about because he

isa everybody to know about because he is a big fan of this latest global sporting competition. it has changed since i was a boy. that is a while ago! this competition may not have grabbed the headlines in the same way as anthonyjoshua but we can bring you the results of the world marbles championships. look away now if you don't want to see it until match of the day later! it was won bya match of the day later! it was won by a team from germany. you may not be so familiar with the rules, so let's explain how you play. there are 49 little marbles in a circle, and a point is scored for each marble that's knocked out of the ring. you may not be so familiar with the rules, so let's explain how the first team to reach 25 points wins. we just chucked them. we didn't bother with rules. we wouldn't have won! good luck to the german. no penalty shoot out required, luckily!

hgppy penalty shoot out required, luckily! happy easter. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's time now for a look at the newspapers. historian mike finn is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning and happy easter. we'll speak to mike in a minute. first let's look at the front pages. 0n the front page of the sunday times: corbyn's hate factory. this is the newspaper's investigation into facebook groups set up by supporters ofjeremy corbyn where it claims to have found thousands of violent or anti—semitic messages. labour says it doesn't condone any of those groups. the observer also leads with a story relating to claims of anti—semitism in the labour party. leading jewish donor ditches labour over anti—semitism. an investigation by the telegraph alleges anti—brexit bias in the electoral commision. it says: election watchdogs face calls to resign over brexit bias. and the daily mirror gives its verdict on dec‘s first solo performance on last night's saturday night takeaway.

we have more on that in a moment but i think you did very well.|j we have more on that in a moment but i think you did very well. i think he did but i think he is an able pairof he did but i think he is an able pair of hands he did but i think he is an able pairof hands in he did but i think he is an able pair of hands in front of a tv camera. let's have a look at some of the pictures that you have picked out for us, mike. schools crisis, is that right? it could swing an election. which paper is this? the observer. yes, the national education union, people might remember it as the nut and the atl before they merged, they are having their co nfe re nce merged, they are having their conference in brighton and they are using it to flag up what they see as a schools crisis. christ is funding, christ is paid, and private finance initiatives, some are arguing. it cost up to £20 in one school to mint a key when it would cost £1.50 on

the high street. the kicker for most people is that this might lead to strike action. they are talking about the fact this could be an election determining thing. they believe this crisis is starting to cut through. they are taking inspiration from the university lecturers who have gone on strike over the last six weeks or so. one that has caught my eye and yours as well, harry's stag plans. the daily mailare well, harry's stag plans. the daily mail are saying that from las vegas to vigo and there is a yoga retreat in wales of some kind. —— vegan. and he is well under meghan markle's well manicured and new age thumb. he is well under meghan markle's well manicured and new age thumblj have well manicured and new age thumb.” have an issue with this but even know it is a good story how do we know it is a good story how do we know he isn't a hipster prince? how do we know he won't go to las vegas? we don't. the date isjust quoted as later this month. this is wild on a couple of levels. it is a big change from history of royal stag dos. it

doesn't remind me of henry viii meeting anne of cleves or anything like that. equally, for those of us who go on stag dos, it is a big change from 12 pints down the pub and all the rest of it. faith healers, on a lay line, and a dress code, yoga pants and a white shirt. all about realigning your chakra. apparently so. it was all news to me. but it will be very new age. after the nights out he has had reported on down the years, it is a change. before we talk about this, last night it was n dec‘s saturday night takeaway because there was no ant. how did they get on? it is a jam—packed show with lots to cram in andl jam—packed show with lots to cram in and i have twice the work to do! we

will crack on... that is the headline picked out. let's crack on because i have twice as much to do. but he did well. viewers who watched it knows that he got better as he we nt it knows that he got better as he went on. there were some nervous to start and you can see it in that clip. nervous energy. but he came through it and he got some help from dave. i think people were genuinely rooting for him. the viewers but also the people in the audience as well. it is such a big deal for him. it is the first time he has been live on national television on his own without his partner in crime for a very long time. and he held his own. he did incredibly well. i think the point you made earlier, the guy isa the point you made earlier, the guy is a professional, consummate star, and he knows what he is doing. at the same time it is thinking of eric morecambe without any wise, vice ve rsa,

morecambe without any wise, vice versa, the two ronnies. of course we hope that ant mcpartlin will return later in the year and we will see how he does. my kids think it is great and it is just good, clean, saturday night humour, isn't it? the whole family can sit and watch it and enjoy. if anyone was on social media, there was so much support for declan as well. they have made their career on declan as well. they have made their career on the human qualities. people empathise with them and find lova ble people empathise with them and find lovable and adorable. the fact that declan was on his own, people really felt for that. that spoke to the hearts of everybody. it went to the hearts of everybody. it went to the heart social media. you haven't got a place on the plane?” heart social media. you haven't got a place on the plane? i doubt it. i couldn't take my wardrobe! now mots, how you can choose them post—brexit of course. —— emojis. the british

bulldog and the eu flag with starry eyes. it looks like a blueberry.” loved this story. the minute i saw iti loved this story. the minute i saw it i hoped we would do it. brexit never ends so it i hoped we would do it. brexit never ends so any it i hoped we would do it. brexit never ends so any dose of humour is good. it has onlyjust begun! any dose of humour is good. it is an italian firm based out of gibraltar developing emojis to allow you to state your brexit identity, remain or lever, and doing it in a way that is more jocular than what we have seen over the last few years, but it has been condemned across the political landscape. condemned by both groups, who saved the issue is too serious and issue to make fun of it or to make money out of it. and a group of pro—brexit conservative mps and remain group have released a joint statement. nobody wants shadowy organisations doing dodgy things in relation to brexit. a sensitive subject given cambridge

analytica! nobody is comparing this to that. that modi is a bit to france. the bulldog has got a winston churchill guys, given that shows the demeanour of the bulldog. at the end of the story government sources indicated that as the gibraltar based company pushes ahead with the lord, ministers might look at putting a post—brexit tariff on emojis. oh, my goodness. these were done by a commercial company to be paid for but there is an unofficial emojis body who approves them and agrees them. anyway! tariffs on emojis. that is a new one! thank you for coming in, mike. shall we look at the weather? alan is with us. she has got a lovely raf picture. —— helen is with us. we want sunshine! we haven't got any at the moment but

it isa we haven't got any at the moment but it is a lovely start to the day. that is the moon at raf lossiemouth. it has been a beautiful start to the day for the north and we will see sunshine coming through during the day ahead. as advertised, today, easter day, the best of the bunch for this long weekend. we are sandwiched between weather fronts, and it is taking up most of the forecasting time, this area of low pressure, looming large in the atlantic. it will bring its influence into the south west this afternoon, so make the most of the drier weather in pembrokeshire at the moment. northern ireland and western fringes of england and scotland, it is cold. some showers in the east and further south. they are breaking up so we will see some sunshine but the odd sharp shower for east anglia later. temperature isa for east anglia later. temperature is a bit tired today. without the wind and the sunshine, it will feel pleasa nt wind and the sunshine, it will feel pleasant enough. it will feel mild as we go through the week ahead.

look at what is happening overnight. concerns about the amount of rainfall. there could be a couple of inches on the saturated ground where we have had flood warnings. it is those over the moors and mountains in wales temporarily. it turns back to rain further south because of the warm airfrom the to rain further south because of the warm air from the warm front. but not in the midlands, northern england and southern scotland as we go through the night. this is a night—time period and it stretches to the north and several centimetres build—up over the hills. some centimetres possible at lower levels. through the day it pushes north into central and southern scotland. in northern ireland it turns into rain and heavy showers further south. milder turns into rain and heavy showers furthersouth. milderair turns into rain and heavy showers further south. milder air properly into the day tomorrow but heavy showers following on behind. that is adding to the amount of rain going

into the river systems over the next 36 hours. the risk of disruption is highest with the snow because several centimetres could pile up on a day when people take to the roads and go out for the day. it will be a distant memory by the end of tuesday. that is no risk in the north is significant on tuesday. by the end of the day we are alljust about into the milder atlantic and u nsettled about into the milder atlantic and unsettled looking at. and it is looking unsettled for the week ahead. if you are on your easter holidays, not great. showery day on wednesday with more rain to come and that unsettled theme. thursday might be the better day of the week but after today it doesn't look so bad. april showers in force. will we get some sunshine in november?” april showers in force. will we get some sunshine in november? i hope so! we will get some today. i do hope there will be some today. fingers crossed. thank you. it is 22 minutes past eight. happy easter. 0nline gambling is big business in britain, worth £4.5 billion a year. it is also a big problem for those who find themselves sliding into addiction and debt.

today new rules designed to make it easier for gamblers to control the risks they take come into effect. joining us from chelmsford is matt zarb—cousin, a former gambling addict now working with the campaign for fairer gambling. good morning to you. good morning and happy easter. happy easter to you. do you think these changes will make a big difference? we are not talking about a lot. we are talking about things like allowing players to access how much an account of how much they have lost and i don't think there is much of an evidence base to suggest this will reduce or prevent harm and addiction. it is more basic customer service. there are many things the gambling commission and the government could do as part of the gambling review which should be reporting back very soon. for example, you might have seen soon. for example, you might have seen this week that skybet were fined £1 million and william hill we re fined £1 million and william hill were fined several million pounds for failing were fined several million pounds forfailing to were fined several million pounds for failing to uphold self exclusion. so if you get addicted, you can ban yourself, but people who

had banned themselves, they were able to sign up again. this can be prevented by ensuring that customers have got to show id when they sign up. at the moment they only have to provide id if they try and withdraw money. so this id at sign up would make the process more rigorous and you could check who had banned themselves and who hasn't. there is a long way to go. there needs to be public health warnings on gambling adverts. i don't think there is any reason to allow adverts before the watershed during live sporting events. and i think fixed odds betting terminals need to be addressed and it needs to be reduced to £2a addressed and it needs to be reduced to £2 a spin. like you said, it is a can of worms because there is so much to be addressed. the new measures talk about transparency so we will be able to see the kinds of deposits that customers are making on online gambling sites, and also the potential to ban the use of

credit cards for online gambling. i know at the peak of your addiction you spent £14,000 in just 18 know at the peak of your addiction you spent £14,000 injust 18 months and you lost £2500 in one single day. would the banning of credit cards have helped you, do you think? absolutely. you wouldn't be able to go to absolutely. you wouldn't be able to gotoa absolutely. you wouldn't be able to go to a bank and ask for a loan of £1000 and say i am going down the bookies. there is no reason why you should be able to gamble on credit cards. you can't in land—based venues, so i don't understand why it has been allowed online. that is an absolute minimum, really. gambling what you can't afford to lose is a sign of problem gambling. why on earth would we be facilitating that? i don't know what the evidence base is... sorry? forgive me for interrupting but many people would say there are situations when you can get hold of money if you need to a large sums like payday lenders and

suchlike. are you suggesting that not only in the industry itself but perhaps the wider framework needs to be addressed? so we approach this at all angles so that supply and demand is basically cut off? gambling is not like another retail industry. most people, if you look at the gambling commission quarterly survey, as i do, most people gamble to try and win money. it is not an entertainment product, as it is often sold as. you can't remind people how much they have spent and hope that will trigger them into thinking about how much they are losing. if anything it will probably ca ta lys e losing. if anything it will probably catalyse them to chase their losses more. gambling is a highly addictive product. this is what we don't get from the adverts. gambling is as addictive as drugs in how it affects your brain. therefore we have got to try and make the product is safe and try and make the product is safe and try and make sure that people can't lose thousands of pounds or hundreds

of pounds every they time spin a digital roulette wheel. that is the best way of preventing harm. the problem is that online gambling, 60% of their revenue at the moment is coming from people who are addicted or at risk. so they are not incentivised to reduce harm. there are very clear warnings that are given to anybody who is about to pa rta ke given to anybody who is about to partake in an activity on an online gambling site. and to put it in context, just 1% of the population are problem gamblers. given that, do you think a small number of people will not really affect what you are calling for? i don't think there are warnings actually. that, on average you get when the fun stops, stop. i wouldn't say that is a public health message. it is an industry initiative. a public health message would look something like gambling is highly addictive, don't chase your losses, expect to lose, because thatis

your losses, expect to lose, because that is the reality, right? you might say 1% of the population but thatis might say 1% of the population but that is still 430,000 people. 2 million people are at risk. really we wa nt to look at the proportion of people who get addicted or experience gambling related harm relative to the product. fixed odds betting terminals, 43% of people using them are problem or at risk gamblers, and they are contributing the vast majority of the losses. i think you are right in the sense that we need to look at this from all perspectives and the industry needs to be structured so that it is more responsible so it is offering responsible so it is offering responsible product and it is not just about the player. what the gabbling commission has announced so far is baby steps. but at least it is the start. matt, i have got to ask you while you are with us, viewers may not know that you are the former spokesperson forjeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party. what is your assessment of

what is happening? across all the pages we have seen what is happening? across all the pages we have seen him having to defend himself against allegations of anti—semitism in his party. what did you make of that?” of anti—semitism in his party. what did you make of that? i think that anybody who has joined the labour party because they think thatjeremy corbyn's support for the palestinian people somehow means that he shares in some kind of anti—semitism, i'm afraid it's completely wrong. and anyone who is anti—semitic in the labour party, i would quite like for them to be kicked out if they don't get out now. this is obviously something that we have not fully got to grips with yet as a party. i think there has been progress made in terms of how we deal with incidents of anti—semitism in terms of the efficiency with which people are kicked out or suspended or whatever. obviously we need to go much further. there is still anti—semitism in the labour party,

as there is in society, but the labour party needs to be held to a much higher standard. i hope now that the labour party and under jeremy corbyn's leadership, they get to grips with it. you work with him very closely and you know his thinking. what is going through his mind this morning, do you think? jeremy corbyn is committed anti—racist and has been for many yea rs. anti—racist and has been for many years. iam anti—racist and has been for many years. i am sure any allegation that he is himself anti—semitic is not the case. we have anti—semites in the case. we have anti—semites in the labour party, obviously. that is pretty clear from this week. but i am confident now that the party will. .. but i am confident now that the party will... get rid of them. they will be kicked out. we can't have that. thank you so much, we appreciate your time. let's rewind five or six minutes,

let's have a different view. how are yourforeign let's have a different view. how are your foreign languages? good, amazing. a bit of schoolboy french for me. i presume mike doesn't speak italian, couple of people pointed this out. it is, of course, today, the 1st of april. this story in the observer about the emojis is written by, if you come across, the journalist who wrote it is called joke of spring in italian. how did we not get that earlier! 1-0, to the observer. very good indeed. stay with us, the headlines, which will be true, are on the way. and rogerjohnson.

hgppy happy easter. it is 8:32am. here's a summary of this morning's main news. britain's anthonyjoshua moved a step closer becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion last night after securing a third world title. joshua went the distance with new zealand'sjoseph parker to secure the wbo title in front of 80,000 fans in cardiff and is nowjust one belt away from becoming the first heavyweight in history to hold all four world boxing titles at once. a labour party official at the centre of a dispute about anti—semitism has stepped down from the party's ruling body. christine shawcroft had been under pressure to leave labour's national executive committee after opposing the suspension of a council candidate accused of holocaust denial. in a statement, she said

she was completely opposed to anti—semitism, and supported jeremy corbyn's