this is bbc news, our latest headlines. labour denies having any official links to facebook groups forjeremy corbyn supporters, where anti—semitic comments have been posted. comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee — after a senior party official is forced to resign. heavyweight boxer anthony joshua beats new zealand'sjoseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. pope francis is delivering his traditional easter blessing and message from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. this is the scene live at the vatican. overnight, he urged believers to break out of their routines and renew their lives. the royal air force is 100 years old today. events are being held across the country to mark the time when the raf became the world's first independent air force. time for sport.

the wba world heavyweight titles we re the wba world heavyweight titles were unified last night. never before have two world titles being unified on british soil, they brought all the glamour and show business with them in front of 78,000 people in south wales. joshua controlled the fight throughout earning a unanimous points victory over new zealand parker. he is now focused on the next task. i'm not elated, because, you know, i don't let the highs get to my head, do you know what i mean? and i always think, "we've got to go again, soon". if i was retiring on this high i'd be like, "yes, i'm the man". because you retire on a high. but i've got to defend my throne again in a few months, because you retire on a high. but i've got to defend my throne again in a few months, so i'm kind of balanced.

we're still hustling. so, on to the next one, in my eyes. not time to sit back and enjoy the ride, we've got to get ready for the nextjob. widespread criticism of the italian referee who many claim to stepped into often to separate the boxes and didn't allow the fight to flow.” thought it was appalling officiating. in many ways, he didn't let a proper fight break—out. joshua has said going into this he wanted a more cultured performance. he did control the fight with his jab, more cultured performance. he did control the fight with hisjab, he was badly damaged. because parker's decision to circle and move and try to take him into later rounds, it was a turgid affair in some ways if you say that, of 218 stone men hitting each other. manchester city are one win away from winning the premier league title after beating everton 3—1 at goodison park

yesterday. west ham played their first home game since the opening scenes of fans storming the pitch at london stadium. we take a look back at yesterday's action. before facing southampton, there were more protests over the way west ham united is run. security was beefed up inside the london stadium to prevent a repeat of the pitch invasions after defeat to burnley, last time out. one way to change an atmosphere is to win, and for once, the hammers had no problem doing that. with a point to prove against his former stoke boss, arnautovic scored twice. as they beat southampton and new manager mark hughes 3—0. it lifted west ham to 14th, five points clear of the saints. the saints remain in the relegation zone. the supporters were great. they have been great, here. maybe there's one or two, maybe. like happened in the last game, but overall the atmosphere in the stadium has been terrific. i do think the players gave them something to shout about today. i think the players showed how much they care. and the way things went in the last home game. losing 2—1 to burnley was a record eighth successive premier league

defeat for bottom side west bromwich albion. at selhurst park, liverpool's mo salah equalled a record by scoring in 21 different premier league matches in a 38—game season. he sealed a 2—1 comeback that leaves crystal palace two points above the relegation zone. perez moved newcastle closer to safety, and left huddersfield in danger of dropping back into the championship. they're just three points above the drop, along with swansea. the welsh side lost 2—0 at united. romelu lukaku became the youngest foreign player to reach a century of premier league goals. it strengthens their grip on second place, but they can only delay manchester city's inevitable crowning as champions. a 3—1 victory over everton means pep guardiola's side will win the league if they beat united next weekend. in the scottish premiership, celtic beat ross county to keep brendan rodgers' side on course

for a seventh straight title. meanwhile, rangers came from two goals down to rescue a draw with motherwell at fir park. the home side had gone in front with two early goals, but rangers scored twice in three second—half minutes to draw level. aberdeen stayed in touch with rangers in the hunt for second place with a 4—1 win over st johnstone. there were also wins for kilmarnock and hibs. england's cricketer‘s are on top after day three of the second and final test against new zealand in christchurch. james anderson and stuart broad got all new zealand's ten wickets between them as they removed the remaining batsman at the start of the day to give the visitors a 29 run first innings lead. 0pening batsman alastair cook fell cheaply again but the rest of england's top order steadied the ship as england lead by 231 runs. the masters at augusta is less than a week away and britain's ian poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston 0pen poulter knows he has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for the first golfing major of the

year. ian poulter is rising to the challenge in texas with a share of the lead in the final round later today. a brilliant third round featuring seven birdies means he is 14 and apartheid with the american. two shots clear of the field —— and he is 14 under par. charley hull is within touch of the lead in california. hull runner—up in this event is two years ago. munster came from behind twice to beat too long to reach the semifinals of the european champions cup. the irish side left their best until last with a magnificent try. this individual effort to setting up an easy conversion to give them victory by just one point. now if you expected zlatan ibrahimovic to bejetlagged on his debut for the la galaxy, think again. he came on as a substitute just over a week after completing his move to los angeles, and did this. not only was it a brilliant goal,

it also brought his galaxy side level at 3—3, after they'd been 3—0 behind. and of course zlatan wasn't done there, he scored again in stoppage time to seal an incredible 4—3 win over their city rivals la fc. join nato. —— join me later. hello and welcome to our look at the sunday papers. with me are the journalist and author shyama perera, and david wooding, political editor sun on sunday. welcome. let's take a look at the front pages first. the sunday times leads with an investigation on supporters of the labour leader, depicting it is as "a corbyn hate fa ctory".

the observer says that leading jewish donors are ditching labour over the on—going anti—semitism row. the mail on sunday says that mr corbyn faces a revolt from mp‘s over allegations he failed to take action against an unnamed "wife beating" mp. the sunday mirror says that the prime minister has announced a fund to cover the cost of children's funerals. and calls for election watchdogs to resign over what it calls a "brexit bias" leads the sunday telegraph the sunday times exposed corbyn‘s hate factory. the sunday times has got a number of reporters to covertly join facebook got a number of reporters to covertlyjoin facebook groups which are closed groups. they are not what we can see. they report they found

2000 racist, anti—semitic, misogynistic violent and abusive m essa 9 es misogynistic violent and abusive messages including support for adolf hitler, saying that he should have finished off thejob. and others claiming that the holocaust denier was a big lie. what is probably most interesting is the fact that labour has done absolutely nothing to quash it beyond saying we are not to blame, we are not like that, we're not doing that. and the artificial facebook sites relating to that. both left and right are under attack from automated bots creating havoc on the intranet as well as their own supporters. a bit like the shop floor starting to adulterate the goods going out while the managers are sitting in the office drinking champagne and toasting latest sales figures. there is no sense of a connection between what the top brass of the labour party are thinking of doing. and what those at

the bottom, the grassroots support oui’ the bottom, the grassroots support our thinking and disseminating as labour fact. how does this look to you, david? it shines a light on the sort of support that jeremy corbyn is attracting. a —— love them or loathe them, tony blair, gordon brown, theresa may, david cameron, they didn't attract this sort of support. there are 400,000 people who are members of these 20 pro corbyn groups. jeremy corbyn really has to do something a bit more serious to show that he doesn't want them in his party. what is that boil down to? he made a series of public state m e nts down to? he made a series of public statements in the last few days in which he has been highly critical of this kind of mindset. and absolutely dismisses anti—semitism, highly critical of that and any other elements of racism that may exist in his support. what else can he do?|j think his support. what else can he do?” think he has a bit of a blind spot. he uses weasel words. he has always

said, when asked to condemn anti—semitism, he has said "i condemn racism in all its forms". but he has specified anti—semitism. he has, now. but the problem is the drip drip momentum of this hatred. among his supporters. it has now begin to engulf him completely. he i'iow begin to engulf him completely. he now has to do something a little bit more serious to show he means business. we weren't having this level of abuse at the time the labour party started their inquiry into anti—semitism. i think that gave everybody a kind of carte blanche. we were told that we are not anti—semitic and it has meant that people have suddenly started behaving in ways which they think and assume at 0k. and are not. the real thing you need to do is define, within the labour party, what do they mean by anti—semitism. make

that clear so that supporters understand that if you conflate what you think about israel, zionism, with being jewish, that is not any more acceptable than thinking somebody who was wearing a head job is associated with islamic state. —— wearing a hijab is associated. it is clear lines in terms of message and behaviour. no one at their office had seen, endorsed or posted those messages. front of the observer. particular reference to the funding of the labour party. this is the other side of the coin, the people who have supported labour. the observer have an interview with a labour supporter for many years under three labour leaders. he has given more than {1.5 million to the party, david garrard. i rather substantial party donor. he

says the party he joins and supported no longer exists and any affinity he had with the party has gone completely. it's quite a big blow for labour if big, serious supporters like this are deserting the party. especially with those kind of sentiments. absolutely. he is leaving them because of the handling of the issue has filled him with growing dismay and foreboding. not the fact that there might be anti—semitism in the labour party that is making him leave but the wave that labour is dealing with it. —— but the way. they keep trying to blur the lines by making it about the anti—semitism. it is not. it is about how you deal with anti—semitism and what you do to make it clear to absolutely everybody, not just make it clear to absolutely everybody, notjustjewish communities but all minority communities, that any kind of behaviour that conflate is a type of politics with a belief is wrong. behaviour that conflate is a type of politics with a belief is wrongm

that for you both about expulsions pretty much straightaway as soon as somebody is deemed to have done or said something which falls into the kind of category being discussed? yes. or censure of a type which says, what would you do in an high office, you would send them for professional development, you would send them to a course —— what would you do in an office. it doesn't mean this person is hateful, theyjust don't understand the nuances within that particular argument. the time for talk has stopped, he needs to show some action. we have seen it all along with the shami chakrabarti investigation. that was dismissed as a whitewash. he has to show he means business. it's notjust down to his owi'i business. it's notjust down to his own views, it's all down to his own management of the party. he is showing a weakness in leadership. absolutely. the tories are always having to do with racism because it is absolutely stamped through a lot

of the right, just as it is through a lot of the left. they are trying to manage it constantly and the left has to start managing it. the fringe has to start managing it. the fringe has to start managing it. the fringe has to be aware of it. a final word, the reference to the mail on sunday. reference specifically to the boil eddie izzard will now take on. let's hope that eddie izzard will provide... -- role eddie izzard. christine took our eye off the ball. this is a warning of social media at a time when we talk about fake news. astonishing that those are the top of the labour party, who do not have the time to check all of their social media outlets, had not got a department that is doing that. christine shawcross resigned from leila's nec of the claims she failed to act against anti—semitic labour activist and eddie izzard is taking on her role. jeremy corbyn did not re move on her role. jeremy corbyn did not remove from the nec two days ago, she has resigned two days later, i

wonder what has gone on behind the scenes, that will unravel in the next few days. quite a task for him to ta ke next few days. quite a task for him to take on. a very high profile figure already for other reasons and suddenly the spotlight on him. he is a very smart cookie. you might find a very smart cookie. you might find a way of making that message work. —— he might find. more intelligently. the sunday mirror. victory on child burials. this is quite a good campaign the mirror have done. credit to them because we tabloids get a lot of stick. this is not a big selling story. caroline harris, swansea east, eight—year—old son martin, he died in 1989. the agony of losing her son was compounded by the fact that she couldn't afford to give him a proper burial. she campaigned against this. theresa may is finally

doing something about it. the daily mirror took up the case. they will pay for child burials. it will cost about £10 million, which is a bit of about £10 million, which is a bit of a drop in the ocean when you consider... it's not much. but there are 4500 under 18 's consider... it's not much. but there are 4500 under 18 '5 who die every year and some people don't have the means to bury those kids because you don't make plans for your child to die, you make plans to die when you are a bit older. it is an issue that doesn't affect a lot of people but it is something that many readers will agree with that we have to show compassion for people who suffer the worst possible bereavement. compassion for people who suffer the worst possible bereavementm compassion for people who suffer the worst possible bereavement. it is not something that, thankfully, one often thinks about. hopefully because it hasn't affected one's own life. prices for grays apparently can range from £125 to £4000 —— for graves. shopping if you havejust lost a child and you have to stop caring about that and worry about

how to bury your child. quite an affecting piece inside from the mp herself who spearheaded the campaign. yes. in reference to the cruel fees being axed with support from theresa may. that is from the mirror. sunday times. lower down on theirfront lower down on their front page. reference to the murder rate in london. how it appears to be, stabbings surging. absolutely. this follows on very quickly and easily from that last story. so many of these young men, mainly, almost entirely, have been stamped. a number of them are under 18. where i live, we lost a child outside a local school a few months ago. apparently, we are hitting almost the same figures as new york. new

york has gone down 87%. that comparison is so often made. london born at 40%, the number of slayings. —— london has gone up 40%. born at 40%, the number of slayings. -- london has gone up 4096. chilling statistic. there is a bit of a correlation with the... new reforms on stop and search powers for police. you may recall, theresa may some time ago said that police have to go through greater accountability when they stop and search suspects. as a result, some police have given up stopping and searching, the number of stop and searches have fallen from 1.5 million to barely 300,000. in the same time, that's an 80% drop, knife crime has risen by a similar proportion. over the whole country, notjust a london issue, 37,500 mice climbs committed in the last you —— knife crimes committed. cressida

dick has indicated in an interview with the times yesterday said she will step up stop and search procedures, making sure it is done properly and minority groups are not targeted indiscriminately. properly and minority groups are not targeted indiscriminatelym properly and minority groups are not targeted indiscriminately. it is so ha rd to targeted indiscriminately. it is so hard to counter. because, clearly, knives are in the home for all sorts of perfectly sensible reasons. if you take one out with you, what is your intention? minority groups are most hit by this. martin hewitt from the metropolitan police is quoted as saying i do fear sometimes that because the majority of those injured or killed are coming from certain communities, very often black communities in london, it doesn't get the sense of collective outrage it ought to do. cressida dick said something about social media, she was talking yesterday about the role that it plays in encouraging this very serious crime, but in upping the levels of anger. disputes very quickly get more violent these days because people are more extreme online than they

once were, how she got a point?” think she has. perhaps this is one of the causes of crime rather than crime itself. perhaps some people do go to extremes because they are in echo chambers. it is a bit of a leap to say that that is one of the causes of knife crime. it has become trendy and cool to carry a knife, young people to do it to protect themselves. we need to protect them. people are angry. post brexit particularly, everybody seems to be angry about everything, which ties together most of the stories we are talking about this morning. this lets try and change that. i will hold two parts of a newspaper to a camera, that might be something of a feat if i it. —— if camera, that might be something of a feat if i it. -- if i camera, that might be something of a feat if i it. —— if i achieve it. very interesting. i'm trying to edge them into position. interestingly,

them into position. interestingly, the sun is anticipating that they will have the highest figures this yearfor will have the highest figures this year for last night's show and i was one of those people who turned on, came rushing back from a lunch party to turn it on and see how dec did without the sainted ant. actually, i agree with the sun, they did very well indeed. stephen mulhern did a good job. scarlet moffat. is what our evenings are about in this nation. it is really important to get them... get them on the anti—semitism bandwagon and we might see get change. they do a lot for the prince's trust. 20 years together, he was holding the fort on his own, a lot of pressure but he carried it off well. kept the brand going. they are a bit like marks and spencer. like mr marks comments without mr spencer. like without the

royce. this is the duo a bit like morecambe and wise. for 17 years, they have been the people's choice in the national television awards. they are part of the fabric of this country. we always lauding politicians. but how many of them have been around for 17 years? if we had seenjeremy corbyn17 years ago, would he be labour party leader today? probably not. in celebrity terms, these two are a solid political party. so much pressure over a 17 year period as well. a story from inside the sunday express , story from inside the sunday express, labelled exclusive i should say. butterflies will fly the flag for royal wedding. apparently scientists are breeding butterflies with the union flag on their wings. they have mixed various breeds of white, red and blue winged butterflies to come up with the st george's cross of england and the

british flag. the diagonal cross of saint patrick of ireland and they will be flying them for the royal wedding. amazing story until i realised that the scientist who is behind this is called doctor olaf ripple. an old anagram of april fool. from the breeding centre. written by chris alice. that's very good. laughter clearly this falls into that category but it's always dangerous on the 1st of april, we invite you in and you have a look through and you pick one out and you think that isa you pick one out and you think that is a good april four. i think we are safe. i think so. we were both on ourguard. safe. i think so. we were both on our guard. it is a good fun one. lots of viewers going at home saying i believe this story! i know. thank you. that's it for the papers this morning.

thank you to shyama perera and david wooding. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week. and if you miss the programme you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. hgppy happy easter. today is looking the driest day of this easter weekend. looming large towards the south west we had some rain on its way. this is how it looked in guernsey this morning, the sunshine will fade as this mass of cloud starts to roll in off the atlantic. a fairly quite picture sandwich between weather fronts. it should continue to be dry and bright for many parts of scotla nd and bright for many parts of scotland and northern ireland. sunshine face to the south and west ahead of cloud initially, rain mid—afternoon on. showers in eastern

areas. still a bit wintry over the hills in northern england and heavy once for lincolnshire and east anglia. bright and sunny spells in between. windsor lighter than yesterday. it won't feel as chilly as it has done so far this easter. the risk of some snow showers in the north. a cold start with a touch of mist and fog. through the evening and overnight, it turns a bit more disruptive. we have heavy rain risk on saturated ground, localflooding risk. snow for the moors and mountains and eventually it will turn back to rain as we head towards the morning. through the midlands, northern england, snowfall of several centimetres. close to freezing. they called night in the north. early hours of the morning, easter monday morning, pushing its way into northern england, 5—10 centimetres of snow across the pennines. it falls to lower levels in heavy bursts. snow for northern ireland will turn back to rain. the

rivers are quite high and more heavy rain to come. a lot of localised flooding, spray and standing water. snow, lots of the people on the roads. the end of the easter break could be disruptive. there are warnings, there are on the website. local radio will keep you updated. a big issue on monday and tuesday is snow, confined to the north—east of scotla nd snow, confined to the north—east of scotland by the end of tuesday. most places will be into milder atlantic air. temperatures in teams in england and wales, lots of heavy showers to continue to come. low pressure in the middle part of the week into wednesday. it looks u nsettled. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10am. labour denies having any official links to facebook groups forjeremy corbyn supporters — where anti—semitic comments have been posted.

comedian eddie izzard joins labour's ruling committee — after a senior party official is forced to resign. heavyweight boxer anthonyjoshua beats new zealand's joseph parker with a unanimous win to add the wbo title to all his others. ifi if i was retiring on this high, i would be like, yes, iam if i was retiring on this high, i would be like, yes, i am the man. because i am retiring on a high. but i have got to defend again in a few months, so i am balanced and we are still hustling. pope francis has delivered his easter homily from the balcony of st peter's basilica in rome. speaking without notes he remarked about god's capacity to surprise. this is the scene live at the vatican.