ofthe of the central belt. but north of the central belt. but further south back comes that southerly, up goes the temperature again. possibly 16 degrees in the south—east. a bit going on wouldn't you say? milderfor some once south—east. a bit going on wouldn't you say? milder for some once you get rid of front. rain or april showers and some good sunny spells and do remember if you need a dry day, thursday looks to be the one. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... israel rejects calls for an independent inquiry into the killing of palestinian protestors in the gaza strip. at least 15 people were killed on good friday. the newest member of the labour party's governing committee, the comedian eddie izzard, says labour must stamp out anti—semitism and rebuild relations with thejewish community. a shortage of special needs funding means growing numbers of children in england are being left without suitable school places, according

to the largest union for teachers. taking to the skies — the royal air force celebrates 1000 years of history. 0n meet the author this week, i'll be talking to the actor and writer says anthony sher, whose new book, year of the mad king, charts his preparation for playing one of shakespeare's greatest preparation for playing one of sha kespeare's greatest roles, preparation for playing one of shakespeare's greatest roles, king lear. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. look who we have gathered around us for easter! with me are journalist caroline frost, and the parliamentaryjournalist, tony grew. generalfactotum

general factotum and all—round lovelies. it is a bit weird, you are sitting on the wrong side and your chairs do not move. i am having doubts but i think we will be ok. they have been writing notes and protecting them from each other! the daily telegraph claims that the head of the crown prosecution service, alison saunders, will announce she is leaving her post this week after the government declined to extend her contract following a series of controversies. the ft says brussels is preparing to crack down on social media companies accused of spreading fake news, issuing a stark warning that scandals such as the facebook data—leak threaten to subvert our democratic systems. the i newspaper leads on eddie izzard's call to stamp out anti—semitism after replacing christine shawcroft on labour's ruling body. the express says britain paid almost £565 million more last year to treat uk citizens in the eu than it got back to care for their nationals. the guardian's top story is a warning from teachers

of a growing poverty crisis with the profession struggling to make up in the shortfall in funds provided by councils and social services. the independent reports that theresa may is accused of breaking her promise of championing the life chances of poorer people by her failure to appoint a so—called social mobility tsar. and finally, the mirror leads on the news that the boxer scott westgarth, who died after a boxing bout, saved seven lives through organ donations. so let's begin. let's start with the labour story, labour vows to kick out facebook racists. it has been a very busy few days for the labour party with claims of anti—semitism and there are problems with facebook pages thatjeremy corbyn had been associated with? yes, and today jeremy corbyn has deleted his facebook account completely. it has been an interesting couple of days.

0ne been an interesting couple of days. one thing been an interesting couple of days. 0ne thingi been an interesting couple of days. one thing i think is good is that finally labour has acknowledged it has a problem with anti—semitism. before this the party line was that was a couple of bad apples there was not a systemic problem and that anti—semitism was being weaponised asa anti—semitism was being weaponised as a stick to beatjeremy corbyn. from my perspective the good thing is that labour, from the top, has acknowledged it has a problem. i have seen the abuse that labour mps, female labour mps, have received online because they are jewish. female labour mps, have received online because they arejewish. it has been a huge problem and one of the most frustrating things has been that the leadership has refused to acknowledge it. that said, there is still a significant part of, let's call them the hard left, jeremy corbyn supporters who have come into the labour party since corbyn became leader, who still feel it is not a major issue and is being weaponised, it all gets caught up in very strong views about israel. 0ne it all gets caught up in very strong views about israel. one of the problemsjeremy views about israel. one of the problems jeremy corbyn views about israel. one of the problemsjeremy corbyn has is he

still does not appear to understand 01’ still does not appear to understand or acknowledge that anti—semitism is not like all other forms of racism, it isa not like all other forms of racism, it is a specific and unique hatred which leads to be dealt with in that context, discussed in that context. ifi context, discussed in that context. if i wanted anything, that would be the next step i would wanted to make. we have this very high—profile figure in the form of eddie izzard sitting on the ruling body, he has come out straightaway i made a very strong statement? about very strong, high profile figure. what he will do, he will attract attention to the story from people who would not normally be tuning in to a story that has been fudged under a bad apples syndrome. all you have seen people launching into attack the labour leaders for their management office, equally do get very passionate momentum figures who say it is an appalling slur, a distraction because labour are doing so distraction because labour are doing so well on the tory party is scared ofan so well on the tory party is scared

of an election and they will do anything to bring corbyn down because they are so scared of him taking power. either way, because they are so scared of him taking power. eitherway, it is because they are so scared of him taking power. either way, it is a distraction and at last the labour party has to be seen to do something. they have brought in eddie izzard who has authentic. shami chakrabarti, there was a whole bunch of sneering cynicism when she delivered her report. eddie izzard has a clean slate and has gone in on the front foot. let's see what happens in the next few days and weeks. let's look at the ft, fake news, brussels and fake news crackdown as fears mount the european polls. this follows from what we have reported on for the last couple of weeks about how data was taken from facebooked and used in several different ways and votes? we should add that cambridge analytica is still heavily deny they use that data, however... and any of the

politicians associated with the data. but clearly it has left a stench of corruption and brussels, with the imminent european elections, had said it is time to swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, i think, swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, ithink, they swamp down. it is a pre—emptive strike, i think, they cannot brook any interference. they are so scared of russian interference particularly, france is preparing legislation. they are giving judges powers to remove any what they call, let's get it right, false content. how a judge would be able to discriminate false content, my fear is that by the time it has done its work stroke damage, it will have passed. we know from the us election stories about hillary clinton, it did the intended damage long before a judge would have got their hands oi'i a judge would have got their hands on it. at least they are now happily aware. the value of facebook has plummeted over this, that might be a

galvanising factor. mark zuckerberg, although he will not want to speak to politicians in our parliament, he will no doubt feel compelled by the bottom line to do something about that? mark zuckerberg has declined to give evidence to the house of commons, he is giving evidence to the united states congress because he knows they are on the cusp of regulating his business. for more than a decade social media companies have been treated by demigods as our governments, and entirely benign factor in society. —— treated as demigods. they are coming round to the fact they can be damaging. the focus is on the may 2090 european elections, which the uk will not ta ke elections, which the uk will not take part in because we have left the european union by then, and tragically nidal farage will be out ofa tragically nidal farage will be out of a job. and also this comes from the european commissioner for security, who is our commissioner. 0ur security, who is our commissioner. our government has held hands with facebook and said how wonderful they are. germany introduced a hate

speech law forcing platforms to remove terrorist content or face fines of 50 million quid. that is how you deal with companies like facebook. you threaten them on the bottom line, hits them in the pocket and they react quickly. maybe they will do that after the eu... when the eu decides it will attacked, it isa the eu decides it will attacked, it is a lot stronger than 27 countries. if the european commission decides to introduce restrictions, it will be taken more seriously. and the third point is... can you have four poignant things? what they cannot police, which is far more insidious and not calculable, are these echo chambers created. there is no legislation. the telegraph, half of expert voices

on bbc will be female by next year. how? are you asking tony? i will ask you first as the woman. tony, correct me if i am wrong explanation clearly there has been a movement about transparency, fairness, equality. the bbc were caught on the back foot with salaries and all sorts of things that i am sure if pressed a certain person could tell us pressed a certain person could tell us all about. this is a great move and can only be applauded. they have said they will ensure... it is about contributors, it is not about the topics of subjects, which is fair reader. if a story happens in parliament they will not be wheeling out some sort of half baked slightly semi— knowledgeable contributed out some sort of half baked slightly semi—knowledgeable contributed just because she is female, they don't wa nt because she is female, they don't want to shoehorn this box into being ticked. the contributors, expert opinions and voices, they will ensure parity. many, many women have

something to say and are currently not called upon? all men think they are experts in everything, that is the first thing. women, in my professional experience, had to be encouraged. 0ne professional experience, had to be encouraged. one area that struck me in my world was at party conferences, all—male panels. i used to work in a company which put together a lot of these panels. it does not take a huge amount of effort to sake it is probably not right we have four mail experts and it would not find is very long to find a woman for the panel. some people might think it is condescending but it takes men to ta ke condescending but it takes men to take action for there to be changing gender laws. a lot of people might mock this but i think it is to be applauded. parliament has been looking at how many female experts give evidence to select committees. those numbers are striking and from my point of view i think many women are more qualified than men could probably do not think of themselves as experts put themselves forward in the same way

as men. that is partly because of how women arejudged, as men. that is partly because of how women are judged, everyone judges a woman's hair and make—up, what she is wearing. i think i am wearing the same suit and tie as last time, nobody will comment a map. the question i get asked more often is how do... do they do your hairand make—up, not what often is how do... do they do your hair and make—up, not what do you do when it goes wrong? the results of a question about whether you are a member of the bbc woman group, i am. the blood they have been trialling it and already reached the target i know the producers i work with on the news channel and they think very, very carefully about whether we are getting the balance right, is there a female voice we can approach? the independent, may accused of hypocrisy in her bid to tackle poverty, we do not have a head of this social mobility

commission. all of the people resigned from the social mobility commission saying it was making no progress on brexit was crowding out everything other government was doing. it was not party political, it was frustration. it is april and they have not even appointed another social mobility commission. it was meant to give symmetrix and social mobility acted asa symmetrix and social mobility acted as a terrible indictment for theresa may, who stood on the steps of downing street, downing street does not really have steps but she stood outside the door, and talked about burning injustices and how to tackle them and you cannot even staff a mobility commission. it [ends to alan milburn posed by point that the government cannot focus on anything apart from brexit and it is not doing work properly. i was not tuned into that speech because i was still recovering from the brexit business, but that was my one take away, we will strive to do better for those people just about

coping. clearly this is the group being overlooked. i wonder how many candidates will wa nt to ta ke i wonder how many candidates will want to take a time when they see how difficult it was for the previous commission? if you are the government and an entire commission resigns, you abolish it or replace it in good order, you do not let it drift to the extent that the independence can put it on a bank holiday monday from page and demonstrate the government is almost unknown trousers on social mobility. find somebody to do it. maybe a woman?! iam woman?! i am busy, i could not. the daily telegraph, a beautiful photograph of spitfire veteran reaching for the skies for the raf centenary. this squadron