30/04/2017 BBC Weekend News

Anthony Joshua is Britain's newest sporting superstar,

after a sensational heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium.

COMMENTATOR: This is great work from Joshua. What fitness, what part. It

is stopped! He defeated the former

champion Wladimir Klitschko in 11 punishing rounds,

having been knocked down My family and everything, they are

over the moon, but for me, I am cool, how do I improve from here and

how do I win against whoever I am going in with next?

It was one of the biggest fights ever on British soil.

Theresa May says no to VAT rises if she wins the election,

but signals scrapping a pledge not to increase income tax

Ten years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann,

her parents tell the BBC they'll do "whatever it takes, for as long

And one of the world's most famous mountaineers, Ueli Steck,

has died in an accident on Mount Everest.

Britain has a new sporting superstar in Anthony Joshua,

now the world's leading heavyweight boxer, after his extraordinary

-- defeat of Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium last night.

In one of the biggest fights ever held on British soil,

he was knocked down by the Ukrainian former champion but recovered

and went on to stop his opponent in the eleventh round.

It's being described as one of the greatest

Our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks reports.

Joshua gets off the canvas in the sixth... With every headline comes

the realisation of what he has achieved - overnight global

superstardom. But with the spoils of his greatest night never far from

his site, Angela Josh's stay -- Anthony Joshua's staying the only

way he knows how. I am going back to the same as in the same family.

Nothing changes, do you know what I mean? Perception and reach changes,

but where I am, where I am based, the ground I am on does not change.

It is nice. It is amazing. I am still worried. I am still a fighter,

and I have to keep that mindset right now. The night began with a

visual feast as AJ played his title role to perfection. For a while

here, it looked as if his dream would also be about to go up in

flames. The fight pitted power against experience, and after four

cagey Rams, Joshua suddenly exploded into life. But with 69 career fights

comes resilience, and, boy, did Klitschko comeback. Britain's boy

wonder was down. Many believed he was out. It made his comeback all

the more incredible. In round the 11, he had Klitschko down once,

twice, and the referee ensured no further damage was done. It was a

moment that stop not only British sports fans in their tracks but

worldwide. Nigeria, where Joshua's parents are from, celebrating

wildly. Is this Nigeria? Yeah. Jeez! That's insane. That pounding jam,

which is Nigerian food that keeps me strong. Battle scarred but not

battle weary, his 19th knockout of 19 fights has seen him usher in a

new era for a heavyweight division that so needed him. Natalie Pirks,

BBC News. Theresa May says there'll be no

increase in VAT if the Conservatives But the Prime Minister did signal

that she would scrap a pledge not to raise income tax

or national insurance. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has

also promised not to raise VAT. He said Labour would protect middle

income earners and end what he called tax "giveaways

to the rich". Our political correspondent

Ben Wright reports. So, this will be a law. This is a

guarantee, because I know what needs to be done...

It was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before the 2015

general election. David Cameron said that three key taxes, VAT, income

tax and national insurance, would not go up for a five-year

parliament, so we'll Theresa May repeat that pledging her manifesto?

We have no plans to increase the level of tax, but I am also very

clear that I don't want to make specific proposals on taxes unless I

am sure that I can deliver on those. A pretty strong hint the Prime

Minister does not think the existing tax freeze can be continued. And

remember, just last month, the Chancellor's plan to raise the

National Insurance rate in the budget was criticised for breaking

the manifesto tax pledge, and the move was ditched. Why does all this

matter? Because public services cost money. Politicians need to decide

how to balance the growing demand of hospitals, schools, social care,

defence, with voters' willingness to pay, and there is one tax at Theresa

May today said would not come up with the Tories win. We will not

increase VAT. But no matching promise on national insurance or

income tax. I know I get older for over a long Labour is making a lot

of spending promises which it says will be costed in their manifesto.

We are the party that wants low taxes for low and middle earners.

The Conservative Party are the ones who want lower taxes for high

earners. So, yes, there will be changes, but they will be very much

at the top end. In the next couple of weeks, we will get the party

manifestos, when promises of a tax and spending will crystallise into

policy. The biggest issue facing Britain the next two years is

Brexit, and there seems to be a divide between Theresa May and the

rest of the EU over how negotiations should happen. Yesterday, EU leaders

dismissed the idea of a quick trade deal and said there had to be

progress on the terms of the divorce first, including the money Britain

owes. But Theresa May has other ideas. Yes, they do want to start

discussions about money. I'm very clear that at the end of the

negotiations we need to be clear not just about the Brexit arrangement,

the exit, how we withdraw, but also for our future relationship is going

to be. Opposition parties said the Government was kidding itself. The

Prime Minister is not in charge of the agenda. There are 27 member

states in the European Union apart from the UK. They are absolutely

united, they are holding a common line, and Theresa May is not going

to be able to tell them what to do. But the EU will not begin to

negotiate with us until after polling day and a new Westminster

Government is in place. Ben Wright, BBC News.

A woman who was shot by police and wounded

during a counter-terrorism operation in north-west London last week

After she was released from hospital.

Police are also still holding six other suspects.

Meanwhile, officers have been given more time to question

Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, who was taken into custody

on Thursday afternoon near Parliament Square.

One of the most prominent figures in world sport strongly denies any

involvement in the latest corruption scandal to hit football's

Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait says he's stepping down

from FIFA's powerful ruling council after being linked to

Ten years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann,

her parents have told the BBC they'll do "whatever it takes,

for as long as it takes" to find their daughter.

Madeleine was three years old when she went

missing while on a family holiday in Portugal.

Speaking to Fiona Bruce, Kate and Gerry McCann say

the pain never leaves them, after a decade of uncertainty.

Every day is another day without Madeleine...

That ten-year mark makes it more significant.

It's a reminder of how much time has gone by and obviously

I think that the day and the poignancy of it...

We don't tend to go back because it's so draining.

But inevitably on anniversaries and birthdays, they're

How different is your life now to what you must have imagined

I think before Madeleine was taken we felt we'd managed

to achieve a perfect, nuclear family of five.

Unfortunately for us, the new normality at the moment

Last time we talked, you told me how you were still buying birthday

presents and Christmas presents for Madeleine...

The police have talked about one signifcant lead that

The investigation is in the hands of the Met Police.

We've come a long way and there is progress,

there are some very credible lines the police are working on,

and while there's no evidence to give us any negative news that

One day you'll be reunited with your daughter?

No parent is going to give up on their child unless they know

My hope of Madeleine being out there is no less

Kate and Gerry McCann, speaking to Fiona Bruce.

A new report says best-before dates on food should be scrapped

because they're unnecessary and contribute to mounting

MPs say it's a scandal that ?10 billion

year, and the Government and supermarkets need to act.

Mostly mixed in with other waste, we throw more than ?10 billion worth

Councils have to raise bills to dispose of it.

And this is happening while food bank use is at a record high.

Last year, the average household threw away ?470 worth of food.

We are all likely to have packets with

So, this is the key one, the use by date.

I really shouldn't eat this after the 3rd of

But then these have got best before dates on.

I can eat this after the 5th of May, but it might not be at

The best-before date I believe can be scrapped because it

It means food is wasted, sometimes people don't

actually eat that food when it goes beyond the best before date.

I suppose I go by what the product looks like.

If it looks all right to eat, I would probably eat it.

I am a fussy eater, so I find that I like

to stick to them, but then I feel bad because there is such a build-up

Customers at a pioneering project in Leeds browse

food that supermarkets have thrown out.

We can't wait another generation for this to stop,

because it is single-handedly destroying the planet.

And yet this perfectly good produce getting

thrown away for just a date, and it is nonsense.

MPs say we need tougher food waste targets and that we need

Donald Trump has delivered a campaigning address

to his grassroots supporters while shunning a Washington

dinner traditionally attended by US Presidents.

Addressing a rally attended by many blue-collar workers in Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania, President Trump said his first hundred days had been

In just these first few months, we have created nighty night has a new

construction jobs, 45,000 new manufacturing jobs, and 27,000 new

mining jobs. Who are the miners here? The miners, we are finally

taking care of them. Laura Becker joins us. There has been a lot of

criticism of the President's first 100 days and how effective he has

been, but you were at the rally, so what do his grassroots supporters

think? Do they still back in? Drawn-out Trump -- Donald Trump's

supporters are standing by him. The views of people here could not be

more different from those in Washington, DC. This is a region

built on coal and steel, a blue-collar work force who told me

they have helped alienate it for too long and believe they finally have a

champion in the White House, one who will not accept the hysteria around

climate change and who will negotiate trade deals at home and

abroad all to bring their jobs back. If he has not quite delivered here

in Harrisburg yet, the unemployment rate remains about the same, and of

course it is worth mentioning that he has not managed to introduce a

major piece of legislation within his first 100 days, but those

failings, his supporters feel, go to Capitol Hill politicians, not their

president. This is a blue-collar workforce that has been offered hope

by Donald Trump, and that is a win he will take for now. OK, Laura,

many thanks for now. One of the world's most accomplished

mountaineers, Ueli Steck, has been killed in an accident

on Mount Everest. Known as the Swiss Machine,

he was climbing alone in preparation He'd won numerous awards

and was celebrated for Mount Everest - dangerous and

daunting, even for the most experienced climbers. The idea is

just climbing from base camp, just on the normal route... Ueli Steck

was preparing to tackle a new and particularly difficult road without

oxygen. I think it is possible, but we don't know. But that is exactly

the challenge, the interesting thing. Nobody has done that before,

so I think the chance is there that it is possible, but I don't know.

So, he knew the dangers of Everest. He had reached the summit without

oxygen in 2012. In 2015, he climbed all 82 Alpine peaks over 4000 metres

in just 62 days, and he conquered the North face of the tiger in less

than three hours. Ueli Steck was on ever rest to acclimatise when it is

thought that he slipped and fell. His body has been recovered, and

tributes have been paid. He broke amazing records by a mixture of

modesty, humility and great ability, on top of athleticism of the most

amazing type. The pit again, really cool. The climbing community says it

has lost a pioneer who was known for his speed and ruthlessly methodical

approach, with an ability to push himself to the limits of human

endurance. Alexandra McKenzie, BBC News.

With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes

Antonio Conte says his side must become champions for a good season

Earlier today, his side ran out 3-0 winners over

At top than these days, they are looking at the bigger picture,

preparing to move to their new home next door, but today, a final visit

from the neighbours, a meeting that needed no added significance. Still,

this was more than just another north London derby. Victory would

see Spurs finish the season above rivals Arsenal for the first time in

more than 20 years. They should have gone ahead through Deli Alli. A miss

they were perhaps still regretting when Kristian Eriksson gave them

more reason to think it was perhaps not their day. Those doubts lifted

in the second half, the ball here eventually falling to Deli Alli, who

seemed more than willing to make amends. With the breakthrough made,

Spurs were soon handed another, awarded a penalty for this challenge

on Harry Kane, Tottenham's local hero. There are few who will

appreciate a derby goal more. The gap at the top of the table closing

again with victory over their nearest rivals. Still, there remains

some distance to travel. Earlier, leaders Chelsea had made the

potentially difficult trip to Everton and were almost greeted with

an early goal. Dominic Calvin Lewin hitting the post within a couple of

minutes. An early scare for Chelsea, but they are not the type of site to

be rushed. It took until the second half to find their inspiration, and

it came from Pedro. A goal of spectacular quality. It was worth

the wait. Patient but no rate was -- but now ruthless. Gary Cahill got a

goal from close range before Williams completed the victory. 3-0,

three points, and Antonio Conte's side now three points away from the

premiership title. This is how the top of the league

looks after today's action. Chelsea are still ahead of Spurs. Manchester

City and United are in fourth and fifth.

Finland's Valtteri Bottas has picked up his first victory in Formula One,

The Mercedes driver beat both Ferraris to the first corner

and held off a late charge from championship leader

Lewis Hamilton could only finish fourth.

With his eye on a major win, it was Valtteri Bottas's chance to shine.

It was up to the Finnish driver to take the fight of Harare. He

dispatched them into back corners. The second of those proved trickier

for Britain's Jolyon Palmer, whose race ended in a tangle of tyres. As

Hamilton struggled his way to fall, the seemingly unflappable Finn, so

comfortably leading for so long, flat with his first win in sight.

That left Sebastian Vettel to hunt him down the final few nerve-racking

laps. It was edge of your seat stuff as Vettel's Harare and hustled,

though the castle would be won by Bottas, a Grand Prix winner at the

82nd attempt. Yes. Well done! Today, he was very much number one. John

Higgins has made a strong start in the final of snooker's World

Championship in Sheffield. The Scot won five frames in a row to take a

6-2 lead over the world one and defending champion Mark Selby going

into tonight's second session. Higgins is a four-time winner at the

Crucible. It is the first 18 frames to take the title. And that is the

sport. Back to you, Clive.