23/11/2012 BBC News at Ten

No deal on the EU budget. Negotiations collapse, as European

leaders fail to reach an agreement. After two days of discussions,

David Cameron says Brussels needs to get in the real world and make

cutbacks. Frankly, the deal on the table from the President of the

European Council was just not good enough. It was not good enough for

Britain, and neither was it good enough for a number of other

countries. The leaders will meet again in the

New Year, when they will try again to agree a budget up until 2020.

We'll be looking at what it will take for all 27 member states to

reach a deal. Also tonight:

Violent protests across Egypt as the president is accused of

behaving like a modern-day Pharoah with sweeping new powers.

Heavy rain and high winds cause widespread flooding, road closures

and travel disruption, and there's more on the way. In Somerset, a man

dies after his car was trapped by the flood waters. Access was

terrible. The water was like a raging torrent.

Energy bills are set to rise to pay for Government investment in low

carbon electricity. And how Brazil is hoping to change

perceptions of disability in Rio In Sportsday on the BBC News

Channel: Will Harry Redknapp be the new

manager of QPR? The club expect to continue talks tonight and possibly

Good evening. After two days of negotiations,

talks between European leaders in Brussels to set the next EU budget

have ended without agreement. David Cameron said the deal being

discussed was unacceptable and criticised Brussels for failing to

come up with a single euro of savings. Britain wants at least a

freeze to the budget in real terms until 2020, and other countries,

including Germany and Sweden, are also urging restraint. But some EU

members are pushing for a 5% increase in overall spending. The

leaders of the 27 member states will meet again in the new year to

try once more to thrash out an agreement. From Brussels, Gavin

Hewitt has sent this report. In the end, the differences were

too great between countries who benefited from EU grants and the

major contributors who wrote the cheques. David Cameron had come

looking for at best a cut, and at worst a freeze, but did not get

what he wanted. We have had a good discussion. I think we understand

each other's issues and positions better. But frankly, the deal on

the table from the President of the European Council was just not good

enough. Yes, the original budget proposal of over one trillion euros

had been reduced by 80 billion, but for David Cameron, this was nowhere

near a freeze. He was particularly irritated that the Brussels

Eurocrats had escaped cuts to their perks. The commission did not offer

1 euros in savings. Not 1 euros. I think that is not good enough.

Frankly, the idea that the European institutions are unwilling to even

consider this is insulting to taxpayers. David Cameron insisted

the British rebate was non- negotiable, but on this occasion

the UK was not the outcast, with allies in the Dutch, the Swedes and

the fines. Even the German Chancellor was sympathetic to

holding out for a deal which included Britain.

TRANSLATION: Weaver reach an agreement, or we end up disagreeing.

The second option is extremely unattractive. What are the sticking

points? The overall size of the Budget to. The rebate, including

Britain's, and the cost of Take a close look at the French

President leaving the summit. Despite all the disagreements, he

says there were no threats or ultimatums. But France will

continue to push for the British rebate to be reduced. David Cameron

came here with the ambition to freeze the next Budget. He did not

achieve that. But he kept some allies by his side and was able to

block a deal that would have been almost impossible to sell to his

backbenchers back home. And, as Europe's leaders left, you could

glimpse the frustration. They will have to be back here in the new

year, with no guarantee they will agree a budget then.

Let's talk to Nick Robinson, who joins us from Brussels. David

Cameron was talking tough but there is a lot at stake here. There is a

lot at stake here, yes, because there is no deal, and one will have

to be found. And at home, too, given the political pressure David

Cameron has been under. You might think after two days in this not

very attractive building, the Prime Minister might be depressed that he

has not got a deal. Instead, he described it as progress. Why? He

said he had managed to stop an unacceptable deal, and what is more

he managed to do it without fitting the caricature, as he sees it, of

Britain being isolated. There were allies with him throughout these

two days. The gap between countries at the end of these two days is not

that big. The talk is of about 30 billion euros. It sounds a lot, to

you and me, but out of a budget of 1000, it is not a lot of money. So

the departing leaders did not attack the Prime Minister, and he

did not attack them. Instead, he did a traditional British thing for

a Prime Minister. He attacked the Brussels Eurocrats, in particular

those in the European Commission run by managers are Barroso.

Remember a few years ago there was a headline? I think the Prime

Minister rather fancies a headline like, a no way, just saved. In

truth, he knows it is symbolically significant but would raise nowhere

near enough money to close the gap between the richer countries in the

north who want to curb spending, and the poorer countries in the

south and in the East, who want it to go up. And all of them left

today knowing they will be back in a few weeks and they will have to

find a deal. There've been violent protests

across several cities in Egypt and in Cairo's Tahrir Square, following

the President's decision to grant himself sweeping new powers.

Critics have accused Mohamed Morsi of behaving like a "modern-day

Pharoah". The President says he needs more control only to help

steer his country through a difficult period of transition to

democracy. From Cairo, Jon Leyne reports.

Fury in Egypt, as President Morsi gives himself new powers. In

Alexandra, the crowds attacked the offices of the Rolling Muslim

Brotherhood, and there were protests across the country. -- the

ruling Muslim Brotherhood. In Cairo, the crowds flooded back to Tahrir

Square, where last year they celebrated the ousting of President

Mubarak. Now they are demonstrating against a new president who they

say is becoming even more of a dictator, with his edict that no

court can challenge him. Some fear that he wants to force an Islamist

programme on to the country. He is the first dictator in Egypt. He

takes more power than a Barack. So I am here to take the law again to

the Egyptians. It was only days ago that President Morsi was basking in

American and world approval, as he helped to mediate the Gaza

ceasefire. Now, Washington has expressed concern about the

President's latest edict. President Morsi came out to tell his

supporters that he was only acting to defend the revolution.

TRANSLATION: I tell you, I feel the heartbeat of the people and

understand what the Egyptian people want. I have a clear and

irreversible legitimacy. President Morsi this is a huge

political gamble. His supporters love it, but has he overplayed his

hand and tried to grab too much power? The reaction of the rest of

Egypt is the way we will find out. We did not complete our revolution

yet. We need these decisions to take the power to the revolution,

not the old system. On the edge of Tahrir Square, the new grievance

against the government has added fuel to the week-long demonstration

and violent confrontation. These protesters are angry that police,

who attacked previous protests, have not been brought to justice.

Back in the square, the government's opponents have begun a

new city in tonight, the beginning of what could be yet more turbulent

times for Egypt. -- they have begun a new protest.

A Palestinian man has died after being shot by Israeli forces in

Gaza. He's the first person to be killed since the ceasefire between

Hamas and Israel came into effect on Wednesday night. The Israeli

military said soldiers fired warning shots after seeing a group

of men approaching the border. Heavy rain and high winds across

much of the UK have caused widespread flooding, damage to

power lines, and travel disruption, with the West Country particularly

badly hit. A man died after his car was trapped in flood water in

Somerset. As Robert Hall reports, more rain and gale force winds are

expected this weekend. On a bridge over the Grand Western

Canal, they are working to repair damage from the last storm, and

protect communities from the next. Contractors have blocked the canal

water while they repair breeched and the Grand Western's flood bank.

One major incident among so many. Those who live with the risk of

flooding expect seasonal disruption, but they rarely witnessed this.

Water from the slopes of Snowdonia, combining to form a flash flood, a

threat to life which surged into being within minutes. In Somerset,

a swollen stream trapped at this four wheel-drive vehicle against a

wooden footbridge. Emergency crews managed to release the driver, but

he died before he could reach hospital. Just about here would be

up to my waist, standing in the road here, so access was terrible.

The water going down there was like a raging torrent. In Bath, a

collapsed retaining wall allowed a giant boulder and tons of earth to

slide onto the road below, leaving one house perched precariously

above the landslip. The concern is what will happen with further wet

weather. Now it is unstable at the top, so we may not have seen the

last of what is going to come down. At Taunton's council depot, staff

filled 8000 sandbags so far this week. Today, they were filling

thousands more, as the next weather system approached and further

warnings were issued. I would think about potentially vulnerable

members of family, friends that might need help getting out of

properties that might potentially flood, getting possessions out of

the flood water. Get them up into the higher part of your house.

at the Grand Western Canal, a dry day allowed fire brigade punster be

brought from around the UK. They were help protect neighbouring

properties from the rising flood water. Tonight, at fire stations

and council offices across affected regions, plans are in place. Time

to watch the weather charts and prepare, once again, to face the

unpredictable. The Indian-owned steel giant Tata

is cutting 900 jobs and closing 12 sites across Britain. Most of the

job losses will go from South Wales. Unions say the decision is

devastating. As Hugh Pym reports, Tata has been hit hard by reduced

demand for steel. The sun is setting on the jobs of

900 steelworkers at UK sites, more than half of them at Port Talbot in

South Wales. Unions said it would mean a major blow for the local

community, as staff reflected on what it meant for them. Devastating,

isn't it? It is the market, that is what they are telling us. It has

been on the cards for a while. Steel said job losses were

regrettable but it needed to cut costs to make operations

sustainable in the face of a call her economic climate. Across the UK,

we are seeing one of the tightest economic situations we have found

ourselves in. Probably the last six months have been extremely tight

and we foresee that for the next year. Those tight conditions mean

lower prices and a tougher task selling steel to industrial

customers. The construction industry is a major steel user, and

activity has fallen back significantly in the UK over the

last year. It is a similar story across Europe, with major projects

put on hold, and manufacturing affected, too, because of the

economic slowdown. The steel market tends to rise and fall with the

fortunes of the world economy. Demand in the EU was up nearly 6%

last year, but with many economy is faltering, a fall of 5.6% is

forecast this year. There has been a slowdown in China, so while

demand was up just over 6% last year, this year a rise of just 2.5%

is predicted. The background, if we look at the European steel

situation, is that all the other companies, all of the large

producers of steel are doing the same things, cutting down on work

force in most of their units across Europe. France, Belgium,

Netherlands, Spain. Tata Steel had some brighter news. One of Port

Talbot's blast furnaces will restart early next year, rebuilt as

part of a �250 million investment programme. But that will not help

workers who will be shown the exit Coming up: Putting the pieces back

together again. The newly restored Household fuel bills will rise to

fund investment in green energy. It's part of the new Energy Bill

which will authorise ministers to triple spending on low-carbon

electricity by 2020. Critics claim that it will send consumer bills

soaring and does not include a target to slash carbon emissions.

It has been a bruising row between the Lib Dems, who want more green

energy, and the Tories who say not at any price. But this huge shake-

up in how we get our electricity will not come cheap. Yes, we are

putting investment in to clean energy. That will cost some money.

At the moment it is about 2% of people's bills. By 2020 it will be

about 7%. I'm not going to hide that from you. On the other side of

the equation, we will help people save energy and save money.

what exactly will the energy deal been for bills? On average, we

already pay �20 a year to support green electricity. That will rise

to around �95 a year by the end of the decade. By then, we will be

investing up to �7.6 billion a year in low-carbon generation. But is

that enough to insure firms like EDF invest in new power plants in

Britain? There is still work to do. There is still detail to be

finalised. But the broad direction is clear. It is very clear that we

need affordable, secure, low-carbon energy and we need investment.

plans for a new Green Target to clean up electricity have been put

off until after the election. The Chancellor has also secured a

bigger role for cats in our future energy mix. Now, that did not

please environmental groups. -- gas. There is a reckless reliance, from

Friends of the Earth's point of view, on gas in this Bill. That

comes directly from George Osborne, who is not a fan of green policy

that seems to be a big fan of gas. What the consumer needs to

understand is that it commits us to higher bills than necessary. It is

day brave, if confusing new world, with no guarantees for consumers.

These renewable resources are not making bills cheaper. When are we

going to see bills going down? They always seem to go up. I don't think

there is enough research to show what is going to work and supply

enough energy. The economics of green energy is still challenging,

according to Centrica who confirmed it was significantly cutting back

its renewables Division today. Next week, Lord Justice Leveson

will publish the must sh awaited conclusion of his inquiry into

press standards. It is expected to include recommendations for tougher

regulation of newspapers. Many European countries already have

tight restrictions in place, Selling newspapers in Copenhagen,

where complaints from readers are handled by a Press Council set up

by an Act of Parliament. It is many British newspapers worst nightmare.

Danish journalists are generally respectful and well-behaved. They

stand up at the start of the Prime Minister's weekly press conference.

But newspapers and TV and radio stations do sometimes get things

wrong or invade somebody's privacy. If they do, they must answer to a

Press Council whose members are appointed by the Government. The

council's chair is a Supreme Court judge. But, says her deputy, that

does not mean Denmark's free press is subject to government control.

am not employed by the Government in any way. The members of the

councils do not have any specific ties to the Government. The

Government does not in any way try to influence us. Denmark's

newspapers are quite happy with the arrangement, even though they are

not allowed to opt out. They think it is good for their credibility.

Their punishment is to force us to write in a prominent place in the

paper that we made a mistake, we wrote this, this is the truth and

we have to print exactly the wording of the verdict of the

council. And we do that. In the rare cases where we are being

sentenced, and we hate it. In a paper refuses to print a judgment,

the courts can find them. The Danish system, called Coe

regulation, is one model that Lord Justice Leveson could suggest. Or

he could follow Ireland's Mead, where they have self-regulation

with a twist. Newspapers that sign up get preferential treatment if

sued for libel. Or he could opt for the plan preferred by Britain's

newspaper industry, self-regulation with legally enforceable contracts

to stop publishers opting out and the power to levy fines up to �1

million. But no system, as they found in Denmark, can guarantee

newspapers will not go too far. Earlier this year, a committee of

Danish MPs suggested that the present system was not working.

They pointed to a spate of stories, one about a mother wrongly accused

of abducting her child, another of a nursery worker accused of knowing

about paedophilia and another about a man accused of being a killer.

Danish MPs want the Press Council to get tougher. Freedom of the

press is important, they say. But with freedom must come

responsibility. A homeowner from Dorset has been

fined �75,000 for arranging to have a neighbour's protected tree

dropped down. Neil Davey had the 40 foot pine tree destroyed in the

middle of the night because he said it spoiled his Seaview. He is also

to pay a further �50,000 because the view without the tree had

increased the value of his property. The Paralympic Games are now the

third-biggest sporting event in on the planet in terms of ticket sales

as the result of the success of London 2012. It also seems to have

had an impact on people's perception of disability. Rio will

look to their Paralympians to do the same in Brazil.

He is not just any other boy on the beach. This is a level of the air,

the man known as the blades from Brazil. -- Alan aloe vera. He lost

both of his legs as the result of an infection. Having learned to run

on prosthetics, his reputation grew fast. Then came this. He caused one

of the greatest upsets in Paralympic history by beating Oscar

Pistorius in the 200 metres final. The sprinter now has his heart set

on his home games in Rio. But he remains in all of London.

Paralympics in London was as grand as the Olympics and left a legacy.

The two games have the same importance now. I congratulate

London and hope the same will happen in Brazil. Rio promises a

spectacular backdrop to the games in a city where sport is a way of

life. But the most powerful man in the Paralympic movement believes

that momentum must be maintained. London is now the blueprint for

Paralympics summer Games moving forward. I am here this week to lay

down a challenge to Rio to go far further than London did. Expand on

the way perceptions were changed in the UK. And quite a number of other

countries around the world, spread back to the whole of Latin America

and to the world through far more television coverage. Whereas the

London Games brought about a change in attitude, the sense is that the

Rio Paralympics must reach into areas like this and bring about an

improvement in facilities and opportunities, as well as

perceptions. That work has begun in Brazil with a doubling of

investment in disabled sport ahead of the Games. This institute for

the blind and partially sighted in Rio has produced several

Paralympians. The aim is to replicate the success that British

athletes enjoyed this year and capture the imagination. Organisers

also admit a need for that to impact of wider society. We still

have a lot to do. In the UK, you have more balance, a more balanced

society. People understand the rights of a person with disability

better than in Brazil. But I think it is changing and I think the

Games could be a catalyst for that. Alan Oliveira could be a hero in

Rio. But the games will have a broader horizon.

Mark Hughes has become the second Premier League football manager to

be sacked in as many days. Queens Park Rangers are currently bottom

of the Premier League without a win in 12 matches. Harry Redknapp is in

talks to take over at Loftus Road. In cricket, India have fought back

after a good start by England's bowlers on the opening day of the

second Test in Mumbai. Monty Panesar marked his return to the

side with four wickets to reduce India to 119 for 5 at one point.

They recovered to reach 256 for six by close.

This historic archway has stood proudly in place for the last 500

years, guarding the gateway to Scone Palace, the site where

Scotland's kings were crowned. Two years ago it was reduced to rubble

after a workman's van accidentally crashed into it. Stone masons have

spent months restoring the arch. It was unveiled today.

A stately home with an historic past. Scone Palace, once the seat

of Scottish kings who passed through here on their way to be

crowned. But the ancient, imposing entrance with centuries of history

was almost completely destroyed when a worker misjudged the height

of his van. They rather forgot that they should not have come up what

was the original Coronation way of Charles II. Sadly, they took the

archway with them. The impact reduced much of the stonework to

rubble. Restoring it was likened to a jigsaw. There were hundreds of

stones to piece together. The game for those working on the

restoration was to make the arch as close to the original as possible.

But there was a very big problem. Two of the ancient panels had been

completely destroyed. It has to be 100% right. We researched as much

as possible, Carl Minns, any type of ornament, decoration of that

period. The restoration complete, the history of Scone Palace intact

once more. You name somebody from Scottish history and they have a

moment here. Macbeth, William Wallace. It's good that it's been