06/05/2013 BBC News at Ten

The father of four killed with his daughter in a speedboat accident in

Cornwall is formally identified. Nick Milligan and other members of

his family were thrown from the boat. His brother paid tribute to

him and his daughter today. That he and my delight for these died in

their favourite place at the end of a gloriously sunny bank holiday

weekend provides us with a tiny glimmer of light.

The Syrian conflict. A UN official says the rebels may have used

chemical weapons. The US says it is more likely to be the Assad

Government. Lord Lawson says he would vote to

leave the European Union in a referendum.

And the return of the Rocket. Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the World

Good evening. The brother of a man who was killed along with his eight

year-old daughter in a speedboat accident near Padstow in Cornwall

says he was an extremely loving father and husband who doted on his

family. 51 year-old Nick Bernard Dunne, an executive who worked for

BSkyB, was thrown from the boat when it got out of control. -- Nick

Milligan. For 51 year-old Nick Milligan, it

should have been a holiday in the post he held dear with the young

family he loved. Instead a sunny trip out on the sea turned into

tragedy. Teams of coast guards have been scouring the shoreline,

looking for anything that could help piece together exactly what

happened when the executive's speedboat span out of control

yesterday afternoon. The family were also tipped into the sea.

Instead of stopping, the empty boat continued to circle, ploughing into

the group several times, killing Nick Milligan and his eight year-

old daughter. It was just off the harbour here in the estuary that

eyewitnesses watched in horror as the drama unfolded. Nick Milligan's

brother said that knowing that they died in a place they loved gave the

family are some comfort. We spent many years in Cornwall and a few

years ago, he built his dream home above the bay. That he and my

delight full niece died at the end of a sunny bank holiday weekend

gives us a glimmer of hope. People tried to save the family. One man

tried to jump on board the boat and cut the engine. Without their help,

police officers say more would have died. If people had not come to

their assistance in the manner they did, I am confident this incident

would have been far worse in terms of the overall death toll. The 39

year-old woman believed to be Nick Milligan's wife and their three

children were thrown to hospital. Police say she has like changing

injuries along with a four year old boy. The two girls have minor

injuries. The investigation into what happened is well under way.

Police are looking at whether the driver of the boat was wearing a

court which would have cut the engine automatically if they fell

overboard and if it was working properly. Police are appealing for

anyone with video evidence to come forward.

A United Nations Commission on Syria has stressed it has no

conclusive evidence yet that chemical weapons have been used by

either side in a conflict. It follows comments by one of the team,

Carla del Ponte, suggesting that rebels may have used a nerve agent.

The White House said that any use of chemical weapons was more likely

to have come from the Assad Government.

There are an increasingly desperate array of rebel groups in Syria.

Fire-fighting like this in Aleppo these days is part of everyday life.

But now a senior UN official says testimony gathered by victims from

her human rights team suggests that some rebel groups may have got hold

of and used sarin nerve gas. I was a little bit stupefied that the

first indication we got was the use of nerve gas by the opponents.

investigating team has not been allowed inside cereal. Their

evidence is gathered at second hand from victims and doctors at the

crowded refugee camps across the border where so many have fled. The

UN stressed that these latest findings are not conclusive and

there is no proof that chemical weapons have been used by either

side. But pictures of victims clearly in distress do suggest that

there may have been instances where chemical agents have been used. One

attack took place in a part of Aleppo, it is alleged, inhabited by

Syrian Kurds. The leader of the main Kurdish opposition party was

in London today. They are holding their own investigation into the

attack. We are still investigating. We don't know who used it, the

opposition or the Government. We're not sure yet. We are sure that a

chemical weapon was used. If the rebels did use chemical weapons,

why would they? To blame the Government, to blame the regime, to

show that the regime used them. tonight the White House insisted

that it was much more likely that President Assad's Government was

responsible. We are highly sceptical of suggestions that the

opposition could have or did use chemical weapons. We find it highly

likely that any chemical weapon used that has taken place in Syria

was done by the Assad regime and that remains our position.

Meanwhile the conflict continues to escalate. This was the destruction

wrought by the second Israeli strike in 48 hours. A massive

attack which seems to have hit three separate military

installations. The Syrian Government has called it an act of

war. The former Conservative Chancellor

Lord Lawson has said Britain should leave the EU. In an article for the

Times is paper he said that any changes that the Prime Minister can

negotiate on any changes with the European Union would be

inconsequential and if there is a referendum in 2017, he would be

voting to leave. Conservative ministers have said the Government

will publish a draft bill to underline David Cameron's

commitment to holding a referendum in the next Parliament. How

significant is Lord Lawson's intervention in this? Lord Lawson

is forthright in his article for the Times. He says that he believes

that although back in 1975 who voted to stay in the Common Market,

as it then was, if there is a referendum in 2017, he will be

voting out. His argument is that the fundamental nature of the

European Union has changed with the creation of the eurozone. He says

Britain is marginalised, frequently averted by members of the EU, and

he is very dismissive of David Cameron's prospect of changing the

terms of our membership of the European Union. He believes any

changes would be inconsequential. He says there is a clear case for

an exit. He says in fact the economic gains would outweigh the

costs. Lord Lawson is the most senior Conservative to argue for

pulling out of the EU at a time when the party is really under

pressure to toughen its stance, after the rise of UKIP. But David

Cameron has promised a referendum if he is re-elected as Prime

Minister and sauces are making it clear there could be a draft bill

before the re-election to give British people their say.

A woman has gone on trial in Germany accused of being involved

in the killing of 10 people while she was a member of a neo-Nazi

group. Beate Zschaepe denies the murders of mainly Turkish

immigrants over several years, and bombings in immigrant areas and a

string of bank robberies. David Cameron is holding an

international conference on Somalia tomorrow aimed at getting more

direct funding to support the Somali Government rebuilding the

country after years of civil war with Islamist rebels. The UK

already gives a �2 million a year in aid. Our correspondent begins

his report in a town just outside Mogadishu on the progress made in

restoring order to the country. We are heading into the Somali

countryside. Until a few months ago, all this territory was held by

Islamist militants linked to Al- Qaeda. But outside this market town

is peaceful. The locals are tried to get used to something that

anarchic Somalia has not had for 20 years, a proper central Government.

The new police chief tells me: The Islamists are gone forever. We will

not allow them back. To that end, a National Army and police force,

heavily funded by the West, are taking shape. There is hope in the

air. There is no doubt the security situation here has improved

dramatically in recent months. This could be the best chance Somalia

has had for peace in a generation but it is not a done deal. Somalia,

after all, is a broken country. Then people, they don't have a job.

They are doing nothing. They finish high school, they don't have

university, they have nothing. They stay at home and play football.

That is it. I am one of them, the young people. And you have no job?

I have no job. And these men, the Islamist militants of Al Shabaab,

continue to recruit and attack. Yesterday it was this bomb blast in

the capital, Mogadishu, with some 30 civilian casualties. Somalia's

new leaders will be in London tomorrow asking for more money from

Britain and others. Corruption is a problem here but the West cannot

afford to abandon Somalia again. Somalia has been an awful threat

for the last 22 years. We are rebuilding Somalia. Therefore the

cost that we ask may not be something small. Outside they are

already clearing away the wreckage of the car bomb. This remains a

dangerous country. But it has a new sense of purpose.

The BBC is to hold a separate free- standing investigation into how the

broadcaster Stuart Hall was able to indecently assault more than a

dozen girls were employed by the corporation. His behaviour was to

be looked at by Dame Janet Smith, the QC overseeing a review of the

BBC's culture and practices in a 79 and eighties in the wake of the

Jimmy Savile scandal. -- in the 70s. Because she knows one of Stuart

Law's managers, there will be a different review that will feed

into it. Helen Mirren has been describing

why she swore at a group of street drummers that disturb to a betrayal

of the Queen on Saturday night. She left the theatre during the

interval of The Audience to confront the musicians. The irony

is that I love running and in another situation I would have been

out here enjoying it with all the punters. Unfortunately I was having

to do a play at the same time. Helen Mirren.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has won snooker's World Championship for a 5th time,

beating Barry Hawkins 18 frames to 12 at the Crucible Theatre

Sheffield. O'Sullivan has barely played since winning the world

title last year. After collecting a cheque for �250,000 this evening,

he refused to be drawn on whether he would return to defend his title

next year. Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker's most

gifted man and most confusing. 11 months out of the sport on

sabbatical and then straight back into the world snooker final. It is

no wonder everyone wants to watch it. Leading 10-7 overnight, he

lived up to his nickname, the Rocket. He extended his lead to 13

-9, with a brisk break of one other than 33. -- 133. Barry Hawkins was

doing his best but O'Sullivan is possible to match at his best. This

double set him up for a record six century of the final. This match

was not just about one man. Barry Hawkins was a gutsy opponent and he

pushed to the end, getting a break of 127. But O'Sullivan could not be

stopped. On his way to another century, he proved he is human. The

world title is still his for a 5th time. Kind of bored sitting on the

sidelines, nothing going on. Something to keep me busy for the

next six weeks, preparing for the world. And then obviously coming

here, I like Sheffield, I love the tournament, I love being at the

Crucible. So it has been a nice eight weeks. Talk of retirement is