22/10/2011 BBC Weekend News

Libya prepares to declare its liberation. As celebrations

continue, the way is paved for elections next year.

We need to make freedom now. No more killing, no more blood.

A deal to protect Europe's struggling banks. They're told they

must raise 100 billion euros to avert a full-scale financial crisis.

How giving up alcohol a few days a week can help avoid long-term liver

damage. And friends and family gather for

the funeral of Coronation Street's Libya will formally declare its

liberation tomorrow, paving the way for elections to be held in eight

months' time. The acting prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said

today the Libyan people must remember the agony of the past and

choose a different path for the future. There are reports Colonel

Gaddafi's body is to be handed back to his family, as controversy grows

over the circumstances surrounding the former dictator's death. Ben

Brown is in Tripoli. Yes, the United States, the United

Nations and Amnesty International are all calling on Libya's

transitional rulers to provide a full and detailed account about the

exact circumstances of how Colonel Gaddafi died. But the truth is many

Libyans here really don't care that much. They're no longer looking to

the past, they're looking to the future.

In Martyrs' Square, wild celebrations this evening, anti-

Gaddafi fighters and families alike dancing on the streets. It's a

moment of history. The eve of the official declaration that this

country has been liberated. We need to make freedom now. No more

killing, no more blood. What do you feel about the idea of voting?

looking forward to it. It's a very good idea. This is how we can show

to the world that we are a free country and we want to be a

democratic country. In Misrata, they've been queuing up to see the

body of the late dictator, Colonel Gaddafi not so much lying in state,

as lying in a cold storage unit. The National Transitional Council

had promised his body will be handed over soon to his relatives

so they can bury it. Some here would have preferred it if he had

lived to face justice. I wish he was alive. I want to know why he

did this to the Libyan people. I wish I were prosecutor in his trial,

because this is the question in everybody's mind, why? Did the

Libyan people deserve what he did throughout years of oppression, of

killing of everything? For many of these people it's still sinking in

that Colonel Gaddafi is dead, that four decades of dictatorship are

finally over, and that pretty soon they'll be voting to elect a

Government of their own choosing. And this is the path to democracy

expected to be set out in tomorrow's declaration of

liberation. A transitional Government to be

formed within a month. Within eight months, elections to

an Assembly that will appoint a Prime Minister who will in turn,

nominate an interim Government. That will be in charge until

presidential elections within about 18 months.

After so much fighting, the guns have fallen silent and the hope now

is that peace, democracy and freedom in Libya will finally

blossom. There has been plenty of infighting

and arguing among Libya's transitional rulers so far, and no

doubt, there will be more in the months ahead but their challenge is

to pull together now and stay together long enough to steer this

country from dictatorship to democracy.

Thank you. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has

hailed a deal to strengthen Europe's banks as real progress. He

was speaking following a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels.

It's understood European banks will have to raise more than 100 billion

euros to protect them against losses in heavily indebted

countries. However, as our Europe editor Gavin Hewitt reports,

there's still some way to go before a solution is found to the eurozone

crisis. In Brussels, five days of meetings

and summits have begun to fix the eurozone crisis. Europe's finance

Ministers focused on how to strengthen and protect Europe's

banks, after long hours of negotiating they reached

provisional agreement that banks should raise at least 100 billion

euros of new capital. We have had a ten-hour meeting but we have made

real progress and we have come to important decisions on

strengthening European banks. bargaining around the table was

tough, some officials believed a much higher figure was needed to

protect the banking system from bad loans to Greece and other countries.

British banks will not have to build up their reserves. There is

still, however, the question of how this new money will be raised. But

the mood amongst the leaders arriving here tonight was more

positive. TRANSLATION: I think the finance Ministers have

made progress and we can really reach our goals by Wednesday. --

Wednesday however hard discussions are. Why focus on banking? Partly

the Greek crisis. Europe's leaders now accept that Greek debt has to

be reduced, and that will involve banks taking losses, perhaps as

much as 60%, although the banks have yet to agree to that. Tomorrow

David Cameron will come to this building for a full summit. No one

doubts that difficult talks lie ahead. President Sarkozy and

Chancellor Merkel are having dinner here tonight trying to settle their

differences over how to increase the firepower of the EU's main

bail-out fund. They will also be discussing what to do about Greek

debt, all complex issues, but important decisions were taken here

today. Our business editor Robert Peston

is here now. How well do you think this deal is going to be received,

crucially, by the markets? European banks are being told they're going

to have to raise up to 110 billion euros, it sounds like a lot of

money, it is a lot of money, but it's about half what regulators

originally thought the banks needed to raise to be properly

strengthened against potential losses. So we are going to have to

wait for the detail of how much individual banks will have to raise

and how they're going to do that. What kind of help they're going to

get from taxpayers, what kind of help they're going to get from the

bail-out fund. For now the jury is out. Let's make no mistake, the

eurozone crisis isn't over as a result of this deal, what more has

to be done? It's only one element in a three-pronged strategy. As you

heard Gavin say, private sector lenders, bank lenders to Greece are

going to have to accept big reductions in what Greece pays them

back and, crucially, a huge bail- out fund needs to be enlarged in

terms of its financial firepower so if - and Italy runs out of money,

there is money on tap available from the eurozone. Now, on both

those absolutely vital elements of the rescue package there is no

agreement yet about both either when - about how these deals are

going to be put in place. I don't expect eurozone summits leaders to

reach an agreement tomorrow, they have promised to reach an agreement

by Wednesday. If they don't, we will be back into market meltdown

territory. Thank you. People who drink should have two or

three days without alcohol a week to avoid the risk of long-term

damage, according to the Royal College of Physicians. Doctors say

the current guidance on healthy drinking needs to be clarified.

Fiona Trott reports. Pre-match drinks in Liverpool. Here

only a few say they take a three- day break from booze. What do you

think of this latest advice? Poppycock. Looking for attention.

Sensationalism. It will be forgotten about in a few weeks.

all depends if you can handle it. If you can't handle it you have to

give your body a rest. Alcohol- related illness is set to cost the

NHS around �3 billion a year. The special advisor on alcohol for the

Royal College of Physicians says people need more clarification on

what's safe. The Government came in with their guidelines in 1995

suggesting four drinks a day for men, three for women. People

immediately multiplied that by seven and said there's been an

increase in safe limits but we said no, if you have a couple of days

alcohol-free a week it comes out at the at the same limits and gives

your body a rest. Back over the water in Liverpool city centre GPs

break for coffee at their annual conference. But it's alcohol that

they're talking about. And alcohol illness was one of the issues they

put to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley. We are all very clear that

we have got to reduce alcohol abuse and in this country we have two

kinds of ways in which people abuse alcohol. One is binge drinking, far

too much drink at one time. The other is chronic alcohol abuse and

we need to act on both and we are acting on both. Many doctors

believe that only pricing can solve the problem, if that issue was

addressed, they say today's advice wouldn't be necessary.

Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has insisted that the days

of Westminster politicians telling the Scottish what to do are over.

Speaking at the SNP's annual conference, the first since their

landslide election victory in May, he also indicated that a second

option, short of full independence, would be on the ballot paper when

they vote in a referendum on the future of the country. Our Scotland

correspondent James Cook reports. Are these the dying days of the

United Kingdom? The The Scottish National Party thinks so, within a

decade they say an independent Scotland will stand as an equal

alongside the nations of the world. But how to kill off the union? Alex

Salmond's current referendum plan involves an insurance policy, one

question on independence, and another on Edinburgh raising all

its own taxes but leaving defence and foreign affairs with London.

Fiscal responsibility, financial freedom, real economic power is a

legitimate proposal. It could allow us to control our resources,

introduce competitive business tax and fair personal taxation. All

good, all necessary, but not enough. Only independence would be enough,

he said. And his party would campaign full square for it.

have the talent, the resources, the ingeneral aouity. The only

limitations are imagination and ambition. So give Scotland the

tools, put the people in charge and see our nation flourish as never

before. That message of Scots deciding their own fate was

hammered home. The days of Westminster politicians telling

Scotland what to do or what to think are over. The Scottish people

will set the agenda for the future. And so 80 years after the SNP was

formed, they sense a moment of destiny. The delegates here believe

that Alex Salmond is leading them on a march to freedom. All they

have to do now is take the people of Scotland with them.

The funeral of the Coronation Street actress Betty Driver has

taken place in Manchester. Stars of the ITV soap joined family and

friends for the service at St Ann's Church, while fans watched on a

screen outside. The 91-year-old, who died a week ago, was the soap's

longest serving barmaid. Katherine Downes reports.

The hundreds outside Church today stood as proof that Betty Driver on

screen and in reality was one of Coronation Street's best loved

characters. She was the Rovers Return's longest serving barmaid,

her funeral attended by friends and colleagues from a 42-year career on

the cobbles. We will miss her. So very much. The Rovers will not be

the same without her. Well, if anybody wants watching

around here, Sonny boy, it's you. Betty was coaxed out of retirement

to join the cast of Corrie. She had already had great success as a

comic actor and singer, pushed on to the stage at the age of eight by

her ambitious mother. As an actress she was brilliant. She was always

spot on. And her love even came through that. As a person, always

jolly, always jolly. Loved a bit of gossip. We will miss her. It's not

the way we behave up north. Family and friends will remember the Betty

they knew, millions will remember the character she played for over

four decades, known for her straight talking and her legendry

Lancashire hotpot. Sport now. There were five matches

in the Barclays Premier League. Match of the Day follows this

programme so if you don't want to There were four games in the

Scottish Premier League but one team emerged with a win.

In just under 12 hours New Zealand will play hosts to France in the

Rugby Union World Cup final. The All Blacks go into the match as

strong favourites but also carry the weight of an expectant nation.

Dan Roan reports from Auckland. They're the men on whose shoulers

rest the hopes of an entire nation. These are the All Blacks, for

almost a quarter of a century their predecessors have tried and failed

to win rugby's greatest prize. Now on the eve of the biggest match in

New Zealand's history they stand on the brink of sporting immortality.

Having swept aside Australia the All Blacks, unbeaten here, are

expected to win and win well against France in the biggest match

of these players' lives is intense. The pressure is intense. Are you

ready for this? We have played 11 test matches in 13 weeks. The boys

are jaded by now but we are training to suit their needs. And

making sure, it's exciting. This is what the country is

desperate to see a repeat of, 1987 and New Zealand beat France to win

the very first World Cup on home soil. If the All Blacks are to win

a second World Cup this is where they have to do it. Eden Park, the

spiritual home of New Zealand rugby, where they won the inaugural

competition. They haven't lost a match here since 1994.

France have knocked New Zealand out of two the last three World Cups

but with rumours of a rift with players and management, they must

improve beyond recognition if they're to pull off a huge upset.

We don't care, we know that we will be 15 on the pitch against all the

world maybe. For years the sport's finest players have been produced

here. Now New Zealand must prove it's the best once again and