19/05/2013 BBC Weekend News

Double trouble for David Cameron. Accused of losing control of his

MPs on Europe and being out of touch with Tory grassroots. The

Prime Minster is rounded on by a former Foreign Secretary over the

EU as Conservative activists criticise gay marriage plans.

cannot believe we are standing here today complaining about our own

Prime Minister, whom we have worked so hard to get elected. Google

under pressure again over its tax affairs - this time from a company

whistleblower. President Assad defiant in a rare interview as the

Syrian regime continues to bombard England win the first test after

bowling out New Zealand for just 68. The guard of honour of greets him.

And Fergie time is finally over. Sir Alex bows out after 1500 games

Good evening and welcome to BBC News. The former Foreign Secretary,

Lord Howe, says that David Cameron is running scared of his

Eurosceptic MPs and losing control of his party. His comments came as

several constituency chairmen complained in Downing Street that

Conservative leaders are out of touch with their membership -

particularly over gay marriage - an issue that is going before the

House of Commons tomorrow. They looked harmless enough but this

Conservative activists came to the door of David Cameron to deliver a

damning verdict on his leadership. The issue of gay marriage has

incensed them. This letter accuses the Prime Minister and his inner

circle of treating ordinary party members of with content. They do

not want to listen to anyone apart from their close group of advisers.

They are much more the modernisers. The Conservative Party needs to

embrace everyone. Her cannot believe we are standing here today

complaining about our own Prime Minister, whom we have worked so

hard to get elected. Others insist the party cannot survive unless it

is in touch with modern attitudes. The bigger danger for the

Conservative Party is losing touch with the next generation of voters.

It comes after a week when a visit by Mr Cameron to America was

dominated by rows about Europe back home. The Tories rushed out plans

guaranteeing an in/out referendum. We did not stop 100 backbenchers

voting against his strategy. -- it did not. Lord Howe quit the

Government in 1990 because he disagreed with the Prime Minister

over Europe. Now he is sticking in the night again. In an interview,

he said the promise to renegotiate membership of the EU meant the

party was running scared of its own backbenchers. On the state of the

Conservatives, he says the deep anti-Europeanism has infected the

soul of the party. Senior ministers have rallied to the defence of the

Prime Minister. The policy issue is, do we need to do something to make

our relationship in Europe different? On that issue, there is

unity. David Cameron hope the promise of an EU referendum would

unite his party. Instead, it is barely papering over the cracks.

Euro-sceptic MPs fear the argument is going in their direction and

they are pushing Mr Cameron as far as they can. Divisions in the Tory

Party over Europe are as deep as ever. What we want him to do is get

on with the negotiation. We think the new relationship is to be based

on trade and not uncommon government. David Cameron warned

his party about the dangers of banging on about Europe. At the

moment, it is not listening. And we can speak to Vicki Young, who is at

Westminster. What has number 10 to say to all of that? This weekend,

Downing Street has been forced to deny that a member of the inner

circle called Tory Party members mad, swivel-eyed Clunes. Also the

issue of gay marriage, which is coming back to the House of Commons

tomorrow. An open letter has been written by over 100 Tory activist,

backing his position. They say it is of particular importance to

younger voters and MPs risk appearing out of touch if they

pander to a vocal minority. That goes to the heart of the issue for

the Tories. It needs to have a modern outlet and others on this

additional wing are worried about voters slipping to UKIP. This can

lead to a bit of an identity crisis. A former Google employee says he is

providing evidence to the tax authorities about how the internet

giant avoided paying corporation tax in Britain by using its offices

in Dublin to finalise deals. Barney Jones, who worked at Google for

four years until 2006, claims that at that time, some deals were

completed in Britain. Google says it can't comment on the specific

allegations but maintains it complies fully with UK tax law, as

Google says the contract it signed with UK customers are carried out

by its Irish subsidiary, where taxes are lower. Today, a former

sales and poly disputed that, saying there UK staff negotiated

and signed these deals, which could have tax implications for the

company. They would follow up their getting a contract signed by them

and faxed back to the sales rep in the UK. I just felt that sales

process, but I had seen, was not represented by what Google were

saying about their never having been really any sales activity in

the UK. Does that take place in the UK? He first approached the Public

Accounts Committee of MPs with his evidence. That sparked this

accusation by his chairman. You say you do no evil and I think you do

do evil. Eric Schmidt is in town this week, visiting his existing UK

headquarters. He is expected in Downing Street tomorrow as part of

the business advisory group. Google cannot comment on documents it has

not seen and that it complies fully with UK tax law and tax affairs are

up-to-date. It also stresses it is investing heavily in the United

Kingdom, like this new headquarters near King's Cross. It will employ

thousands of people and benefit the Treasury by tens of millions of

pounds every year. With the public increasingly angry about this issue,

demonstrated by protests like these, the Government is pressing hard for

the new global tax deal. For its part, Labour said, if elected, they

would act unilaterally to tackle aggressive tax avoidance by big

companies. We need proper international agreement rather than

pussyfooting around any longer. If we cannot get that, we should get

proper disclosure of what these companies are paying and tighten up

some of these tax definitions to get the rules properly set out.

Google says it is happy to abide by new worldwide tax standard, if

agreed. The first staging post in getting that the women will be the

G8 summit in Fermanagh. Five people have been taken to hospital after

an explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire. Fire crews say the

property in Newark has been severely damaged in what's thought

to be a gas explosion. The police say more than 100 people have been

moved from nearby homes as a precaution. A British man has been

arrested in France after his two children were found dead. The

bodies of his five-year-old son and daughter of ten were discovered in

a flat in a suburb of Lyon. Their mother raised the alarm after

returning to the flat. The couple had been going through a divorce.

Syria's President Assad says he has no intention of stepping down. In

his first interview since calls for a peace conference to try to

resolve the conflict, he said the West's efforts would be better

focused on trying to stop guns falling into the hands of the

terrorists he said were responsible for attacking his country.

Government forces, reportedly with the help of Hezbollah fighters from

Lebanon, have been bombarding the strategic rebel stronghold of

Kersair today. The BBC also has evidence that the Syrian regime is

getting support from Shia fighters The forces of Assad Park on the

offensive. This but it shows the bombardment of a rebel stronghold.

It is now close to falling to the Syrian Army. The President filmed

giving an interview to an Argentinian newspaper, says he will

keep fighting and has no intention of stepping down. The country is

suffering from a crisis right now, he says. The captain does not flee

the ship during a storm. It is said the West is helping to fuel the

crisis and poured scorn on jihadi fighters aiding the insurgency.

Here, in neighbouring Iraq, it is obvious foreign competence are

helping the forces of Assad as well. These banners talk of martyrs who

have died in Syria fighting against the rebels. This man helps to

recruit and prepare Shi'ite the Rockies. -- Iraqi use. There is no

way of verifying it but he says they have gone in their thousands.

TRANSLATION: A civil war is one set against another. This is more than

that. When someone attacks your beliefs, you must defend them, no

matter who they are. Tension does not stay across the border in Syria.

To some extent, it is contributing to the worst violence between Sunni

and Shia in Iraq. Anything which is happening in Syria, especially when

things went wrong. I am sure Iraq will be effected. Not just Iraq,

Lebanon and Jordan but Iraq especially. The defiance of

President Assad means to suggest -- seems to suggest it will put

pressure on the region. So much so, that here in Iraq, they're talking

about for the first time in years about the potential break-up of

their country. In Pakistan, Imran Khan has accused a political

opponent of being responsible for the murder of a senior member of

his Movement for Justice party. As the funeral of Zahra Hussain took

place today, he blamed her death on the leader of the rival MQM party,

Altaf Hussain. Mr Hussain, who runs his party from exile in London,

In the fading heat of late afternoon, mourners bring the body

of Sara Hiom for funeral prayers. - - tsar macro. She was shot dead

late last night. It is not clear if she was a victim of an armed

robbery or a political killing. She had been the leading light for the

Movement for Justice, which aims to sweep aside the old, established

political parties. Still in hospital after an accident, Imran

Khan was quick to accuse Altaf Hussain, leader of Karachi's main

political party for being responsible for the murder. His

statement raising even further the political tensions in this country.

Supporters of Imran Khan had been gathering in Islamabad and other

cities to protest the killing. They are not just angry with Altaf

Hussain, they are also angry with the British government for allowing

him to control his party from his home in London. Altaf Hussain made

a speech from his London base last week, which was broadcast in

Pakistan, in which he allegedly threatened the supporters of Imran

Khan. The spokesman for Altaf Hussain denied they had any

involvement in the murder and through the allegations back at

Imran Khan. He is behind this murder - he is the mastermind. He

has committed this murder. Despite this tense atmosphere, people

turned out to cast ballots a gain in parts of Karachi where it is

alleged the vote last weekend was rate almost managed. Security

forces kept the situation under control. Karachi is an extremely

volatile city. All the sport from the BBC Sport Centre. It was the

final day of the English and Scottish Premier League seasons

today, with European qualification the main focus. Match of the Day

and Sportscene follows the news here on BBC One. So, if you do not

want to know what happened, then it is time to leave the room for a

moment. Arsenal will be playing Champions League football for the

16th year in a row after they beat Spurs to 4th place in the Premier

League. A 1-0 victory at Newcastle was enough for Arsene Wenger's side,

as Tottenham missed out, despite Gareth Bales stunning winner

against Sunderland. It was the end of an era at the Hawthorns as Sir

Alex Ferguson's 26-year reign at Manchester United came to close.

And his 1500th match in charge proved unforgettable. It finished

5-5 against West Brom, with Romelu Lukaku scoring a second half hat-

trick to deny Ferguson the chance to sign off with a win. And it was

a day of farewells in the Premier League, as David Moyes signed off

his Everton career with a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea. Jamie Carragher

kept a clean sheet in his final game for Liverpool. Managerless

Manchester City ended a difficult week with a 3-2 defeat to Norwich.

Michael Owen played a part for Stoke as they drew 1-1 with

Southampton. There were wins for Fulham and for West Ham. Meanwhile,

relegated Wigan drew with Aston Villa. St Johnstone will play in

Europe next season after beating Motherwell 2-0 on the final day of

the SPL season. Inverness miss out after their defeat to Ross County.

And Champions Celtic were 4-0 winners at Dundee United. Yeovil

have been promoted to the Championship after beating

Brentford 2-1 in their playoff final at Wembley. The pick of the

goals came after just six minutes when League One's top scorer Paddy

Madden sent Yeovil on their way in some style. And they held off late

pressure from Brentford to take their place in football's second

tier for the first time in their history. Stuart Broad has bowled

England to victory in the first test against New Zealand, on a

thrilling 4th day at Lords. He took seven wickets in 11 overs to

dismiss the Tourists for just 68 runs after lunch. Just a few hours

earlier, New Zealand had appeared At Lord's, they begin with a ring.

England started with a belt but Ian has been Gale. -- has been ill.

Graeme Swann became the 10th victim of the match. A little later,

England finished 238 ahead. At tantalising target. This was to be

a spell for the connoisseur. He was well and truly bold pawn nine. When

the innings of Ross Taylor lasted two deliveries, England work 16 for

three. Jimmy Anderson got involved. The final act of a barely

believable morning was the dismissal of the New Zealand

captain. It was the spell which won the match. The New Zealand innings