28/12/2013 BBC Weekend News

More bad weather predicted as the Government tells local authorities

they need clearer plans to deal with the aftermath of storms. 3,000 homes

are still without power - energy companies are also told to raise

their game. Negotiators give Northern Ireland's

political parties until Monday to come up with a deal to resolve their

divisions. In Cairo, supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood clash

with police - a student is killed, scores are arrested.

And meltdown in Melbourne as England lose their nerve in the fourth Ashes

Test. Hello, good evening. As more storms

are predicted to hit the UK, David Cameron has warned local authorities

to have clearer plans in place to deal with the aftermath. Around

3,000 homes in England and Wales remain without power as the clean-up

following the Christmas storms continues. Flood warnings remain in

place in parts of northern and southern England.

And there's more heavy rain due on Monday, with Scotland, Wales and the

South-West of England likely to be affected. Daniella Relph reports. In

Kent, the lights are finally back on. Most of the village has been

without power since Christmas Eve. There was obvious relief from

homeowners after a difficult few days. Absolutely awful, even at the

top of the village, we have been without power, so you can imagine,

all your Christmas food deteriorating in the fridge rapidly.

I think there has been a lot of eating! There has been timed to

clear up and clear out. Carpets, furniture and bedding, soaked and

thrown away. A frustrating and upsetting time for residents. Do not

talk to us about an emergency plan! This local politician saw the anger

for himself today. We need to urge government to yield flood defences

for the village of yielding because every time, we get substantial

rainfall and we get the hardest hit. There is still shot at the ferocity

of the weather. This was the moment the water began to flood a hotel

near Bath, gushing into the dining room, causing a huge amount of

damage during one of the busiest times of the year. Christmas was

cancelled here. I didn't ring -- enjoy ringing everyone who had

booked saying they couldn't come, hopefully I won't do the same the

New Year's Day. In Cumbria, 24,000 people had to have their power

restored. The government is now urging power suppliers to keep

customers better informed. People do except when there is severe weather

there is sometimes a disruption to their supply but they want no one

was going to come back on some complained their lives. The areas

worst affected over Christmas may now find themselves hit again by bad

weather over New Year, and that means more pressure on local

councils, power suppliers and the emergency services. The government

are warning they must have a robust plan in place to deal with any

disruption. Our Political Correspondent Iain

Watson is in Westminster. Pressure on the government and the energy

industry over the disruption? What are we to make of it emergency

meeting today? Politically the government was trying to achieve two

things, firstly responding to the kind of criticism that the prime

minister hurt himself yesterday in on his visit to Kent, people find it

difficult to contact councils and power companies in a crisis. So the

public government want a public line, and secondly he hoped people

would get the power back. They also want to Internet the government from

future criticism. With more bad weather on its way, the government

is trying to move some of that pressure onto local councils by

saying to them, we will make money available to you to have emergency

staff, set up helplines, but is your responsibility to deliver it. Labour

saving government have been dragging their feet on this and they wanted

to prove today that they can give councils and power companies a bit

of a kick if need be. Northern Ireland's political leaders

have spent the day trying to reach agreement on how to solve some of

the most contentious issues still causing division. The former

American diplomat Richard Haass, who's chairing the talks, says

parties have until the end of Monday to come up with a deal. Claire

Savage reports from Stormont. Scenes of violence, a sign of

instability born out of the of division. Images all-too-familiar

with Northern Ireland that most don't want repeated. The recent

trouble is blamed on contentious unresolved issues like parades, how

to deal with the issues of the past and flags. Doctor Richard Haass and

Meghan O'Sullivan are back in Belfast and try and get the five

main parties to reach an agreement. A final opportunity to come together

on an agreement that we believe could and would change Northern

Ireland for the better. The Deputy first minute says a no deal will be

embarrassing. This is the greatest opportunity would possibly ever will

have to move forward in a way that gives people confident in

politicians that we have the ability to take difficult decisions. Richard

has failed to get all-party agreement before Christmas. That

deadline has now shifted to adjust after the New Year. Partitions that

they appeared slightly more optimistic that a deal could be

reached. But tonight the talks rock up with no agreement so far. There

are a number of significant things that need to be resolved

particularly like parades, so we are determined to try and close the gap

if we can. Talks will resume on Monday but despite that

determination, it's understood there are still some way to go.

A soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan before Christmas has

been named by the Ministry of Defence. Captain Richard Holloway

was 29 and served with the Royal Engineers. He was from County

Durham. Captain Holloway was shot during an operation east of the

capital, Kabul. A British woman and her young

daughter are among several people who've been injured in an explosion

at a hotel on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Local authorities said the

woman's being treated for severe burns to her face and scalp while

her eight-year old daughter suffered burns to her neck and ear following

the blast in a resort on the south-west coast of the island.

Local reports suggest it was caused by a metal canister exploding at the

hotel's poolside bar. A student's been killed and scores

arrested after clashes with police at a leading Islamic University in

Cairo. The protests were in support of the ousted Government party, the

Muslim Brotherhood - they were declared a terrorist group earlier

this week. Egyptian state TV blamed the students for setting fire to two

university buildings, a claim the students deny. From Cairo, Bethany

Bell reports. Black smoke at Cairo's Al-Azhar

University. To campus buildings caught fire in the latest clashes

between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the police.

Officials say pro-Muslim Brotherhood students were trying to stop their

classmates from sitting exams. One person was killed in the clashes.

The stand-off between the Egyptian authorities and the Muslim

Brotherhood is deepening. Security forces now have greater powers to

clamp down on the Muslim Brotherhood. People protesting in

support of the Islamist group now face up to five years in prison. Its

leaders could face the death penalty. Hundreds of people have

been arrested in recent days. The head of the army says Egypt will

remain steadfast in the face of terrorism. But the violence and the

protests show no sign of stopping. The Muslim Brotherhood says it

struggle will continue. It's been another busy day of

sporting action - with all the details, here's Olly Foster at the

BBC Sport Centre. Good evening. We start with cricket. It's advantage

Australia again after an England batting collapse in the fourth Ashes

test. Lay resumes in an hour. Australia had ten wickets in hand

and the 200 more runs to go 4-0 up. Prospects seem brighter today.

English cricket may be under a cloud but here today prospects seemed

brighter. In soaring temperatures a chance to turn up the heat on their

opponents. England needed one more wicket to press home their

advantage. Unfortunately for them, Australia added 40 priceless runs.

Brad Haddin was finally caught for 65. England's lead was 51, still

useful but they had to build on it. Alastair Cook set about the task.

But England were about to collapse twice. First Mitchell Johnson. There

was a ghastly spell of three wickets for one run as panic set in. Michael

Carberry, Joe Root, and Ian Bell all gone to leave England in crisis. 87

for four. As in the first innings, everything seemed to depend on Kevin

Pietersen. Kevin Pietersen was taking no chances, pulling away late

when distracted. Johnson let him know what he thought of that. But in

a tour full of batting horror shows, England were about to outdo

themselves, five wickets falling for six runs. Nathan Lyon with five

victims. The tourists crumbled to 179 all-out. Australia could not

have made a better start in chasing their 231 run target. England are in

danger of going 4-0 down. After arguably the worst batting display

of the series, England have somehow turned a hugely promising position

into a perilous one. Australia still have work to do but England may just

have squandered their best chance of avoiding the whitewash. The FA will

investigate claims that Nicolas Anelka made an anti-Semitic gesture

during their match at West Ham today. The French sports Mr

described his goal celebration as shocking and disgusting but Anelka

defended it saying it was a special dedication to a well-known French

comedian who has been criticised by Jewish groups in France. All the

Premier League goals are coming up on much of the day, here are the

results. Saracens are still top of the Viva

Premiership. Second place Northampton beat has stop there was

a crowd of 75,000 at cooking them for the match between Harlequins and

Exeter. Mike Brown scored the last of three tries.

A rare painting by the great 17th century artist Anthony Van Dyck has

been discovered by a priest in the Peak District. Originally bought for

?400, it had previously been dismissed as a copy. But after more

detailed investigation and careful restoration it has been revealed as

genuine. Fiona Bruce reports. It was at a recording of the

antiques road show in Gloucestershire that the mystery of

the priest's painting was uncovered. I bought it in Nantwich in an

antiques show. I spent 400. I was making a programme with our

paintings expert about van Dyck and we spent weeks looking at his

paintings. When I saw this, something about the eyes and the way

you can almost see the bone out of the nose here, it just looked

similar to the kind of paintings I have been looking at. Restoration of

the painting took months as layers of later additional paint had to be

carefully removed to expose the original 17th-century brushstrokes

beneath. It was quite a transformation. In 1634 Van Dyck did

a huge painting, it was a group portrait. Tragically, 60 years later

it was destroyed, and it is only recorded through a few sketches.

This is, I think, rather similar to yours. An independent expert had

looked at Father Jamie 's painting and delivered his verdict. Jamie,

I'm delighted to be able to tell you that you do have a work by Sir

Anthony Van Dyck. So what do you think? You are the owner of a Van

Dyck! I am completely shocked. You told me if you were to sell it, you

were going to buy some new bells for the chapel. Yes, I would like this

country to be able to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First

World War. I think that as a nation, we owe that to the people who gave

their lives. So a portrait bought for ?400 is now worth 400,000 thanks

to this old Brussels dignitary. You can see more about the discovery

of the Van Dyck portrait on the Antiques road show Xmas special at

seven o'clock tomorrow evening on BBC One. You can see more on all of

today's stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me

Goodnight. Good evening. The weather tonight, a

widespread frost, but a quieter, try a Sunday before the wind and rain

returns tomorrow evening. We do have an issue with ice already starting

to form in some localities, a