27/02/2016 BBC Weekend News

Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned

of a "shock" to the global economy if Britain leaves

The warning came in a statement at the end of a G20 summit

Here's our Political Correspondent, Iain Watson.

George Osborne put a commitment to an EU

referendum in the Conservative manifesto.

But at a meeting of other finance ministers, in China,

he said they agreed with him the idea of

Britain leaving the EU was simply shocking.

The financial leaders of the world's biggest countries

They say that a British exit from the EU

would be a shock to the world economy and if it's a shock

to the world economy imagine what it would

And he said don't just take his word for it.

Listen to what those in charge of the world's

Our view is that it's in the national security

and economic security of the United Kingdom,

of Europe, and of the United States for the United Kingdom to stay

The Chancellor will undoubtedly think that his trip to the far east

Because while he has been arguing that leaving the EU

is an unnecessary risk to former Conservative leaders and a couple

of previous occupants of number 11 Downing St say it's actually riskier

So getting the backing of those who currently hold the purse strings

of the biggest economies in the world could be a powerful

weapon in the forthcoming referendum campaign.

One of those former Conservative chancellors, Lord Lawson, told the

BBC the notion that leaving the EU would cause an economic shock is

absurd. And others who want Britain to go say sceptical voters in the UK

won't be told what to do by those who run the global economy.

This is mates helping each other out.

Big banks, big business, big government, all

I don't think that impresses voters, I think voters are realistic

and we understand the world is changing

Perfect is probably the Chancellor's verdict at this meeting of the top

Time will tell whether global summits will prove more

profitable for Britain than EU membership.

The DJ Tony Blackburn, who was sacked by the BBC this week,

claims he was offered the chance to resign -

He says he turned down the offer because he had nothing to hide.

According to the BBC, it sacked Tony Blackburn

because the evidence he gave to an inquiry into sexual abuse

at the corporation fell short of the standards required.

Mr Blackburn strenuously denies any wrong-doing.

48 hours after his sacking by the BBC, Tony Blackburn has given his

first broadcast interview setting out his version of events, both at

Dame Janet Smith's inquiry and at the time of allegations against him

in 1971. Welcome to the Tony Blackburn show this morning. Dame

Janet's report concluded Mr Blackburn had been questioned by the

BBC about a complaint made against him by a teenage girl. Mr Blackburn

has consistently denied the allegations which were later

withdrawn, he insists there was no meeting at that time with BBC

executives. I can only say that I told the truth. Now, it's, I

suppose, my word against a judge, I have no idea. You go in there in

front of lawyers and things like that, I was by myself, I told the

truth. The BBC's Director General, Lord Hall, says Mr Blackburn's

evidence to Dame Janet's inquiry fell short of the standards

required. When we're having and inquiry that we want to be open and

to lead to proper conclusion is that people and the organisation can

learn from, it's really important everybody behaves in a proper way

and she finds he did not. In the interview to be broadcast tomorrow

Mr Blackburn claimed he was only sacked after he refused to leave

voluntarily. They gave me the chance to resign, saying that way you don't

actually cut off all ties from the BBC and we could probably bring you

back in a few months. I don't think people knew that. I said no, I

wouldn't do that, because I've got nothing to hide. If it's true that,

in fact he was offered a deal and, according to him, if he resigned

would then be allowed back into the BBC at a later stage, Tony Hall's

very firm line starts to look a bit fuzzy. In a statement, the BBC said

the corporation and Mr Blackburn disagreed on a range of issues. The

BBC's position had not changed and since the matter was now potentially

subject to a legal process, the corporation had nothing to add at

this stage. The family of two sisters

from Sheffield who died in Vietnam yesterday have been

paying tribute to them. 25 year old Beth Anderson and 19

year-old Izzy Squire both died at the Dah-tan-lah

waterfalls, along with It remains unclear exactly how

the three British holidaymakers died, but it has been claimed

that they were not Thousands of people

opposed to the renewal of the multibillion-pound Trident

nuclear system have been Anti-nuclear protesters

from across the UK were joined by the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn,

the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and the Plaid Cymru

leader Leanne Wood. The first halt to the fighting

in Syria for five years appears 97 groups signed up

to the two-week ceasefire - but there have been reports of some

sporadic clashes and a car bombing. Our correspondent

Mark Lowen is close to the Turkey-Syria border -

and we can go live to him now. It's taken 270,000 deaths, in 11

million people driven from their homes, but finally a temporary

ceasefire that appears, for now, to be holding. There's been some

incidents but no major breach so far. Perhaps a hint of light. In a

war that has drawn in so many different sides, nobody is holding

their breath. This is what five years

of hell has done to Syria. Homs, once a historical

jewel, now a ghost town. As the ceasefire came into effect,

a rare moment to breathe and play, There have been some

incidents today, this car bomb near Hama blamed

on the Islamic State Other clashes were

sporadic, so on the streets We don't believe the Assad regime

will stop attacks for two weeks, We've had so many disappointments

from them in the past. We all wish for the best, he says,

and that national unity Everybody was waiting

for the ceasefire. Today the streets are busy

and people are relieved. The truce doesn't

apply to the Al-Qaeda linked Nusra front,

or Islamic State, these pictures showing another recent

strike by coalition But if the other side cease fire,

aid deliveries will start and new peace talks

should begin on the We're not under any illusions,

there are plenty of reasons Even under the best

of circumstances, the violence But everyone knows

what needs to happen. All parties must end

attacks, including aerial Humanitarian aid must be allowed

to reach Kerry is under Humanitarian aid must be allowed

to reach areas under In Talabiad, near the Turkish

border, IS continued its advance today against the Kurdish militia,

a reminder that this war has so many Five years of war have

crushed that, but at least there is relief from the daily

barrage of bombing. And hope that this might provide

a window of opportunity for all the players to come

together around the table Even if the ceasefire holds,

there are still no long-term plans for how to end this war and how

a broken country can In the Six Nations this afternoon

Scotland beat Italy in Rome to record their first win

in the tournament since 2014. They scored three tries

to the Italians two, including this one from

Tommy Seymour to seal the win by 36 In the afternoon's late kick off

England coach Eddie Jones is in charge for his first match

at Twickenham as his The latest score there

is 6-3 to England. We're back with

the late News at Ten.