22/10/2011 BBC Weekend News

Good evening. The first elections of the post-Gaddafi era are to be

held in Libya within eight months, accord together country's interim

Prime Minister, Mahmoud Jibril, the former dictator's body will be

handed over to representatives of his family later today or tomorrow.

Wyre Davies has the latest. Hundreds of pro-Gaddafi stporers

rounded up and locked in a detention centre run by the new

transitional government. Many of these men were fighters, now being

kept under lock and key by their former enemies. Conditions are

cramped. It does appear they are being treated well. What will

become of them now? There are thought to be more than 800 pro-

Gaddafi supporters in these detention centres. If there is to

be reconciliation in Libya, many of these people will have to be

involved in the political process and released to their homes. We

weren't allowed to film inside this building. More high profile

political supporters, of the former regime, are being kept. Last night

here m Misrata there was a huge party, celebrating the demise of a

hated tyrant and the prospect of a new country. There are immediate

issues to be resolved. National unity, how to get the people back

together again. The solution to that? Well, it needs patience, it

needs vision and it means the people deferenceiate between the

past and the future. The NTC will form a transitional government

within a month. Within eight months, a National Congress or Parliament

will be formed with 200 elected members. The conference will

appoint a Prime Minister, who will, in turn, nominate the interim

government. The interim government will be in charge until

presidential elections expected to be held within 18 months. There is

still a fascination here with the capture and death of Colonel

Gaddafi. Some of these people travelled for hours to see the body

of their former leader. No controversy here over the manner of

his death. TRANSLATION: My son was born during

the revolution his uncle was killed fighting. It's important that we

are here. As the new Libya takes its first dramatic breathes, they

prepare to bury the man who called himself The King of Kings in an

unmarked grave. The Chancellor, George Osborne, has called for

"comprehensive solution" to the eurozone debt crisis. Speaking at

the start of a meeting of EU finance ministers, he said the

current turmoil was a danger to the whole of Europe. His comments

follow new warnings that Greece as's debt problems are worsening.

Gavin Hewitt is in Brussels for us. They have been talking all day the

finance ministers, have they reached any conclusion or solution

to all of this? They have. It's proving to be a long meeting. They

are still talking now. They are focusing on the need to strengthen

Europe's banks and build up the reserves. There are signs of

progress. Some people said they agreed to 100 billion euros to go

into Europe's banks. Some say if they agree to do that it won't be

enough. Why are they focusing on this? Mainly because of Greece. The

situation there is worsening. Many people in Europe now recognise that

Greek debt somehow has to be reduced. That will involve banks

taking losses. Some say, perhaps, as much as 60%. So the need to

bolster Europe's banks. This is only one part of a very complex

puzzle. Tonight, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and

President Sarkozy will meet for dinner in this building to try and

resolve some of the differences between them. People who drink

should have two or three days without alcohol a week it avoid the

risk of long-term damage according to Royal College of Physicians.

Doctors say the current guidance on healthy drinking needs to be

clarified. Pre-match drinks in Liverpool. Here, only a few people

say they would take a three daybreak from booze. What do you

think of this latest advice? Puppy cock. Looking for attention. Have

we fore-- it will be forgotten in a few weeks' time. If you can't

handle it you have to give your body a rest. Alcohol related

illness costs the NHS �3 billion a year. More guidelines are needed

according to Royal College of Physicians. The government

recommended a daily limit of four units for men and three for women.

People multiplied those by seven. We said, no, if you are taking two

or three alcohol-free day as week you will be fulfilling both the

government guidelines and our weekly ones. Back over the water,

in Liverpool city centre, GPS break for coffee at their annual

conference. It's alcohol that they are talking about. Alcohol illness

was one of the issues they put to the Health Secretary. We are very

clear we have to reduce alcohol abuse. Essentially in this country

we have two kinds of ways in which people abuse alcohol. One is bring

drinking, too much drink at one time. The other is chronic alcohol

abuse. We need to act on both. We are acting on both. Many doctors

say only pricing can solve the problem. They say today's vice

wouldn't be needed if that issue was addressed. Scotland's First

Minister, Alex Salmond, has insisted that the Scottish people

are not politicians based in Westminster, should determine their

future. Speaking at the SNP's annual knches he also indicated

that Scots would get a second option, short of full independence,

when they vote in a referendum on the future of the country. Are

these the dying days of the United Kingdom? The Scottish National

Party think so. Within a decade, they say, an independent Scotland

will stand as an equal alongside the nation's of the world. How to

kill off the union? Alex Salmond's current referendum plan involves an

insurance policy. One question on independence another on Edinburgh

raising all its own taxes but leaving defence and foreign affairs

with London. Fiscal responsibility, financial freedom, real economic

pow certificate a legitimate proposal. It could allow us to

control our own resources, introduce competitive business tax

and fair personal taxation. All good, all necessary, but not enough.

Only independence would be enough, he said, his party would campaign

full square for it. We have the talent. The resources. The inga

newty. The only limitations are imagination and ambition. Give

Scotland the tools, put the people of Scotland 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. So, 80 years after

the SNP was formed, they sense a moment of destiny. The delegates