25/10/2011 BBC News at Six

David Cameron insists there is no bad blood or bitterness after the

EU rebellion by his own MPs. Forced to defend himself after 81

Conservatives defied him last night, the Prime Minister plays down talk

of bitter divisions over Europe. There is no on my part, no bad

blood and no rancour or no bitterness. These are valued

Conservative colleagues. It comes on the eve of a crucial

summit in Brussels to try to solve the eurozone debt crisis.

Also on tonight's programme: Just two weeks old, rescued from the

rubble after Sunday's earthquake in Turkey, a small ray of hope as the

death toll rises. An inglorious end. Colonel Gaddafi is finally buried,

his body reportedly taken to a secret desert location.

And Prince Charles tells the BBC he's determined to do his bit to

help some of Britain's most deprived towns during the economic

Good evening, welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The Prime Minister insists he feels "no bad blood or bitterness" after

81 of his own MPs defied him last night in a vote over a referendum

on withdrawal from the EU or renegoitation of Britain's

membership. He acknowledged that Europe has always been a difficult

issue for his party. But as he prepared to head to Brussels

tomorrow for a crucial summit on the eurozone debt crisis, he played

down suggestions of lasting damage and divisions within his party over

Europe. Our deputy political editor, James Landale, reports. Perhaps

David Cameron could have done with one of these last night. The Prime

Minister inspected the Army's new armoured vehicles this morning,

only hours after his own parliamentary defences were

overwhelmed All 81 Conservative MPs defied him and backed a referendum

on Europe, a record rebellion that's left the Government bruised

but, Mr Cameron said, unblooded. There is no rancour on my part. I

understand why people feel strongly and we'll go forward and tackle the

difficult decisions that the country faces. You have to do the

right thing and give a lead in politics and that's what yesterday

was about. But as the Prime Minister tried to heal divisions in

his party new ones opened up with his Liberal Democrat deputy, who

said he can didn't share David Cameron's goal of repatriating

powers from Brussels to London. This Government is not going to

launch some smash and grab raid on Brussels on its own, which would

never work, which would be condemned to failure anyway. What

we'll continue to do is argue that British businesses and European

businesses can exploit the opportunities in an evermore open

European single market. This leaves the Prime Minister in a tricky

position. His backbenchers want a tougher line on Europe and a fresh

look at what the EU does. His coalition partners say that's

something they won't tolerate. And all of this while the search for a

solution goes on to the eurozone crisis. Europe's leaders were in

Brussels only last Sunday and will be there tomorrow to try to sort

out Greece's debts, and the bail- out fund. Mr Cameron has cleared

his diary to be there to push for a deal to help growth in the UK's

economy and stob Britain losing out in the hag oflg the eurozone. The

fallout of the rebellion may be occupying many in Downing Street

tonight but David Cameron said the focus has to be on some ofing the

eurozone cries which is he says is having a chilling effect on the

economy. Let's go to Brussels. Gavin Hewitt

is there. There's a lot at stake tomorrow, are Europe's leaders

going to be able to rise to the challenge? Well, the hope and

expectation was that by this time tomorrow night or a little bit

later, there would be a comprehensive package to sort out

the yorz crisis. It is not there yet. There is no agreement in

crucial areas. For instance on Greek debt. The plan was to get the

banks to take big losses, perhaps 50 %. That hasn't been settled. On

increasing the fire power of the EU's main bail-out fund, there are

still difficulties there. Just two days ago Silvio Berlusconi was told

to get his finances in order and come back with a piece of paper

tomorrow explaining what he is going to do. That's led to a

political crisis in Italy. I think there'll be agreement in principle

tomorrow. But whether we'll get the hard numbers that will convince the

markets and others that this crisis has finally been settled, that's an

entirely different matter. In Turkey, rescuers have managed to

save a two-week-old baby who was trapped beneath the rubble two days

after a powerful earthquake struck the east of the country. The child

was pulled out alive with her mother and grandmother, but her

father is still missing. 432 people are now known to have died in the

earthquake, but scores are still missing. Daniel Sandford is in the

city of Ercis, from where he watched the extraordinary rescue

unfold. The third day of this rescue

operation began in the best possible way.

A 16 day on old baby was gently brought out in a tiny hole in the

broken concrete. She was premature, she had been born a month early.

And then two weeks into her life she had only just escaped death.

With the tiny baby now safely on its way to hospital, rescuers are

working hard to bring out through the same small gap its mother and

its grandmother, both of whom are still alive. In the crowd

sheltering from the cold and rain we found the baby's grandfather,

Ahmed, nervously waiting for news of his wife and daughter-in-law law.

TRANSLATION: At the moment the earthquake struck my wife and

daughter were with me but the baby was in another room. We ran to

leave the building but the other two ran inside to get the baby. For

two days I've been waiting for a miracle. For the next two hours the

rescue team slowly expanded the hole in the rubble, working their

way towards the two trapped women. They can't move down there, he told

me, and they've been like that for more than two days. Then the

breakthrough. Baby as mar's mother was brought out through the hole

and carried to safety. Ten minutes later the baby's grandmother

followed. She was also alive. The baby is now safely in an ain

cubator and has been taken for treatment in a specialist hospital.

Doctors say she is doing much better than expected, but her

family isn't complete. Her father hasn't been heard from since the

earthquake struck. Like hundreds of others he is still under the rubble.

A major clean-up operation is under way in Dublin after more than a

month's rain fell in 24 hours, causing severe flooding. Two people

have drowned - a woman was found in her basement and a policeman was

swept into a river in County Wicklow. From Dublin, Mark Simpson

reports. There was no escape from the water. Even at one of Dublin's

busiest shopping centres. Once the flooding started, no-one knew when

it would stop. Panic set in as people tried to get

out. This centre is normally full of shoppers. Instead it was filled

by cold, dirty water. Two days of non-stop rain caused chaos in

Ireland's capital city. Even a bus went underwater during last night's

rush hour. The long ter night went on, the more dangerous the

conditions became. I've never seen anything like this in the last 38

years. Two people were killed. The body of an Irish policeman was

found this morning, three miles from where he was swept into a

river in County Wicklow. 25-year- old Kieran Jones had been helping

others when the river broke its banks Dublin's city centre a woman

was found dead in a flooded basement. The City Council had to

put in place a full emergency operation. Here right in the centre

of Dublin water levels are still dangerously high. But after two

days of constant downpours it has finally stopped raining. But it is

all too late for many families. had to climb over the back to get

out. Our next door neighbour at the back... I was terrified. I'm still

shaking, as you can gather. There was also flooding in Northern

Ireland. County Tyrone was badly affected. On both sides of the

Irish border 48 hours of constant rain took its toll.

Five days after he was killed, Colonel Gaddafi has finally been

buried with his son, Mutassim, in a secret location in the desert.

Since his death last Thursday, his body had been on public display in

a meat storage facility in Mistrata. Gabriel Gatehouse reports. This

report includes footage of the bodies of Colonel Gaddafi and his

son. They came at night to take the

corpses from the market complex on the outskirts of Misrata. For days

the former Libyan leader had been on grizzly display here. Prayers we

were told were said over the bodies but no other bodies were

forthcoming about where and how the burial had taken place. The reasons

for the secrecy is twofold. Libya's new rulers do not want the final

resting place to become a shrine for those who supported his regime.

Nor do they wish his grave to become a focal point for the

frenzied fury which surrounded his capture and killing on Thursday.

TRANSLATION: If a group of revolutionaries capture a killer do

you think they would kiss his head? What else do you think they would

do? We want to tack this will issue naturally, not put it in a

political framework nor give theoretical interpretations. Abroad

there are questions being asked about the manner of his death and

the long delay before his burial. But in Libya few are concerned or

sympathetic. This is the freezing compartment where for four days

Colonel Gaddafi's body had been on display, lying on this piece of

Paralympic sheeting. People queuing up to see with their own eyes. Now

they are gone, his body is in the ground, the spectacle is over, and

Libya can start looking towards the future rather than the past.

In Tripoli, as elsewhere, the euphoria of the past few days has

given way to a more measured, practical mood. Life must now

return to normality. A line has been drawn, in laying to rest the

body of Colonel Gaddafi Libya hopes to exorcise the ghosts of the past

four decades and to turn now to the hard work of building a brighter

future. Activists who set up tents outside

St Paul's Cathedral more than a week ago have insisted their

protest is serious, despite accusations that most of them are

leaving the site every night. The cathedral decided to close its

doors to the public on Saturday because of the growing Occupy

London camp outside. From St Paul's, Jon Brain reports. It is a protest

that's closed the doors of one of the country's most famous buildings.

A call to arms for a fairer society that continues around the clock. Or

does it? These thermal images of the site appear to indicate that at

12.30 this morning the vast majority of the tents pitched

outside St Paul's were empty. Protesters say that's nonsense.

There's a lot of dispute About whether these thermal images are

real or whether it is an app on a journalist's iPhone. It is scraping

the barrel. Adam did stay last night. He says just because not

everyone was this their tents doesn't mean they weren't here.

night there's a crew of 30 to 40 people working, just doing

sanitation, night watch, kitchen. Some people might not be in their

tents at 12. 30 but they are here on site. Rebecca slept here last

night as well but tonight she'll be enjoying home comforts. I have to

have a shower. Did you not think it give as misleading impression,

because people assume you are here every night? I still support it

even when I'm at home. You don't have to be here to support it. It

is going on 24 hours. Whether these tents are occupied during the night

the net result is the same. While they are here the Cathedral remains

closed to the general public. It is farcical that part-time

protesters are being allowed to bring part of the economy in the

City of London to a grinding halt. Shops in that area are being put

out of business. Tourists can't visit St Paul's any more. We should

not let these people stop people in their tracks. The protesters say

they are here to stay and it is their cause that's important, not

the details of their sleeping Our top story tonight: David

Cameron has defended his policy on Europe ahead of a crucial summit on

the future of the single currency. Coming up: Why the future is

looking golden for some, in the heart of a Scottish national park.

Later on the BBC News Channel, profits rise for oil giant BP, and

a change in the way pensions are calculated has been called illegal

Prince Charles says he's determined to do his bit to help some of the

most deprived parts of the country during the economic downturn.

Speaking to the BBC today during a visit to Burnley in Lancashire, he

said he will do what he can to boost regeneration in some of

England's most deprived towns. Burnley in its heyday was one of

the world's largest centres of cotton weaving. But the town has

been in decline for decades and is now the 12th most deprived district

in England. Mark Easton has been to find out what help and support the

Prince can offer. No one could accuse Prince Charles

of choosing an easy place to try to turn around. Burnley were

struggling even in the boom years, with thousands moving away to look

for work. Streets now boarded up, windows and doors decorated to

disguise the desolation. The heir to the throne for today show and

the inevitable supermarket trolley, dredged from the old mill town's

can now. This is the Prince's fourth visit to Burnley in six

years. When he first came in 2005, he was so shocked at the social

deprivation that he effectively decided to adopt the town. 12 of

his charities are now working in Burnley together, a model the

Prince believes could be used across the country. I realise

people are suffering a terribly difficult time and some of us are

trying to do something and a point of what we are trying to do here is

to see how to tackle many of the issues that have led to sometimes a

sense of hopelessness and despair. It is a sense that is commonplace

in Burnley, even among some of the young people at a club set up by

the Prince's business in the Community charity. It will be a big

challenge to turn it around. It is getting the people who do not want

to do good for themselves to get them to places like this and to get

them motivated for work. 19-year- old Sam Effah is an example of what

is possible. After leaving school, he was homeless, unemployed and

unemployable. With the help of the Prince's Trust, he is a trained boy

in Engineer and today he shook hands with the future king --

boiler engineer. Confidence, that is what it did for me. Showed that

there is light at the end of the tunnel. That mixture of business,

charity, local entrepreneurs, some people call it the "big society",

but do you think that is the way to get communities...? I have been

trying to do this for every 30 years. It is the most powerful way

I think of ensuring you get something that is more lasting and

sustainable. This felt making workshop, another charity

initiative, echoes the mills of its cotton heyday. A lot of it is self-

confidence. Been proud of your place. The that is the point. You

can use the existing identity of a place to build that confidence and

hope. There is optimism in the Prince's tone, not merit in the

mood of many residents. If such confidence is to be restored, there

is much work to do yet. Tributes have been paid to the

policeman who was killed yesterday afternoon on the M1 as he tried to

help a woman whose car had broken down. 41-year-old PC Mark Goodlad

was run over on the motorway near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. A

lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by

dangerous driving. A police 999 operator working in

Bow in east London has been sacked for mishandling more than 140 calls.

The police watchdog found the operator took the wrong action over

calls reporting domestic violence, rape and a suicide threat.

Lawyers at the trial of the Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak, who is

charged with murdering Joanna Yeates, have made their closing

arguments. Mr Tabak denies murdering her in Bristol last

December but has admitted manslaughter.

Scotland's first commercial gold mine for 500 years has been given

the go-ahead. The operation within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs

National Park could make millions of pounds every year. But its

opponents say the park's natural beauty is being put at risk. Our

Scotland correspondent, Lorna Gordon, is there. This project has

had its fair share of criticism, hasn't it?

It really has. Getting at the gold would involve extracting hundreds

of thousands of tons of rock from deep within the mountainside. You

might still be able to see behind me. Opponents say all the rockwork

end up being an eyesore in what is one of the most beautiful parts of

Scotland but the mine's owners say the concerns have been addressed

and mitigated, and after an extremely complicated planning

process, this mine will now go ahead.

There is caught in these hills and there are plans to dig it out. --

there is gold. Developers plan to extract 20,000 ounces every year.

This area runs at about 30 grammes per tonne, that is an ounce of gold

in a ton of rocks. That is quite a lot? It is. There was another

attempt to mine here in the 1990s. You can still see the old railway

lines and the wagons that would have been used to transport it in

and out of the mine, but that project was mothballed after the

price of gold slumped. But that has all changed. This deposit could be

worth up to �200 million. Many locals believe the economic

benefits could lie closer to home. With the 50 jobs the mine could

bring. We have to survive here and run businesses. People have to have

jobs. This will in effect provide work of a more skilled nature and

more highly paid. Scottish gold is valuable and prized by jewellers.

In the past, small amounts have been panned by prospectors but it

is rare and this new deposit is likely to attract a premium. We get

interest from people who live here, who never knew there was Scottish

gold and it is something wonderful and a piece of their heritage to

have a piece of Scottish gold. It is something to take away as

something quite special. There are many conditions attached to this

mining operation which will be in a sensitive area of the national park

but the developers promise the landscape will be restored once the

precious minerals have been extracted, in this, the first

commercial gold mine in Scotland in 500 years.

And this of course is an industrial process so there will be blasting

taking place deep within the mountains, so safety will be of

utmost importance. It is not thought that the mining itself will

get under way for about another year.

This time last year, we reported on the challenge facing local councils

as they prepared to make big spending cuts. Now councils are

once again deciding what to save, as they try to balance reduced

budgets. The News at Six has been following one of them: Coventry

City Council. Emma Simpson reports on the latest round of cuts.

It is a much loved service used by hundreds of Coventry parents. But

council funded childcare is facing big cuts. Find somewhere else to

take the money from because we need this service. But here is another

council service that has been getting extra money. The roads were

dangerous. Now they are being repaid in what appears to be a

really organised fashion -- repaired. I could not be happier.

Parents mercies of potholes. Priorities that are all vying for

money from a town hall with a shrinking budget. We came to

Coventry last year, as the city was bracing itself for the first round

of cuts. So, one year on, how is Coventry coping? We have learnt

that more than 900 public sector jobs have disappeared from this

city. At least half some the council. This year, it has had to

make savings of �45 million. Next year, it is another 70 million.

Then, treble that figure again by Like many councils across the

country, the toughest decisions still lie ahead. And inside this

town hall, here is what they are We are looking at asking this

fundamental questions, what is it that a local authority does and

deliver, and talk to our people about what they expect of last.

he has got economic growth to think about, too. This is a city that is

still creating hundreds of new private sector jobs. But the

squeeze on the public sector is only just beginning.

The Queen has been paying tribute to the thousands of Australian

servicemen and women who have lost their lives in battle. At the

national war memorial in Canberra, she laid a wreath at the tomb of

Australia's Unknown Soldier. From Canberra, Nicholas Witchell reports.

For generations, Australia has sent its young soldiers to fight for the

Crown and in full knowledge of the scale of Australia's sacrifice, the

Queen came to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. On bronze

pins melded on the walls of the names of every one of the 102,000

Australians who have given their lives. Most of them crossed the

world to help what was then the mother country in the world wars.

60,000 died in World War I. Many of them in the ill-fated Gallipoli

campaign. Go forward nearly a century and it is Afghanistan which

is claiming lives. The Queen was shown the plinth which records

Australia's losses in that conflict. 29 soldiers so far. In Remembrance

of Australia's war dead, the Queen laid a wreath at the grave of the

Unknown Australian Soldier. LAST POST. Waiting to meet the Queen,

military personnel, past and present. Their presence, a reminder,

as is his entire more real, of the human cost of warfare. The building

in the distance is the Australian parliament and the Prime Minister's

office and there is deliberately a direct line of sight from that, the

National seat of government, all the way to this, the National War

Memorial. That memorial is the timeless reminder of lives lost and

won so many occasions during the course of her reign, the Queen has

led the tributes of all those, whether they know it or not, who

have reason to be grateful for the sacrifice of others.

Time now to take a look at the weather. We have had some extreme

weather over the past few days. Today, the rain clouds have not

been quite as prolonged to produce the risk of flooding but they have

This is a funnel cloud that stretches down to the sea, and we

have seen reports of these elsewhere across the South. The

brighter the colour, the heavier the showers. Some thunder mixed in.

And it is these across the West that will continue overnight. They

will start to push northwards and get into Scotland by the end of the

night. In the North East of Scotland, you have still got the

remnants of yesterday's reign. It will not be a completely wet night.

Maybe some frost in the countryside in the Midlands as we start

tomorrow. For tomorrow, showers around the coast of England and

Wales. The showers in Scotland will ease off into the afternoon. The

showers will be slow moving because the winds will be light. Shetland

will be largely wet through the day. Northern Ireland, much better than

we have seen of late. Much of eastern England will stage drive

through the bulk of the day and even where you do see showers, to

not rule out dry weather. Some of those will be fleeting. That will

change Wednesday night in to Thursdays. The low pressure through

the Bay of Biscay will push up and produce more heavy and persistent

rain in area where we do not need it. A little uncertainty how quick

the rain will push north, and there is a chance it could be a bit

further east or west, so keep in touch with the forecast. All of us

should be drier and brighter for A reminder of tonight's main news.

David Cameron has defended his policy on Europe ahead of a crucial

summit on the future of the single currency.

And a two-week-old baby has been pulled alive from a building that