:00:13. > :00:22."It's now or never" - the warning from the German chanceler to
:00:22. > :00:25.European leaders as they gather in Brussels about the debt crisis.
:00:25. > :00:28.Arriving for the crunch talks this afternoon, EU heads are told they
:00:28. > :00:30.must find a solution to what's being called Europe's most serious
:00:30. > :00:32.crisis since the Second World War. We need to have the greatest
:00:32. > :00:33.possible support for the most comprehensive solution possible.
:00:33. > :00:37.That's what we'll be discussing tonight.
:00:37. > :00:41.Also on tonight's programme: Questions are raised over the
:00:41. > :00:43.benefits of NHS breast screening as some argue it can do more harm than
:00:43. > :00:47.good. An inquest hears that the singer
:00:47. > :00:50.Amy Winehouse died after consuming a lethal amount of alcohol.
:00:50. > :00:53.The Ministry of Defence apologises after the family of a soldier
:00:53. > :00:56.killed in Afghanistan is made to repay some of his wages.
:00:56. > :00:59.And left neglected for almost half a century in a filing cabinet in
:00:59. > :01:08.Staffordshire - the letter from Lord Nelson which is about to go
:01:08. > :01:13.under the hammer. I'll be here with Sportsday later in the hour on the
:01:13. > :01:23.BBC News Channel, including another Tevez twist as the striker
:01:23. > :01:31.
:01:32. > :01:41.considers legal action against his Good evening.
:01:41. > :01:43.Welcome to the BBC News at 6.00pm. "If the euro fails, then Europe
:01:43. > :01:46.fails" - that was the warning this afternoon from the German
:01:46. > :01:50.Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of a crucial summit in Brussels tonight.
:01:50. > :01:53.EU leaders have just started a meeting to try to thrash out a deal
:01:53. > :01:56.to solve the eurozone debt crisis. But doubts are growing over whether
:01:56. > :01:58.a comprehensive deal can be reached in the next few hours. Our Europe
:01:58. > :02:04.editor Gavin Hewitt joins us now from Brussels. Gavin.
:02:04. > :02:07.Sophie, all the leaders arriving here know this has been billed as a
:02:07. > :02:12.momentous summit with the whole world watching, and certainly, they
:02:12. > :02:16.have tried in recent days to lower expectations that a comprehensive
:02:16. > :02:20.deal might be reached, but I'm hearing that perhaps there are
:02:20. > :02:25.hopes that somehow during this night there could be progress
:02:25. > :02:30.reported here. 14 times in the past 18 months,
:02:30. > :02:35.Europe's leaders have driven this way, pledging to fix the stone zone
:02:35. > :02:39.crisis, but never has the pressure been bigger than today. It is in
:02:40. > :02:44.British interests we actually sol of this crisis. Some of the issues
:02:44. > :02:49.we'll be discussing this afternoon will be directly relevant to
:02:49. > :02:52.Britain in terms of strengthening banks, but we need to have a
:02:52. > :02:56.comprehensive solution. That's what we'll be discussing tonight.
:02:56. > :02:59.mood on arrival was that many problems need to be settled and
:02:59. > :03:03.that tense negotiations lay ahead. TRANSLATION: We're all going to
:03:03. > :03:08.have to work very hard, but there is also a lot of goodwill. That's
:03:08. > :03:12.for sure. Some have called this the summit of the last chance. Can
:03:12. > :03:18.Europe's leaders finally adopt a plan that persuades the markets
:03:18. > :03:22.that they've taken control of a debt crisis that began in Greece?
:03:22. > :03:26.The main players in all of this - Germany. Before today's summit, the
:03:26. > :03:35.German Parliament met. The Chancellor, Angela Merkel, told MPs
:03:35. > :03:41.the world was watching Europe and Germany. "It is watching," she said,
:03:41. > :03:51."whether we're ready and able in this crisis since end of World War
:03:51. > :03:55.II to take this opportunity." think we all know this is the
:03:55. > :03:58.greatest tests that the economic monetary union has faced.
:03:58. > :04:02.Parliament voted to boost the eurozone's bail-out fund, a key
:04:02. > :04:06.factor in the talks in Brussels. Here's the challenge for the summit
:04:06. > :04:12.- to slash Greek debt by encouraging banks to take big
:04:12. > :04:16.losses by around 50%, to strengthen Europe's banks, perhaps by a
:04:16. > :04:22.hundred billion euros, and to increase the firepower of the EU's
:04:22. > :04:25.main bail-out fund perhaps by over a trillion euros. Also the centre
:04:25. > :04:30.of attention, the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. France
:04:30. > :04:34.and Germany had insisted he bring with him a letter setting out the
:04:34. > :04:39.economic reforms he would make. Back in Rome, there was a scuffle
:04:39. > :04:44.in the Parliament over plans to raise the retirement age. The
:04:44. > :04:48.eurozone crisis is exacerbating Italy's political crisis. Europe's
:04:48. > :04:53.leaders will meet well into the evening. What the financial markets
:04:53. > :04:56.will be watching for is not just political statements, but detail -
:04:56. > :05:01.hard numbers that indicate that this time a deal is more than
:05:01. > :05:06.sticking plaster. Well, it looks like a long evening
:05:06. > :05:09.in prospect here - a two-shirt summit, said someone. What there is
:05:09. > :05:14.some expectation of is that midway during this evening, officials will
:05:14. > :05:19.be able to announce a deal to strengthen Europe's banks, to
:05:19. > :05:23.recapitalise the banks. If that happens afterwards, then the 17
:05:23. > :05:27.stone zone leaders will meet, tackling the really difficult and
:05:27. > :05:30.tricky issue of how to reduce Greek debt and to get banks to accept big
:05:30. > :05:35.losses, and that could well take them into the early hours of the
:05:35. > :05:38.morning. Sophie? Gavin, thank you very much.
:05:38. > :05:42.With me is our economics editor Stephanie Flanders. The Prime
:05:42. > :05:46.Minister was determined to be there. He's cancelled a trip to Japan to
:05:46. > :05:51.be in Brussels. Why is it so important for Britain to be there?
:05:51. > :05:55.It does seem like a distant problem, a complicated crisis with countries
:05:55. > :05:58.we're not directly involved with. We're not in the single currency or
:05:58. > :06:02.the eurozone. David Cameron isn't going to be writing cheques to
:06:02. > :06:07.Greece or anything else any time soon, but it matters to us for two
:06:07. > :06:11.reasons, one, if it ends badly, if there is some question mark about
:06:11. > :06:15.the future of the euro or the health of Europe's banks, that'll
:06:15. > :06:19.have an effect on the whole system and almost certainly Britain's
:06:19. > :06:24.banks. It will be harder for Britain's banks to borrow and lend
:06:24. > :06:29.to one another, harder for them to lend to British households. It
:06:30. > :06:33.affects us in a more direct way. If you're looking at a more slow
:06:33. > :06:37.European recovery or something that might result much worse from the
:06:37. > :06:41.breakup that might push us back into recession. We've already got a
:06:41. > :06:45.very weak recovery. We're hoping to export a lot to the eurozone.
:06:45. > :06:48.That's two very important ways. I should say we can worry about the
:06:48. > :06:55.growth implications even if we get a deal tonight because there is not
:06:55. > :06:57.very much in that deal that talks very much about it in the next few
:06:57. > :07:00.years. Thank you very much. For more analysis and explanation
:07:00. > :07:02.of the eurozone crisis, you can go to the special section of our
:07:02. > :07:05.website. That's at bbc.co.uk/eurocrisis.
:07:05. > :07:08.An inquest into the death of the singer Amy Winehouse has heard that
:07:08. > :07:11.she died after drinking a very large quantity of alcohol - well
:07:11. > :07:15.above the level that can be fatal. The coroner was told that the 27-
:07:15. > :07:17.year-old star, who was found dead at her flat in July, had only just
:07:17. > :07:27.started drinking again having not touched alcohol for three weeks.
:07:27. > :07:32.Lizo Mzimba is in north London where she lived. Yes, when the
:07:32. > :07:36.singer was found Ted here, the news shocked many. Some of the tributes
:07:36. > :07:40.from fans are still visible, but of course, the most deeply affected
:07:40. > :07:44.were her family who had to endure months of speculation over how she
:07:44. > :07:48.tied. Today they said, "It is a relief to finally find out what
:07:48. > :07:53.happened to Amy. Amy was battling hard to conquer her problem with
:07:53. > :07:59.alcohol, and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not
:07:59. > :08:03.win it in time." Her family arrived at the coroners' court, father
:08:03. > :08:10.Mitch followed by mother Janis, knowing how painful it was likely
:08:10. > :08:14.to be to hear the details of how their taut came to die. She was a
:08:14. > :08:18.star whose well-publicised troubles often drew attention away from her
:08:18. > :08:22.talent, and over the last three months there had been speculation
:08:22. > :08:27.that the singer's death was linked to her problems with drugs, but the
:08:27. > :08:34.court heard it was actually drink, not drugs, that killed her. When
:08:34. > :08:38.her body was discovered here at her home there were two large and one
:08:39. > :08:46.small empty vodka bottle nearby. The coroner said up to 350
:08:46. > :08:50.milligrams could kill you. Amy Winehouse's was 416.
:08:50. > :08:57.Her distinctive appearance supreme song-writing abilities and vocal
:08:57. > :09:01.style turned her into a global star. Her album Black to Black winning
:09:01. > :09:05.her five Grammys and selling millions of copies, but it was
:09:05. > :09:10.apparent that her addictions had the power to overcome her musical
:09:10. > :09:14.abilities. After the Grammy awards, addictions expert Sarah Graham
:09:14. > :09:21.understands more than most the battles the single faced. It's very
:09:21. > :09:25.common, unfortunately, when people put down one substance, be that a
:09:25. > :09:30.drug or an alcohol, to then cross to another substance. After so many
:09:30. > :09:35.weeks of speculation, today is likely to be a welcome step towards
:09:35. > :09:41.closure for her fans, but especially for her family.
:09:41. > :09:46.And now that today's events are over, many, including her family,
:09:46. > :09:51.will be hoping that Amy can be remembered not for how she died or
:09:51. > :09:53.for her battles with addiction, but for the extraordinary music she
:09:53. > :09:56.produced in her short life. Thank you very much.
:09:56. > :09:59.Two brothers who were jailed for conning thousands of customers at a
:09:59. > :10:02.Lapland theme park in the New Forest have been released on appeal.
:10:02. > :10:05.Victor and Henry Mears were sent to prison for 13 months in March for
:10:05. > :10:07.misleading advertising over their Lapland New Forest attraction. But
:10:07. > :10:12.the Court of Appeal overturned their convictions after hearing a
:10:12. > :10:16.juror had been texting her fiance during the trial.
:10:16. > :10:19.The Dean of St Paul's says he is optimistic that the cathedral will
:10:19. > :10:29.be able to reopen to the public tomorrow following changes to the
:10:29. > :10:30.
:10:30. > :10:34.layout of the tents being used by anti-capitalist protesters. A final
:10:34. > :10:41.decision will be taken by Friday lunch time. Two more people have
:10:42. > :10:44.been rescued from the rubble of Turkey's earthquake. One of them,
:10:44. > :10:47.an 18-year-old university student, was found alive 61 hours after the
:10:47. > :10:51.earthquake struck. More than 450 people are now known to have died.
:10:51. > :10:53.Almost three million women have them on the NHS every year, but now
:10:53. > :10:56.questions have been raised over the benefits of breast screening tests.
:10:56. > :10:59.The National Cancer Director for England says most experts believe
:10:59. > :11:02.screening does save lives, but some argue it can also cause harm by
:11:02. > :11:03.leading to unnecessary surgery. Now an independent review has been
:11:03. > :11:09.launched, as our health correspondent Dominic Hughes
:11:09. > :11:13.reports. Breast cancer used to be seen as a
:11:13. > :11:16.death sentence, but survival rates have improved dramatically thanks
:11:16. > :11:20.to advances in both diagnosis and treatment. Thousands of women can
:11:20. > :11:25.say the UK's breast cancer screening programme has saved their
:11:25. > :11:28.lives, and Rosemary Donaldson is one of them. If I hadn't gone for
:11:28. > :11:34.that screening, it wouldn't have been picked up, and I'd be walking
:11:34. > :11:40.around now with cancer cells in my body. Around 2.7 million women
:11:40. > :11:45.across the UK aged between 50 and 70 are offered screening each year.
:11:45. > :11:50.In nearly 17,000 cases of breast cancer are detected as a result.
:11:50. > :11:56.The NHS estimates approximately 5 to 10% of cases are overdiagnosed.
:11:56. > :11:59.That means women are told they have a lump, but it isn't clear if it
:11:59. > :12:04.needs treatment. The Department of Health says its advice to women is
:12:04. > :12:08.unchanged. Those who are invited to attend screenings like this one are
:12:08. > :12:13.advised to come along, but they often are led to a screening
:12:13. > :12:16.operation they just didn't need. Miriam Pryke says her life was
:12:16. > :12:19.turned upside down by unnecessary treatment following a scan.
:12:19. > :12:23.wouldn't have got into that situation if I had been warned
:12:23. > :12:27.about it. I would have avoided it. I wouldn't have thought it was
:12:27. > :12:31.worth getting into a situation where you don't know whether you've
:12:31. > :12:35.got cancer or not, and the only way you're going to find out is by
:12:35. > :12:39.having mutilating surgery. independent review of breast
:12:39. > :12:43.screening will cover the whole of the UK, and doctors recognise that
:12:43. > :12:47.as our understanding of the disease has improved, it's right to
:12:47. > :12:51.reevaluate the evidence behind the programme. In Manchester we're
:12:51. > :12:55.undertaking a large research study at the moment to see if we could
:12:55. > :13:00.perhaps develop more targeted screening, so, for example, ladies
:13:00. > :13:04.who were at higher risk of developing breast cancer had more
:13:04. > :13:08.frequent screening. Critics of breast screening say it's no longer
:13:08. > :13:15.clear if the benefits outweigh the possible risks. They're still in a
:13:15. > :13:18.minority, but this independent review shows their doubts are being
:13:18. > :13:20.taken seriously. The Ministry of Defence has
:13:20. > :13:24.apologised for stress caused after demanding the family of a soldier
:13:24. > :13:28.killed in Afghanistan repay some of his wages. Lance Corporal Jordan
:13:28. > :13:33.Bancroft's parents were told that �433 in overpayment had been docked
:13:33. > :13:40.from his earnings to cover a ten- day period after he died.
:13:40. > :13:44.Lance Corporal Jordan Bancroft was 25 when he died, killed last year
:13:44. > :13:49.whilst serving in Afghanistan. At the time, his family said that his
:13:49. > :13:52.death would leave a huge hole in their lives. Now they say their
:13:52. > :13:56.grief has been compounded by the actions of the Ministry of Defence.
:13:56. > :14:00.They recently received a letter from the MoD which said that some
:14:00. > :14:05.of Jordan's last pay packet was to be docked because he died ten days
:14:05. > :14:11.before the end of the month. It means that the family will lose
:14:11. > :14:15.moor than �400. I opened this envelope up and read a letter. I
:14:15. > :14:23.couldn't believe what I'd read, so I read it again. How does it make
:14:23. > :14:27.you feel? It's just devastating. It's - it just makes you think why
:14:27. > :14:35.- you know, what's a person's life worth? Lance Corporal Jordan
:14:35. > :14:40.Bancroft was shot by sthurgs during An operation in Helmand province
:14:40. > :14:46.last August. He'd forfeited some of his leave time to train for
:14:46. > :14:56.Afghanistan. The MoD says whilst his salary will be recouped, his
:14:56. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:09.family will be recompensated for When he died, Lance Corporal Jordan
:15:09. > :15:12.Bancroft's commanding officer called him a lion of England. Now
:15:12. > :15:22.after the intervention of the MoD, his parents say their son isn't
:15:22. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:28.It is now or never, the warning from European leaders to the German
:15:28. > :15:34.Chancellor as they gather in Brussels.
:15:34. > :15:38.Look how quickly it rose to four, 5, 6 and now 7 billion. The world's
:15:38. > :15:42.population is growing by 200,000 people a day.
:15:42. > :15:46.Later on the news channel, as Europe's leader arrived in Brussels
:15:46. > :15:50.to try to thrash out a response to the eurozone crisis, markets hold
:15:50. > :16:00.their breath and wonder whether the politicians have come up with a
:16:00. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:06.It is said to have the largest windows of any commercial airliner,
:16:06. > :16:10.and cleaner air. It is designed to make air travel more comfortable.
:16:10. > :16:13.Boeing's new plane, the Dreamliner, has made its first commercial
:16:13. > :16:17.flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong, three years later than first
:16:17. > :16:24.planned. The plane should be 20% more fuel-efficient than other
:16:24. > :16:30.planes its size. A salute for the plane hailed as a
:16:30. > :16:35.landmark in aircraft design. Even if it is three years late. Boeing
:16:35. > :16:40.787 Dreamliner flew from Tokyo to Hong Kong using 20% less fuel than
:16:40. > :16:43.its competitors, thanks to its light weight design. Inside, Boeing
:16:44. > :16:48.says passengers will notice better air quality, along with more
:16:48. > :16:53.luggage space and bigger windows. More than 800 have already been
:16:53. > :16:56.ordered, at around $200 million each. On the face of it, this is a
:16:56. > :17:01.success story for the American aviation industry, but not
:17:01. > :17:07.everything about this plane is quite as it seems. Up to 25% of
:17:07. > :17:11.each of these 787s is actually made in the United Kingdom. The fuel
:17:11. > :17:15.system, the arteries of the new plane, is made by Eaton at its
:17:15. > :17:20.Titchfield plant in Hampshire, with its workforce of 800, it designs
:17:20. > :17:23.the components, then builds and calibrates them. As Boeing runs a
:17:23. > :17:28.production, so will Eaton. commercial side of our business is
:17:28. > :17:33.totally booming right now. Our customers in the US and Europe have
:17:33. > :17:38.a backlog of several years. fuel system and landing gear are
:17:38. > :17:42.sent from the UK along with seats and engines for fitting in the US.
:17:42. > :17:46.Production-line delays have led some airlines to cancel orders, but
:17:46. > :17:49.Boeing is still gearing up to increase production. As we get the
:17:50. > :17:54.aeroplane out there and airlines see the performance of the airplane
:17:54. > :18:00.and the economic benefits, that will only continue to expand.
:18:00. > :18:03.Airbus is now building its own light weight jet, the Airbus A350.
:18:03. > :18:08.British companies will play a key role in its development as well,
:18:09. > :18:13.the wings will be built at his factory in north Wales. For now,
:18:13. > :18:17.the 787 has this guy to itself, as the only aircraft of its kind
:18:17. > :18:26.offering advanced fuel economy and longer range. British jobs are
:18:26. > :18:29.riding on how successful it becomes. The UK's population is expected to
:18:29. > :18:33.reach 70 million within 16 years, according to new figures from the
:18:33. > :18:37.ash -- the Office for National Statistics. Currently it is just
:18:37. > :18:41.over 62 million. The United Nations prepares to announce that the
:18:41. > :18:51.world's population has reached an estimated 7 billion. How much
:18:51. > :18:53.
:18:53. > :19:00.We are living in an era of the huge population growth. It took until
:19:00. > :19:06.1804 for there to be 1 billion people on the planet. By 1927, that
:19:06. > :19:13.figure had doubled. In just over 30 years, it hit 3 billion. Then look
:19:13. > :19:19.how quickly it rose to four, 5, 6 and now 7 billion. The world's
:19:19. > :19:25.population is growing by 200,000 people a day. Lack of space
:19:25. > :19:31.shouldn't be a problem. If everyone lived in one megacity, the density
:19:31. > :19:36.of Paris, then in theory, the entire population of the planet
:19:36. > :19:42.could fit into France, with room to spare. So will our numbers keep
:19:42. > :19:46.rising? Almost certainly yes, for several decades. More people are in
:19:46. > :19:50.their reproductive years than ever before. More children survive,
:19:50. > :19:58.thanks to better health care and sanitation. And people are living
:19:58. > :20:04.longer. The UN's best estimate is that there will be 8 billion people
:20:04. > :20:09.by 2025, 9 billion by 2050 and 10 billion by the end of the century.
:20:09. > :20:15.A higher UN prediction has the population at nearly 16 billion by
:20:15. > :20:22.2,100. Much of the increase will be driven by poor countries in Sub-
:20:22. > :20:28.Saharan Africa. Many already, with inadequate food and water. Ethiopia
:20:28. > :20:33.could see its population rise from 80 million, to 145 million.
:20:33. > :20:42.Contrast that with Germany. A similar population to Ethiopia now,
:20:42. > :20:47.but this could fall, to 75 million, by 2050. Indeed, there is a
:20:47. > :20:50.scenario that sees the world population falling. The UN's lower
:20:50. > :20:57.estimate for 2,100 is just over 6 billion people, 1 billion fewer
:20:57. > :21:04.than there are now. Why? Global fertility is already falling. In
:21:04. > :21:10.1950, women, on average, had five children each. It is now down to
:21:10. > :21:14.two-and-a-half. Small variations in fertility could have a big effect
:21:14. > :21:21.on population size in the future. In much of the world, including
:21:21. > :21:24.Brazil, Europe, Russia, Japan, even China, fertility has fallen so much
:21:24. > :21:30.that populations are reliably predicted to fall later this
:21:30. > :21:36.century. But what ever the long- term projections, for the coming
:21:36. > :21:40.decades, we can expect more and more people on the planet, way
:21:40. > :21:46.beyond the 7 billion milestone we are now passing.
:21:46. > :21:52.Fergus Walsh, reporting on the world's growing population. You can
:21:52. > :21:57.see more stories on that on our website.
:21:57. > :22:02.The finish mobile phone company Nokia has unveiled its new range of
:22:02. > :22:04.smart phones. The company hopes the new phones, its first to run
:22:04. > :22:08.Microsoft Windows software, will help it return to a leading
:22:09. > :22:12.position in the industry, after losing market share to smart phones
:22:13. > :22:18.such as the iPhone and a BlackBerry. The online retailer Amazon has said
:22:18. > :22:23.it is creating 1,000 new jobs before Christmas. The temporary and
:22:23. > :22:27.permanent positions are to staff a new centre in Hemel Hempstead. It
:22:27. > :22:31.comes despite a 70% fall in Amazon has profits during the last quarter.
:22:31. > :22:33.At least nine people have been killed and six are missing after
:22:33. > :22:38.torrential rain for has caused severe flooding in northern and
:22:38. > :22:42.central Italy. Officials say over 50 centimetres of rain, 20 inches,
:22:43. > :22:48.fell in just a few hours. The bad weather is expected to spread to
:22:48. > :22:52.the rest of Italy later today. For four decades, it laid neglected
:22:52. > :22:55.in a filing cabinet in Staffordshire. Now a letter written
:22:56. > :22:59.two centuries ago by Lord Nelson has been dusted down and put up for
:22:59. > :23:03.auction tomorrow. In it, he complains about a lack of
:23:03. > :23:10.government funds for couriers to carry news of his successful
:23:10. > :23:15.blockade in Naples. His statue looks down on a land
:23:15. > :23:20.that honours and, not merely as the one of a battle but a creator of a
:23:20. > :23:26.navy that still fights and wins by his tradition. Nelson's victory at
:23:26. > :23:32.Trafalgar was one of the greatest in history. Collectors have wanted
:23:32. > :23:37.to get their hands on anything connected with him. This letter is
:23:37. > :23:47.Nelson in a frustrated frame of mind. The letter is up for sale,
:23:47. > :23:52.addressed to mark Berry's distant grandfather. He mentions his quill
:23:52. > :23:57.pen, keeps dipping in the ink pot and difficulties of writing. His
:23:57. > :24:00.right hand was useless, he must have struggled to write this. He
:24:01. > :24:05.probably didn't get it done in one day. Who knew how relevant his
:24:05. > :24:15.words would be. Frustration, 200 years ago, at lack of government
:24:15. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:28.It is soon after the successful blockade of Naples and he is
:24:28. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:32.desperate for news of the armies, This handwritten piece of history
:24:32. > :24:36.is one of hundreds of lots being auctioned off tomorrow. It has
:24:36. > :24:41.Nelson at the heart of the letter, and I hope it finds its way into an
:24:41. > :24:46.institution, a museum or a serious private collection. However much is
:24:47. > :24:52.paid, this is a priceless Becks -- insight into an admiral's
:24:52. > :24:56.exasperation at defence spending. EU leaders are meeting to try to
:24:56. > :25:00.thrash out a deal to solve the eurozone debt crisis. Nick Robinson
:25:00. > :25:05.joins as from Brussels. The German Chancellor says it is now or never,
:25:05. > :25:10.we keep being told these are crunch talks, is this the last chance to
:25:10. > :25:14.sort it out? It is a curious thing in Brussels. You see the limousines
:25:14. > :25:18.sweep up, the men and women in suits march out, you see them
:25:18. > :25:21.declare the need for a deal, and it is all too easy to think they are
:25:21. > :25:27.talking about a world that none of us occupied. Then you remind
:25:27. > :25:31.yourself just what is at stake. What they are talking about is how
:25:31. > :25:36.to avoid not just one government, Greece, going bankrupt, but a
:25:36. > :25:39.series of government, perhaps Italy and Spain as well. Not just a bank
:25:39. > :25:46.going under but a whole series of banks, with huge consequences for
:25:46. > :25:49.the economy. And lastly, how on earth to ensure that a currency set
:25:49. > :25:53.up to bind the 17 countries together doesn't actually fall
:25:53. > :25:57.apart. And then you remember why Chancellor Merkel said that this
:25:57. > :26:02.was the biggest moment for Europe since the Second World War. Despite
:26:02. > :26:06.all that, my sense is that we won't get the deal to save the euro
:26:06. > :26:11.tonight, we will get the outlines of the framework of the deal that
:26:11. > :26:15.might be done once the details can be agreed. Progress, yes, but not
:26:15. > :26:20.the end of it all. David Cameron is here tonight, though not at the
:26:20. > :26:26.crucial Denner, because Britain is not in the single currency -- the
:26:26. > :26:30.crucial dinner. He believes this has to be as big as possible, and
:26:30. > :26:34.that not until crisis is really Newman, until it is two minutes to
:26:34. > :26:43.midnight, if you like, the deal will finally be done -- the crisis
:26:43. > :26:52.is really living. That time will But we saw those pictures of
:26:52. > :26:56.flooding in Italy and we have more on that on the websites. This cloud
:26:56. > :27:00.is not a welcome sight for some of you on your half-term break. It is
:27:00. > :27:05.heading towards us towards the night. We have a few showers
:27:05. > :27:09.lingering, one or two heavy ones in the south-east. Some stretching
:27:09. > :27:16.from Wells into Scotland, some will continue overnight. -- from Wales
:27:16. > :27:21.into Scotland. Before that cloud arrives, it will be a distinctly
:27:21. > :27:31.chilly night. For much of England and Wales, a grey start to the day.
:27:31. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:38.For the south-east and East Anglia, it will probably stay largely dry
:27:38. > :27:42.and cloudy. A few showers in the West, a dry and bright day. For
:27:42. > :27:46.many. Cloud will increase in eastern areas of Scotland and we
:27:46. > :27:51.will see patchy rain. It might turn heavier through the afternoon, it
:27:51. > :27:56.will be there all day long in the Midlands, central and southern
:27:56. > :28:00.England. In the South East, barely a drop. The rain, which will be
:28:00. > :28:04.heaviest in the morning, will gradually ease away. Most of the
:28:04. > :28:09.rain will push into Scandinavia. Lingering cloud in the south-east,
:28:09. > :28:13.keeping temperatures up. Clearing skies elsewhere means a chilly
:28:13. > :28:18.start to Friday and quite a foggy start which could hamper your
:28:18. > :28:21.journey to work. Once the fog shifts, the vast majority will have
:28:21. > :28:26.a dry and sunny day, holding on to a lot of cloud in the south-east
:28:26. > :28:36.corner. For much of England and Wales, dry and bright, Scotland and