Drunk European in Britain troubled newsman (10)

'drunk' is the definition.
(I know that drunk can be written as inebriated)

'european in britain troubled newsman' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
'britain' could be 'br' (abbreviation) and 'br' is located in the answer.
'troubled' could be 'ate' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ate' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'id' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).