26/07/2011 BBC News at Ten

A slow down in the UK economy, business says the latest figures

show the recovery is fragile. Growth drops to 0.2% in the last

quarter, raising questions about the Government's economic targets.

We are travelling a difficult road but it's the only road that leads

to that lasting prosperity, that lasting private sector recovery,

those job that is we all want to see. The response today is

staggeringly complacent. Families and businesses, people say we are

having a hard time and we are worried about the future and the

Chancellor says I am going to carry on regardless. We will be asking if

these figures have prompted any divisions within the coalition.

Also tonight: Young lives cut short. The faces of Norway's massacre

victims. The killer's lawyer says he's probably insane.

He's in a war and he says that the rest of the world, especially the

western world, don't understand his point of view, but in 60 years'

time we all will understand it. America's debt standoff, President

Obama now says he will veto the Republican spending cut plan.

A UN envoy arrives in Tripoli and gets a defiant message, Gaddafi is

going nowhere. Mitch WineHouse leads tributes to Amy, calling her

his angel daughter. I will be here later with Sportsday, including

Good evening. The Confederation of British Industry has described the

UK's economic recovery as fragile after the latest figures on growth.

GDP grew by just 0.2% between April and June, that's down on the

previous quarter. The Office for National Statistics said one-off

events such as the extra Bank Holiday for the Royal wedding had

dented growth. The Chancellor described the growth figure as

positive news, but Labour have hit back saying the recovery is being

choked off. Here's our economics editor Stephanie Flanders.

The letters stand for gross domestic product, the sum total of

everything that's made in the UK. It's been knocked about a bit

lately, with delays on production lines from the Japanese earthquake,

hot weather and a certain marriage in April. The result is growth of

0.2% in the second quarter, even less than before when the economy

was recovering from the snow. Overall, our GDP has now grown by

just 0.7% in the past 12 months. The ONS says that growth would be

half a percentage point higher without those factors but the

Chancellor would be still over a par recovery. You are You are

confident this is the best recovery? It is a difficult route

out of a deep recession, the largest budget deficit of any major

economy. But any other route would lead to disaster, because it would

lead to instability, concerns over Britain's ability to pay its way in

the world and that would lead to higher unemployment, less growth,

and that's not a path I am prepared to see Britain travel down. To the

Shadow Chancellor, it's Mr Osbourne that's taking the gamble. This is a

Chancellor in denial and I have to say I thought his response today is

staggeringly complacent. Families and businesses will say that we are

having a really hard time and we are worried about the future and

the Chancellor says I am going to carry on regardless. He is looking

deeply out of touch. So much for the talking heads in Westminster, I

went to a different Downing Street in Birmingham to find out how the

recovery's going there. This glass company company has invested in new

machines right through the down turn and even managed to take on

workers but the official figures ring true to the managing director.

The last two or so years have been a step change in reduced demand and

the recovery has come back from people getting a little bit closer

to where they were before, so there's no underlining surge of

demand we can see. The British economy's had a lot of ups and

downs since we started the industrial revolution, all those

years ago. There have been plenty of snow recoveries, -- slow

recoveries but this one is shaping up to be the slowest in nearly 100

years. This is how long it took us to get back to where we were after

the 30s recession. This is what it looked like after the recession in

the 70s, and the 80s, and the 90s. Now this is how long it could take

us today to get back to where we were and that's if there's no more

bad news. Some people say that's the inevitable price of the

financial crisis, there's no way around it. But others say the

Government should be doing more now to force the pace.

Today's figures are not that bad but what they do suggest is that

the problem of the underlining growth of the economy. We can

accept growth of the forecast but looking ahead if this slow growth

persists then we need to be doing something, we need to start

thinking about it now. The US economy recently hit its own soft

patch and Italy and Spain are struggling, even as Germany storms

ahead. But Britain's recovery seems more susceptible to special factors

than most. Our deputy political editor James

Landale is in Downing Street. As we have seen plenty to argue about

between Labour and the Government, are there questions raised within

the coalition? Well, what's interesting is that on the

fundamental policy of cutting the deficit there's no evidence of any

divisions within the coalition. Vince Cable, the Business Secretary,

making it very clear today that he supports the pace and the depth of

the spending cuts. On the question of growth, that's where there are

more divergeent voices, some saying what is needed now is more cash

injected into the economy through quantitative easing. Then you have

other Conservatives like the Mayor of London, saying the answer is tax

cuts, cutting national insurance or maybe the top rate of tax. Now,

George Osborne at least will allow himself to talk about the

possibility of tax cuts sometime in the future but both he and the

Prime Minister have have spent the day defending themselves against

charges they are at odds over the growth strategy, that some in

Downing Street think that people next door are not doing enough on

growth. Now that said, the bottom line is the figures today don't

change the basic political landscape. The recovery is feeble,

the sense of pressure on the Government is growing, but that

pressure is not yet overwhelming. Thank you. The Norwegian lawyer

who's been asked to defend Anders Behring Breivik says the self-

confessed killer is probably insane. Breivik apparently believes he was

fighting a war to defend the western world. Tonight the

Norwegian authorities have started to publish some of the names of

Breivik's 76 victims. From the capital Oslo James Robbins has the

latest on the investigation into Friday's twin attacks.

The official names of Norway's dead is under way. A shocking reminder

that most victims were children or very young adults. Among them

Ismail, a 20-year-old model and dancer. The youngest killed is

believed to be just 14. Amongst those tipped as future stars of the

Labour Party was Tore Eikeland, he was 21 and described by the Prime

Minister as one of the country's most promising youth politicians.

Among those missing was Hanne, another talented speaker who

addressed a Labour Party conference in April. And 45-year-old Monica

Bosei who had run the camp for years. This is their self-confessed

killer, Anders Breivik. Today, the lawyer defending him described him

as insane. This whole case - he is insane. He is in a war and he says

that the rest of the world, especially the western world, don't

understand his point of view, but in 60 years' time we all will

understand him. He called Breivik very cold and was asked if he

showed any remorse. He says that he is sorry he had to do this, but it

was necessary to start a revolution in the western world. An exchange

of text messages between a teenager girl who was hiding behind a rock

on the island and her mother has She did survive the massacre. This

is part, just part, of Norway's response to all that. The spreading

sea of flowers outside Oslo cathedral. Norwegians say they're

determined to prove the killer utterly wrong in every way. Wrong

for what he did, of course, but also wrong if he really believed

that the massacre would destroy Norway or start some sort of

revolution. Breivik claims he has accomplices,

that there is a second terror cell but the head of Norway's domestic

intelligence service told the BBC she was unconvinced. On a general

basis that so far we don't have any evidence of other cells, in Norway

or in Britain. For now, though, Norway's focus is on the dead and

those still missing, each evening the police will release more names

as the terrible process of identifying all who have been lost

goes on. Norway's Justice Minister has

praised the security services for their response to Anders Breivik's

attacks. But four days on there are questions about whether the police

were quick enough to get to the island where the killer went on the

rampage. It was left to local people to start helping the

traumatised teenagers. Our europe editor Gavin Hewitt has been

talking to some of the rescuers. Across from the island where so

many died there are people still waiting with young people still

missing. What is emerging here is the story of those rescued and

questions about the police response. The heart of this rescue was a camp

site in their - trb and their small boats.

The first thing was they don't trust us, they shout from the water

"can I trust you" and we have to make some comfort to them to say

yes, you can trust me. The gunman roamed the island for

over an hour. Many of the young people were using their mobiles to

call for help. Someone had to call the police and then some other girl

said you don't need to, but they don't believe us. The injured were

driven to a nearby town, that's where the police were waiting for

units to arrive from Oslo. The police roadblock terrified those

rescued. There was a policewoman there with a black suit and gun and

all the seven people in my car were screaming in shock, they shouted at

me, don't stop, don't stop, drive, because that's how the guy was

dressed. When the police teams arrived they used a local police

boat but it was too small for them and broke down. They had to turn to

private boats like this in order to make it across to the island where

the gunman was. This was the boat eventually used

by the teams. They captured the gunman after just two minutes.

It was a press helicopter that took this picture of Breivik on the

island, but the police helicopter was to the south and the police

teams travelled by road. But today the police have defended the speed

of their response. I don't think this could have gone faster, I

can't see how that could be possible with within this distance

and under these conditions. So, we will always try to be better but I

can't see how we could have done this faster.

The local community is reluctant to criticise the police response, but

it is the people of a small camp site who were the rescuers of

shivering and injured young people. I have seen things that nobody

should have to see. The overriding problem was that the gunman had

calculated that by setting off an explosion in Oslo he would draw the

police there while he had time to massacre young people at a summer

The political stand-off over the American debt crisis is becoming

more bitter with President Obama warning he will veto a Republican

plan unless they accept a compromise. Both sides have until

next Tuesday to agree on a deal to raise the 14 trillion dollar debt

ceiling. The political division in Washington is causing anxiety among

investors in New York. North America editor Mark Mardell reports

from Wall Street. This time next week, the bell might

call for all this if America goes broke. Wall Street is the living

heart of world capitalism, where millions are traded in an instant.

The politician's' inability to close a deal seems inexplicable

Kiev. We are very upset that our elected officials are acting like

children, that they are drawing lines in the sand and repeatedly

jumping over them, we are going to do it now. It is an embarrassment

to the world. Today the Philippines told the United States we should

take care of the dollar. I do not know what is left after that, maybe

Ethiopia telling us how to grow crops. There is nervousness and

frustration here, but a sense of optimism that a deal will be done.

They cannot believe the politicians will be so stupid as to not reach

an agreement, but in Washington facing further apart than ever.

Speaking to the nation, the President played the blame game.

For him, the Republicans are risking all. This is no way to run

the greatest country on earth. It is a dangerous game that we have

never played before, and we cannot afford to play it now. But John

Boehner, the Republican leader, says it is the President to his

entrance at them. The President would not take yes for an answer.

Even when we thought we would be close, his demands changed. The two

men had been closed radio, but talks broke down. There is a crisis

because the US government will not be able to pay its bills unless it

borrows more money, but Republicans refused to raise the borrowing

limit until there is a serious plan to deal with the 14.3 trillion

dollar national debt. The latest Democrat plan, reluctantly accepts

huge cuts and no tax increases, but the Republicans are ensuring the

deal is for six months only. In New York, one of the beasts of the

stock market is a tourist attraction. The only people feeling

bullish now of the Tea Party, the reason John Boehner will not

compromise. He is taking the message and getting out there and

doing what he needs to do to try to get control of the finances. Saving

the republic from long-term debt could have a high price. Bankers

simply do not know what will happen if America cannot pay its way after

next Tuesday. You are playing with fire if you do not raise the debt

ceiling. It has never happened before. We do not understand the

ramifications. Presumably, it is very bad for assets, for confidence,

for the long-term fiscal health of the country. The American recovery

is not robust. Politicians here will not be lightly forgiven if

their brinkmanship pusher the global economy over the edge. --

pushers. Coming up on the programme: Lucky

to be alive, the woman who drove off a Cornish cliff and the brave

jogger who found her car. I did not think there would be

anyone in Ayr, so I walked down to the car, fully expecting it to be

empty, and there was a lady in the Family and close friends have

attended Amy Winehouse's funeral in London today. The mourners included

music producer Mark Ronson and celebrity Kelly Osborne. In his

eulogy, Mitch Winehouse described his daughter as an angel. David

Sillito reports. After all the dramas of a life, it

has ended with a quiet family funeral in north London. Her father

Mitch, a hug and it is for her brother Alex. Her mother Janis. But

a glimpse of the invitation and the massed ranks of photographers

lining the walls of the crematorium were a reminder that this was the

funeral of Amy Winehouse. A Jewish girl from north London who had

grown to become a hugely successful singer and songwriter, but she was

famous for both her talent and her troubled life. Amongst the mourners,

her manager, Raye Cosbert. Her friend Kelly Osborne. Both had

known at her lowest, but today they were not remembering the pop star

that the world knew. They were remembering a daughter, a friend.

Producer Mark Ronson said he had lost his soulmate, someone who was

like a sister to him. He and other mourners had listened to her father

Mitch. He spoke about how happy his daughter had become, her headstrong

youth and how she had, in recent months, conquered her drug

addiction. He said even her drinking was coming under control.

It ended with the words, good night, my angel, sleeve tight, mummy and

daddy love you ever so much. Police in Northern Ireland have

released footage from earlier this month showing the moment rioters

lost control of a burning car during one of the worst nights of

violence in the province for years. Nationalist protesters in north

Belfast set fire to the car during clashes over an Orange Order march.

It was pushed towards police lines but rolled out of control into a

garden wall. The rioters then tried to push the burning vehicle back

towards the police. Officers say if the petrol tank had exploded, many

people would have been killed. It has emerged that the chancellor,

George Osborne, has met executives from Rupert Murdoch's companies 16

times since the general election in May last year. The list of contact

has been published in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal which

raised concerns about relations between politicians and the press.

Political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue is here. On the face of

it, this is a large number of meetings. How embarrassing is it

politically? It is more than once a month since the general election,

so people will have to make up their minds about whether they

think that is too many. Interestingly, one of the meetings

that George Osborne had what Rupert Murdoch, a dinner last December,

was happening at the time when Vince Cable, the Business Secretary,

was telling undercover journalists that he was at war with Rupert

Murdoch. Clearly two parts of the Government not seeing things the

same way. There are other interesting comparisons, because

George Osborne, 16 times with News Corp individuals, that compares to

a similar number for Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, over that period

of time. Other highlights from the list, Michael Gove, Education

Secretary, met Rupert Murdoch himself six times over that period,

and he says there was no discussion of the BSkyB deal. One other thing,

George, Jeremy Hunt, Culture Secretary, met James Murdoch twice

in January this year to discuss the BSkyB deal explicitly. We are going

to get the minutes of those meetings published quite shortly,

and we will pour over those for any signs of any inappropriate

Efforts to find a deal to end the civil war in Libya intensify today

with a UN special envoy arriving in Tripoli for talks. It comes as some

NATO countries, including Britain and France, appeared to be shifting

their stance on whether Muammar Gaddafi has to leave the country.

After today's talks, the Libyan Prime Minister said there could be

no progress on negotiations until the NATO raids are called off.

He is still the biggest man in Libya. NATO has bombed Colonel

Gaddafi for four months. But the leader and his supporters just will

William Hague has now followed France and Libyan rebels in

suggesting that if the leader gives up power, he may be able to stay

inside his own country, but the Government says no. TRANSLATION:

With due respect, he cannot decide on behalf of the Libyan people.

What is important to us is what Libyans decide, not what William

Hague decides. These pictures give us an idea of Colonel Gaddafi's

defiance. His supporters at his tribal gathering include Abdel

Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing,

still alive almost two years after he was sent home from Scotland with

We found more of the Colonel's supporters cheering explosions near

the front line with the rebels. NATO has not been able to get them

to surrender. It has been bombing since March. NATO aircraft have

made more than 16,000 sorties. They have carried out more than 6,000

airstrikes. But still Colonel Gaddafi remains. For rebels in

eastern Libya, Muammar Gaddafi's fate is cause for argument. Some

still insist that he has no future inside his own country.

understand that Libyan people want Gaddafi and his circle and his

family to leave the country and power. So this is our official

stand as of today. Others suggest that the colonel does not have to

go into exile. Would that Britain and France are prepared to let

Colonel Gaddafi inside Libya is seen by his supporters as an

admission that NATO and the rebels cannot get rid of Libya's leader.

In the end, they believe that NATO will wear out and give up long

before the leader ever thus. -- does.

Drivers are being urged to avoid the M4 motorway in Newport in South

Wales after a lorry caught fire in a tunnel. The road was closed in

both directions between junctions 24 and 28 while firefighters

brought the blaze under control. No-one was hurt but the westbound

tunnel may stay closed until a full structural examination has been

completed. It is an extraordinary tale of

survival and bravery. A woman who plunged over the side of a Cornish

cliff in her car has been rescued after spending the entire night on

the cliff side. The car was discovered by a jogger this morning

perched on a slope at St Agnes Headland. From there, Louise

The north Cornish coast, remote, rugged and, for one driver, nearly

fatal. Perched just metres away from a sheer drop, the driver of

his car waited 18 hours for help. When it did come, there was drama

right until the end. The alarm was only raised this morning when a

jogger saw the car teetering on the edge. An RAF helicopter captured

Ben Stafford comforting the driver. I climbed down to the car fully

expecting it to be empty, and there was a lady in the passenger seat,

and to my shock. The glass was caved in, the roof caved in. I told

her to keep calm, that help would be on the way, just small

conversation to keep her occupied. The car came over the top of that

cliff, and the emergency services think that it flipped over and then

continued bouncing down the hill until it came to rest in that spot

there. It is incredible that the car stopped at all. It is even more

incredible that the driver spent the night inside it, trapped. It

was misty yesterday afternoon, which may have caused the driver to

come off the remote track. This is very unusual. It is one of those

accidents that happens, no one seems to know how or why, but we

often get people stuck on cliffs that have attempted to climb up.

They realise that they cannot make it, that is our usual kind of work

here. The woman was airlifted to hospital in Truro, where she