25/01/2013 BBC News at Ten

Fears that Britain could be heading for a triple-dip recession after

the latest figures show the economy has shrunk. It contracted by 0.3%

in the last three months of 2012 - a fall in manufacturing and North

Sea oil production was partly to blame. I think it's a reminder that

Britain faces a very tough economic situation. I think it's a reminder

that last year was particularly difficult. Today is the moment when

it is absolutely clear that the plan has failed and David Cameron

and George Osborne's complacency is exposed.

Ditch the austerity talk, the Mayor of London tells the Chancellor, as

he urges him to press ahead with major infrastructure projects.

We'll be assessing how likely a triple-dip recession is.

Also tonight: At least four dead and hundreds

injured across Egypt as police clash with protestors demonstrating

against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

Barry George, the man wrongly convicted of murdering the BBC

presenter Jill Dando, loses his High Court bid for compensation.

Treacherous conditions on the roads as more heavy snow falls across

much of Scotland and northern And fourth time lucky - Murray

finally beats Federer in a Grand Slam to reach Sunday's Australian

In sport, Chelsea's Eden Hazard is charged with violent conduct by the

FA following this week's incident Good evening.

There are fears that the UK could be heading towards an unprecedented

triple-dip recession - that's what new figures suggest. The economy

shrank by 0.3% in the last 3 months of 2012. The Chancellor, George

Osborne, says the figures are a reminder that Britain faces "a very

difficult" situation. But Labour accused Mr Osborne and the Prime

Minister of "being asleep at the wheel". The Mayor of London, Boris

Johnson, said the Government should junk talk of austerity to bring

back confidence in the economy. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh

A shrinking economy, that is what we've learnt about the final three

months of last year. The value of goods and services fell back. So

what was going on at the sharp end? At Component Manufacturers' like

this one in Telford, which supplies the UK and export markets. The boss

says last year they didn't make much headway. We know that December

was pretty poor. But if you take the year as a whole, it was

relatively flat. We had good months and flat months. Looking ahead they

do feel more optimistic. They are do feel more optimistic. They are

investing for expansion. 2012 was a year of ups and downs. In the first

three months the economy contracted with construction activity falling

sharply. There was another slide in the second quarter with the extra

bank holiday for the Jubilee affecting overall output. Between

July and September, partly thanks to a bruised from the Olympics, the

economy bounced back, but in the final three months there was

final three months there was another fall in activity. The

overall picture for the year was flat. I think it is a reminder that

Britain faces a very tough economic situation. It's a reminder that

last year was particularly difficult, both with the problems

at home dealing with the debts built up over many years, but also

the problems in the eurozone. It is now in recession. We can either run

away from the problems or confront them and I'm determined to confront

them. Her from his party colleague Boris Johnson there was a pointed

message. The approach is right, but not the austerity language. There's

been a lot of talk of authority, from us all over the last few years.

-- austerity. We need to move away from that and talk about investment,

opportunities that the City of London offers of the country.

Westminster, the figures have rekindle the debate over the extent

to which George Osborne has deficit-cutting plans have heard

the wider economy. Labour has repeated its demand for a rethink

and a U-turn. I've been warning for 2.5 years that this plan would fail,

that it risked a double-dip recession, it would fly line the

economy, if you cut spending and raise taxes too quickly, it would

make things worse. Today is the moment when it is absolutely clear

the plan has failed and David Cameron and George Osborne as

complacency is exposed. Her this Walsall business sells greetings

cards. The message gives an insight into the consumer side of the

economy. Shoppers budgets are stretched so they are buying

cheaper product of up the boss told me they've seen the benefits.

are cheap and cheerful. Where they were spending �3 on a card, they

might be spending �1 now. 79p. That is our main price. Where does the

economy go from here in this first quarter of 2013? For business

surveys are pointing to flat output at best, consumer confidence is

very depressed, it will pay is falling. At the moment it looks

like the first quarter will be pretty tough. Reason jobs figures

have been positive, most forecasters expect growth for the

full year. Ministers can only hope it starts to pick up soon.

Stephanie Flanders is at the World economic Forum in Davos. What is

the likelihood of the UK heading into a triple-dip recession?

don't think on the basis of these figures that anyone is ruling out

another triple-dip, another three months in which the economy shrinks.

If you look at most forecasts, if you talk to most people, and

businesses I've talked to in Davos, face says this is an economy that

is not going anywhere very fast. It is not lurching backwards into a

deep recession, it is not going forwards either. The big debate

we've seen today and we will see in the next few weeks leading up to

the budget is how long it will continue, for his flat period that

has lasted for well over a year, and whether there's anything Mr

Osborne can do about it. Boris Johnson talks about less talk of

austerity. The IMF suggested last year and again this week that there

might have to be less austerity this year compared to what Mr

Osborne was planning. But no one is talking about magically restoring

rapid growth. This is the worst period for the economy since the

1920s and 1930s, possibly even worse than Fenn, and no one is

suggesting that can radically changed. The best you could do is

try not to make things any worse, maybe make them slightly better. At

the end of this year, if nothing bad happens and the eurozone

continues to start to feel a bit more confident, we may be 1% larger,

we might have had a triple-dip and still grown 1% by the end of this

year. That will mean our national output is still smaller than it was

at the start of the recession. Cold comfort, perhaps, but in that

period the eurozone economy will actually shrink.

And for more analysis and a detailed breakdown of how Britain's

economy is performing, you can visit our website at bbc.co.uk/news.

At least five people have been killed and hundreds injured across

Egypt as police clashed with protestors on the second

anniversary of the Egyptian revolution which ousted President

Hosni Mubarak. Their anger was directed at the country's elected

Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, who's been accused of betraying the

revolution. Our correspondent Aleem A short while ago, this entire area

behind me was shrouded with teargas. There had been thousands of

protesters through the day, but they have thinned out, but there

are still hundreds baloney in Tahrir Square. We have had

confirmation from the lip dashed Egyptian health ministry that over

200 people have been injured in protests and confirmation of those

five death. All of this on the day President Morsi wanted to be a day

of peaceful celebration to mark the anniversary. There were signs from

early on that it could turn violent. This is not what the

revolutionaries had imagined. Two years on, there would be

instability, violence and division. In a corner of Tahrir Square we saw

clashes with the police and injured protesters. Huge crowds filled the

square after Friday prayers. Opposition supporters feeling

betrayed that they goals of the revolution were not realised,

calling for their new President to go. Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim

Brotherhood preside over a country where huge splits have been exposed

between Islamist and liberal. They had promised a country where all

Egyptians would prosper. Mohamed Morsi and his brother had are just

the same as Mubarak. They are the same. It is exactly the same thing.

We have not seen any changes on the ground. Not anything happened. Just

words. The revolution took the cover off. We can see everything

bad. A time to correct, we have to correct. We will correct everything.

It is not just Cairo. People took to the streets elsewhere. Protests

turned violent in Suez and Alexandra. There, anti- Mohamed

Morsi demonstrators attacked the police trying to protect government

buildings. Inevitable retaliation by security forces so reminiscent

of the protests of the past caused any anger. -- only anger. This

evening, there is news of more clashes in Cairo and elsewhere.

More injuries and now death as well. An historic day it may be, but this

is no celebration. A lot of parallels have been drawn

between what happened to Day and two years ago in Tahrir Square. A

lot of the slogans were remarkably similar. If we talked about those

five deaths in sewers. Two years ago there were three death fat

fjord the uprising that ultimately toppled mood Iraq. FoE's three

Death also happened in so where's. -- those three deaths.

An RAF surveillance plane has flown to west Africa to help French

troops fighting Islamist rebels in Mali. The Sentinel aircraft has

been widely used in Afghanistan and over Libya. Britain has already

sent two transport planes to help the French operation. David Cameron

says Britain has no intention of sending any ground troops.

Barry George, the man who spent eight years in jail after being

wrongly convicted of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, has failed

in his bid to win compensation at the High Court. Barry George, seen

here in the blue tie, was cleared in 2008. Today, two judges said

that the decision made by the Justice Secretary not to compensate

him as a victim of a miscarriage of justice was correct. Our

correspondent Tom Symonds is with me. What exactly does this mean?

Barry George was acquitted of the case against him in 2008 because a

tiny speck of firearms residue found on his clothing could not be

conclusively linked to Jill Dando's shooting. But the judges are

effectively saying that that doesn't make him innocent enough to

be able to receive compensation. The reason for a say that, and

they've used the latest legal thinking, is that under the law you

have to be able to prove that no jury could ever have convicted you

on the basis of the evidence. In this case, there was the firearms

residue, but there was also a bit more evidence. Evidence from a

witness that said he saw Barry George in that area on that day.

For judges have said that meant there could be a trial with him

being retried for these charges and that a reasonable jury, properly

directed, may have convicted him of murder. In this case the jury

acquitted him. But the chance that they could have done has meant he

is not entitled to a miscarriage of justice amount of money. His legal

team are pretty upset and disappointed. Phase say they will

Police have launched a criminal inquiry after a four-month-old baby

boy was found with a dummy taped to his face at Stafford Hospital. A

member of staff has been suspended. The trust which runs the hospital

has apologised to the family of the baby, who was not injured in the

incident. The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is already the

subject of a public inquiry into serious failings of care. A 30-

year-old teacher from Sussex has denied a charge of child abduction

at Lewes Crown Court. Jeremy Forrest, who worked at Bishop Bell

School in Eastbourne, was arrested in Bordeaux in France last

September after a Europe-wide search. More heavy snow has been

falling across much of Scotland and Northern England. Manchester

Airport had to be closed for a short time tonight to clear the

runway of snow. And police in Cumbria are advising drivers not to

travel unless they have to. The heavy snow is forecast to move

further south overnight. And tonight there have been reports of

major flooding in South West Wales. Our correspondent is in Leeds. For

many people in the north of Britain, it is day-case of here we go again

with more heavy snow falling. This is the end of this current cold

spell. It is certainly going out with a sting in its tail. So far

today, the worst of the conditions have been in Scotland. Roads in

Perthshire look more like those in Scandinavian, after another fall of

heavy snow. Repeated ploughing left walls of white 12 ft tall along

miles of roads. The treacherous conditions have left this convoy of

lorries stranded near Dundee for nearly a week. They're trying to

get to the site of a wind farm but the snow has made the final few

miles of the journey impossible. the wind is bad at the top of the

mountain, cranes cannot operate. To be stuck for this amount of time is

very unusual. At Aberdeen Airport, but ploughs and gritters were at

keeping the runways open. Further south into England, police put

extra patrols on high routes over the Pennines in case the weather

closed in quickly. In Derbyshire, more details have emerged about

this fatal accident in icy conditions yesterday. The man who

died, when two cars crashed into rogue River, was 42-year-old David

Cox, who worked for the BBC. Police have praised his 11-year-old

daughter to escape. Flooding is now a concern over the coming days as a

thought is forecast to certain. This farm in Somerset has had many

of his fields underwater performance and cannot see it

getting any better. -- for mounts. Everything is wet. You go through

the snow and hit mad. The whole thing becomes totally impossible.

You cannot use tractors. The stock a getting very muddy and when they

get muddy, they are cold. This was Leeds this evening put a heavy snow

falling thick and fast, thankfully long after the rush-hour. Little

surprise that the roads are virtually deserted tonight because

of the conditions. Leeds Bradford Airport a shut until at least

11:30pm because the runway has snow on it. In Cumbria, conditions are

bad locally. In south-western Wales, it is flooding caused by melting

snow and rain. The thought already beginning in many parts of the

country. This snow will not hang around for long. If you want to

enjoy it, make the most of it alive. -- tomorrow. Coming up on tonight's

programme: Record profits for Samsung but are they winning the

battle of the smart phones? We may have had a record haul of medals at

the London Olympics but not everyone is continuing to bask in

the post-Games glow. Sports like basketball and volleyball, which

both failed to medal, have been stripped of their elite team

investment. They are not happy about it but the Government has

told them to stop whingeing. In the first of a series looking at the

Games' legacy, David Bond asks whether cutting elite funding could

threaten the key aim of getting more people to take up sport. Hit

it is. The Olympic room clad in Lycra. Six months on, the

Manchester velodrome is packed full of budding Bradley Wiggins and

Victoria Pendletons. All ages, all captivated by the magic of London.

The facilities, you cannot get on any of the taster sessions and

improvers because of the interest. There are more cyclists. More

people have been trying the taster and improve the sessions. It is

getting harder to get on the track. The Games biggest rock star has

certainly noticed a change. years ago riding around Regent's

Park as a kid, no one was there. Now I drive through in a taxi and

hundreds of riding around. The only difference is self -- is now that

they will stop at the traffic lights. I never did. Sports

participation has steadily risen, especially in the last 12 months.

Some sports have fared better than others. In cycling, an increase of

200,000 in weekly participation. Athletics and swimming is not far

behind. A very different story elsewhere. Gymnastics, rowing and

basketball registering the tiniest of increases. The legacy vision was

to do what no host country has ever done before - fill halls like this

for months to come. Six months on, it is promising. With basketball,

it shows just how difficult that will be. Here in South London,

these children have been inspired. Even though the Team GB basketball

team flopped at the Games. They lost their funding. Critics say

without role-models, grassroots will wither. I do not think we

should walk away from these sports just because they may not be

meddling in Rio or even going to Rio. We should be putting more

money into bring about benefits. For now, it is an argument that

leading basketball players have lost. Millions of pounds are still

going into the sport to be his participation. When it comes to the

top, the message from the Government is clear. Those who have

failed should stop whingeing and put it right in the same way that

sports like hockey and gymnastics have done in the past, that enabled

them to succeed in London. It is too soon to tell whether the

Olympic bounce seen in sports like cycling can be sustained. The true

legacy test will come years down the line when the sheen from the

golden Games has faded. The trial cull of badgers approved by the

Government is to go ahead from June. Badgers in two areas of

Gloucestershire and West Somerset will be killed in an attempt to

curtail the spread of TB in cattle. The cull was delayed when it was

realised there were more badgers than previously supposed in the

trial areas. Samsung has announced record profits of more than �4

billion, driven by impressive sales of their smartphones. The figures,

for the last three months of 2012, are 75% up on the year before. Last

year, Samsung became the world's biggest smartphone maker. And its

success is putting pressure on Six years ago, the Apple iPhone was

unveiled by Steve Jobs and went on to define the smartphone industry.

Now Samsung has grabbed the lead with bigger friends at keener

prices. Samsung is the giant industrial conglomerate that makes

everything from televisions to washing machines. Its smartphones

have transformed its fortunes and contribute more than half of its

profits. It is winning out by offering new smart phone users the

same kind of experience as Apple but for less. Samsung is offering a

very attractive experience at a very affordable price. For those

users wanting to use Facebook, Twitter, E Malcolm browsing

websites, Beijing not need to pay the top of the range. -- they do

not need. Apple shares have slid after worries over abilities to not

be able to come up with something new. It sold a record 48 million

iPhones. Samsung made profits of over by billion pounds. Analysts

reckon it has sold over 60 million smartphones. Samsung is grabbing an

ever bigger share of the market but Apple is still making more money.

The competition is set to get even fiercer as smartphones enter more

and more areas of many people's lives. More than half of all

British consumer's own a smartphone and they are using them from

everything from paying each other to controlling the television.

a device that fits into our pockets, we have more computing power than

they had on the Apollo mission when they put men on the moon. It is not

just about making calls and texting people, we're making movies. We are

connecting with people socially and navigating. The competition is

heating up. Both Samsung and Apple could find profits under pressure

from new cut-price rivals. That is from China's smartphone makers. He

had never beaten him in a Grand Slam, despite trying three times to

do so. But it turned out to be 4th time lucky for Andy Murray today,

as he defeated Roger Federer to reach Sunday's final of the

Australian Open. He'll play the world number one, Novak Djokavic in

Melbourne. Murray-mania has come to Melbourne with flags, face paint

and boundless optimism. Could they inspired their hero to another

Grand Slam final? There was one minor obstacle in his way - the

most successful man in tennis history - Roger Federer. Murray had

not dropped a single set and he soon showed why. Praising his way

to the opening set of the match. -- blazing. That was the first swing

of the pendulum. Back roared Federer, clinching the second set

with that familiar swagger. Murray though soon grab back the

initiative, sweeping to the third set before serving for the match in

the 4th. Somehow Federer clawed his way back from the brink to level

things up. It was spine-tingling drama. Once upon a time, Murray

might have crumbled. Now, instead, it was Federer who faded and after

four gruelling hours, it was finally over. What a match, what

and at this fear and what a victory for Andy Murray! One of the biggest

wins of his career and he is through to another grand-slam final.

It was his improved mental toughness that saw him home. I am

known for losing a lot of tough matches - big matches especially. I

have never beaten Roger in a big match until the Olympics. That

certainly helps but it does not make it any easier. He now faces