:00:04. > :00:11.More years of pain - Britain's growth is slower and its borrowing
:00:11. > :00:14.is up. A grim warning to families and businesses across the UK. The
:00:14. > :00:20.Chancellor says it will take longer than planned to balance the books
:00:20. > :00:24.and admits Britain's economy has been knocked off course. Our debt
:00:24. > :00:34.challenge is greater than we thought because the boom was bigger,
:00:34. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:45.the bust even deeper and the More tough times ahead in the
:00:45. > :00:50.public sector, hundreds of thousands more face job losses and
:00:50. > :00:56.pay is capped. Christmas is cancelled due to the
:00:56. > :00:59.fact that we can't afford it. We'll be looking at what difference
:00:59. > :01:01.today's measures can make. Also tonight:
:01:01. > :01:07.A former News of the World journalist says his bosses knew
:01:07. > :01:10.exactly what was going on with phone hacking.
:01:10. > :01:16.The British Embassy in Iran invaded by hard-line supporters of their
:01:16. > :01:20.government in retaliation for sanctions.
:01:20. > :01:30.Michael Jackson's doctor gets four years in prison for involuntary
:01:30. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:37.manslaughter. I will be here with Sportsday later.
:01:37. > :01:47.Portsmouth Portsmouth football club could lose points in the
:01:47. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:54.Good evening. Welcome to the BBC News at Six.
:01:54. > :01:59.The tough times are far from over the Chancellor, George Osborne
:01:59. > :02:04.warned. Whether it is public sector pay and jobs, tax credits or the
:02:04. > :02:14.retirement age, there's more pain ahead. The British economy is doing
:02:14. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:17.worse than expected with growth forecasts down and borrowing up. Mr
:02:17. > :02:21.Osbourne pledged to save Britain from what he called a debt storm.
:02:21. > :02:27.Labour said the coalition's strategy was now in tatters.
:02:27. > :02:30.Our first report is from Nick This was the statement that George
:02:30. > :02:34.Osborne never wanted to deliver, a moment he would have to travel from
:02:34. > :02:37.the Treasury to Parliament, to tell the nation that the Government will
:02:37. > :02:42.not have balanced the books by the next election.
:02:42. > :02:46.Our debt challenge is even greater than we thought because the boom
:02:46. > :02:51.was bigger. The bust even deeper and the effects will last even
:02:51. > :02:56.longer. Those effects a packed House of
:02:56. > :03:01.Commons was told would mean more pain now, more pain tomorrow, more
:03:01. > :03:06.pain for longer. Why? Because what those working behind the door of
:03:06. > :03:09.Number Eleven were told bit independent forecasters at the
:03:09. > :03:14.Office for Budget Responsibility. That over the next few years, there
:03:14. > :03:20.will be �111 billion in extra borrowing. That growth next year,
:03:20. > :03:26.won be 1% -- won't be 1%, it will be 0en 7%. As a result, they redict
:03:26. > :03:30.in total -- predict in total 710,000 public sector jobs will go.
:03:30. > :03:34.The Chancellor blamed inflation coming from abroad and the crisis
:03:34. > :03:38.spreading from the eurozone. Much of Europe appears to be
:03:38. > :03:43.heading into a recession caused by a chronic lack of confidence in the
:03:43. > :03:47.ability of countries to deal with their debts. We will do whatever it
:03:47. > :03:51.takes to protect Britain from this debt storm.
:03:51. > :03:55.Whatever it takes, means that many of us will end up working longer.
:03:55. > :04:01.The State Pension Age will be increased from 66 to 67, starting
:04:01. > :04:06.in the year 2026. That will affect anyone under the age of 52.
:04:06. > :04:10.Whatever it takes also means more unwelcome news for public sector
:04:10. > :04:14.workers on the eve of strikes and protests over cuts to their
:04:14. > :04:19.pensions. The Chancellor has decided to tighten the squeeze on
:04:19. > :04:23.public sector pay. It has been frozen for all but the worst paid
:04:23. > :04:27.until 2012, after that, there will be a 1% cap on the pay bill for the
:04:27. > :04:31.next two years. I accept that a 1% average rise is
:04:31. > :04:34.tough, it is also fair to those who work to pay the taxes that will
:04:34. > :04:38.fund it. There was to be more. Although out
:04:38. > :04:42.of work benefits will increase with inflation, many tax credits are to
:04:42. > :04:46.be frozen, but not those paid to the disabled. You can see why some
:04:46. > :04:50.ministers might have been wondering when it would end. The Chancellor
:04:50. > :04:55.had some good news, rail fare increases will be a little lower
:04:55. > :04:59.and petrol rises too. We are able to cancel the fuel duty
:04:59. > :05:03.increase planned for January and for the fuel duty to be only 3
:05:03. > :05:08.pence higher than it is now. George Osborne couldn't claim it is
:05:08. > :05:10.plan was on course, but he did insist there was no choice, but to
:05:10. > :05:14.stick to it. Leadership for tough times. That's
:05:14. > :05:18.what we offer and I commend this this statement to the House.
:05:18. > :05:22.If Labour's response had been one sentence, it it would have been,
:05:22. > :05:24."We told you." The Chancellor, said Ed Balls, had blamed everyone but
:05:24. > :05:29.himself. Families and businesses know it is
:05:30. > :05:34.hurting and with billions more in borrowing to pay for rising
:05:34. > :05:37.unemployment, today we find out the truth. It is just not working.
:05:37. > :05:42.he were chancellor, he said, he would cut taxes and spend more to
:05:42. > :05:48.get people back to work. If after just 18 months, his plan
:05:48. > :05:52.is leading to falling growth, rising unemployment, and 158
:05:52. > :06:02.billion pounds more in borrowing the country needs a new chancellor
:06:02. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:05.or a new plan. This was the day when the list of
:06:05. > :06:08.those with reasons to protest against Government cuts just got
:06:08. > :06:13.longer. What we have seen today is there
:06:13. > :06:17.will be an 80% increase in public sector unemployment and that's
:06:17. > :06:21.going to hit the areas such as Wales with a reliance on public
:06:21. > :06:25.sector jobs. Tonight, we know what they have
:06:25. > :06:34.known at Number Eleven for sometime, the outlook is bleak, the forecast
:06:34. > :06:38.is it is not going to get better Well, it was a very detailed
:06:38. > :06:41.statement from the Chancellor. He also outlined new plans to boost
:06:41. > :06:44.the economy and confirmed that benefits will go up by 5.2% from
:06:44. > :06:49.next April and the basic state pension will increase by �5.30 a
:06:49. > :06:52.week. There was also help for small businesses. The Government has
:06:52. > :06:55.pledged to underwrite loans and extended a holiday on business
:06:55. > :07:01.rates. Mr Osborne announced more money for schools in England and
:07:01. > :07:05.gave details of plans to help people buy their own home. So what
:07:05. > :07:09.do all those facts and figures boil down to if you are trying to run a
:07:09. > :07:16.small business or make ends meet at home? Our correspondent Jon Kay has
:07:16. > :07:21.been to Plymouth to get the Plymouth is used to weathering the
:07:21. > :07:27.elements, but this storm is starting to feel like a prolonged
:07:27. > :07:31.battering. Four weeks before Christmas, and the high street
:07:31. > :07:36.unseasonably quiet. Kim says trade on her market stall has never been
:07:36. > :07:38.slower, takings are down and now she is worried by changes to her
:07:39. > :07:41.working tax credit. It is another nail in the coffin.
:07:41. > :07:47.They will be struggling to make a living here and it is getting
:07:48. > :07:52.harder and harder. I will have to work twice as hard for longer hours.
:07:52. > :07:57.I don't know, what do we do next? People in Plymouth just as across
:07:57. > :08:02.the country knew the economic outlook was not bright and sunny,
:08:02. > :08:07.but there seems to be genuine shock here that the forecast is now quite
:08:07. > :08:12.as miserable as the latest figures suggest. Plymouth is clearly
:08:12. > :08:16.hurting. The airport is about to close and the football club has
:08:16. > :08:21.only recently emerged from administration. This is an old
:08:21. > :08:25.naval city where wages are low and where the number of public sector
:08:25. > :08:30.jobs is high. At the hospital, we met health worker Suzie Franklin.
:08:30. > :08:34.After a two year pay freeze, she heard she will get a pay rise, but
:08:34. > :08:39.of 1%. It is nothing, is it? Christmas is
:08:39. > :08:42.cancelled this year due to the fact that we can't afford it. The rich
:08:42. > :08:46.are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
:08:47. > :08:50.Perhaps the biggest shock is the news news that the the State
:08:50. > :08:57.Pension Age is going up to 67. That means Laura, who we met Christmas
:08:57. > :09:02.shopping, could have 4 and more years of hair -- 4 and more years
:09:02. > :09:09.of hairdressing ahead of her. I have already got bad wrists. I'm
:09:09. > :09:14.standing on my feet. I won't be able to do that then.
:09:14. > :09:23.It has not blown over and they didn't expect things still to feel
:09:23. > :09:26.Well, as we've been hearing, the Chancellor says the reason there
:09:26. > :09:32.are even tougher times ahead is because the debt the country has to
:09:32. > :09:35.pay back is getting bigger. So what's gone wrong? Here's our chief
:09:35. > :09:38.economics correspondent, Hugh Pym. It is the statement George Osborne
:09:38. > :09:42.hoped he wouldn't have to make, it is a much bleaker picture than he
:09:42. > :09:47.set out in the Budget back in March. That seems like a long time ago now
:09:47. > :09:51.and there was little the Chancellor could do to soften the blow.
:09:51. > :09:55.So what's gone wrong? Some of the key predictions were off the mark.
:09:55. > :10:02.The growth forecast for next year has been slashed by two-thirds to
:10:02. > :10:05.0.7%. That means borrowing will be �120 billion in that financial year,
:10:05. > :10:09.nearly �20 billion higher than forecast. Usually after a recession,
:10:09. > :10:13.the economy bounces back quickly. Tax revenues from companies,
:10:13. > :10:16.including those in the City of London come flooding back into the
:10:16. > :10:20.Government's coffers and that allows borrowing to be reduced, but
:10:20. > :10:23.with growth faltering, that has not happened this time.
:10:23. > :10:26.So the next question is - who is to blame for the Government's
:10:26. > :10:29.problems? The Chancellor points to
:10:29. > :10:34.instability in the eurozone with protests over spending cuts and
:10:34. > :10:38.fears of a recession which could hit UK trade. He He blames
:10:38. > :10:43.pressures on consumersion his control, global cost increases have
:10:43. > :10:46.hit food and energy bills, so Mr Osbourne wants to stick to his
:10:46. > :10:52.course on cutting borrowing. He should stick to his plans. He
:10:52. > :10:55.made cuts which are allowing the UK to have low borrowing costs. We
:10:55. > :10:59.would sacrifice that if he were to change tact nowpm. There are a few
:10:59. > :11:01.in the City who think he should change tact because his cuts are
:11:01. > :11:05.hitting growth and making things worse.
:11:05. > :11:08.If the Chancellor continues to cut spending into an economic downturn,
:11:08. > :11:12.the UK may end up with more Government debt at the end of it
:11:12. > :11:17.because if we go into a recession benefits will have to go up and tax
:11:17. > :11:20.revenues will go down. Everything Hinges on economic
:11:20. > :11:25.growth so when will it improve? The independent watchdog in charge of
:11:25. > :11:28.forecasting had this verdict. We expect the momentum of the
:11:28. > :11:33.economy to weaken further further during the final quarter of this
:11:33. > :11:36.year, but then to pick up gradually through next year assuming the euro
:11:36. > :11:39.area struggles through its current difficulties.
:11:39. > :11:42.That's a big assumption. The Chancellor himself warned that if
:11:42. > :11:46.the eurozone fell back into recession, the UK could go the same
:11:46. > :11:50.way and if that happened, the borrowing figures could get revised
:11:50. > :12:00.up again, making Mr Osbourne's task of trying to balance the books even
:12:00. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:06.Our political editor, Nick Robinson, What does this do to George
:12:06. > :12:10.Osborne's credit iablet? There is no doubt he had to eat the Prime
:12:10. > :12:14.Minister's words. David Cameron said that he he would balance the
:12:14. > :12:17.books bit next election and it is clear he he won't, but what the
:12:17. > :12:21.Chancellor can say he stuck to his plans, that the independent Office
:12:21. > :12:24.for Budget Responsibility says he will get there eventually and a
:12:24. > :12:29.claim that it would be worse if he followed Labour's advice by
:12:29. > :12:33.spending and borrowing more and is worse if much of Europe. Now that
:12:34. > :12:37.that may not matter very much to many people watching tonight, who
:12:37. > :12:41.are worrying not about credibility, but what this means for them and it
:12:41. > :12:45.means much more of a squeeze for many more people and on the eve of
:12:45. > :12:49.big public sector strikes, it means a whole series of new reasons why
:12:49. > :12:54.people in public sector jobs might be angry just of course, the things
:12:54. > :12:57.that people in the private sector had to tolerate, but it will hardly
:12:57. > :13:01.help relations with the unions. Now you might be thinking in this grim
:13:01. > :13:04.weather with these grim forecasts, if you are lucky enough to have a
:13:04. > :13:08.job and money, at least you can start planning that nice holiday
:13:08. > :13:15.next summer. Bad news, we have checked the small print of today's
:13:15. > :13:25.statement, they have doubled the tax on the inflation linked element
:13:25. > :13:27.For over a week the Leveson Inquiry into standards in the media has
:13:27. > :13:30.been hearing evidence from a host of celebrities about their
:13:30. > :13:33.treatment at the hands of the tabloids. Today it entered a new
:13:33. > :13:36.phase with members of the press facing the questions. Paul McMullen,
:13:36. > :13:39.who worked at the News of the World for seven years, told the inquiry
:13:39. > :13:44.that people's voicemails were routinely hacked into and his
:13:44. > :13:50.editors knew all about it. Nick The proceedings. He worked for the
:13:50. > :13:53.News of the World for seven years, becoming its deputy features editor,
:13:53. > :13:56.he is Paul McMullan and he became the first person with direct
:13:56. > :14:00.knowledge to say under oath that the paper's editors knew that phone
:14:00. > :14:05.hacking was taking place. He was asked first what he knew about
:14:05. > :14:12.phone hacking. How common was voicemail interception by
:14:12. > :14:16.journalists at the News of the World? Not uncommon. The
:14:16. > :14:22.journalists swapped numbers with each other, you know, you might
:14:22. > :14:28.swap I think I swapped Sylvester Stallone's mother for David Beckham
:14:28. > :14:31.for example. Lord Justice Leveson told him he
:14:31. > :14:34.need not incriminate himself. The prosecution turned to what editors
:14:34. > :14:38.knew. Did your editors know that
:14:38. > :14:44.voicemails were being intercepted? Yes.
:14:44. > :14:47.In that we did all these things for our editors, for Rebekah Brooks and
:14:47. > :14:53.for Andy Coulson. Rebekah Brooks was editor of the
:14:53. > :14:58.News of the World from 20000 to 2003, Andy Coulson from 2003 to
:14:58. > :15:02.2007, both denied knowing about phone hacking. Mr McMullan was
:15:02. > :15:05.furious the initial police inquiry ignored their alleged part in all
:15:05. > :15:11.of this. Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson,
:15:11. > :15:15.they are the scum of journalism for trying to to drop me and and my
:15:15. > :15:25.colleagues in it. How dare these people run off scot-free for about
:15:25. > :15:25.
:15:25. > :15:31.a year. Mr McMullan said a bodyguard to Princess Diana offered
:15:31. > :15:35.�30,000 for information about her movements. A a reporter said the
:15:35. > :15:39.tabloids were more interested in getting away with this than telling
:15:39. > :15:49.the truth. A journalist said he no longer trusted the Press to
:15:49. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:53.Our top story tonight. The Chancellor has been setting out
:15:53. > :15:58.his plans to revive the flagging economy, while admitting Britain
:15:58. > :16:02.faces slower growth and higher than expected levels of borrowing.
:16:02. > :16:04.Coming up: Chaos for motorists in parts of
:16:04. > :16:12.western and southern Scotland after a night of torrential rain closes
:16:12. > :16:16.roads. And later on the BBC News Channel,
:16:16. > :16:21.finance ministers meet in Brussels to beef up the European bail-out
:16:21. > :16:29.and sidestepping a shareholding revolt, James Murdoch is re-elected
:16:29. > :16:32.Just hours after hearing they will face pay curbs and more job losses,
:16:32. > :16:36.public sector workers are preparing for the biggest strike for a
:16:36. > :16:40.generation. Up to two million employees will walk out over
:16:40. > :16:45.changes to their pensions. They say they will have to work longer and
:16:45. > :16:48.pay more for a smaller pension. But ministers say, with people living
:16:48. > :16:57.longer, the current pensions are no longer affordable. Here's our
:16:57. > :17:01.Industry Correspondent John Moylan. At this school in Yorkshire this
:17:01. > :17:05.afternoon, pupils went home knowing there would be no school tomorrow.
:17:05. > :17:09.It will be a similar story across much of the UK, parents will have
:17:09. > :17:14.to look after their children instead. I don't agree with it but
:17:14. > :17:20.they have a point. I get that. I think the inconvenience levels are
:17:20. > :17:22.too great for the unfortunate, I can't strike because they have to
:17:22. > :17:26.look after my children but, otherwise, I would have been
:17:26. > :17:30.striking. Tomorrow, 2 million public sector workers are expected
:17:30. > :17:35.to walk out. They would include many who work in the health service,
:17:35. > :17:41.although emergency cover will be provided. It's likely to be the
:17:41. > :17:46.biggest strike seen in the UK for a generation. At demonstrations and
:17:46. > :17:53.picket lines, emotions are likely to be running high. Workers face a
:17:53. > :17:57.two-year pay cut of just 1%. More than 700,000 public sector jobs
:17:57. > :18:03.could go. This arbitrary announcement by the government,
:18:03. > :18:06.without any negotiation or discussion of any sort, is not
:18:06. > :18:13.conducive to positive negotiations to resolve the already difficult
:18:13. > :18:21.dispute we face on public service pensions. The impact of the strike
:18:21. > :18:24.will be felt far and wide. More than 23,000 schools could close,
:18:24. > :18:29.5,500 non-urgent hospital procedures have been the scheduled,
:18:29. > :18:36.and they could be three hour delays at passport control at Heathrow.
:18:36. > :18:39.Some have seen it all before. This man runs an NHS Trust. I'm a
:18:39. > :18:44.seasoned campaigner, was managing as possible during the winter of
:18:44. > :18:48.discontent in the late Seventies, and we had dusted of those plans,
:18:48. > :18:53.got everything going, and we're confident we will see the day
:18:53. > :18:57.through. This is a seasoned campaigner, too, going on strike
:18:57. > :19:03.for the first time in almost 40 years in teaching. Most of my staff
:19:03. > :19:08.are going on struck -- tried, reluctantly, but we feel we have to
:19:08. > :19:11.make a stand. -- going on strike. What's not clear is whether it will
:19:11. > :19:17.make a difference. And you can find out how the
:19:17. > :19:22.strikes are likely to affect you on our website. Or tune into your BBC
:19:22. > :19:26.local radio station. Dozens of Iranian students have
:19:26. > :19:29.forced their way into the British embassy compound in Tehran. They
:19:29. > :19:31.burned the Union flag and ransacked the building in retaliation for
:19:31. > :19:36.Britain's part in new sanctions aimed at curbing the country's
:19:36. > :19:46.nuclear programme. As James Reynolds reports, embassy workers
:19:46. > :19:46.
:19:47. > :19:51.were taken hostage before they were The British embassy is one of the
:19:51. > :19:58.most fortified buildings in Tehran. But this afternoon, protesters
:19:58. > :20:01.climb the walls, the police didn't stop them. Their incursion here and
:20:01. > :20:06.at a separate residential compound, comes a week after Britain
:20:06. > :20:11.tightened sanctions. In response, Iran promise to expel the British
:20:11. > :20:16.ambassador but these demonstrators had decided to go further. This is
:20:16. > :20:20.what things look like inside the compound.
:20:20. > :20:27.TRANSLATION: The British should go with the Americans went, pack up
:20:27. > :20:33.their things and go. America's embassy in Tehran was stormed in
:20:33. > :20:37.the 1979. US diplomats were kept hostage for more than 400 days.
:20:38. > :20:42.Tonight, William Hague said it appears all British staff and
:20:42. > :20:46.dependence in Tehran are accounted for. We have made clear to the
:20:46. > :20:50.government in Iran they must take immediate steps to ensure the
:20:50. > :20:54.safety of UK personnel. To ensure property taken from the embassy
:20:54. > :21:00.compound is returned. And it to Secure the compound with immediate
:21:00. > :21:05.effect. But this afternoon, protesters wanted to enjoy the
:21:05. > :21:10.moment. Here, one man turned a portrait of the Queen upside-down.
:21:10. > :21:12.The latest reports suggest protesters have now agreed to go.
:21:12. > :21:15.The trial of two men accused of murdering Stephen Lawrence has
:21:15. > :21:21.heard that a detective deliberately sabotaged a database relating to
:21:21. > :21:24.exhibits in the case. Detective Constable Paul Steed made the
:21:24. > :21:28.changes after being removed from the inquiry when he was convicted
:21:28. > :21:31.over an assault in Spain. Two men, Gary Dobson and David Norris, are
:21:31. > :21:36.currently on trial for the murder of Stephen Lawrence at a bus stop
:21:36. > :21:39.in Eltham in 1993. They deny the charges.
:21:39. > :21:42.A former parliamentary aide accused of being a Russian spy has won her
:21:42. > :21:45.fight to stay in the UK. An immigration appeals commission
:21:45. > :21:55.decided that Katia Zatuliveter had not passed secrets to Moscow while
:21:55. > :21:55.
:21:55. > :21:58.having an affair with her boss, the Liberal Democrat MP, Mike Hancock.
:21:58. > :22:01.The man found guilty of causing the death of one of pop music's
:22:01. > :22:03.greatest entertainers has been sentenced to four years in prison.
:22:03. > :22:07.Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was handed the maximum term
:22:07. > :22:09.by a court in Los Angeles, three weeks after a jury convicted him of
:22:09. > :22:13.involuntary manslaughter. The judge said he had committed an horrific
:22:13. > :22:18.violation of trust in caring for Michael Jackson. Our Los Angeles
:22:18. > :22:26.Correspondent Alastair Leithead is there.
:22:26. > :22:29.What was the reaction like in court when the judge delivered this?
:22:29. > :22:33.there was little inside the court itself but a chair from the crowd
:22:33. > :22:38.had gathered yet another trial of Conrad Murray and today for the
:22:38. > :22:42.sentencing. When they heard he got the maximum sentence, saying he
:22:42. > :22:49.showed no remorse for what he done, and he was a danger to the
:22:49. > :22:52.community. The family were here and said that they wouldn't make a
:22:52. > :22:56.statement personally but asks a friend and lawyer on their behalf
:22:56. > :23:01.to address the court and say they had lost a father, a son, and a
:23:01. > :23:05.brother and whatever the sentence was, it wouldn't bring him back.
:23:05. > :23:11.Jermaine Jackson said he hoped for a four-year sentence but said that
:23:11. > :23:18.wouldn't be enough. The defence didn't call Conrad Murray, he kept
:23:18. > :23:22.silent. They said they hoped that the judges would give him a shorter
:23:22. > :23:30.sentence. He didn't to force the issue of compensation will now be
:23:30. > :23:32.addressed in another court hearing, when the family are asking for $100
:23:32. > :23:37.million in lost income from the concerts Michael Jackson didn't
:23:37. > :23:40.carry out when he died. OK, thank you very much. A night of
:23:40. > :23:43.torrential rain has caused flooding across parts of western and central
:23:43. > :23:47.Scotland. Roads were closed and trains and buses cancelled. Guests
:23:47. > :23:51.at a hotel in Greenock were trapped, unable to reach their cars, as our
:23:51. > :23:55.Scotland Correspondent James Cook reports.
:23:55. > :24:01.All night and day the rain came down. A fortnight's worth in 24
:24:01. > :24:08.hours. It blocked drains, flooded roads, and swamped fields. It has
:24:08. > :24:13.increased all night. At first light this morning, it looked as if it
:24:13. > :24:18.was a bigger flood as I've ever seen here. The Mup nine was closed
:24:18. > :24:23.but Greenock was at worst hit, and some motorists had to be rescued
:24:23. > :24:28.from their cards. 60 guests were marooned at this hotel, trapped by
:24:28. > :24:32.the flood waters since the early morning. There's a car on the road
:24:32. > :24:35.which tried driving through and she started floating sideways for the
:24:35. > :24:39.it was pretty bad but everybody just went about their business
:24:39. > :24:44.eating breakfast and the water kept getting higher and higher. It's
:24:44. > :24:50.unbelievable. I'd never experienced anything like it. This town of a
:24:50. > :24:54.50,000 people was cut off, and the A 82 Glasgow, blocked. Tonight,
:24:54. > :25:00.this major road remains closed. They are pulling cars out of the
:25:00. > :25:03.water and is a lot of cleaning up a bridge remains to be done. -- and
:25:03. > :25:06.there is a lot of cleaning up which remains to be done.
:25:06. > :25:10.Let's go back to our main story tonight. The Chancellor's Autumn
:25:10. > :25:17.Statement. We can talk to our Economics Editor, Stephanie
:25:17. > :25:20.Flanders who's at the Treasury. Where does this leave us going on
:25:20. > :25:24.in the next three years? numbers are as bad as we thought
:25:24. > :25:30.they would be. It's important when you hear about falling growth
:25:30. > :25:33.forecast, and here the politicians argue about whose fault it is. At
:25:33. > :25:36.the centre of this is a judgment not made by George Osborne but by
:25:36. > :25:40.the Office for budget responsibility, which has decided
:25:40. > :25:44.the growth we have lost in the last few years, in this very
:25:44. > :25:48.inhospitable global economy, is not coming back. That has enormous
:25:48. > :25:55.implications over the next few years for all of us, for the wealth
:25:55. > :26:01.of the company -- country. There's a million fewer new jobs built into
:26:01. > :26:06.this forecast than there were eight months ago. As we know, it has
:26:06. > :26:12.implications for the Chancellor's For the extra spending cuts in the
:26:12. > :26:15.first years of the next Parliament. All of that, remember, George,
:26:15. > :26:19.depends on the eurozone getting resolve and confidence coming back
:26:19. > :26:24.quite soon for the that's not what the markets expect and it doesn't
:26:24. > :26:27.happen, the numbers in a few months' time, will be even worse.
:26:27. > :26:36.Stephanie, thank you. Let's take a look at the weather now with Darren
:26:36. > :26:41.It looks like today's rain has swept its way through so things
:26:41. > :26:46.will quieten down, actually overnight. It will also turn colder
:26:47. > :26:51.and there will be quite a few blustery showers as well. The
:26:51. > :26:54.squally band of rain goes into the near Continent. I think there will
:26:54. > :26:58.be a lot of showers tonight and they will be wintery in Scotland
:26:58. > :27:02.over the Pennines maybe and over the Cumbrian fells. Across the
:27:02. > :27:06.northern part of UK in particular, those temperatures not far away
:27:06. > :27:11.from freezing. Tomorrow, it will feel colder once again and the wind
:27:11. > :27:17.will blow in a lot of shudders from the west of the UK. Not many
:27:17. > :27:19.getting to the east. Many places here will be dry with sunshine. For
:27:19. > :27:27.Match Of The Day, the Midlands, East Anglia, should be dry with
:27:27. > :27:31.sunny spells. -- for much of the day. Showers becoming fewer during
:27:31. > :27:35.the day and we will see more sunshine. A scattering of showers,
:27:35. > :27:39.particularly in the afternoon. West Wales could get quite a covering
:27:39. > :27:44.tomorrow. Frequent and heavy showers developing. Not many for
:27:44. > :27:47.the East. Northern Ireland starts with a few showers but gets better
:27:47. > :27:57.during the afternoon, actually, as are the windows strengthens.
:27:57. > :28:04.Scotland, some sunshine, dry spells, but showers, too. -- But the wind
:28:04. > :28:08.strengthened. An early warning from the Met Office. We are going to get
:28:08. > :28:12.a lot of wind tomorrow night and we are going to get wet, with further
:28:12. > :28:17.spells of heavy rain and the risk of flooding, especially in flooding
:28:17. > :28:19.-- Scotland. The wind blows were by Thursday morning and sunshine and
:28:19. > :28:27.showers follow-on but it will feel colder, particularly across the
:28:27. > :28:30.Thank you. A reminder of tonight's main news. The Chancellor has been