two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided what s defined as a recession two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the government says it shows the uk was more resilient than expected, after the bank of england had warned of a long period of stagnation. but the economy did shrink by 0.5% in december, and business leaders warn that firms are still struggling. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says there is reason for optimism. well, the fact that we have avoided a recession, in fact we were the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the w
Hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. We start with an absolute Roller Coaster of a game in the Premier League as aston villa moved a step closer to booking their place at europes top table, they drew 3 3 against liverpool at villa park to boost their Champions League hopes. But they really had to do it the hard way unai emery s side looked to be leaving the door open for rivals tottenham as they trailed 3 1 with five minutes left, but two goals in three minutes from Substitutejhon Duran snatched an unlikely draw. There was no possible worst start for villa though as an Emiliano Martinez howler of an own goal saw them go 1 0 Down Afterjust two minutes. Youri tielemans equalised for villa ten minutes later, but goals from cody gakpo and Jarell Quensah Saw Liverpool in the driving seat. That was until the dramatic comeback much to the Enjoyment Of Club Captain john mcginn. I think its just credit to us that were in this position. Theres been lots of times this season weve been w
Return with a response, though there is no indication of a timeline. Frank gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats been being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. That is something israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during the a0 day truce. And they would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds if not thousands of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return from a rather lower figure that was originally lowerfigure that was originally demanded by israel, an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is a dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this de
the hamas stronghold from the north and south. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. us presidentjoe biden says he has asked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a pause in the fighting in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be in the heart of gaza city, closing in on the stronghold of hamas, ministers say. but the destruction in gaza is already immense, with entire neighbourhoods flattened. the civilian death toll is rapidly mounting. the world health organisation says an average of 160 children are killed here every day. nothing justifies the horror being endured by the civilians in gaza. people in gaza are dying in their thousands and those alive are suffering from trau