slower demand for consumer goods, rising borrowing costs and constant talk of a global recession, have not gone unnoticed by the manufacturing sector, which is currently experiencing acute challenges balancing supply and avoiding over production. january data from many of the world s key economies will be unveiled later giving the earliest signs of how the global economy is faring. many economists will be looking for risks of recession and any pricing trends. fhaheen khan is senior economist with make uk the manufacturers organisation that represents 20,000 companies of all sizes. good to have you on the programme. wejust heard good to have you on the programme. we just heard from japan and you said many countries are coming out with pmi data say showing that the manufacturing shrank for a third row that make months in a row injapan. export third row that make months in a row in japan. export weakness is seen as persistent at the moment and that is the concern, isn t it, righ
in sport today, delight for scottish side darvel. how the sixth tier side upset all the odds to knock out premiership side aberdeen in what s being called the biggest upset in scottish cup history. 0k, set, and. . .action. and it s one of the biggest hits of the year so far. we go behind the scenes with star of happy valleyjames norton. there s an energy about tommy. there s a kind of animal, vital and unstoppable kind of force. and so when he s allowed to let rip, like he was yesterday, it s so fun. good morning. the northwest, southeast split in the weather once again today. the north and the west and cloudy with some patchy rain, and cloudy with some patchy rain, and the south has patchy fog and frost. it s tuesday 24th january. failings by the probation service left a serial offender free to commit murder, just days after he was released from prison, according to a damning watchdog report. the chief inspector of probation said a catalogue of errors led tojordan mcsweene