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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 ....
freezing temperatures. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. elon musk s spacex carries out a key test on what s set to become the most powerful rocket system ever built. and a new video game set in the world of harry potter is released amid controversy surrounding the character s creatorjk rowling s views on transgender people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. four days after two deadly earthquakes struck turkey, devastating a large swathe of the south east of the country as well as northern syria, some survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. this is the scene live from gazantiep in southern turkey. in freezing cold temperatures, and with hun ....
Manchester, talking to us about what all of this means on the ground. ben, overto all of this means on the ground. ben, over to you. yes, this is what economic activity looks like, including at this construction site, it is all about building things, it is about making things, producing things, selling things, buying things. that is what the figure out today tells us, a gauge of how much economic activity there was in the uk economy as a whole over the three month period of october, november and december compared with the three months before that. why do we look for economic growth? it generally means there is an increase in prosperity and a rise in living standards. so the figures showed that the economy was stagnant, it was flat, it was no bigger in that three month period at the end of last year than it was in the previous three months. why does that matter? it suggests that people are not more, businesses are not producing more, it might be harder to find a job, not as many people ....
It is all about making things, producing things, selling things, buying things. that is what the figure out today tells us, a gauge of how much economic activity there was in the uk economy as a whole over the three month period of october, november and december compared with the three months before that. why do we look for economic growth? it generally means there is an increase in prosperity and a rise in living standards. so the figures showed that the economy was stagnant, it was flat, it was no bigger in that three month period at the end of last year than it was in the previous three months. why does that matter? it suggests that people are not spending more, businesses are not producing more, it might be harder to find a job, not as many people are paying taxes, so the government gets less to spend on public surfaces. on a positive note, a flat economy, while not ideal, is better than a shrinking economy. it means the uk avoided ....