this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. more than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. translation: i can't believe it, i can't believe this, _ i just cannot believe what's happened. yesterday, we pulled out my mother and brother dead, and today we pulled my sister, my nephew and my father. a newborn baby has been rescued from the rubble. ten—day—old yagiz and his mother were found around 90 hours after the first of the quakes. aid is sent from all over the world to those displaced by the quakes. an raf plane from the uk sends thermal blankets to turkey as survivors face

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 hunger setting in, hopes are fading that many more people will be saved. the number of confirmed dead has reached 21,000, making it the seventh most deadly natural disaster in the world since the start of the century. rescue teams from 50 countries are engaged in the effort. in a moment, we'll hear the very latest from our correspondent on the ground in southern turkey, but first howard johnson has this report. four days on,

and time is running out to find survivors of monday's double earthquake. but this british team working in turkey is still delivering results. against the odds, a mother is reunited with her young daughter. an unforgettable hug matched by a priceless smile. elsewhere, in north—west syria, baby aya recovers. the scars on her body tell the story of her harsh entry into the world. she was born under the rubble of the earthquake, found in her mother's arms. she is now having to survive alone. her mother, herfather and all four of her siblings have perished. translation: she arrived on monday in such a bad state. _ she had knocks and bruises, she was cold and barely breathing. her plight has moved people all over the world, but for now the hospital manager is taking care of her,

his wife breast—feeding aya alongside her own daughter. translation: i won't allow anyone to adopt her. - she has some distant family, and until they come, i will treat her like one of my own. sadly, these survival stories are becoming increasingly rare. in turkey, a family's desperate shout goes unanswered. "the children are four and six years old." "it has been four days," says this woman. her nieces are trapped inside. "my god, my god, please return them to us," she says. they dig deep into the building. but there's no sign of the children. with thousands dispossessed and in freezing conditions, there is an acute need for aid. 0vernight, a royal air force flight packed with a field hospital and emergency supplies set off for turkey. the uk's disasters emergency committee is appealing for donations, with the uk government matching the first £5 million

raised by the public. howard johnson, bbc news. let's show you some pictures now of president assad of syria, who has been touring the aleppo area of syria. we will show you that, actually, in a few moments, when we get those pictures. joining us from idlib in north—western syria is ismail al abdullah, a white helmets volunteer. you have been working very hard, haven't you, describe what you have been doing in terms of the rescue effort? �* ., , ., effort? after four days of the deadly earthquake _ effort? after four days of the deadly earthquake that - effort? after four days of the deadly earthquake that hit i effort? after four days of the l deadly earthquake that hit the north—west syrian region, our search and rescue operation are going on, we are still doing our best to recover and rescue those who are

stuck under the rubble. more than 2000 have died, and more than 3000 injured people. we are still looking for survivors. the difficulty that we is facing, the lack of government, the lack of equipment we need to locate people who are trapped right now. as time passes, we are losing lives, we are losing children, who are now struggling to breathe beneath the rubble. the situation is getting worse for us, getting worse and worse and worse. after four days, getting worse and worse and worse. afterfour days, we getting worse and worse and worse. after four days, we are exhausted, our volunteers are still working, they are doing their best and

exerting their efforts to reach those who are trapped, still working in many sites, where many buildings up in many sites, where many buildings up till now collapsed, a massive scale of rubble over families. and all the sites we have more than 100 sites we are working in different cities, different villages, we are still counting, we are still documenting the casualties, the injured people. those people, those injured people. those people, those injured people. those people, those injured people for now, they suffer from the lack of medical care because of the number of hospitals, the hospitals in north—west syria receiving those who are injured, and those hospitals are not enough. it is very difficult for them, no help,

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luck to you in all— there are people alive. very good luck to you in all of _ there are people alive. very good luck to you in all of that - there are people alive. very good luck to you in all of that work - there are people alive. very good luck to you in all of that work you | luck to you in all of that work you are doing, a white helmets volunteer in ad lib in north—western syria. thank you so much for being with us. the bbc�*s nick beake is in gaziantep in turkey. he's just sent us this report. more than 100 hours have passed now since the first of the two devastating earthquakes struck, and with every hour, the hopes of finding survivors have been evaporating into the bitterly cold air. but still, teams are out. you can see some of the rescuers here. we're told that 22 people were pulled to safety from the rubble, but that was really in the immediate aftermath of the quakes. and the numbers being saved has really not increased since then. we are told that, in one part of turkey today, there is an operation under way, because overnight teams spotted a hand moving in the darkness, and of course, in that particular location gave great hope,

and so lots and lots of work started to try and save that person. but these sort of stories are few and far between. a lot of the focus now is on the recovery effort. you can hear and see the heavy machinery, and in the days to come that will be used to clear the huge amount of debris that's been caused by the earthquakes. we're told that 140,000 tents have now been set up across the affected region and 100,000 of them are now being used. that's a reflection of the number of people who can't go back to their homes, either because they're unsafe or they've been destroyed. and in terms of the international effort, more than 50 countries in some way are assisting turkey. of course, the focus on northern syria as well. people really concerned about the lack of aid getting through to the people who've been affected there. in terms of this city, the operation continues. no—one here will say that they've given up hope. but really, if you look at people's faces, you can see that the adrenaline, frankly, from the early hours has faded away, and that's been replaced by a mixture of exhaustion

and grief, and that's etched onto people's faces here and elsewhere. that was nick beake reporting there. we are continuing to hear some really remarkable stories of survival coming from the earthquake zone. this is the moment a ten—day—old baby was pulled from the rubble in turkey last night. he was trapped for more than 90 hours — nearly four days — in a collapsed building, before rescuers could free him. his mother was also rescued alive, with paramedics rushing them both for emergency treatment. so some slivers of good news there, but overwhelmingly a scene of tragedy in both turkey and syria still. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is with rescuers in antakya in southern turkey. we'vejust received his report

on the rescue efforts there. it is now day five of the rescue operation. just have a look up in this building. we have been following these rescue workers since last night. they are mostly volunteers, they have barely had any sleep. one of them told me he's had three hours in the last five days. they think they have heard someone inside. i was just up there, we could not see anyone. they are now digging under the rubble to try and retrieve someone, but what there is up there is an overpowering smell of dead bodies. 0n the first, second and third day of the rescue mission, they were finding a lot of people. this lot pulled out maybe a couple of dozen, including very young children, from buildings all along here. they say these buildings, and if you look at these buildings, they have collapsed on their side,

and then you have these buildings which have flattened completely. these are the most dangerous buildings, they say, the ones that are still teetering. but the ones that have collapsed completely, pancaked, they are going right inside, they are digging deep inside and making tunnels to try and get people out. but the reality is, and this will be very difficult news forfamilies here, is that many of the rescue workers believe that this is no longer a case of rescuing survivors. we are now in a phase where they are recovering bodies. quentin sommerville reporting there from turkey. 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're the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the woods, inflation is still much too high, that is causing pain for families up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. if we do that, and play to our strengths in science and technology, we really can be one of the most prosperous countries in europe. 0ur correspondent ben boulos is in manchester and has more on these latest figures. yes, this is what economic activity looks like, including at this construction site, it is all about building things,

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

tipping into recession, which is when you see the real problems. so a bit of relief on that front, but there are so many respected economists warning that, over the coming year, the uk economy is likely to shrink. i am on this building site here in manchester, one of about 25 in the area that have got started in the past year. let's speak to zoe from deloitte. you specialise on the state of construction in the uk. this is interesting — if the economy is flat, you wouldn't expect to see as much construction activity, would you? you are right, ben, the stats show economic headwinds, but we are finding in the regional cities across the uk, especially the four that we surveyed, that actually this sector is really resilient, and the fact that we have had 7a new starts on sites across those four cities means we are going to see continued activity in the sector and construction over the next couple of years on those sites in development, and in manchester and salford, for example, residential developments are having a real boost, 12,000 units currently

in development in the city centre. all very well for the city centres, but what about people living in towns and rural areas away from city centres? do they see the benefit? is there activity going on in those areas in construction? well, there is, but it is fair to say the cities are definitely a hive of activity, and they are really the centres for growth in the region is at the moment, and what we will see is government support looking towards the towns as well as the cities, to try to make sure the economic boost continues, so we continue to see the cycle deliver through 2024—25. we are aware of lots of uncertainties in the economy, energy prices, cost of living pressures, lots of uncertainty. what is it, then, that is prompting construction to go ahead

when normally if there is uncertainty businesses might not decide to pay for a new office building, for example? i think what we are seeing is a really long—term view. development and the construction industry need to take a long—term view, you cannot switch on and off building sites like this, but what you can say is that sites that came live last year will need to continue to work through the next few months, and we will see that continue. zoe, thank you very much, zoe davidson from deloitte. you may have heard the buzzer in the background, it doesn't mean we are out of time, but we are on a live working, busy construction site. just to illustrate the point about how important construction is, this one site alone, when it is completed in about two years' time, will be a nine—storey office building, and in the course of construction, it will have created about 500 jobs for people working on it. so that gives you one example of why construction is such an important part of the economy and why

we are down here today. so that is ben boulos, looking at the construction industry, a key economic sector. let's talk about the hospitality sector with katie nicholls, who was chief executive of uk hospitality. thank you for being with us, how does it look from your point of view? the chancellor trying to be relatively upbeat about our economic prospects today, are you optimistic? we economic prospects today, are you 0 timistic? ~ ., economic prospects today, are you optimistic?— optimistic? we are seeing very challenging _ optimistic? we are seeing very challenging circumstances - optimistic? we are seeing very challenging circumstances for i optimistic? we are seeing very i challenging circumstances for our businesses, they are facing considerable economic headwinds still, but it is welcome news that we are not in recession and that we are technically avoiding that. there are technically avoiding that. there are signs that the economy is stabilising, and that is really important for consumer confidence, but for many of our members, what we're seeing is that continued uncertainty, unpredictability, which means they are facing consequentially challenging times. what the figures also underlines the

importance of hospitality to the economy as a whole. in november, when hospitality did well, the economy did well. in december, when we were beset with weather disruption, the economy struggled as well, so it is so important to have measures in place to support hospitality businesses.- measures in place to support hospitality businesses. well, you talk about the _ hospitality businesses. well, you talk about the measures - hospitality businesses. well, you talk about the measures you - hospitality businesses. well, you l talk about the measures you need, maybe you can outline them, but what are the key factors, you think, that are the key factors, you think, that are holding the hospitality industry back? we hear about a shortage of labour, not enough people being in towns and cities after covid, the pandemic, too many people working from home. of course, high energy bills, so much going on, isn't there? , ~' ., bills, so much going on, isn't there? , ~ ., ., there? there is, i think from our perspective. _ there? there is, i think from our perspective. you _ there? there is, i think from our perspective, you have _ there? there is, i think from our perspective, you have got - there? there is, i think from our perspective, you have got that i perspective, you have got that perfect storm of soaring costs of energy and other costs of doing business, food price inflation, hitting businesses at the same time as a cost of living crisis means that consumers have less discretionary spend, so there is

pressure on the top line and the bottom line, and the business viability is almost squeezed to an viability is almost squeezed to an viability in the middle. 0ver viability is almost squeezed to an viability in the middle. over the last quarter, what you have seen is a return to working from home due to rail strikes and travel disruption, and the sector as a whole lost £1.5 billion in the week before christmas that was hit by rail strikes, so the economic output of our economic contribution would have been far greater had we not been beset by that, so that means a lot of people working from home, towns and city centre businesses take a particular hit. and then we have 10% vacancy rate in hospitality, half of our businesses reporting they have to close a certain days of the week, restrict their hours output and occupancy because they do not have the staff to fulfil demand. so clear messages going forward that as the economy starts to improve, as we start to get more confidence back into the economy, consumer, business and investor, our businesses can accelerate if we unleash that potential and tackle some of those

challenges that they are facing. we talk to restaurant owners, bar owners, club owners quite a lot on our programme here on bbc news, and it is almost as if they recover from an ordeal like the pandemic and all the difficulties that posed, and then they just get the difficulties that posed, and then theyjust get up from that and they are knocked down again by issues like working from home, like industrial action on the railways and so on. it has been such a terrible and difficult time. absolutely, and the key point is that unlike other sectors, they have not had a breathing sector to recover. it is only a year since we came out of 0micron restrictions, they have not had the opportunity to be able to develop their businesses. 0ne be able to develop their businesses. one and three have no cash reserves because they have not been able to recover sufficiently. we went straight into the war in ukraine and the impact of food prices going up 40-50% in the impact of food prices going up a0—50% in some categories, double digits for the whole of last year, and then energy prices. so it is the lack of recovery time, that is why

they need a breathing space. we are looking to be chancellor in march to be able to give some tailwinds to boost the economy along, to help hospitality recover and face into those considerable headwinds that we still face. . . ., , those considerable headwinds that we stillface. . . ., , ., still face. katie nicholls, always aood to still face. katie nicholls, always good to talk— still face. katie nicholls, always good to talk to _ still face. katie nicholls, always good to talk to you, _ still face. katie nicholls, always good to talk to you, thank- still face. katie nicholls, always good to talk to you, thank you | still face. katie nicholls, always. good to talk to you, thank you very much, the chief executive of uk hospitality. thousands of ambulance staff in england are on strike today. the walkouts by members of unison are taking place in five regions — london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universities across the uk from the university and college union are also continuing their industrial action in their row about pay, conditions and pension cuts. now to ukraine. russian forces have hit critical infrastructure in several parts of ukraine in overnight attacks with at least 17 missiles hit the southeastern city of zaporizhzhia in an hour early this morning. the attack on zaporizhzhia was the heaviest since russia invaded ukraine in february last year, according to local officials. critical infrastructure was also hit

kharkiv in the northeast and the dnipropetrovsk region in the centre of the country. the ukrainian air defences shot down five of seven drones and five out of six kaliber missiles launched at ukraine. officials also said they ordered emergency shutdowns of electricity across the country following the attacks and warned people not to ignore air raid sirens. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, will address a summit of sports ministers, chaired by the uk, which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the international olympic committee wants russian and belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals, but ukraine has threatened to boycott the games if those athletes take part. one of the justifications vladimir putin gave for invading ukraine was the need to protect russia from what he claimed was a threat to national security. in fact, his so—called special military operation has left many

in russia feeling less secure. in recent months, there have been drone attacks on military bases deep inside russia, while regions bordering ukraine now come under regular shelling. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been to russia's belgorod region to see how life there has changed after a year of war. this part of russia, more than any other, feels like a warzone. near the border with ukraine, they are digging trenches, building fortifications. a year ago there was none of this. or this. close by, a market has been hit by a mortar. the people here say they now live in constant fear of ukrainian shelling. but they forget to mention that it was their country that invaded ukraine. translation: almost every day there are booms, bangs. - people here are scared.

we have travelled a lot across russia over the last year, and i found that for many people, this is a virtual war happening on television, a long way away from them. but for people living here, just a few miles to the border of ukraine, it is very real, they can feel it, they can see it, and they can hear it, and no—one knows how it is going to end. war feels close when you meet men like these. the group calls itself death to spies after a notorious stalin—era security unit. they are training a local defence force. they will talk, but they won't show their faces. translation: the localforce will defend belgorod region i if there is an attack on russia. but we will carry out any task we are given in any town, anywhere in the world. in the city of belgorod a few miles away, there have been explosions as well.

like here, at the airport. and a reported strike on a power station. suddenly, people here are having to think about where to take cover. shelters have been opened in cellars and in basements of apartment blocks. this one is pretty basic — one wooden bench and some water. in belgorod, on display, the symbol of president putin's war in ukraine. i can remember soviet russia. i reported on post—communist russia. but this is z russia. gone — security, stability, peace. but state propaganda and patriotic messaging aim to convince russians this war is just. "for the motherland," it says. "thank you for your heroic deed." and it seems to work. take this family.

masha is a teacher but works from home now. all belgorod schools have closed due to the danger of shelling. her dad has gone away. he'ss a volunteer fighter. as for mum 0lga, she accepts the official narrative that it is ukraine and the west who are the aggressors, not russia. translation: russia didn't provoke this war. russia didn't attack ukraine. russian people are peace—loving and generous. a russian will give you the shirt off his back. russians will never attack. 0nly protect you. in z russia, invasion is liberation, and war is peace. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. a couple of updates on what is happening in ukraine, the mayor of

kyiv, vitali klitschko, said ten russian missiles had been shot down over the city, and we hear that moldova has summoned the russian ambassador to protest after a missile entered moldovan airspace. more on those developments as we get them. let's also bring you more from syria after that earthquake, and the syrian president, assad, has been visiting rescue workers in aleppo, the government held city of aleppo. the syrian president, bashar al—assad, this is his first public visit to one of the earthquake zones. he has been meeting both rescue workers and victims of the earthquake who are being treated in hospital there in syria. altogether, the death toll from syria and turkey now standing at 21,000, but still expected to rise even further. let's return now to the news that the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year. that's according to the latest

official statistics, and means the country narrowly avoided what's officially defined as a recession. joining us now is the conservative mpjohn redwood, a former member of the cabinet and a member of a new pressure group within his party. it's called the conservative growth group and its aim is to push for policies they believe will create economic growth — such as tax cuts. thank you very much indeed for being with us. let's first of all talk about these economic figures. the chancellor was relatively upbeat about them, saying that it shows we are not in quite as much of a mess as we thought we were. not as bad as feared. are you optimistic, or what are your views on our economic prospects? are your views on our economic prospects?_ are your views on our economic --rosects? �* , . ., prospects? i'm very glad that quite a few parts — prospects? i'm very glad that quite a few parts of _ prospects? i'm very glad that quite a few parts of the _ prospects? i'm very glad that quite a few parts of the economy - prospects? i'm very glad that quite l a few parts of the economy managed to make little progress in the last quarter of last year. it was very disappointing, the figures in

december, primarily because there was a big decline in health activity, if gp appointments, a lot of test and trace and not so much vaccination, and there was a disappointing low attendance at schools. so, the second worst performing sector was education. and then the third problem in december there was hospitality did not do as well as it should have done, at the time of christmas entertainment, because our transport system was very disrupted by strikes in the train industry. so, those were one—off matters, we hope. but my concern is that the policy is not growth orientated enough. i'm very pleased both the prime minister and the chancellor are now saying that growth is their prime economic aim, and it is one of the five main aims that the prime minister set out for the whole government. my advice to them is that they have a lot more to do to bring that growth to reality quickly enough and strongly enough

this year. quickly enough and strongly enough this ear. , ., ., ., quickly enough and strongly enough this ear. ., ., ., . , this year. does that mean tax cuts, our this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? — this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? yes. — this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? yes, there _ this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? yes, there needs - this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? yes, there needs to - this year. does that mean tax cuts, your view? yes, there needs to be | your view? yes, there needs to be some tax cuts. _ your view? yes, there needs to be some tax cuts. as _ your view? yes, there needs to be some tax cuts. as we _ your view? yes, there needs to be some tax cuts. as we saw - your view? yes, there needs to be | some tax cuts. as we saw tragically this week, we just lost a very major investment from astrazeneca, who are going to the republic of ireland. ireland has a very competitive tax structure. the eu is wanting us to be more aligned with the republic of ireland, so let's align on taxation for businesses. that would be extremely helpful for us, because we are being undercut mercilessly by the irish tax system. i the comet says we can't do tax cuts now, it willjust says we can't do tax cuts now, it will just stoke says we can't do tax cuts now, it willjust stoke inflation, and fighting inflation is the main aim. inflation will come down quite a lot this year. the bank of england took extraordinarily tough action after the mistakes in 2021, the fuelling inflation. it's a very tight fiscal position now that the government has adopted. we can't afford the tax

rises. i'vejust given adopted. we can't afford the tax rises. i've just given you an example of why we can't afford tax rises. the business tax rises are going to mean fewer well—paid jobs, less investment activity, and therefore less tax revenue, not more tax revenue. every time conservative government is in the past have cut business taxes, we've collected a lot more as a result. of course, liz truss, who you supported very strongly, tried tax cuts and we all know it was a disaster. i strongly, tried tax cuts and we all know it was a disaster.— know it was a disaster. i don't think it was — know it was a disaster. i don't think it was the _ know it was a disaster. i don't think it was the tax _ know it was a disaster. i don't think it was the tax cuts - know it was a disaster. i don't think it was the tax cuts that i know it was a disaster. i don't - think it was the tax cuts that were a disaster, because we never got to actually enjoy any of the tax cuts for the benefit they would bring. some people felt the overall package was too generous. she certainly offered a more generous package than i would have done, because the spending was massively up. what really went wrong was the mismanagement of the bond market, and the bank of england showed a few days afterwards that they could change the bond market whenever they liked, they did do, because they were allowing them to go too high. i

can go if you had a choice today, would you rather have liz truss as prime minister than rishi sunak? i work with the prime minister we've got. he has my full support. we are not going back to liz truss, she made a mistake, and she resigned. rishi sunak is our prime minister, he has the support of practically all conservative mps and we wish him every success. i am glad he put growth as one of his big five things, really one of the big three things, really one of the big three things, because the other economic matters will take care of themselves. i and matters will take care of themselves. iand my matters will take care of themselves. i and my friends are giving him some good, positive advice on what has worked in the past, what is working in other countries around the world, and it does require some tax rates in order to raise more revenue. that's the m to raise more revenue. that's the joy of it. you cut the tax on successful people and companies and you get more money out of them. does he have your — you get more money out of them. does he have your full _ you get more money out of them. does he have your full support, then? he have yourfull support, then? courcy has my full support. he is the prime minister, i wish the

country well. it is in all of our interests that he succeeds and he is saying the right things. but interests that he succeeds and he is saying the right things.— saying the right things. but he's not doinu saying the right things. but he's not doing what _ saying the right things. but he's not doing what you _ saying the right things. but he's not doing what you want - saying the right things. but he's not doing what you want in - saying the right things. but he's. not doing what you want in terms saying the right things. but he's - not doing what you want in terms of tax cuts. ., , �* , ,._ tax cuts. not yet. but he is saying the riaht tax cuts. not yet. but he is saying the right things _ tax cuts. not yet. but he is saying the right things about _ tax cuts. not yet. but he is saying the right things about where - tax cuts. not yet. but he is saying the right things about where he i the right things about where he wants to go, and so we are having an intelligent, grown—up discussion within our political party, as a lively political party does, about how you achieve it. and i'm urging him again, through your programme, that selective tax cuts and reductions in tax rates will bring in more revenue and get the deficit down faster, as well as being good forjobs and good for business. sir john redwood, thank you for being with us on bbc news. friends of the missing lancashire woman, nicola bulley, are marking two weeks since her disappearance with fresh attempts to find information. they're holding up posters of her along the roads close to where she was last seen walking her dog, in st michael's on wyre. police believe she fell into the water but say they're keeping an open mind,

and have expanded the search area. nick garnett has this report. two weeks ago, nicola bulley spent the morning getting her children ready for school and taking the dog for a walk. nicola was seen by a fellow dog walker at 8:50. and then again at 9:10 in a field further along the river bank. at 9:20, police have now established her phone was left on a riverside bench. 13 minutes later, her phone was found, along with her dogs harness. but nicola had disappeared. and that is all we know for sure. the police think that she fell down into the river and drowned. but it is a theory. there is no actual evidence for it. nevertheless, a specialist search team volunteered to help and, using sonar equipment, combed the bottom of the river in the village, but nothing was found in the stretch of river they were working in. if nicola was in that river, i would have found her,

i can guarantee you that. we would have found her, and she is not there in that section of the river up there. for her partner, it has been two weeks of hell. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air. like, yeah, just insane. police have consistently called this a missing persons inquiry. there is no evidence of a crime. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious, but a tragic case of a missing person. but that has not stopped some people thinking otherwise. social networks are awash with conspiracy theories. there have even been wannabe detectives coming to buildings like this, breaking into them and starting to search through them. police say they have

thoroughly searched everywhere in a one—mile radius and will take action against anyone found making offensive comments online. they have also issued what are called dispersal orders against anyone committing anti—social behaviour. despite the police's thorough search, there is one blind spot. this is the only path out of this whole area that is not covered by a cctv camera. so if she came out of this way, where did she go at this point? if you turn around and look here, it is a busy road. hundreds of cars were going past here at nine o'clock on a friday morning. and since then the police have tracked 700 vehicles going past at the time nicola went missing. with there being no sign of nicola at st michael's on wyre, the search has been widened downstream. but instead of a small meandering river, the wyre estuary, it is huge. from here, the river becomes the sea. the police are now tasked with searching the inlets and marshland. two weeks after

nicola bulley went missing, the mystery surrounding her disappearance continues. nick garnett, bbc news, lancashire. 0ur reporter rowan bridge is in st michael's on wyre. two weeks on, we can see two weeks on, we can see one two weeks on, we can see one of the people there, holding a poster, trying to keep this all in the news, trying to keep this all in the news, trying to keep her picture very much alive, so that there could still be more information forthcoming, that is what they are after? yes. more information forthcoming, that is what they are after?— more information forthcoming, that is what they are after? yes, we have had friends — is what they are after? yes, we have had friends and _ is what they are after? yes, we have had friends and neighbours - is what they are after? yes, we have had friends and neighbours out - is what they are after? yes, we have had friends and neighbours out this | had friends and neighbours out this morning, standing on this stretch of road, as you can see. what they are appealing for its dash cam footage. as you heard in nick garnett�*s report, there is one exit from the area which is not covered by cctv. what they are hoping is that a vehicle went past year and may have caught nicola bulley, if you came out that way, to establish exactly what happened to her. because the

last positive sighting of her was at 9.10, and the next piece of information is up 9.33, when her phone was found by somebody passing ljy phone was found by somebody passing by the park bench. there is no sign of where she went. as nick was saying in his report, the police the areas that she fell into the water, but there is no evidence of that, but there is no evidence of that, but there is no evidence of that, but there is no evidence of where she had gone. the hope from the people standing by the side of the road is that there might be dash cam footage that could establish if she did indeed come out of that area conclusively, one way or the other. the police say they are still treating this as a missing persons inquiry. there is no evidence of any criminal activity involved in this, and this is a police search will resume in the morning. they will search a ten mile area towards morecambe bay, and they will now search the inlets and the area around where morecambe bay, the river wye and the sea converge. let's return to the earthquakes

in turkey and syria, in which more than 21,000 people are now known to have died. the death toll is expected to rise even further. here in the uk, people are trying to help those affected. fiona lamdin has been to meet people in turkish communities collecting donations and sending aid. sorting, packing and labeling tonnes of clothes and shoes. everyone here is linked to the earthquake. one of my friends, her entire house came down like a stack of paper cards and her and herfamily were in the house as it happened. so it was quite stressful trying to get into communication with her and her family. her brother and sister were caught up. she's been desperate to talk to them. no—one answered the phones and i was really worried. and then at the end, they answered phone calls. they said they're fine, theyjust lost their homes, and, you know, and they were on the street, basically.

and even though derya and her husband now live in bristol, theirfamily are all still in turkey. the cousin of my husband died. she was in the flat. she's devastated and she's really sad. and it's hard for the family of my husband. currently, yourfamily are sleeping in either their car or a health centre. they were in the car at first and now they are in the health centres. i lost one friend and my former colleague went missing. they sent a lorry yesterday and a second one is setting off tomorrow. well, here in bristol, they have been overwhelmed with donations. now they're asking for no more clothes, just money. and the devastation has affected turkish communities across the uk. from our widerfamily, we at least lost four to six families and at least another four to five families are still under rubble.

and some of them lost contact altogether. nobody knows if they are under rubble or have they managed to to get out. everything has been destroyed in the city. my brother's there. my brother's wife has families under rubble. still no any contact. they had hope to find anything. and i've just been speaking with my dad today, but my dad has been screaming, crying. all he says, we live in the dark, cold, but i don't know how long we can make it. as the death toll continues to rise, donations are beginning to filter into turkey, but getting them to where they're most needed is now the next challenge.

the launch of the most powerful rocket system in history is a step closer after space x said it had carried out a successful static test of its super heavy booster for its starship craft. a live stream showed the engines firing at the launch site on the texas mexico border. the company's billionaire owner, elon musk, tweeted that the power was enough to reach orbit. niamh shaw, a scientist, engineer and writer, explained what the ground test means for future space travel. the rocket itself will launch, eventually, we reckon, in the next month or so. but thatjust can't happen, there has to be a number of tests. and testing the engines is an important part of it. and this rocket is composed of two parts, the starship, is what it's called, is composed of two parts, two stages. the lower stage is the super heavy and that is the one that has the majority of, like, the thrust and the power that

will get the upper part of starship into orbit or onwards to the moon and mars. so, the lower part, super heavy, has 33 engines at its base. and they are raptor engines, that have been designed specifically by spacex. never before until today did we see all of those engines firing at the same time. now, two didn't. 0ne failed to start, another one just stopped itself. but as elon musk tweeted earlier, even having 31, we will definitely get to the moon. so, that's ground—breaking full stop it really is. this sort of power, spacex are claiming this rocket is twice as powerful as the rocket that happens to the moon, which was the saturn v, created by nasa. and also nasa's latest rocket, the space launch system which successfully took the artemis, the orion capsule to the moon and return in december. so, this is a mighty rocket. and the upper part of it is starship. this will have the capacity to bring up to 100 people, at some stage in the future,

to the moon and onwards to mars, or cargo. so, it's very big and it has the capacity to carry much bigger cargo than we've ever seen before. i just want to say, because we are showing on our website we have a lovely diagram of the various rockets through history, and just how big starship and this heavy rocket are, compared to... i mean, saturn v is the next one down, and then sls block 1. just looking at that, compared to what seems tiny now, a space shuttle, this is a giant, isn't it? it's a giant, and it's interesting, i was in the room in 2016 when elon musk walked on stage and rolled out his grand design at the astronautical conference, but getting to mars. and even then, he was talking about this sort of level of engineering. and he came out and he was talking about these engines. at the time, nobody really kind of believed that we could possibly conceive about going to mars.

it was sort of pie in the sky. but he's sort of broken it down into achievable chunks. and we hope, as you said already, to see a test orbit or an orbital test launch in the coming weeks. and today was a really important part of that. south africa's president has declared a state of disaster to try to deal with an energy crisis. cyril ramaphosa was making an annual address to parliament, which was repeatedly disrupted by the opposition. his announcement gives the government additional powers to tackle crippling electricity shortages. mr ramaphosa insisted south africa would emerge with a more efficient energy network. a dramatic start and a delay of over half an hour characterised president cyril ramaphosa's state of the nation speech. 0pposition party, the economic freedom fighter disrupted

the president numerous times. they were eventually ejected from the house, paving the way for president ramaphosa to announce solutions to the country's problems, including the country's problems, including the electricity blackouts. he declared the current energy crisis as a national disaster. irate declared the current energy crisis as a national disaster.— as a national disaster. we will be challenging _ as a national disaster. we will be challenging this _ as a national disaster. we will be challenging this declaration - as a national disaster. we will be challenging this declaration as i challenging this declaration as well, our view is that there should be targeted interventions, and not a generalised state of disaster, as we have seen the president announced today. to have seen the president announced toda . ., ., , , , today. to address the ever rising cost of living. — today. to address the ever rising cost of living, the _ today. to address the ever rising cost of living, the president - cost of living, the president announced an extension of the relief fund, which is earned by more than 8 million unemployed south africans. it has been shown by universities that the unemployed cannot buy a loaf of bread a day. we can't afford transport to go to work. we can't afford to leave behind half of the country with not any source of income. we need to increase the food poverty amount, which is not a

perfect amount either, but it is better than nothing. the perfect amount either, but it is better than nothing. the speech has been welcomed _ better than nothing. the speech has been welcomed as _ better than nothing. the speech has been welcomed as saying _ better than nothing. the speech has been welcomed as saying all- better than nothing. the speech has been welcomed as saying all the - been welcomed as saying all the right things, but opposition parties have said what is important now is how all of these plans will be implemented. hogwarts legacy, a big—budget video game set in the world of harry potter, has been released today. it's expected to sell millions of copies — but there are a few campaigners calling for a boycott because of the authorjk rowling's views on transgender issues. let's speak now to our gaming reporter, steffan powell. there has been a lot of anticipation about this game? it is there has been a lot of anticipation about this game?— about this game? it is surprising, we think of— about this game? it is surprising, we think of the _ about this game? it is surprising, we think of the fanfare _ about this game? it is surprising, we think of the fanfare there - about this game? it is surprising, we think of the fanfare there has | we think of the fanfare there has been around this franchise for years with the movies and books, that there has not been a big scale, fully fledged blockbuster video game of this nature before, and it's something that fans of the harry potter universe have been calling for full some time. potter universe have been calling forfull some time. it's potter universe have been calling for full some time. it's come out, it's been breaking records with the amount of people watching other

people playing it in preview copies. the google search traffic on this is really highly, and the reviews are really highly, and the reviews are really positive as well. so there is a lot of anticipation and excitement for some people, and lots of people, for some people, and lots of people, for the release now it is finally here and people can spend their weekend donning a wizard's hat and exploring hogwarts. this weekend donning a wizard's hat and exploring hogwarts. first weekend donning a wizard's hat and exploring hogwarts. as i mentioned, there is some _ exploring hogwarts. as i mentioned, there is some controversy _ exploring hogwarts. as i mentioned, there is some controversy about - exploring hogwarts. as i mentioned, there is some controversy about it, i there is some controversy about it, some people calling for a boycott, people that do not likejk rowling? transgender rights activists say that playing the game is gearing support to the comments thatjk rowling has made on trans issues. they say it legitimises those views ljy they say it legitimises those views by putting money in her pocket and amplifying her voice. she has had in the past she supports trans rights, but does not believe that transgender people should have access to single six spaces. that conversation has been quite vociferous and fierce online. it's only in the last few days that the

conversation is starting to change a little bit with people focusing on whether or not this game is worth 50, 60 or 70 pounds of hard earned cash. there has been a lot of debate of this online.— of this online. looking at the social media _ of this online. looking at the social media buzz, _ of this online. looking at the social media buzz, does - of this online. looking at the social media buzz, does it. of this online. looking at the l social media buzz, does it look of this online. looking at the - social media buzz, does it look like people calling for a boycott will have much of a dent on sales? it is have much of a dent on sales? it is exected have much of a dent on sales? it is exoected to _ have much of a dent on sales? it is exoected to be _ have much of a dent on sales? it 3 expected to be one of the biggest premium selling games of the year. console and pc titles, that is what we are talking about, expecting to be one of the top sellers. the fact it is already breaking records before the game is in the majority of the public�*s hand suggests that it will be doing very well anyway. if you look at the critical review of it, taking aside the controversy debate about whether or not this is a good game in a cultural medium, whether it is worth the time and money, reviews are pretty high and pretty positive as an experience. so that will probably drive people to play it at some point as well. good to see you. —

play it at some point as well. good to see you, thank— play it at some point as well. good to see you, thank you _ play it at some point as well. good to see you, thank you very - play it at some point as well. good to see you, thank you very much indeed. now, rihanna fans from around the world are eagerly anticipating her performance at the super bowl half—time show — one of the biggest and most prestigious gigs in music. the singer will perform during the nfl break when the philadelphia eagles take on the kansas city chiefs on sunday. nesta mcgregor reports. after seven years away, the long—awaited return. hello. hey, everyone, how are you? rihanna, the superstar singer, billionaire businesswoman and new mother, determined to show she has not lost a step. it feels like it could only have been now. i was like, are you sure? i am three months postpartum, should i make a major decision like this right now? but when you become a mother there is something thatjust happens where you feel like you could take on the world and do anything. the super bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. that stage is state farm stadium.

this weekend, more than 70,000 people will be inside the venue, 120 million more watching on television. the world is descending on phoenix, arizona. this is off the scale. i have never seen anything like this. if you look at the journalists, some do not even have seats and as for the cameramen they are literally on top of one another. everyone wants to be here. # we shine together... it is no surprise that she is a nine time grammy award winner with more than a dozen number one singles, but she will have to pack her 17—year career into a 13 minute show and be on and off the field before the players finish their half—time cuppa. it is a lot of preparation and a lot of moving parts. 300—a00 people taking the stage down and building it back up and getting it out in eight minutes. it is incredible, almost impossible.

forfans, the return of ri—ri brings fresh hope that new music may follow and anticipation for that and what is in store come sunday is at peak level. i think this is one of the best concerts in the world. in an event, this one has a lot of expectations. everyone on twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering what she will sing, how will she perform, how many songs? what will she do? it sweeps the nation for months before it even comes. can you give us a bit of your favourite song? she sings. that one is one of my favourites. following in the footsteps of michaeljackson, u2 and diana ross, come monday morning rihanna's half—time performance may generate more headlines than the game—winning touchdown. one thing is for sure, though. she is back in the spotlight and loving it. nesta mcgregor, bbc news

in phoenix, arizona. lets show you the scene in southern turkey, as efforts continue to try to find any more survivors after the devastating earthquake that hit both turkey and syria. this is the scene in southern turkey, diyarbakir, which has again been hit by a devastating earthquake. a mountain of rubble. you can see the bulldozer trying to lift some of the debris. hopes fading as time goes on or finding any more survivors. there have occasionally been wonderful stories of rescues, a ten—day—old baby has been pulled from the rubble last night after being trapped for nearly four days. his mother also rescued alive. but those stories of dramatic rescues are, i'm afraid, very few and far between. but the

search does go on for survivors. 21,000 that is the current death toll across turkey and syria. you have been watching bbc news. hello. well, the coming mornings won't be quite as cold as we've seen over the past few days, nor will they're be as sunny. certainly got to change to cloudier weather at the moment. cloud has been spilling in through the night and the morning, in from the atlantic, taking away some of that early sunshine, turning it a bit hazy, but what it's also doing is introducing milder atlantic air, so the temperatures are lifting up relative to recent days. for the rest of today, though, that cloud still thick enough of outbreaks of rain or drizzle, heaviest across parts of the western highlands. some patchy rain or drizzle to the west of england and wales. most, though, will be dry. hazy sunshine to east anglia and the south east, some sunny breaks possible in other eastern areas, but quite a windy day still across scotland — winds close to a0 mph in their gusts but feeding in that milder air, 13 degrees possible in aberdeenshire, well above the early february average. and even where we started

with temperatures minus five, minus six in the south, we could still get a notch above where we should be, at around eight or nine degrees. and that takes us into a milder night. there will be a lot more cloud around compared with last night, some patchy rain or drizzle, especially in scotland, but with cloud in place, temperatures won't fall as low as they have done — five to nine degrees as we start saturday morning. should be a frost—free start to the weekend. fairly cloudy one, but the day won't be without some sunny breaks here and there. the cloud, though, will always generally dominate and could just produce some light rain or drizzle, more especially in the north and the west, but most will be dry and mild — 11 to 13 celsius more widely. but as we go through saturday night into sunday, with the odd cloud break here and there, winds light under this area of high pressure, we will see some patchy frost form. area of high pressure is starting to shift a little bit, so instead of south—westerly winds, we're going to start to go to more of a southerly wind on sunday. still bringing in plenty of cloud to begin with, maybe a few brighter breaks here compared with saturday. some sunshine at times, the odd isolated shower,

but most will be dry and temperatures just down a little bit relative to saturday as we drag in drier air at around ten to 12 degrees. but as we go through into next week, high pressure still to the east of us, but with it to the east quite widely, we'll be bringing the winds from the south. no beast from the east in the forecast. there will be some rain into parts of scotland, northern ireland as the atlantic tries to fight back later in the week, but as you can see, a lot of dry weather to come, especially for england and wales. the odd touch of frost by night, but by day temperatures by and large above average for early february.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: 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. we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too high. that is causing pain forfamilies up and down the country, more than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria, the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. translation: i can't believe it. i can't believe this. i just cannot believe what's happened. yesterday we pulled out my mother and brother dead and today

we pulled my sister, my nephew and my father. another newborn baby has been rescued from the rubble, ten—day—old yagiz and his mother were found around 90 hours after the first of the quakes. 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. good morning. welcome to the bbc news channel.

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 half of 1% 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 woods, inflation is still much too high, that is causing pain forfamilies up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. if we do that, and play to our strengths in science and technology, we really can be one of the most prosperous countries in europe. labour's shadow economic secretary

to the treasury, tulip saddiq, dismissed the chancellor's response to the figures. if the situation wasn't so dire, i would be laughing at his attempts to mask up the reality of the situation. the reality of the situation is that my constituents cannot afford to buy basic food items like eggs, milk, bread because of the situation we're in. the reality of the situation is that we have just narrowly missed being in a recession, and that's the technical phrase of being in a recession. we can now get more analysis on this from robert cuffe, the bbc�*s head of statistics. took us through these headlines. pc took us through these headlines. f

you see those blips, but if you pull back a bit and look at the three months as a whole, we are seeing no growth and we are not alone in that. that is a picture we are seeing across most leading advanced economies, i think only be canada and the us posted any growth to write home about in the last month, but then if you go even further back across the whole year, the picture is not looking great. in the uk, it is not looking great. in the uk, it is pretty flat, no growth for the whole year, notjust the quarter. what you decide might explain some of what the chancellor was saying this morning, that we had the fastest growth in the g7. i think thatis fastest growth in the g7. i think that is technically true, but i don't think it is helpful or informative. i think we can bring up this chart to show the last couple of years in the uk. we make and put out about £550 billion worth of stuff and that fell at the start of the pandemic by 100 billion and then started to recover through the rest of the year. in 2022, the red is flat. we have not seen any further

growth, but if you compare that back to 2021 when we were still rebounding, the grey area, it looks bigger, of course it looks bigger. to say that 2022 looks better, it is faint praise. what should we make of it all? the long—term trend is, as you can see here, at the moment we are not growing and growth is not everything. money isn't everything, but it does make the world go round and more money makes the world go round a little bit more so this is a significant problem and rather than focusing on the league table of best in the g7, worst in the g7, it is more helpful to look at the reasons why we are facing headwinds and the reason why the forecasters are saying things will not look great this year and they are we are exposed to the gas prices and the problem is that everyone else is facing. we also have the problem that we are quite exposed to high interest rates in the us, the worst of both worlds and we have factors that are special to us which is the strikes that we saw in december, the labour problems and also uniquely we

have fewer people available to work than before the pandemic, so the workforce is smaller than it used to be so it is hard to grow your economy if you don't have the people to put in the hours. for the moment, thank you very much. 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—year—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 overnight temperatures, and with hunger setting in, hopes are fading that many more people will be saved. the number of confirmed dead has reached 21,000, making it the seventh most deadly natural disaster in the world since the start of the century. rescue teams from 50 countries are engaged in the effort. meanwhile, across the border in syria in government—held aleppo,

president bashar al—assad has paid his first visit to victims of the earthquake being treated in hospital. in rebel—held areas in the north—west of the country rescuers are urgently calling for more international help after the first convoy of un aid was able to cross the border from turkey on thursday. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is with rescuers in antakya in southern turkey. we'vejust received his report on the rescue efforts there. it is now day five of the rescue operation. just have a look up in this building. we have been following these rescue workers since last night. they are mostly volunteers, they have barely had any sleep. one of them told me he's had three hours in the last five days. they think they have heard someone inside. i was just up there, we could not see anyone. they are now digging under the rubble to try and retrieve someone, but what there is up there is an overpowering

smell of dead bodies. 0n the first, second and third day of the rescue mission, they were finding a lot of people. this lot pulled out maybe a couple of dozen, including very young children, from buildings all along here. they say these buildings, and if you look at these buildings, they have collapsed on their side and then you have these buildings which have flattened completely. these are the most dangerous buildings, they say, the ones that are still teetering, but the ones that have collapsed completely, pancaked, they are going right inside, they are digging deep inside and making tunnels to try and get people out. but the reality is, and this will be very difficult news for families here, is that many of the rescue workers believe that this is no longer a case of rescuing survivors. we are now in a phase where they are recovering bodies. i'm nowjoined by our reporter

simonjones, who's at a warehouse in north london where people are working around the clock to get vital supplies to turkey. this is a turkish haulage firm based in tottenham and they felt they had to do something and they have been absolutely overwhelmed with donations. just look at all these boxes which are destined for the survivors in turkey. people have been bringing blankets, heaters, sanitary products, anything they think people might need over there. more and more boxes here. one lorry has already left another due to go today. let's talk now to jamil, who has been organising all of this. why did you feel you had to do something?— did you feel you had to do something? did you feel you had to do somethin: ? ~ .,, ., , , ., something? well, obviously we are art of the something? well, obviously we are part of the community _ something? well, obviously we are part of the community and - something? well, obviously we are part of the community and we - something? well, obviously we are | part of the community and we know that there is a big community from turkey living in the uk and at least half of them are coming from the region where the earthquake happened and we know a lot of friends have lost their loved ones and haven't heard from their loved ones for a

long time now. 50 heard from their loved ones for a long time now-— heard from their loved ones for a long time now. heard from their loved ones for a lona time now. , ., ., , long time now. so you have loaded up one [or long time now. so you have loaded up one lorry which _ long time now. so you have loaded up one lorry which left _ long time now. so you have loaded up one lorry which left yesterday - long time now. so you have loaded up one lorry which left yesterday and - one lorry which left yesterday and vital supplies. what sort of things are you still asking for? to vital supplies. what sort of things are you still asking for?— are you still asking for? to start with, we are you still asking for? to start with. we are _ are you still asking for? to start with, we are not _ are you still asking for? to start with, we are not asking - are you still asking for? to start with, we are not asking for - are you still asking for? to start - with, we are not asking for anything else for the moment because there has been, as you said, a huge amount of donations and these all need to go there and then sort it out by the aid organisations before it can actually reach to the vulnerable people. so far, community has brought us a lot of clothing, blankets, heaters, sanitary items, nappies, all sorts that they can bring. nappies, all sorts that they can brina. �* , ., , ., bring. and it is really vital because _ bring. and it is really vital because we _ bring. and it is really vital because we are _ bring. and it is really vital because we are hearing i bring. and it is really vital- because we are hearing obviously there are still some survivors being found, but now really the focus has been on those who have lost their homes, who have been left with nothing. a, homes, who have been left with nothinu. �* , , . homes, who have been left with nothina.�* , m , ., ., nothing. a very difficult situation. obviously. _ nothing. a very difficult situation. obviously, time _ nothing. a very difficult situation. obviously, time is _ nothing. a very difficult situation. obviously, time is working - nothing. a very difficult situation. | obviously, time is working against 0bviously, time is working against the people under the rubble,

obviously. 0ne the people under the rubble, obviously. one thing we need in turkey at the moment is professionals, search and rescue workers, that's for sure. and also we need some equipment for them to carry on working overnight as well, so generators, mobile tower lights, etc. but again, those who actually saved their lives, obviously they have other needs as well, so with the winter conditions going out there, it is minus degrees so we need to warm them up, accommodate, give them food, obviously in a hygienic environment, so it is going to be a difficultjob.— to be a difficult 'ob. thank you for “oininr us to be a difficult 'ob. thank you for joining us and — to be a difficult job. thank you for joining us and well— to be a difficult job. thank you for joining us and well done - to be a difficult job. thank you for joining us and well done on - to be a difficult job. thank you for joining us and well done on the i joining us and well done on the effort and real concern over those winter conditions. i just want to take you outside where we can see the lorry that is currently being loaded up. now, this law is due to leave later today. the first lorry left yesterday. a real effort here. let's stop now to someone else

taking part in it. why did you want to get involved?— to get involved? well, i think it is 'ust not to get involved? well, i think it is just not about _ to get involved? well, i think it is just not about getting _ to get involved? well, i think it is just not about getting involved. i just not about getting involved. everybody wants to help and do something to reach out, and i'm part of a group _ something to reach out, and i'm part of a group purchase wanted to do as much _ of a group purchase wanted to do as much as— of a group purchase wanted to do as much as possible, the cml group. whatever— much as possible, the cml group. whatever we do, we see it as help. it whatever we do, we see it as help. it will— whatever we do, we see it as help. it will take — whatever we do, we see it as help. it will take these donations about a week to get to istanbul and then they will be distributed around the country as needed.— they will be distributed around the country as needed. that's right. we are sending — country as needed. that's right. we are sending the _ country as needed. that's right. we are sending the trucks _ country as needed. that's right. we are sending the trucks directly. - are sending the trucks directly. because — are sending the trucks directly. because of the road closures they have, _ because of the road closures they have, we — because of the road closures they have, we would love to send it directly — have, we would love to send it directly to _ have, we would love to send it directly to all of the parts that had been _ directly to all of the parts that had been destroyed, but that is impossible at the moment so the authorities tell us. so we are going to send _ authorities tell us. so we are going to send it _ authorities tell us. so we are going to send it to— authorities tell us. so we are going to send it to one of the charity aiders — to send it to one of the charity aiders and _ to send it to one of the charity aiders and they are going to do stupid — aiders and they are going to do stupid inland.— aiders and they are going to do stuid inland. ., i. ., ., stupid inland. now, you are doing what ou stupid inland. now, you are doing what you can _ stupid inland. now, you are doing what you can hear, _ stupid inland. now, you are doing what you can hear, but _ stupid inland. now, you are doing what you can hear, but when - stupid inland. now, you are doing what you can hear, but when you | stupid inland. now, you are doing i what you can hear, but when you see the pictures on television, places you know must be absolutely devastating? it you know must be absolutely devastating?— you know must be absolutely devastating? you know must be absolutely devastatin. ? , ., , ., . devastating? it is devastating. we have not devastating? it is devastating. we have got to _ devastating? it is devastating. we have got to the — devastating? it is devastating. we have got to the point _ devastating? it is devastating. we have got to the point where - devastating? it is devastating. we have got to the point where you i devastating? it is devastating. we l have got to the point where you just don't _ have got to the point where you just don't want _ have got to the point where you just don't want to watch any more sol can imagine — don't want to watch any more sol can imagine how they feel out there. it is can imagine how they feel out there. it is a _ can imagine how they feel out there. it is a horrible situation. and i

think— it is a horrible situation. and i think it — it is a horrible situation. and i think it has _ it is a horrible situation. and i think it has affected the whole world — think it has affected the whole world. ., ~ think it has affected the whole world. ., ,, , ., think it has affected the whole world. . ~' , ., , think it has affected the whole world. ., ,, i. , . ., world. ok, thank you very much for “oininr world. ok, thank you very much for joining us- — world. ok, thank you very much for joining us- well. — world. ok, thank you very much for joining us. well, i _ world. ok, thank you very much for joining us. well, i huge _ world. ok, thank you very much for joining us. well, i huge committee| joining us. well, i huge committee effort here. you can see how people are coming together and seems like this are being repeated right across the uk. but here they say they have got enough donations for the moment and they say if people want to help, then they should consider giving money directly to charities who are aiding that rescue effort over in turkey and also in syria. simon, for the moment, thank you very much. simonjones there with one of the many aid efforts that we are seeing spring up to help people in turkey. well, we're continuing to hear incredible stories of survival

coming from the earthquake zone. this is the moment a ten—day—old baby was pulled from the rubble in hatay in turkey last night. he was trapped for more than 90 hours, nearly four days, in a collapsed building before rescuers could free him. his mother was also rescued alive, with paramedics rushing them both for emergency treatment. we arejoined now we are joined now by a white cam helmet volunteer. just explain to us who you are and what you do. it is helmet volunteer. just explain to us who you are and what you do.- who you are and what you do. it is a search operation _ who you are and what you do. it is a search operation continuing - search operation continuing underground to get more bodies from underground to get more bodies from under the rubble. we are not hearing any voices from under the rubble so we reached a critical point and we have lost the time to get people from under the rubble because no equipment, no one respond to our call from the very beginning. if a

team arrived in the first three days, think would be different. hundreds of lives would be saved but unfortunately nothing came in so the white helmets depend on their capacity and the community effort to get lives from under the rubble. we left alone like we are in the dark age. right now... when we first respond, we had hope because we heard people, voices under the rubble, but right now we are no more hearing people from under the rubble. so we are trying to move to the second level, to retrieve from under the rubble and find people and actually the community, for example there is more than 11,000 family are

homeless and 30,000 families left their homes because they were damaged. they need help, evacuation, shelter. they need to be rehabilitated. they need supplies, electricity, opening the roads. a lot of work to do but until now there is no aid coming, regarding there is no aid coming, regarding the response to the earthquake. what the response to the earthquake. what ou need the response to the earthquake. what you need more _ the response to the earthquake. what you need more than _ the response to the earthquake. what you need more than anything, it seems, is heavy machinery, to move these buildings that are collapsed. yes. we arranged for the country donors, to ask them to request for heavy machines and also spare parts, everything possible to do the job and also for the community. the community before the earthquake had

nothing, because most of them were besieged from aleppo, from the damascus, and they already had nothing and now they have nothing and so the community need to recover. life will continue and people need everything. they are homeless, helpless, disappointed, but the recognition, we ask the united nations to hold the responsibility. they did not reach to the white helmets, the main actor on the ground who had more than 4000 volunteers. they did not contact us or reach out to us to ask what we need. and the secretary—general of the united nations had the power to activate a mechanism to deliberate. they said from the beginning that the road is not in good condition,

but the road was in good condition because we were sitting at one point with people who came from turkey. how did these people arrive? you are a busy doing — how did these people arrive? you are a busy doing extraordinary _ how did these people arrive? you are a busy doing extraordinary work- how did these people arrive? you are a busy doing extraordinary work in i a busy doing extraordinary work in extremely difficult circumstances. thank you so much for telling us about the challenges that you are facing and help that you are giving to people in northern syria. thank you. friends of the missing lancashire woman nicola bulley are marking two weeks since her disappearance with fresh attempts to find information. they are holding up posters of her along the roads close

to where she was last seen walking her dog in st michael's on wyre. police believe she fell into the water but say they're keeping an open mind, and have expanded the search area. nick garnett has this report. two weeks ago, nicola bulley spent the morning getting her children ready for school and taking the dog for a walk. nicola was seen by a fellow dog walker at 8:50. and then again at 9:10 in a field further along the river bank. at 9:20, police have now established her phone was left on a riverside bench. 13 minutes later, her phone was found, along with her dogs harness. but nicola had disappeared. and that is all we know for sure. the police think that she fell down into the river and drowned. but it is a theory. there is no actual evidence for it. nevertheless, a specialist search team volunteered to help and, using sonar equipment, combed the bottom of the river in the village, but nothing was found in the stretch of river they were working in. if nicola was in that river, i would have found her, i can guarantee you that. we would have found her, and she is not there in that section of the river up there. for her partner, it has been two weeks of hell. right now, it is as though she has

vanished into thin air. like, yeah, just insane. police have consistently called this a missing persons inquiry. there is no evidence of a crime. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious, but a tragic case of a missing person. but that has not stopped some people thinking otherwise. social networks are awash with conspiracy theories. there have even been wannabe detectives coming to buildings like this, breaking into them and starting to search through them. police say they have thoroughly searched everywhere in a one—mile radius and will take action against anyone found making offensive comments online. they have also issued what are called dispersal orders against anyone committing anti—social behaviour.

despite the police's thorough search, there is one blind spot. this is the only path out of this whole area that is not covered by a cctv camera. so if she came out of this way, where did she go at this point? if you turn around and look here, it is a busy road. hundreds of cars were going past here at nine o'clock on a friday morning. and since then the police have tracked 700 vehicles going past at the time nicola went missing. with there being no sign of nicola at st michael's on wyre, the search has been widened downstream. but instead of a small meandering river, the wyre estuary, it is huge. from here, the river becomes the sea. the police are now tasked with searching the inlets and marshland. two weeks after nicola bulley went missing, the mystery surrounding her disappearance continues. nick garnett, bbc news, lancashire. nicola's friends and family are out in the village this morning appealing for more information,

two weeks on from her disappearance. we came out a week ago and we are back out today, so two weeks, to justjog anybody�*s memory that might have those key bits of information. you can see now the flurry of traffic going on and this is the key piece of road that we're looking for. so went into the gate to go on her walk and there is no footage of that gate so we're just trying to get dash cam footage. the police have also done number recognition, so people have had letters that were here. so, hopefully, with us being out in force today, the number plate recognition, we do get some information that we vitally need. 0ur reporter rowan bridge is in st michael's on wyre. we canjust we can just hear the sheer number of attempts to try and work out what has happened to nicola. yes. the past two weeks have been described as almost like torture by one of nicola bulley cosmic friends, because of the lack of information. she dropped off her children and took her dog for a walk as normal

and then there has been no sight of her. the last positive sighting was at ten past nine and then sent us —— and again and since the nothing. as you say, herfriends and again and since the nothing. as you say, her friends and and again and since the nothing. as you say, herfriends and neighbours have been out this morning holding up have been out this morning holding up placards on the road, just where i am at the moment, appealing for drivers who may have —— cam footage to come forward. they were here a week ago making the same appeal and they are back here today making the appeal that someone may have some footage which could show she did or did not leave the river area because it is the one area that is not covered by cctv. having said that, the police are still treating this as a missing persons inquiry, and as nick was saying, their theory is that she fell into the water and wasn't able to get out. they have searched an area about ten miles of the river wye from here, down to where it meets with the irish sea and this is where the focus of the police search is today, the inlets and waterways around morecambe by where the irish sea and the river wye meat and hopes that that may provide some clues as to her

disappearance but at the moment it still remains a mystery. we appreciate that. thank you very much. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who is being investigated after claims that he bullied staff, has told the bbc he is confident that he behaved professionally at all times. mr raab is the subject of eight formal complaints covering his time at three different government departments. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake had more detail earlier. dominic raab hasn't given too many interviews in recent weeks with that investigation which you mentioned hanging over him. eight separate formal complaints being looked into by a senior lawyer, adam tolley casey, appointed by the prime minister, relating to dominic raab's time as foreign secretary, brexit secretary, and a previous tent as justice secretary as well. his spokesperson and he, when asked, has repeatedly denied any accusations against him and also maintained that he behaved professionally throughout, and that's very much the tone of his answer when he was asked about the investigation

and the claims against him by our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. look, i'm not going to comment on the anonymous reports in the media. my experience is that they're mostly incorrect. i'm confident i've behaved professionally at all times and of course i called for an inquiry and i will respect it. there has been a steady flow of newspaper reports and elsewhere stories quoting anonymous sources, people who have worked with dominic raab in the past, criticising his behaviour, talking about specific instances of what they viewed to be bullying, which of course mr robb denies, including one interview given to bbc newsnight recently where he was described as being nasty and difficult and not fit to run a department. others have defended dominic raab as a man with high standards but not someone who has bullied others who worked with him. many of his parliamentary colleagues have supported him as well. there have been calls for him to step back from his role. labour, the liberal democrats, the fda union representing civil

servants have all called for him to be suspended while the investigation takes place, but the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said that it is right that that inquiry should take its course, but that he won't hesitate to take swift action if necessary. labour have held on to the seat of west lancashire in a by—election. ashley dalton secured a majority of more than 8,000 and takes overfrom rosie cooper, who quit as an mp to work in the health service. thousands of ambulance staff in england are on strike today. the walk—outs by members of unison are taking place in five regions — london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universities across the uk from the university and college union are also continuing their industrial action in their row about pay, conditions and pension cuts. new figures show that sales of used cars in the uk fell sharply last year.

the society of motor manufacturers and traders said just under 6.9 million used—cars changed hands, down from 7.5 million the previous year. it's being billed as the hottest ticket in town — 10,000 people are being given the chance to go to a concert at windsor castle, to celebrate king charles' coronation in may. the tickets will be free, but you'll have to enter a ballot. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the details. less than a year after pop and rock royalty came together to celebrate the late queen's platinum jubilee, a coronation concert will be staged to celebrate the ceremonial beginning of her son's reign. windsor castle will provide a spectacular backdrop, with some of the world's biggest entertainers, according to the bbc, which will stage and broadcast the event. i tell you now, this is going to be something like we have never ever experienced. it will be a world—class orchestra. we have the best of the british and commonwealth acts from all over, between singing, dancing,

performing, the arts. the orchestra will be playing along with every single performance that happens. it really, really is going to be incredible. there are going to be 10,000 members of the public there as well. you can't imagine the vibe that is going to be about. there are 5,000 pairs of tickets, all free, which will be allocated via a national ballot. members of the public can apply up until the 28th of february. tickets will be allocated to ensure a fair geographical spread across the uk, so not on a first come, first served basis. the remaining tickets will also be made available to various charities, including those working with young people and the military. it is now less than three months until king charles is crowned at westminster abbey. the long weekend is taking shape, but between now and then, there will be plenty more detail to come. sarah campbell, bbc news. a bit of breaking news about the det

appeal to help the earthquake victims in turkey and syria. we are hearing that in its first day, that appeal has raised over £30 million. that comes as we know that the death toll has reached at least 21,000, mostly in turkey, but also in parts of northern syria as well. we are told that the uk public has rallied round in a generous show of support for the disaster puzzling emergency committee appeal. £32.9 million in the first day, to be precise, including £5 million that was matched by the uk government through the uk eight match scheme. the total includes donations from the king and the queen consort along with the prince and princess of wales. the announcement came after the actors daniel craig and sir michael paling made impassioned pleas on tv and radio on thursday for people to donate funds which would provide urgent relief for people affected by the earthquakes in turkey and syria.

now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the cloud has rolled in more extensively today, but what it has also done is come with milder air. temperatures are lifting up. the cloud is thick enough for some more rain or drizzle at times in the west, but it's the highlands and islands, well, particularly the western highlands, where we see some of the heaviest, more persistent rain through the rest of this afternoon. sunshine towards the south and east, much more hazy compared with how we started the day, but some sunny spells across the north—east of scotland. 13 or 14 degrees distinctly possible. that is well above average for this stage in february. a mild light will follow. some rain or drizzle at times, more especially in western scotland. many will be dry. cloudy skies for much of the time and temperatures not much lower than around five to nine degrees as we start tomorrow morning, so we go into the weekend on a frost—free note. saturday will bring a lot more cloud around and certainly a greyer day towards southern parts compared with what we've seen so far this week. some sunny breaks possible,

the best of which always through eastern areas, but it will be a largely dry day and a very mild one. across the board temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: 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. more than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. another newborn baby has been rescued from the rubble. 10—day—old yagiz and his mother were found around 90 hours after the first of the quakes. it is two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire, now the police are extending their search downstream.

10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king's coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the man who leads manchester city's official supporters club admits the team's achievements would be tainted if they are found guilty of the more than 100 alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules. the charges, that have been referred to an independent commission, relate to a period in which city won three of their six premier league titles. while kevin parker says he would be "disappointed" if they were proven, he'd be a fan "the day before the verdict and the day after it". it is not a total shock. i think there is a lot of envy around in football and i do understand that to a certain extent, we have got fantastic owners with bottomless

pockets. it has been a dream for us as supporters since 2008. i suppose if i think back to when manchester city had no money and the likes of manchester united could spend whatever money they have whatever they wanted it, was i envious of the fact that those football clubs could pretty much do what they wanted to buy the best players to help them win trophies? yes, of course i was. yes, of course i was. more on that in the sports desk podcast available on bbc sounds. manchester city, whose manager pep guardiola will speak to the media for the first time since the allegations, have said they are "surprised" by the charges and are supported by a "body of irrefutable evidence". a review conducted after sheffield wednesday's fa cup tie against newcastle has found "all aspects" of safety at hillsborough complied fully with requirements. it's after some newcastle fans claimed on social media there was a lack of stewarding and that they were crammed in at the leppings lane end of the stand before kick—off last saturday.

the review, which was carried out by sheffield city council and sheffield wednesday, did suggest some minor changes for the overall matchday experience. the consortium that has taken over worcester warrors and rebranded the club as sixways rugby says they may think again about the name change. the club have withdrawn their proposal to play in the championship, with the government saying the decision was "devastating news for rugby fans across the midlands". the new owners insists they couldn't accept a number of clauses in the contract they'd have to sign with the rfu, but are willing to change their plans on the new clubs branding. there is parts within our control. 0ne element of that is the brand as such and if we have got that wrong i think we can hold their hands up and be honest and say maybe that was a step too far. we are listening to the fans and the community and we

can look to re—engage in that. india have extended their first innings lead to over 100 on day two of the first test agianst austrlaia in a meeting of the world's top two sides in nagpur. it's been built on a century from captain rohit sharma and 50s from ravindra jadeja and axar patel. australia spinner todd murphy has taken five wickets on his debut. india are 321/7. that's a lead of 144 runs. british number one emma raducanu has been handed a wildcard for indian wells next month. the fomrer us open champion missed the cut for direct entry to the women's main draw after her world ranking slipped to 80th. she has not played since she lost to american teenager coco gauff in the australian open second round. andy murray and cameron norrie have been included in the men's singles draw. as he prepares for the super bowl on sunday, kansas city chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes has been named nfl�*s most valuable player for the second time.

the 27—year—old led the nfl with 41 touchdown passes in the 2022 regular season and a career—high 5,250 passing yards. mahomes received 48 of the 50 first—place votes after helping the chiefs to a 14—3 record in the regular season. he'll try and win a second lombardi trophy against the philadelphia eagles in arizona on sunday. that's all the sport for now. more now on the uk economy, which has avoided a recession, but saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year, according to the latest official statistics released this morning. 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. 0ur correspondent ben boulos is in manchester and has more on these latest figures.

i hope the economy is about building things, making things, producing things, making things, producing things are buying things. that is what the figaro today tells us, how much economic activity there was in the uk economy as a whole over 0ctober, the uk economy as a whole over october, november the uk economy as a whole over 0ctober, novemberand december october, november and december compared 0ctober, novemberand december compared to the three months before that. why do we look for economic growth? it generally means there is an increase in prosperity and a rising living standards. the figures showed that the economy was stagnant, flat, no bigger in that three—month period at the end of last year than in the previous three months. it matters because it suggest people aren't spending more, businesses are producing more, it might be harder to find a job, there will not be as many people paying more taxes so the government has less to spend on public services. 0n

less to spend on public services. on a positive note, a flat economy is better than a shrinking economy. it means the uk avoided slipping into recession which is when you see the real problems. so a bit of relief on that front, but there are so many respected economists warning that over the coming year the uk economy is likely to shrink. i am on this building site in manchester, one of about 25 in the area they got started in the past year. let's speak to zoe deloitte. if the economy is flat, you wouldn't expect to see as much construction activity, would you?- to see as much construction activity, would you? you are right. the statistics _ activity, would you? you are right. the statistics show _ activity, would you? you are right. the statistics show there - activity, would you? you are right. the statistics show there are - the statistics show there are definitely economic headwinds but we are finding in the regional cities across the uk that this sector is really resilient. the fact we have

had 74 new starts on sites across two cities means we will continue to see activity in the sector over the next couple of years on those sites and development. in manchester and salford for example, residential development is having a real boost. we have 12,000 units in development in that city centre. what we have12,000 units in development in that city centre.— in that city centre. what about for eo - le in that city centre. what about for people who _ in that city centre. what about for people who live — in that city centre. what about for people who live in _ in that city centre. what about for people who live in towns - in that city centre. what about for people who live in towns and - in that city centre. what about for| people who live in towns and rural areas away from city centres? today see the benefits? is there activity a construction in those areas? there is, but it is — a construction in those areas? there is, but it is fair— a construction in those areas? there is, but it is fair to _ a construction in those areas? there is, but it is fair to say _ a construction in those areas? there is, but it is fair to say that _ a construction in those areas? there is, but it is fair to say that the - is, but it is fair to say that the cities are a hive of activity and the centres for growth in the region is at the moment. what we will see as government support looking towards the towns as well as the cities to make sure that economic boost is continued, so that cycle will continue through 2024 and 25. we know there are lots of uncertainties in the economy, energy prices, cost of living pressures.

what is it that is prompting construction to go ahead, when normally if there is uncertainty businesses might not decide to pay for a new office building, for example?— for a new office building, for examle? ~ . ., , for a new office building, for examle? . . . , ., example? what we are saying is that lonr-term example? what we are saying is that long-term view- _ example? what we are saying is that long-term view. development - example? what we are saying is that long-term view. development in - example? what we are saying is that long-term view. development in the | long—term view. development in the construction industry they need to take longer term view. you can't switch on and off building sites like this. sites that came live last year will need to continue to work through the next 12—24 months and we will that continue. 50 through the next 12-24 months and we will that continue.— will that continue. so we davidson from deloitte. _ will that continue. so we davidson from deloitte, thank _ will that continue. so we davidson from deloitte, thank you - will that continue. so we davidson from deloitte, thank you very - will that continue. so we davidson i from deloitte, thank you very much. we are on a life working, busy construction site. to illustrate the point about economic activity and how important construction is, this one site alone will be a nine story office building and in the course of construction will have created about 500 jobs for people working on it.

that gives you one example of why construction is such an important part of the economy and why we are down here today. i can speak to james smith, research director at the resolution foundation. not in recession, james, but no growth either. what do you think the government should be prioritising? yes, lots of talk about whether the uk economy was falling into recession, but the big picture is that the economy is stagnating and household incomes are falling and we are in the midst of a severe living standards downturn. it is definitely not all doom and gloom, so the economy did not shrink in the last three months of the year as many people thought it would. the uk

recorded the fastest growth in the g7 last year as a whole. looking ahead, we have lower energy prices and that should boost the economy and that should boost the economy and mean that the economy would be a little bit stronger than we had expected. the uk is still looking pretty weak, it is still the only g7 economy that has not returned to its pre—pandemic leather coat —— level of output and we are certainly not out of the wood jet with the office for budget responsibility and the bank of england telling us we are still heading into recession. for families, the big picture remains one of being in a cost of living standards recession, and that is where the government should focus, so focusing on families as they come through this year with higher energy prices, making sure that the cost of living crisis is not really driving a much weaker economy this year than otherwise it should be. there a much weaker economy this year than otherwise it should be.— otherwise it should be. there is also the increase _ otherwise it should be. there is also the increase in _ otherwise it should be. there is also the increase in interest - otherwise it should be. there is i

also the increase in interest rates, as well, which will make people wobble sometimes, even if they are not directly affected gets into your head that things are pessimistic and sometimes can we talk ourselves into a worse situation that we are in? you are right, the cost of living is really evolving here. we had high inflation. inflation now looks like it has peaked and is coming down. that is really good news. lower energy prices will help that process. we are seeing much higher mortgage costs, something like 800,000 people will move off a fixed rate mortgage and have to pay much higher mortgage costs this year, so that will be hitting families. there will also be tax rises in april, so there are big hit when still there forfamilies and the there are big hit when still there for families and the government needs to focus on that and make sure that the cost of living crisis is not as deep as many fear that it will be. ., , ,.,

not as deep as many fear that it willbe. , , will be. there has been some support for ener: will be. there has been some support for energy bills _ will be. there has been some support for energy bills for _ will be. there has been some support for energy bills for households, - will be. there has been some support for energy bills for households, but i for energy bills for households, but that comes to an end fairly soon. how quickly do you think that the energy prices need to be corrected to reflect the wholesale prices that companies are now paying? what to reflect the wholesale prices that companies are now paying? what we've seen is wholesale _ companies are now paying? what we've seen is wholesale gas _ companies are now paying? what we've seen is wholesale gas prices _ companies are now paying? what we've seen is wholesale gas prices fall - seen is wholesale gas prices fall something like two a quarter of the levels over the summer, so that is meaning that inflation will not be as high as many people feared it would be this year, but the government is withdrawing support, so as energy price guarantee is rising as of april up to £3000, so the first thing many families will notice is that there are higher energy prices not lower. it will take time through the course of the year but hopefully next winter we will see much lower energy prices than many have feared, so we will end up in a situation where things aren't quite as bad as some of the

very dark predictions we have had over the past three months. james, thank ou over the past three months. james, thank you for _ over the past three months. james, thank you for talking _ over the past three months. james, thank you for talking to _ over the past three months. james, thank you for talking to us. - let's return to the humanitarian response to the earthquakes in syria and turkey. the head of the syrian civil defence group the white helmets has criticised the united nations for its response to the disaster. let's get more on this from our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes, who joins us from bern. imagine, this is a particular criticism of what is happening in northern syria because as far as the white helmets is concerned there is a different response to the support they are getting there and that in north turkey. find they are getting there and that in north turkey-_ they are getting there and that in north turkey. and i think there is some validity _ north turkey. and i think there is some validity in _ north turkey. and i think there is some validity in them _ north turkey. and i think there is some validity in them saying - north turkey. and i think there is| some validity in them saying that. we have seen earthquakes specific equipment and staff flying into turkey, very little getting into north—west syria. the head of the white helmets said they perceive nothing. what we do know is that the

united nations has pre—positioned supplies in north—west syria because it has been so difficult to get into that region for a very long time. this remains the part of syria still not in government hands, which means damascus has not always been very accommodating in a long humanitarian aid to get in there. there is only one border crossing open for eight from turkey to syria. some trucks ago name, but it is clearly nowhere near enough and what we heard this morning from the white helmets was real frustration directed at the un aid agencies. i have to say from the geneva perspective it is not necessarily their fault. they have been appealing for new politics to been appealing for new politics to be involved in this humanitarian operation from the start. unfortunately, it does look as if eight into that part of syria is not

going smoothly and people desperately in need are not getting what they need. fsine desperately in need are not getting what they need.— desperately in need are not getting what they need. one of the legacies of course of — what they need. one of the legacies of course of many _ what they need. one of the legacies of course of many years _ what they need. one of the legacies of course of many years of- what they need. one of the legacies of course of many years of civil - of course of many years of civil war. the impact on the border and the lack of infrastructure want you get there. the lack of infrastructure want you aet there. ., v , get there. that's right. the figures around this — get there. that's right. the figures around this part _ get there. that's right. the figures around this part of _ get there. that's right. the figures around this part of syria _ get there. that's right. the figures around this part of syria are - around this part of syria are staggering. 4.1 million people in northern syria were already before the earthquake judged northern syria were already before the earthquakejudged by northern syria were already before the earthquake judged by the northern syria were already before the earthquakejudged by the un northern syria were already before the earthquake judged by the un to be in need of humanitarian assistance. most of them are within —— most of them are women or children. even if these people were not directly affected by the earthquake what must be happening now with with schools, hospitals, homes destroyed, supplies disrupted. really, again, the un aid agencies, and there are a slew of agency

leaders and the international red cross heading to syria right now, thatis cross heading to syria right now, that is their mission, i think, to say to the government in damascus, let us deliver aid from government opposition —controlled areas. to get more border openings from turkey. and to say again this is not about politics, this is about saving lives. lives of children, people who never took any part in this long and very bitter conflict in syria. imaging, thank you very much. a committee of mps is calling on the government to explain how it will help thousands of afghans who are eligible for evacuation to the uk, but are still living at risk of harm in their country. the commons defence committee is demanding a detailed review of the uk's involvement in afghanistan from 2001 to its chaotic withdrawal in 2021, which resulted in the taliban's return to power. the ukrainian president,

volodymyr zelensky, will address a summit of sports ministers chaired by the uk which is being held to discuss russian participation in next year's paris 0lympics. the international olympic committee wants russian and belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals, but ukraine has threatened to boycott the games if those athletes take part. one of the justifications vladimir putin gave for invading ukraine was the need to protect russia from what he claimed was a threat to national security. in fact, his so—called "special military operation" has left many in russia feeling less secure. in recent months there have been drone attacks on military bases deep inside russia, while regions bordering ukraine now come under regular shelling. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been to russia's belgorod region to see how life there has changed after a year of war. this part of russia, more than any other, feels like a warzone.

near the border with ukraine, they are digging trenches, building fortifications. a year ago there was none of this. or this. close by, a market has been hit by a mortar. the people here say they now live in constant fear of ukrainian shelling. but they forget to mention that it was their country that invaded ukraine. "almost every day there are booms, bangs." "people here are scared." we have travelled a lot across russia over the last year, and i found that for many people, this is a virtual war happening on television, a long way away from them. but for people living here, just a few miles to the border of ukraine, it is very real, they can feel it, they can see it, and they can hear it, and no—one knows how it is going to end. war feels close when you

meet men like these. the group calls itself death to spies after a notorious stalin—era security unit. they are training a local defence force. they will talk, but they won't show their faces. translation: the localforce will defend belgorod region i if there is an attack on russia. but we will carry out any task we are given in any town, anywhere in the world. in the city of belgorod a few miles away, there have been explosions too. like here, at the airport. and a reported strike on a power station. suddenly, people here are having to think about where to take cover. shelters have been opened in cellars and in basements of apartment blocks. this one is pretty basic — one wooden bench and some water. in belgorod, on display, the symbol

of president putin's war in ukraine. i can remember soviet russia. i reported on post—communist russia. but this is z russia. gone — security, stability, peace. but state propaganda and patriotic messaging aim to convince russians this war is just. "for the motherland," it says. "thank you for your heroic deed." and it seems to work. take this family. masha is a teacher but works from home now. all belgorod schools have closed due to the danger of shelling. her dad has gone away. he's a volunteer fighter. as for mum 0lga, she accepts the official narrative that it is ukraine and the west who are the aggressors, not russia. translation: russia | didn't provoke this war. russia didn't attack ukraine. russian people are

peace—loving and generous. a russian will give you the shirt off his back. russians will never attack. 0nly protect you. in z russia, invasion is liberation and war is peace. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. hogwarts legacy, a big—budget video game set in the world of harry potter, has been released today. it's expected to sell millions of copies, but there are a few campaigners calling for a boycott because of the authorjk rowling's views on transgender issues. rihanna fans from around the world are eagerly anticipating her performance at the super bowl half—time show — one of the biggest and most prestigious gigs in music. the singer will perform during the nfl break when the philadelphia eagles take on the kansas city chiefs on sunday. nesta mcgregor reports.

after seven years away, the long—awaited return. hello. hey, everyone, how are you? rihanna, the superstar singer, billionaire businesswoman and new mother, determined to show she has not lost a step. it feels like it could only have been now. i was like, "are you sure?" i am three months postpartum, should i make a major decision like this right now? but when you become a mother there is something thatjust happens where you feel like you could take on the world and do anything. the super bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. that stage is state farm stadium. this weekend, more than 70,000 people will be inside the venue, 120 million more watching on television. the world is descending on phoenix, arizona. this is off the scale. i have never seen anything like this. if you look at the journalists, some do not even have seats and as for the cameramen

they are literally on top of one another. everyone wants to be here. # we shine together..#. it is no surprise that she is a nine time grammy award winner with more than a dozen number one singles, but she will have to pack her 17—year career into a 13 minute show and be on and off the field before the players finish their half—time cuppa. it is a lot of preparation and a lot of moving parts. 300—400 people taking the stage down and building it back up and getting it out in eight minutes. it is incredible, almost impossible. forfans, the return of ri—ri brings fresh hope that new music may follow and anticipation for that and what is in store come sunday is at peak level. i think this is one of the best concerts in the world. in an event, this one has a lot of expectations. everyone on twitter, tiktok, instagram is wondering what she will sing, how

will she perform, how many songs? what will she do? it sweeps the nation for months before it even comes. can you give us a bit of your favourite song? she sings. that one is one of my favourites. following in the footsteps of michaeljackson, u2 and diana ross, come monday morning rihanna's half—time performance may generate more headlines than the game—winning touchdown. one thing is for sure, though. she is back in the spotlight and loving it. nesta mcgregor, bbc news in phoenix, arizona. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. well, the coming mornings won't be quite as cold as we've seen over the past few days, nor will they be as sunny. certainly got to change to cloudier

weather at the moment. cloud has been spilling in through the night and the morning, in from the atlantic, taking away some of that early sunshine, turning it a bit hazy, but what it's also doing is introducing milder atlantic air, so the temperatures are lifting up relative to recent days. for the rest of today, though, that cloud still thick enough of outbreaks of rain or drizzle, heaviest across parts of the western highlands. some patchy rain or drizzle to the west of england and wales. most, though, will be dry. hazy sunshine to east anglia and the south east, some sunny breaks possible in other eastern areas, but quite a windy day still across scotland — winds close to 40 mph in their gusts but feeding in that milder air, 13 degrees possible in aberdeenshire, well above the early february average. and even where we started with temperatures minus five, minus six in the south, we could still get a notch above where we should be, at around eight or nine degrees. and that takes us into a milder night. there will be a lot more cloud around compared with last night, some patchy rain or drizzle, especially in scotland, but with cloud in place, temperatures won't fall as low as they have done — five to nine degrees as we start saturday morning. should be a frost—free start to the weekend. fairly cloudy one, but the day won't be without some sunny breaks here and there.

the cloud, though, will always generally dominate and could just produce some light rain or drizzle, more especially in the north and the west, but most will be dry and mild — 11 to 13 celsius more widely. but as we go through saturday night into sunday, with the odd cloud break here and there, winds light under this area of high pressure, we will see some patchy frost form. area of high pressure is starting to shift a little bit, so instead of south—westerly winds, we're going to start to go to more of a southerly wind on sunday. still bringing in plenty of cloud to begin with, maybe a few brighter breaks here compared with saturday. some sunshine at times, the odd isolated shower, but most will be dry and temperatures just down a little bit relative to saturday as we drag in drier air at around ten to 12 degrees. but as we go through into next week, high pressure still to the east of us, but with it to the east quite widely, we'll be bringing the winds from the south. no beast from the east in the forecast. there will be some rain into parts of scotland, northern ireland as the atlantic tries to fight back later in the week, but as you can see,

a lot of dry weather to come, especially for england and wales. the odd touch of frost by night, but by day temperatures by and large above average for early february.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 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. we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too high. that is causing pain forfamilies up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. the economy now is just flatlining along _ the economy now is just flatlining along the — the economy now is just flatlining along the bottom. we are the only major— along the bottom. we are the only major g7 _ along the bottom. we are the only major g7 economy that is still smaller— major g7 economy that is still smaller than it was before the pandemic and zero growth is not a success _

more than 21,000 thousand people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria — the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. translation: i can't believe it. i can't believe this. i just cannot believe what's happened. yesterday we pulled out my mother and brother dead and today we pulled my sister, my nephew and my father. another newborn baby has been rescued from the rubble — 10 day old yagiz and his mother were found around 90 hours after the first of the quakes. 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.

hello. welcome to the bbc news channel. 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 half of 1% 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 woods, inflation is still much too high, that is causing pain forfamilies up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. if we do that, and play to our strengths in science and

technology, we really can be one of the most prosperous countries in europe. labour's shadow chancellor of the exchequer rachel reeves, the economy. i hope that today's numbers are a waka-up— i hope that today's numbers are a wake—up call to the government because — wake—up call to the government because the economy now is just flatlining — because the economy now is just flatlining along the bottom. we are the only— flatlining along the bottom. we are the only major g7 economy that is still smaller than it was before the pandemic— still smaller than it was before the pandemic and zero growth is not a success _ pandemic and zero growth is not a success. the government is now urgently— success. the government is now urgently need to put in place a real plan for— urgently need to put in place a real plan for economic growth as well as tackling _ plan for economic growth as well as tackling the cost of living crisis that is — tackling the cost of living crisis that is affecting so many families and pensioners right now. i spoke to robert cuffe, the bbc�*s head of statistics for more analysis on these figures. so we see a rise in november because he world cup was on and we were all going out a little more and then follow in december because the world

cup was still on, england went in it, and the premiership wasn't going. so you see those blips but if you pull back a bit and look at three months as a whole, we are seeing, as you said, no growth, and we are not alone in that. that is a picture you are seeing across most leading advanced economies. i think only canada and the us posted in growth worth writing home about in the last month, but if you go even further back across the whole year, the picture is not looking great. in the picture is not looking great. in the uk, it is pretty flat. no growth for the whole year worth mentioning, not just the quarter. for the whole year worth mentioning, notjust the quarter. what for the whole year worth mentioning, not just the quarter. what you decide might explain some of what the chancellor was saying this morning, that we have the fastest growth in the g7. well, i think that is technically true, but i don't think it is helpful or informative, and i think we can show the audience why. if we look at growth over the last couple of years, i can see we make and produce about 550 billion quid worth of stuff every three months and that fell by 100 million in the first few months of the pandemic and then started to recover

over the rest of the year. in 2022, the red part, that is flat. no further growth. but if you compare that to 2021 when we were still rebounding, the grey area, it looks bigger, of course it looks bigger, but to say 2022 has grown or looks better than lockdown is kind of damning with faint praise. so what should we make of it all? the long—term trend is, as we can see here, at the moment, we are not growing. 0bvious, growth isn't everything, money isn't everything, but it does make the world go round and more money makes the world go round a little more, so this is a significant problem and rather than focusing on the league table of best in the g7 and worst in the g7, it is probably more help to look at the reasons why we are facing headwinds and the reasons why the forecasters are saying things are not going to look great this year and they are we are exposed to the gas prices or rthe problems that everyone else is facing, probably like europe, we have also got the problem that we are quite exposed to high interest rates in the us, the worst of both worlds, and we have got factors that

are special to us, which is the strikes that we saw december, the labour problems and also uniquely we have fewer people available to work than before the pandemic so the workforce is smaller than it used to be so it is hard to grow your economy if you don't have people to put in the hours. our head of statistics. afzal rahman is a policy officer covering pay and employment at the trades union congress. hejoins now. a keeperjoining us. how optimistic do you feel in light of these figures that we are not actually in recession?— of these figures that we are not actually in recession? well, i think that will be — actually in recession? well, i think that will be little _ actually in recession? well, i think that will be little comfort - actually in recession? well, i think that will be little comfort for - that will be little comfort for viewers. if a fraction of a percentage above or below a recession is not going to translate into how people are feeling as the falling real pay, the following value of pay means that people can afford less and less each month and families are in recession because pay is falling, and that means they

are having to cut down on spending, thatis are having to cut down on spending, that is what is feeding into this flatlining economy and forecasts say that we are going to have a recession over the next year and that could mean job losses and that recession is coming about because of that collapse in pay for households. well, if it is as bad as you say, and the prospects aren't good, then it adds more to the government was my argument that when it comes to public sector pay, then really this is not the time to be increasing pay and pensions?— and pensions? well, i think precisely — and pensions? well, i think precisely the _ and pensions? well, i think precisely the opposite - and pensions? well, i think precisely the opposite is i and pensions? well, i think. precisely the opposite is true. falling pay means that people have to cut back on spending. that means less is spent in businesses and those businesses have to cut back on output so the response to the risk of a recession, the existence of a flatlining economy should be that we get money in. just

flatlining economy should be that we get money in-— get money in. just a second. sorry. we lost you — get money in. just a second. sorry. we lost you for— get money in. just a second. sorry. we lost you for a _ get money in. just a second. sorry. we lost you for a moment - get money in. just a second. sorry. we lost you for a moment there. i get money in. just a second. sorry. i we lost you for a moment there. let me ask you another question because we did not hear the end of your answer. a lot of people will say, if we are in recession and the government spending is already very high, surely the last thing we need to be doing is adding to that debt burden? admittedly, it is a political choice.— burden? admittedly, it is a political choice. burden? admittedly, it is a olitical choice. , . ., political choice. yes. we need to not repeat _ political choice. yes. we need to not repeat the — political choice. yes. we need to not repeat the mistakes - political choice. yes. we need to not repeat the mistakes that - political choice. yes. we need to not repeat the mistakes that we | political choice. yes. we need to - not repeat the mistakes that we have made, that the government has made over the last 12 years. this is a recession made in downing street. cuts to our public services, cuts to public sector pay and cuts to pay and holding down pay have absolutely decimated growth over the last decade. , _,, , decimated growth over the last decade. , . , ., decimated growth over the last decade. , , ., ., decade. energy costs are not within the government's _ decade. energy costs are not within the government's gift, _ decade. energy costs are not within the government's gift, are - decade. energy costs are not within the government's gift, are they? i the government's gift, are they? what i was about to say was that when growth goes down, the government keeps responding by cutting spending and that feeds back into... i

cutting spending and that feeds back into... ., cutting spending and that feeds back into... . ,., cutting spending and that feeds back into... . , . ., into... i am so sorry. we have lost ou into... i am so sorry. we have lost you again- — into... i am so sorry. we have lost you again- i— into... i am so sorry. we have lost you again. i don't— into... i am so sorry. we have lost you again. i don't know _ into... i am so sorry. we have lost you again. i don't know whether. into... i am so sorry. we have lost. you again. i don't know whether you can hear me. we keep losing you. we got the gist of what you are saying. i hope you felt that you got your point across. i hope you felt that you got your point across-— i hope you felt that you got your point across._ no, - i hope you felt that you got your point across._ no, it i i hope you felt that you got your| point across._ no, it is point across. apologies. no, it is not our point across. apologies. no, it is not your fault. _ point across. apologies. no, it is not your fault. we _ point across. apologies. no, it is not your fault. we appreciate - point across. apologies. no, it is| not your fault. we appreciate you persevering with us. we are having some difficulties. thank you very much. sorry about that. 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—year—old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. the number of confirmed dead has reached 21,000 — making it the seventh most deadly natural disaster in the world since the start of the century. rescue teams from 50 countries are engaged in the effort.

this is the scene live in adiyaman one of the hardest hit areas — where president erdogan is speaking — he is apparently visiting a �*tent city�* for survivors there — we will bring you an english translation of what he is saying when we have it. meanwhile, across the border in syria, in government—held aleppo, the president bashar al—assad has paid his first visit to victims of the earthquake being treated in hospital. in rebel—held areas in the north west of the country, rescuers are urgently calling for more international help, after the first convoy of un aid was able to cross the border from turkey on thursday. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is with rescuers in antakya in southern turkey. we'vejust received his report

on the rescue efforts there. it is now day five of the rescue operation. just have a look up in this building. we have been following these rescue workers since last night. they are mostly volunteers, they have barely had any sleep. one of them told me he's had three hours in the last five days. they think they have heard someone inside. i was just up there, we could not see anyone. they are now digging under the rubble to try and retrieve someone, but what there is up there is an overpowering smell of dead bodies. 0n the first, second and third day of the rescue mission, they were finding a lot of people. this lot pulled out maybe a couple of dozen, including very young children, from buildings all along here. they say these buildings, and if you look at these buildings, they have collapsed on their side

and then you have these buildings which have flattened completely. these are the most dangerous buildings, they say, the ones that are still teetering, but the ones that have collapsed completely, pancaked, they are going right inside, they are digging deep inside and making tunnels to try and get people out. but the reality is, and this will be very difficult news for families here, is that many of the rescue workers believe that this is no longer a case of rescuing survivors. we are now in a phase where they are recovering bodies. we will bring you a few lines from the press conference that the turkish president was holding and we were showing pictures of him in the south of turkey, one of the places that was very badly affected. he has said that the death toll in turkey from these earthquakes has now risen

to 18,991. of from these earthquakes has now risen to 18,991. of course, we know that there are thousands more people who have died in northern syria, taking the death toll to over 21,000, and of course as we are seeing, it is likely to continue to rise as the days go by. the president also said that people have been looting shops in the earthquake zone. 0bviously in the earthquake zone. obviously very desperate for supplies. but he said that a state of emergency will help to prevent this. that can include of course curfews and other measures like that. he has also admitted that the earthquake response has not been as fast as he wanted. there has been criticism of the slow nature of the response by turkey's authorities to the people in those areas that were so very badly affected on monday. so the president still speaking there. we

will bring you more details of what he says when we get them. well, we're continuing to hear incredible stories of survival coming from the earthquake zone. this is the moment a 10 day old baby was pulled from the rubble in hatay in turkey last night. he was trapped for more than 90 hours — nearly 4 days — in a collapsed building, before rescuers could free him. his mother was also rescued alive, with paramedics rushing them both for emergency treatment. the bbc�*s nick beake is in gaziantep in turkey; he sent us this report. more than 100 hours have passed and with every hour he hopes of survivors are evaporating into the better air. we can see some of the rescuers here. 22 people were pulled

to safety from the rubble but that was in the immediate aftermath of the quakes and the numbers being state has not increased since then. we are told that in one part of turkey today there is an operation under way because overnight teams spotted hand moving in the darkness and that gave great hope and lots of work started to try and save that person but these stories are few and far between. a lot of the focus now is on the recovery effort. you can hear and see the heavy machinery, and in his days to come that will create huge about of debris that has been caused by the earthquakes. you're watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: 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. more than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. it is two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. here's hugh ferris. good afternoon. the man who leads manchester city's official supporter�*s club admits the team's achievements would be tainted if they are found guilty of the more than 100 alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules. the charges, that have been referred to an independent commission, relate to a period in which city won three of their six premier league titles. while kevin parker says he would be "disappointed" if they were proven, he'd be a fan "the day before

the verdict and the day after it". it is not a total shock. i think there is a lot of envy around in football and i do understand that to a certain extent. we have fantastic owners with bottomless pockets. it has been a dream to us as supporters since 2008. i am a supporter. listen, if i think back to when manchester said he had no money and the likes of manchester united particularly can spend whatever money they had and however they wanted it and then abramovich bought chelsea, was i envious of the fact that those football clubs could pretty much do what they wanted to buy the best players, to help them win trophies? yes, of course i was. more on that in the sports desk podcast, available on bbc sounds. manchester city, whose manager, pep guardiola, will speak to the media for the first time since the allegations, have said they are "surprised" by the charges and are supported by a "body of irrefutable evidence".

a review conducted after sheffield wednesday's fa cup tie against newcastle has found "all aspects" of safety at hillsborough complied fully with requirements. it's after some newcastle fans claimed on social media there was a lack of stewarding and that they were crammed in at the leppings lane end of the stand before kick—off last saturday. the review which was carried out by sheffield city council and sheffield wednesday did suggest some minor changes for the overall matchday experience. india have extended their first innings lead to nearly 150 after two days of the first test agianst austrlaia. it is a meeting of the world's top two sides in nagpur. it's been built on a century from captain rohit sharma and unbeaten 50s from ravindra jadeja and axar patel. australia spinner todd murphy has taken five wickets on his debut. india have finished the day on 321 for seven. that's a lead of 144 runs. british number one emma raducanu has

been handed a wildcard for indian wells next month. the former us open champion missed the cut for direct entry to the women's main draw after her world ranking slipped to 80th. she has not played since she lost to american teenager coco gauff in the australian open second round. andy murray and cameron norrie have been included in the men's singles draw. that's all the sport for now. the women's champions league quarterfinals draw has just taken place. quarterfinals draw has 'ust taken lace. �* , ., quarterfinals draw has 'ust taken lace. �* , . quarterfinals draw has 'ust taken lace. m . place. arsenal will play bayern munich. chelsea _ place. arsenal will play bayern munich. chelsea against - place. arsenal will play bayern munich. chelsea against lyon. | place. arsenal will play bayern - munich. chelsea against lyon. both of those english wsl tides that make sides will have their legs at home on account of winning their groups. and from what i can understand from a graphic that is on my computer on front of me, they have avoided each other in the semifinal draw as well. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. friends of the missing lancashire woman nicola bulley are marking two weeks since her disappearance with fresh attempts

to find information. they are holding up posters of her along the roads close to where she was last seen walking her dog in st michael's on wyre. police believe she fell into the water, but say they're keeping an open mind, and have expanded the search area. nick garnett has this report. two weeks ago, nicola bulley spent the morning getting her children ready for school and taking the dog for a walk. nicola was seen by a fellow dog walker at 8:50. and then again at 9:10 in a field further along the river bank. at 9:20, police have now established her phone was left on a riverside bench. 13 minutes later, her phone was found, along with her dogs harness. but nicola had disappeared. and that is all we know for sure. the police think that she fell down into the river and drowned. but it is a theory. there is no actual evidence for it. nevertheless, a specialist search team volunteered to help and, using sonar equipment,

combed the bottom of the river in the village, but nothing was found in the stretch of river they were working in. if nicola was in that river, i would have found her, i can guarantee you that. we would have found her, and she is not there in that section of the river up there. for her partner, it has been two weeks of hell. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air. like, yeah, just insane. police have consistently called this a missing persons inquiry. there is no evidence of a crime. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious, but a tragic case of a missing person. but that has not stopped some people thinking otherwise. social networks are awash with conspiracy theories.

there have even been wannabe detectives coming to buildings like this, breaking into them and starting to search through them. police say they have thoroughly searched everywhere in a one—mile radius and will take action against anyone found making offensive comments online. they have also issued what are called dispersal orders against anyone committing anti—social behaviour. despite the police's thorough search, there is one blind spot. this is the only path out of this whole area that is not covered by a cctv camera. so if she came out of this way, where did she go at this point? if you turn around and look here, it is a busy road. hundreds of cars were going past here at nine o'clock on a friday morning. and since then the police have tracked 700 vehicles going past at the time nicola went missing. with there being no sign of nicola at st michael's on wyre, the search has been widened downstream. but instead of a small meandering river, the wyre estuary, it is huge. from here, the river

becomes the sea. the police are now tasked with searching the inlets and marshland. two weeks after nicola bulley went missing, the mystery surrounding her disappearance continues. nick garnett, bbc news, lancashire. nicola's friends and family are out in the village this morning appealing for more information two weeks on from her disappearance. we came out a week ago and we are back out today, so two weeks, to justjog anybody�*s memory that might have those key bits of information. you can see now the flurry of traffic going on and this is the key piece of road that we're looking for. so nicky went into the gate to go on her walk and there is no footage of that gate so we're just trying to get dash cam footage. the police have also done number recognition, so people have had letters that were here. so, hopefully, with us being out in force today, the number plate recognition, we do get some information that we vitally need.

we have some breaking news. medics in eastjerusalem say that six people have been injured after a car crashed into a bus stop in that part of the city. israeli police then added an update, saying that multiple people have been injured in eastjerusalem because of what they described as a tenor ramming. we don't know who was behind the car when this happened, but it does come of course against the backdrop of increased tensions between the israeli military and police and palestinians only a few days ago. in the last few days, of course, we have been talking about various acts of violence perpetrated by both sides, so it is a very tense time in jerusalem, so six people got injured, we are told, because a car crashed into a bus stop in east jerusalem. that is medics telling that to the afp news agency. the

same agency then reporting that israeli police say this was a terror ramming and multiple injuries have been reported. we will keep an ioniq, of course. now to ukraine. russian forces have hit critical infrastructure in several parts of ukraine in overnight attacks with at least 17 missiles hitting the south—eastern city of zaporizhzhia in an hour early this morning. the attack on zaporizhzhia was the heaviest since russia invaded ukraine in february last year, according to local officials. the attack on zaporizhzhia was the heaviest since russia invaded ukraine in february last year, according to local officials. critical infrastructure was also hit kharkiv in the north—east and the dnipropetrovsk region in the centre of the country. the ukrainian air defences shot down five of seven drones and five out of six kaliber missiles launched at ukraine. i'm joined now by vitaly shevchenko, russia editor at bbc monitoring.

lets just deal with those attacks first. it sounds like it has been a very busy night. a very busy night indeed and a busy morning. within the past few minutes of the ukrainian military have said that they shot down 61 cruise missiles out of 71 launched by russia at ukraine overnight and this morning. so this latest attack the 14th such massive attack. it seems to be up there with the worst attacks launched by russia at ukraine so far. and all of that infrastructure very much damaged during the middle of winter when it is very difficult for people to have anything approximating a normal life. the other thing that we are talking about today is romania denying that russian missiles have crossed their territory. 0n pick for that —— that for us. it is a very important story that involves notjust romania and ukraine but also nato as well. earlier today, ukraine's

commander—in—chief said that two russian missiles launched from the black sea, briefly crossed into moldova's airspace, and then into romania's airspace before entering ukraine's airspace. now, this is important. if this is true, this means that a russian missile has penetrated nato airspace and by saying that, claiming that, ukraine might be interesting in securing more involvement by western nations by the nato alliance. however, romania said that it didn't happen and the missile entered only moldova's airspace but not romania's. romania is a member of nato and motoe that is not. it is not a new development. last year at least three russian missiles entered moldova public airspace in october

and debris from other missiles fell on moldova's territory, so this isn't really new for them. thank you very much. thousands of ambulance staff in england are on strike today. the walk—outs by members of unison are taking place in five regions — london, yorkshire, the south west, the north east and the north west. staff at 150 universities across the uk from the university and college union are also continuing their industrial action in their row about pay, conditions and pension cuts. a committee of mps is calling on the government to explain how it will help thousands of afghans who are eligible for evacuation to the uk, but are still living at risk of harm in their country. the commons defence committee is demanding a detailed review of the uk's involvement in afghanistan, from 2001 to its chaotic withdrawal in 2021, which resulted in the taliban's return to power. labour have held

on to the seat of west lancashire in a by—election. ashley dalton secured a majority of more than 8,000 and takes over from rosie cooper, who quit as an mp to work in the health service. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the cloud has rolled in more extensively today, but what it has also done is come with milder air. temperatures are lifting up. the cloud is thick enough for some more rain or drizzle at times in the west, but it's the highlands and islands, well, particularly the western highlands, where we see some of the heaviest, more persistent rain through the rest of this afternoon. sunshine towards the south and east, much more hazy compared with how we started the day, but some sunny spells across the north—east of scotland. 13 or 14 degrees distinctly possible. that is well above average for this stage in february. a mild light will follow. some rain or drizzle at times, more especially in western scotland. many will be dry. cloudy skies for much of the time and temperatures not much lower than around five to nine degrees as we start tomorrow morning, so we go into the weekend on a frost—free note. saturday will bring a lot more cloud

around and certainly a greyer day towards southern parts compared with what we've seen so far this week. some sunny breaks possible, the best of which always through eastern areas, but it will be a largely dry day and a very mild one. across the board temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: 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. more than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in earthquakes in turkey and syria. the united nations warns the full extent of destruction still isn't clear. another newborn baby has been rescued from the rubble. ten—day—old yagiz and his mother were found around 90 hours after the first of the quakes. it is two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending

their search downstream. 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king's coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. let's return to the humanitarian response to the earthquakes in syria and turkey. the head of the syrian civil defence group the white helmets has criticised the united nations for its response to the disaster. ammar al salmo is a white helemts volunteer in syria. he spoke of their depserate struggle to save people while barely any international help reaches syria. let's hearfrom him. it is day five. the search operation continues on the ground. we retrieved a handful of dead bodies today from under the rubble. we are not hearing any voices from under the rubble. we have lost a crucial

time to get people from under the rubble because no one has responded to your calls from the very beginning. ifaid, equipment, rescue teams arrived in the first three days it would be different, hundreds of lives would have been saved. unfortunately, not that it has been coming. the community effort... we are like we are in the dark age. some lost their fingernails while they were searching for survivors. when we first responded we were full of hope because we could hear voices under the rubble, but right now we can no longer hear people from under the rubble. we are trying to move to

the rubble. we are trying to move to the second level to remove bodies from under the rubble. and to identify people. there are more than 11,000 families are homeless, more than 30,000 families left their homes. they need help, they need evacuation, they need shelter, they need the infrastructure to be helped. there is a lot of work to do. as of now there is not any aids coming regarding the response. what coming regarding the response. what ou need coming regarding the response. what you need more _ coming regarding the response. what you need more than _ coming regarding the response. what you need more than anything, it seems, is heavy machinery to move these buildings that are collapsed. yes. we have requested heavy

machines, also spare parts, fuel, everything possible to do the job. also, the community has nothing. people were just evacuated without anything. they already had nothing, they have nothing. life will continue and the people need everything. they are in the cold weather, homeless, just helpless, disappointed. the united nations, we would ask them to hold responsibility. they did not reach out to a some of the white helmets. we have more than 3,000 volunteers leading the search and rescue operation and they have not reached us —— reached out to us —— what we need. they have the power to

activate and to deliver aid. they said from the beginning that the route was not in good condition but it was because we were receiving a convoy of people who died in turkey and we received them and buried them. let's bring you more information on that attack we told you about in eastjerusalem at a bus stop. his really emergency services are now saying that two people have died in what police have described as a terror rhyming, car driving into

people at the bus stop. reuters news agency reported that a six—year—old boy has been killed and several other people injured when a car ran into a group of people on the outskirts ofjerusalem. medics are being quoted at the scene by the army radio and then being reported by reuters, so you can see we are at some arm's length from this. the israeli police describing it as a car ramming the driver has been killed. we believe that the second death was the driver, the first step to six—year—old boy. emergency services said six people, including two children had been hurt, and there has been some footage circulated on social media showing a blue car that crashed into a pole in front of a bus stop. this incident occurs during a period of very high tension and much of the tension relating back to an attack outside a

synagogue last month which a palestinian gunman gunman shot seven people. so, two people dead and seven people injured as a result of that car ramming in eastjerusalem. let's return to all of the aid efforts that are under way across the country and around the world to help people in turkey and syria who are affected by the earthquakes that we saw earlier in the week. i'm nowjoined by our reporter simonjones, who's at a warehouse in north london where people are working around the clock to get vital supplies to turkey. a huge effort under way, people desperate to help, simon? desperate to hel and desperate to help, simon? desperate to help and everywhere _ desperate to help, simon? desperate to help and everywhere you _ desperate to help, simon? desperate to help and everywhere you look- to help and everywhere you look there are boxes full of donations which are going to go on lorries to turkey. people have been bringing clothes, blankets, food, anything that they think people will need. here they are sorting through some of the donations. why have you come

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get a sense of the activity that is happening here. the lorry down here is destined to leave later on today. it will take around seven days to get the istanbul, then the eight will be distributed from there. let's not talk to someone helping organise all of this. it is a huge effort, involving the community. we have been here working since tuesday as much— have been here working since tuesday as much as _ have been here working since tuesday as much as we can so as to help the people _ as much as we can so as to help the people over— as much as we can so as to help the people over there. i hope we can help _ people over there. i hope we can help. they— people over there. i hope we can help. they are so sad. we would also say thank— help. they are so sad. we would also say thank you to all who have donated, _ say thank you to all who have donated, who have helped us. we have sent our— donated, who have helped us. we have sent our first _ donated, who have helped us. we have sent our first truck already. this is our— sent our first truck already. this is our second one. this afternoon there _ is our second one. this afternoon there will— is our second one. this afternoon there will be a third one, then ten. are you _ there will be a third one, then ten. are you surprised by how much people have come together, how much they need to do something? we

have come together, how much they need to do something?— need to do something? we really a- reciate need to do something? we really appreciate all— need to do something? we really appreciate all the _ need to do something? we really appreciate all the help _ need to do something? we really appreciate all the help we - need to do something? we really appreciate all the help we have i need to do something? we really i appreciate all the help we have got here _ appreciate all the help we have got here. ., , appreciate all the help we have got here. . _,, appreciate all the help we have got here. . , appreciate all the help we have got here. . here. really appreciate it. it is an amazin: here. really appreciate it. it is an amazing effort. _ here. really appreciate it. it is an amazing effort. let's _ here. really appreciate it. it is an amazing effort. let's fight - here. really appreciate it. it is an amazing effort. let's fight your i here. really appreciate it. it is an i amazing effort. let's fight your way through here. you can see some of the other stuff that is going to be loaded up. this is ongoing operation. let's talk now over here to a journalist from turkish television working in the uk. you have been badly affected, too, your family. have been badly affected, too, your famil . ., ., ., ~ , g family. hello. i am from turkey. my family. hello. i am from turkey. my famil in family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my — family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my village, _ family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my village, it _ family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my village, it is _ family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my village, it is gone. - family. hello. i am from turkey. my family in my village, it is gone. 35 l family in my village, it is gone. 35 people _ family in my village, it is gone. 35 people in— family in my village, it is gone. 35 people in my family, friends, cousin. — people in my family, friends, cousin. 35— people in my family, friends, cousin, 35 have died. family and friends — cousin, 35 have died. family and friends. there are more people than that have _ friends. there are more people than that have died in the village. you are auoin that have died in the village. you are going to _ that have died in the village. ym. are going to head out there yourself in the next few days. yes.

are going to head out there yourself in the next few days.— in the next few days. yes, after two da s i am in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going _ in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going to _ in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going to my _ in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going to my village. - in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going to my village. it - in the next few days. yes, after two days i am going to my village. it is. days i am going to my village. it is not only— days i am going to my village. it is not only my— days i am going to my village. it is not only my village, it is the big city _ not only my village, it is the big city. many— not only my village, it is the big city. many people are helping from the uk, _ city. many people are helping from the uk, germany, france. turkish and kurdish _ the uk, germany, france. turkish and kurdish |t— the uk, germany, france. turkish and kurdish. , ' . kurdish. it mostly so difficult re ”ortin kurdish. it mostly so difficult reporting on _ kurdish. it mostly so difficult reporting on this _ kurdish. it mostly so difficult reporting on this when - kurdish. it mostly so difficult reporting on this when you i kurdish. it mostly so difficult i reporting on this when you have kurdish. it mostly so difficult - reporting on this when you have been affected so badly yourself, when your family has been so affected so badly yourself, when yourfamily has been so badly affected. mr; your family has been so badly affected. ~ , . your family has been so badly affected. g . ., ., , your family has been so badly affected. g . . ., , ., affected. my uncle and family are inside, affected. my uncle and family are inside. no — affected. my uncle and family are inside, no chances _ affected. my uncle and family are inside, no chances outside. - affected. my uncle and family are inside, no chances outside. my i affected. my uncle and family are i inside, no chances outside. my best friend _ inside, no chances outside. my best friend and _ inside, no chances outside. my best friend and neighbour, three children and her_ friend and neighbour, three children and her husband, she is now in sight under— and her husband, she is now in sight under the _ and her husband, she is now in sight under the rubble. and and her husband, she is now in sight underthe rubble. and many, many

people _ under the rubble. and many, many --eole. ., ~' , under the rubble. and many, many --eole. ., ~ , . under the rubble. and many, many neale, ., ~' , . , people. thank you very much, sorry. thank ou people. thank you very much, sorry. thank you very _ people. thank you very much, sorry. thank you very much _ people. thank you very much, sorry. thank you very much for _ people. thank you very much, sorry. thank you very much for talking - people. thank you very much, sorry. thank you very much for talking to l thank you very much for talking to us. we see here the devastation, the stories that people have been telling us about their own personal lost that is galvanising them into trying to do something. really, all of this has just been collected in the space of two or three days since the space of two or three days since the appeal went out. you're not there are saying they don't need any more donations, they need to sort through all of this and make sure it gets to where it is needed. you see stories like this right across the uk, people coming together, saying those awful pictures on television and feeling they have to do something. we have seen that with the disasters emergency committee which has raised more than £30 million in one day alone since their appeal went out yesterday. a sign of how people here in the uk are desperate to help. we

how people here in the uk are desperate to help.— how people here in the uk are desperate to help. how people here in the uk are deserate to hel-. . ., ., ., desperate to help. we are “oined now b a bbc desperate to help. we are “oined now by a bbc colleague h desperate to help. we are “oined now by a bbc colleague in h desperate to help. we are joined now by a bbc colleague in istanbul. - desperate to help. we are joined now by a bbc colleague in istanbul. we i by a bbc colleague in istanbul. we were hearing that president are the one was visiting one of the worst hit areas after this earthquake. remind us of what he has been saying. first of all he announced the death toll —— death toll. he was repeating his main message, saying that the state had been with the people on the ground, all of its institutions. he said that the turkish parliament had put in the resolution centre 90 days of emergency had started on wednesday. he said the measure was necessary and it is a emergency rule aim to stop exploitation, stop looting. he announced some financial

incentives as well, but this will be a herculean task because the earthquake on monday heads 13 provinces in turkey, and we are talking about a huge area. he also admitted that _ talking about a huge area. he also admitted that their _ talking about a huge area. he also admitted that their response - talking about a huge area. he also admitted that their response had i talking about a huge area. he also i admitted that their response had not been as fast as he would have wanted. , ., , been as fast as he would have wanted. , . , ., wanted. yes, he admits that especially — wanted. yes, he admits that especially on _ wanted. yes, he admits that especially on the _ wanted. yes, he admits that especially on the first - wanted. yes, he admits that especially on the first day i wanted. yes, he admits that especially on the first day of| wanted. yes, he admits that. especially on the first day of the earthquake, relief efforts were not successful, but he insists from the second day on everything was back on track. however, unfortunately hopes of finding more survivors will fade soon because experts say the survival rate of people trapped in rubble is 74% within 24 hours, but false to 6% by the fifth day, and todayis false to 6% by the fifth day, and today is the fifth day since the earthquake hit.—

today is the fifth day since the earthquake hit. how visible is the international _ earthquake hit. how visible is the international support _ earthquake hit. how visible is the international support that - earthquake hit. how visible is the international support that turkey | international support that turkey asked for? many countries promised to make offers, has it right? yes. to make offers, has it right? yes, more than — to make offers, has it right? yes, more than 5,000 _ to make offers, has it right? yes, more than 5,000 people - to make offers, has it right? 165 more than 5,000 people from the different organisations are taking place in search and rescue efforts in turkey. turkey call for level for international assistance. we know that more than 70 countries pledged to help turkey, but obviously there are logistical problems on the ground. international organisations are doing their best, but logistical problems have hindered those efforts. ~ ., , problems have hindered those efforts. ~ . , ., problems have hindered those efforts. . , ., ., efforts. what is going on in northern — efforts. what is going on in northern syria? _ efforts. what is going on in northern syria? we - efforts. what is going on in northern syria? we hear i efforts. what is going on in i northern syria? we hear that situation is very different there because of fears of civil war and poor infrastructure. to because of fears of civil war and poor infrastructure.— because of fears of civil war and poor infrastructure. to be honest, what is going _ poor infrastructure. to be honest, what is going on _ poor infrastructure. to be honest, what is going on in _ poor infrastructure. to be honest, what is going on in northern - poor infrastructure. to be honest, what is going on in northern syria| what is going on in northern syria has not been a big debate here in

turkey. the foreign minister made a statement saying that under really difficult conditions turkey is doing its best to help people in northern syria, but the country is completely preoccupied with what is going on in the southern provinces in turkey. thank you. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who is being investigated after claims that he bullied staff, has told the bbc he is confident that he behaved professionally at all times. 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake had more detail earlier. dominic raab hasn't given too many interviews in recent weeks with that investigation which you mentioned hanging over him. eight separate formal complaints being looked into by a senior lawyer, adam tolley kc, appointed by the prime minister, relating to dominic raab's time as foreign secretary, brexit secretary, and a previous stint asjustice secretary, as well.

his spokesperson and he, when asked, has repeatedly denied any accusations against him and also maintained that he behaved professionally throughout, and that's very much the tone of his answer when he was asked about the investigation and the claims against him by our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. look, i'm not going to comment on the anonymous reports in the media. my experience is that they're mostly incorrect. i'm confident i've behaved professionally at all times and of course i called for an inquiry and i will respect it. there has been a steady flow of newspaper reports and elsewhere stories quoting anonymous sources, people who have worked with dominic raab in the past criticising his behaviour, talking about specific instances of what they viewed to be bullying, which of course mr raab denies, including one interview given to bbc newsnight recently where he was described as being nasty and difficult and not fit to run a department. others have defended dominic raab as a man with high standards but not

someone who has bullied others who worked with him. many of his parliamentary colleagues have supported him as well. there have been calls for him to step back from his role. labour, the liberal democrats, the fda union representing civil servants have all called for him to be suspended while the investigation takes place, but the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said that it is right that that inquiry should take its course, but that he won't hesitate to take swift action if necessary. the launch of the most powerful space x has carried out a successful test of its starship craft. the company's billionaire owner, elon musk, tweeted that the power was enough to reach orbit. hogg quartz

legacy, big budget video game, has been released today. it is expected to sell millions of copies but there are some campaigners calling for a boycott because ofjk rowling's views on trans issues. it's being billed as the hottest ticket in town. 10,000 people are being given the chance to go to a concert at windsor castle to celebrate king charles' coronation in may. the tickets will be free, but you will have to enter a ballot. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the details. less than a year after pop and rock royalty came together to celebrate the late queen's platinum jubilee, a coronation concert will be staged to celebrate the ceremonial beginning of her son's reign. windsor castle will provide a spectacular backdrop, with some of the world's biggest entertainers, according to the bbc, which will stage and broadcast the event. i tell you now, this is going to be something like we have never ever experienced. it will be a world—class orchestra. we have the best of the british and commonwealth acts from all over, between singing, dancing, performing, the arts.

the orchestra will be playing along with every single performance that happens. it really, really is going to be incredible. there are going to be 10,000 members of the public there as well. you can't imagine the vibe that is going to be about. there are 5000 pairs of tickets, all free, which will be allocated via a national ballot. members of the public can apply up until the 28th of february. tickets will be allocated to ensure a fair geographical spread across the uk, so not on a first come, first served basis. the remaining tickets will also be made available to various charities, including those working with young people and the military. it is now less than three months until king charles is crowned at westminster abbey. the long weekend is taking shape, but between now and then, there will be plenty more detail to come. sarah campbell, bbc news. film directorjames cameron is behind three of the four

biggest films of all time — the avatar series and titanic. today, is 25 years since jack and rose's epic love story first appeared on the big screen — and to mark the anniversary the blockbuster is being re—released in cinemas. james cameron has given his only uk broadcast interview to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. james cameron, we're speaking to you in new zealand. you are there because of avatar. which film are you making at the moment and how far through it are you? we're midstream in movie three, so all of the performance capture work with the actors has been done, all the live action work with sets and actors and 3d cameras has been done, and we're in the early part of the post—production phase where i do all the virtual cameras, so that's where i am in the process right now on that.

we cannot let you bring your war here. avatar the way of water is now the fourth biggest film of all time. how much of a relief was it to you, especially after the gap of 13 years? i don't think the gap was the issue. i think the amount of time and energy... so it's five years of production, which is where we sit today, right? we started in september of �*17 making the new films two and three together. and so after five years and i don't want to say how many hundreds of millions of dollars, it's an enormous relief that the investment of time and energy and artistic intensity has paid off. and we get to do parts three, four and five. i believe everything's designed right through to the whole end of the saga. i need you with me. and i need you to be strong. and congratulations on the four 0scar nominations, including best picture. how much do they still mean to you?

i try to have it mean less than it does, but i'm not capable. i think we all get a little enraptured by it. there's something very enticing about the glamour of hollywood. is there a case that the oscars actually needs avatar the way of water more than avatar needs the oscars? i now see movies like avatar as being the film that helps get the tune—in and the film that can be the goliath that must die so that david can win. so, you know, but i will remind the academy that in order for us to be the goliath that is slain by david, we have to be nominated. well, let's go from talking about the fourth biggest film of all time to the third biggest film of all time. listen to me, i've got you, i won't let go. how do you feel returning to titanic after 25 years?

i think titanic, the film means a lot of different things to a lot of different people around the world. maybe a teenage memory, maybe a first date memory, maybe somebody that they're married to now and have six kids. who knows? open your eyes. i'm flying. when people are going out to the cinema these days, they want a guarantee that it's going to be a satisfying experience of some kind, right? they don't want to gamble as much as they used to be willing to gamble. titanic fits squarely in that category. you're going to cry. i'll never let go, jack. you may think you won't, but you will. now, there has been so much talk over the years about jack and rose and who could have got on the door. could jack have survived? and you've actually been making a documentary. so i was really curious to see what that did to jack's situation. and it's pretty interesting. why does it matter?

first of all, it doesn't matter at all. secondly, it's even a bad idea to question it. you don't question greek tragedies. did 0edipus really need to rip his own eyes out? now let's get to the forensics, which i'm always fascinated by anything to do with science. so it's like everybody really wants to know the answer. let's get some hypothermia experts and let's restage the whole thing and let's rig these young folks up with a bunch of sensors and see what really would have happened. because i am curious. i can say that we definitively resolve this and i have no intention of telling you what the answer is. i will say this — the results were very interesting and not entirely what i expected. you've had kate winslet in avatar. now you must stand with us. how about leonardo dicaprio in an avatar? i couldn't rule that out, but there are a number of new characters that get introduced along the way, so i couldn't rule that out. i'll have to talk to him about that. i would never cast somebody to tick a box.

you know, it would have to make sense to him and it would have to make sense to me. now, i can imagine because the avatar films have this big embedded environmental context that, because he's such an environmental activist, he might want to do something. james cameron, thank you very much for speaking to us. yeah, it was good talking to you. thanks very much. now it's time for a look at the weather. we have a very benign weather story for the next few days. high pressure bringing settled weather. today looking cloudier than it was yesterday for many. we are holding onto patchy rain for the north of scotland because of these weather fronts moving around the area of

pressure. more isobars in the north of the uk so it will be when they hear, touch and gale force in the northern isles. rain for the highlands and argyll. sunshine for sheltered north—east scotland. it should be dry for northern ireland, england and wales. high cloud will tend to make the sunshine hazy. fairly chilly across the south, seven — 9 degrees. a milder day across the north of scotland compared to yesterday. this evening and overnight the rain in the north of scotland will peter bright. for many it will be dry but quite a lot of cloud. they should be no problems of cloud. they should be no problems of widespread frost like we have seen over the last few mornings. into the weekend, our area of high pressure still with us. that will tend to push these weather fronts northwards, this area of high pressure. we are into the yellow and

orange colours, so it should be milder than we would expect at this time of year. saturday a cloudy day for most. there will be some breaks and that cloud. probably the best against north—east scotland, maybe eastern parts of england. it will be mild with temperatures in double figures, up to 14 degrees in the mildest box. for part two of the weekend, high pressure is still with us. mainly dry. some spells of sunshine towards the north and east. again, temperatures in double figures, so above the seasonal norm. high pressure continues to bring a lot to try and settled weather into the start of next week. it could allow these weather fronts to move on from the atlantic comics so we could be looking at spells of rain from the middle part of next week onwards. it is going to stay very mild for the time of year across all areas. see you later.

today at one, the uk economy narrowly avoids going into recession, but there was zero economic growth at the end of last year. strikes in the health service and fewer sporting fixtures due to the world cup were partly to blame — the chancellor said the outlook was a patchy one. the fact that we grew faster than any other major economy last year shows that the situation is better than some people have feared, but we still have a big issue with inflation. we are by no means out of the woods. we'll bring you more on the economic prospects for the year ahead. also this lunchtime: a newborn baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in turkey five days after the earthquakes struck. the international aid effort is growing as the scale of the disaster becomes clearer. dedicated relief flights from the uk have begun.