france. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: west midlands police confirm three boys aged eight, ten and eleven have died after being pulled from an icy lakead travel disruption in parts of the uk with hundreds of motorists and air travellers stranded. the government will hold an emergency cobra this afternoon on how to deal with a wave of strikes — including in the nhs and on the rail network. new officialfigures new official figures today show that the british economy shrank by 0.3% in the three months to the end of october, the in the three months to the end of october, the chancellor in the three months to the end of october, the chancellorjeremy in the three months to the end of october, the chancellorjeremy hunt is warning the situation will get worse before it gets better. with the office for budget responsibility, already suggesting the uk, has tipped into recession. our economics correspondent, andy verity reports. in edinburgh's district, toys galore has been open for more than a0 years. these are not times of plenty. because the pound is much weaker than last year, most of the toys are imported, they have been getting more expen