The Governor of the Bank of England says the UK is unlikely to have entered recession again.

Mervyn King predicts growth of about 1-point-2 percent this year.

But unemployment's risen again - for the eighth month in a row.

Total unemployment grew by 48-thousand to 2-point-67 million in the 3 months to December - less than the 80-thousand forecast.

But the number of young people out of work rose by 22 thousand, leaving over 22 percent of 16 to 24 year olds jobless.