News Headlines - 12 March 2013

▽Round 1 of Vatican vote: Black puff, no pope - latimes.com

Black smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Tuesday evening less than 2 1/2 hours after the doors were shut to outsiders and the cardinals within prepared to cast ballots for the next leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. The dark fumes signified an inconclusive vote, and a disappointed murmur rose from the crowd of thousands who had assembled in St. Peter's Square in anticipation, despite the threat of rain and hail.

▽Triple-dip slump fears revived by output slide - The Independent

The UK was on the verge of an unprecedented triple-dip recession after a dire January for the nation’s struggling manufacturers. Official figures revealed an alarming 1.5 per cent slide for the sector, the biggest slump in output since last June, when an extra day off for the Jubilee celebrations dented the economy.

▽Cameron tells Tories to stop feuding - FT.com

Conservative MPs were on Tuesday told to stop their introspective feuding as David Cameron tried to calm his party’s nerves ahead of next week’s Budget. The prime minister told his MPs to start selling Conservative achievements in government, insisting the party could win the next election by fighting on its record on the economy, crime, immigration and public service reforms.

▽Queen pulls out of more public engagements due to illness - Telegraph

Almost two weeks after she was first stricken by a stomach bug, the Queen has pulled out of more public engagements on Wednesday and Thursday because she has still not fought off the illness, Buckingham Palace announced.

▽BBC News - Savile failings 'could happen again'

Police failings identified in the Jimmy Savile sex abuse case could happen all over again, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has warned.