IPhone 4 will not charge but shows a plug to power source symbol, help!?

I purchased my new iPhone 4 (32GB) about a month ago just before Christmas (2010). About a night ago I was speaking on my iPhone when the battery died and the iPhone shut itself off. Now I have run down the battery before and understand the phone requires a good 10-15 minutes plugged in before it will switch back on.
Upon plugging iPhone in and leaving for quite some time all I was shown initially was the large battery symbol in the middle of the screen the lightening bolt symbol underneath. After a few seconds the lower lightening bolt symbol flashes between the bolt and a plug symbol pointing via an arrow to another lightening bolt symbol.
The battery refuses to take charge and so will not switch back on. And this symbol on appears when I plug the phone in. The charger is fine as the phone recognises it has been plugged in. I even tried my friends identical iPhone charger and the same symbols appeared. This also occurred upon plugging the phone into my MacBook Pro. iTunes even did not recognise the phone was plugged in.
I have not had any progress from these symbols since this happened two nights ago and would be very grateful for any advice anybody might have please. Unfortunately I live in Leeds, UK and my nearest Apple retailer is very far in Sheffield, and without a phone I cannot call Apple Technical Support.
Much appreciated,
Andy F.

It won't recognise it at all, but luckily I backed up very recently.
I've booked an appointment with an Apple store who promise a working iPhone within 10 minutes of your appointment, whether fixed or a brand new iPhone.
Thank you both for your suggestions. I'll leave the question unanswered incase people have any other suggestions or similar issues.
Cheers.

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