Uk unemployment increases to 2.64m

Above, shows a graph of the current unemployment trends in the UK. Fair enough, this article may have been found on the BBC website under the 'business' section but i still believe its relevent to geography so wait out on this one...

"The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the jobless rate was 8.3%, up from 7.9% in the previous quarter.

Youth unemployment rose to 1.027 million, the highest since records began in 1992, beating the previous record set only last month.

The number of people out of work and claiming Jobseeker's Allowance rose by 3,000 to 1.6 million in November.

However, the rate of increase in the claimant count showed signs of slowing down.

The 3,000 rise was much less than the approximate 15,000 figure expected on average by economists.

Moreover, the ONS also revised down the October increase in the claimant count from the 5,300 reported last month to just 2,500."

These are just some of the many available facts highlighting the current trends of mass unemployment seen in todays Britain. However, more than ever we are being fed by the media that there are no jobs out there, we get fed facts on the amount of people going for one single job and we get told of the many highly qualified young people in mudane low skilled jobs, its relevent to ask the question do we or dont we need immigration and in particular those from Poland. The repuation and common missconseption of these 'unwanted' arrivals spark anger in some british who cant understand the idea that people from another country are coming and 'stealing their jobs' and money through subsidies, child benefits and healthcare. However they fail to understand what jobs they are infact 'stealing' and fail to take into consideration their £1.9 billion a year contribution they pay towards income tax inparticular. The polish saved scottish agriculture and have been saviours to the middle classes in the form of plumbers and nannies. Their work ethic has been openly praised by employers. They are also 3x more likley to be law-abiding than the average British resident... interesting...

So why dont the one million unemployed youth of today apply for these unskilled, generally low paid but solid and stable jobs? I believe because they simply believe that their standard of living is generally better on job-seeking and other benefits provided by the government of today. It is perfectly within the confines of the law to be claiming more from benefits than the average wage, however this is getting into politics.

Overall, unless Britian goes under a period of complete overall in relation to general work ethic and realise that beneficts dont solve everything then we need immigrants. Simple as that.

Laser radar spots quake changes

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16943360)


A laser-radar image of the site of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that happened in Mecicali, Mexico in 2010 has been released by an international team of scientists. This new technique can spot minute surface changes down to centimetre level. On the above image, the blue represents a reduction in height after the quake and the red shows as increase.

Costa Concordia Environmental Health hazard?

As you may already have heard, the huge cruise liner the Costa Concorida crashed into rocks last friday 13th January 2012.

"Officials are hoping to begin salvage work soon, including pumping oil off the wreck, as hopes fade of finding any more survivors.

Twenty-three people are missing, and 11 confirmed dead, after the huge ship crashed into rocks on Friday.

Along with the salvage workers - who will begin operations once rescue efforts have been declared over - a specialist team from Dutch salvage company SMIT is to prepare to pump more than 2,300 tonnes of fuel from the ship's 17 tanks.

The firm says this could take several weeks. Experts believe there is little risk of a major fuel leak that would contaminate the scenic area."

Even though at this moment in time, there seems to be no risk of any significant environmental disaster regarding the 2,300 tonnes of fuel onboard the stricken cruise liner, the ground upon which its settled is constantly moving, currently hampering efforts to search for and rescue the 23 people still missing. This could create an unforseen situation, on a very large scale, causing untold damage to the Italian coastline and to aqatic life similar to that seen in the Gulf of mexico.

Fingers crossed...

"http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16606405"

What A Wonderful World With David Attenborough

 A celebration of Natural History on BBC One with David Attenborough.

... what a lad!