London's unemployment: more gloom, anyone?

last fall, the Foundation for the profile of poverty in London suggests the nation's economic pain gripping London became stronger. The figures released today confirm unemployment. According to the statistics of unemployment benefit claimants (JSA) show staged by the guardian datablog our year with a growth of 8.8% was the highest of all regions.

4.4% the percentage of Londoners claiming JSA is the worst room in the floor behind the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside and the North West. Note that the number of applicants JSA will be considerably lower than the unemployed, but have the advantage of being completely updated and can be broken down by constituency.

• Scroll to element 328 and see what London has a total of 235,177 applicants JSA (the total number of unemployed is about 425,000). In some groups, the percentage of the population JSA is greater than 6%: Barking, Bethnal Green and Bow, Camberwell and Peckham, Croydon North, East Ham, Hackney North and Stoke Newington (home sweet home), Poplar and Limehouse. Four more than 7%: Brent Central, Edmonton, Hackney South and Shoreditch, Walthamstow. In the first, which is 8% more than Tottenham.

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Attack on Nigerian prison results in escape of 118 inmates

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed a guard

hundreds of prisoners escaped after ten-eight gunmen attacked a federal prison in Nigeria and killed a guard, according to a spokesman.

• Kayode Odeyemi, spokesman for the prison administration in Nigeria, said the attack occurred Wednesday Karifi Koton, a town south of the capital, Abuja.

Odeyemi said that so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram launched a mass breakout in Bauchi State, in September 2010, has released about 700 prisoners.

Best out with ligament injury

. Better injured in Premier League victory over Aston Villa

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now faces "a number of weeks" hors de combat

Newcastle United has confirmed that Leon is better to face several weeks away from the attacker recovers from a knee ligament injury.

Republic 25 years, Irish international injured his knee in an input block in the first half with Stephen Warnock during Sunday's 2-1 victory over Aston Villa Premier League.

A club statement said: "Newcastle United can confirm today that Leon Best suffered a medial ligament injury in his left knee striker was forced off in the early stages of Sunday's victory at home to Aston Villa after picking. injuries trying to get a shot away. after being assessed by the club's medical staff, Best suffered a scan on Tuesday and will be sidelined for several weeks. "

best was injured in the 11th minute of the match and was replaced by debutant Papiss Cisse, who came to score a superb winner in the 71st minute.

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand to split: Twitter responds

The couple announced their highly publicized divorce are after 14 months of marriage. But what the Twittersphere think?

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Tiny state of Djibouti sends Somalia 200 troops (AP)

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Zimbabwe's president says he will not retire (AP)

Frozen Planet science adviser's response to Nigel Lawson's criticisms in the Radio Times

An edited version of a response to the criticism of Lord Lawson Mark Brandon at the Open University