Saturday, 29 August 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Why this baby boom will make us all go bust
Soaring immigration - and a migrant baby boom - has sent Britain's population rocketing over the 61 million mark. We are now the second most densely populated country in the world, something that will be all too apparent on the roads and trains this bank holiday weekend.
Daily Mail (29-Aug-2009)

The new baby boom
Britain is experiencing a population spike. Why? We visit Boston, Lincolnshire, the nation's fertility capital, where the average birthrate is 2.
U TV (29-Aug-2009)

How should we put this crowded house in order?
There are too many of us, or too few. Too many of us are old or older, but suddenly surrounded by babies. These are crowded little islands, they say, with a population density more than double that of France, yet Scotland has only just stopped fretting about falling numbers.
The Herald_uk (28-Aug-2009)

Illegal immigrant jailed for life for Foleshill murder
by Emma Stone, Coventry Telegraph 1 2 next AN ILLEGAL immigrant was today starting a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering a Coventry woman by repeatedly stabbing her in front of her seven-year-old daughter.
Coventry Telegraph.net (28-Aug-2009)

Balancing Britain's population
To stabilise our population at 65m we must get immigration into balance with...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (28-Aug-2009)