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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport last week announced that it now estimates 23,700 security staff will be required at Olympic and Paralympic venues next summer – more than double the original estimate of 10,000. Up to 13,500 of these will be military personnel (with some 5,000 troops supporting the police, up to 7,500 providing venue security and 1,000 will providing logistical support).
On the week before Christmas I took time out to watch two very different, but equally inspiring programmes. The first was The Sun Military Awards. This programme highlighted just some of the outstanding bravery our men and women of the Armed Forces do on behalf of all of us every day.
Last week saw the top US military commander, General Martin Dempsey, adding to the commentary about the European crisis. Voicing his concern about “the potential for civil unrest” as Europe’s financial crisis continues to unfold; one could be forgiven for thinking they were watching an adaptation of a Jeffrey Archer novel!
Last week we heard that yet again the prison population had hit an all-time high at 88,179, unemployment amongst the young is growing with UK unemployment rising by 129,000 in the three months to September to 2.62 million, and youth unemployment rose above a million.