Too hungry, too destructive, too many: South Africa to begin elephant cull

It is the issue that has bitterly divided game managers, conservationists and animal rights groups for years. But yesterday the South African government finally concluded it would have to lift a moratorium on the culling of the native elephant to cope with its booming population

What was your walk to school Like?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xvvc6s83Bs&mode=related&search=

Waste not, want not in the £700m slum

The chaos and filth of Dharavi in Mumbai, where a recycling industry is helping thousands claw a way out of poverty. See the extraordinary pictures in our audio slideshow

Urbanisation in Manchester

Several good links for your work on Manchester

http://www.swcc.beds.sch.uk/studentresources/geography/gcseRevision/Settlement/Hulme.pdf

http://www.exhulme.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester#Redevelopment

http://www.mshp-manchester.org.uk/  

http://www.neweastmanchester.com/

http://www.urcs-online.co.uk/companies/company.asp?id=37

http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/urbanisation/1960newbuild.html

Earthquake felt across much of UK

The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of the country. People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Cumbria, the Midlands, Norfolk and also parts of Wales, felt the tremor just before 0100 GMT.

Sustainable home game

Year 7 can use this game to help them to design their own sustainable home http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html

20-2-08 Three killed by Indonesian quake

At least three people have been killed and 25 seriously injured by a 7.5-magnitude quake near Indonesia’s western Aceh province, officials say.

Welcome to my new geography blog

Hello to all students & parents of Ralph Allen geographers.This blog will be here to help you keep up to date with geography@ras.