bbc unemployment figures

After a conversation with a customer earlier this month I've been researching BBC reporting of the unemployment figures. On the 16th September the BBC reported

Unemployment increased by 210,000 to 2.47m in the three months to July, taking the jobless rate to 7.9%, the Office for National Statistics said.

and then on the 14th October they reported

Unemployment increased 88,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to August, from the three months to May. The jobless rate rose to 7.9% from 7.6%.

Imagine my surprise then when I saw the figures reported by the BBC on the 11th November

The number of people unemployed in the UK rose again in the three months to September, although the 30,000 increase was the smallest since May 2008. Unemployment totalled 2.46 million in the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The jobless rate edged up to 7.8% from 7.7%,

Unemployment has risen for the third month in a row but is lower than it was three months ago? What the fuck?