Data gathered shows that the North East is well below the national average for total memberships to sports teams, clubs and gyms. Across the UK, the national average is 32.01% of people are involved in some form of sports club, leaving 67.99% without memberships. If you compare this to the North East region, the average […]

An unlikely region tops the table as the average price of a house in England continues to rise exponentially. House prices in the North East are surging faster than anywhere else in England, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The average house price for England rose by 4.8% in January 2025, […]

Data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) shows that the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE) recycling target for 2025 is 517,285 tonnes. Since 2016, the UK failed to meet its annual recycling targets until 2023, when it met the target with 473,047 tonnes. In 2024, the UK exceeded […]

As cremation rates reach an all-time high in the UK, what are the deciding factors for our final send-offs? If you attend a funeral today, it is very likely going to be at the crematorium, rather than at the graveside. A century ago, this type of send-off would have been almost unimaginable; cremation was only […]

The modern world poses many discussions over which our youngest and oldest generations are painfully divided; technology, politics, fashion – the list goes on. But in an unusual – or perhaps more aptly, alarming – turn of events, young people in the UK and their seniors are finding themselves united by a cause which threatens […]