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60% of people in the UK believe that concerns around climate change ‘have not been exaggerated’, according to a poll by YouGov. While this is still a vast majority, it’s down from 64% in January 2024. The poll has been conducted bi-monthly since July 2019, the year when Theresa May’s government first set the target […]
A report from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that a quarter of Britons are reluctant to embrace new behavioral habits to help tackle climate change. Between August and October 2024, 76% of adults stated that they have made active adjustments to their lifestyle to alleviate the pressures on the environment. The ONS report […]
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 […]
Over the past five years, the number of children choosing home education in North East England has steadily increased, showing a growing trend across the region. According to the latest government statistics, 111,700 children in the UK are currently receiving elective home education, with 4,570 of them in the North East. While this percentage is […]
Over the past year or so, the funding crisis facing hospices in the UK has been the subject of much attention in parliament and the media. However, an investigation has revealed that over the past seven (financial) years, funding given by the government to hospices in the North East and North Cumbria region has increased. […]
A freedom of information request has shown that the amount of recycling that could not be reprocessed due to contaminated material was at a low in 2023/24. The request was made to Durham County Council and relates to dry, household recycling collected from kerbsides across County Durham. Recycling contamination occurs when something is either put […]
Global warming is causing people to be most concerned about rising temperatures, in new data from The Office for National Statistics. Climate change is a point of concern for much of the population, especially with rising temperatures, rising sea levels and droughts becoming more common. Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows how […]
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 […]
