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Since the pandemic, the pre-visit notification requirement for practitioners providing domiciliary eye care has become increasingly different across the four nations. OT  explores the purpose, and the barriers, that providing advance notice is creating for patients and practitioners

The United Kingdom's Leicestershire police force is facing calls to revoke an award it presented to a Hindu preacher who has advocated for India to be a Hindu-only state.

We’ve compiled a list of the neighbourhoods in Liverpool with the lowest estimated average annual household income, based on the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics.

We’ve compiled a list of the neighbourhoods in Brighton and Hove with the lowest estimated average annual household income, based on the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics.

Last week’s surprising news that, as recently as the 2011 census, more than half of the British population declared themselves to be Christian was strangely buried under the totally unsurprising news that, in the 2021 census, a little less than half did. That was the headline. Basically it was saying: “Guess how many people said they were Christian in last year’s census. You’re right – it’s roughly that. There’s absolutely no need to read on.” For news organisations thirsty for attention, this seemed like a perverse strategy.

London is a renowned cultural hub with an abundance of diverse food, cultures, and customs; it is no surprise that England’s national dish is ‘Chicken tikka masala.’

Recorded hate crimes across all protected strands are up in 2021/22 across England and Wales, with Muslim and Jewish communities again disproportionately impacted by religiously motivated offences (65 per cent of all recorded offences), the latest Home Office data reveals.

The first published data from the 2021 census results for England and Wales has identified Tewkesbury borough as one of the fastest growing regions in the UK.

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics reveal population growth in the Tewkesbury local authority area of 15.8 per cent, an increase from 81,943 residents in 2011 to 94,900 in 2021, the equivalent of 12,957 additional residents. The increase can be attributed to births and people moving into the borough to live and work.

Many of us are finding money a struggle as the cost-of-living crisis mounts, but people in some pockets of Newcastle may be feeling the pinch more than others.

GYPSY and Irish Traveller communities in York were nearly three times as likely to report having bad or very bad health in the recent census, new figures show.

We’ve ranked every neighbourhood in the region.

The fight has begun to preserve one of Pembrokeshire’s oldest, most regal churches from permanent closure.

Data shows that in some parts of Preston families may be finding it a bit easier to make ends meet, while some pockets of the city are likely to be feeling the pinch far more.

Ten million people living in England and Wales were born abroad. Fewer than half of Britons call themselves Christians. For some, the two main takeaways from the 2021 census for England and Wales – a more diverse nation and a more secular one – provide something to celebrate. For others, “white decline” and the decline in Christian identity are developments to fear.

Orange and pink fireworks colored the skies over south London on Monday, as members of the local South Asian community celebrated Diwali.

This year, the holiday aligned with Rishi Sunak, 42, becoming Britain’s first prime minister of Indian descent, as Hindus like him celebrated the festival of lights.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the government’s unusual visa sponsorship scheme has seen Ukrainian refugees disproportionately moving to rural areas, creating communities and networks in England’s villages and small towns.

The results of the 2021 England and Wales census have been released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which has revealed the latest population figures for towns and cities across the country.

Within the results are pieces of information relating to Manchester and the wider Greater Manchester area.