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June 27, 2018 9:36 AM
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British white people are soon to become the minority in Birmingham while nearly 50,000 residents in the city cannot speak English, according to a new report.
There are thought to be residents from nearly 200 countries living in Birmingham which has been described as 'super diverse' in the city council's new cohesion strategy.
But while there are recognised benefits to a multi-cultural society such as trade links, the city's varied ethnicity has also been identified as major factor in social segregation and community 'tension'.
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June 14, 2018 10:19 AM
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Multiple factors are associated with health effects of heat exposure.
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Cities in the West Midlands have a pronounced UHI.
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Care homes and hospitals are exposed to higher ambient temperatures than average.
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Housing types more likely to overheat are located in the warmest parts of the city.
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June 6, 2018 6:36 AM
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The Leader of Calderdale Council has written to Northern Rail to express his grave concerns about the Calder Valley service following the introduction of the new timetable on 20 May 2018.
In an open letter to Managing Director David Brown, Cllr Tim Swift argues that the level of delays and cancellations on the Calder Valley line mean that ‘rail is no longer a reliable means of travel’.
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June 6, 2018 6:34 AM
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The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire fails to consider the “institutional racism” which could have played a role in the disaster, a lawyer who represented Stephen Lawrence’s family said on Tuesday.
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May 31, 2018 4:49 AM
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Solihull Council's draft accounting statement was published this week, giving local residents the chance to inspect the authority's spending, income and overall financial position.
Weighing in at 165 pages, the document includes a narrative report, designed to put the data in context and give an overview of the "risks and opportunities" confronting the borough council.
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February 12, 2018 11:00 AM
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If you chose to, you could look at my son's mum as a single mother. In fact he has, for almost all of his 18 years, been surrounded by four loving parents
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February 12, 2018 10:51 AM
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“Are dads being airbrushed out of existence?” might sound like the sort of internet conspiracy theory dreamt up by men's rights activists, angry dads in..."
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November 28, 2017 9:40 AM
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Britain is facing a “stark social mobility lottery” as the country’s richest regions offer the worst prospects for poor children, a new report reveals. Many of the richest areas in the England deliver worse outcomes for their disadvantaged children than places that are much poorer, placing the country in the grip of a “self-reinforcing spiral of ever-growing decision”, according to findings by the Social Mobility Commission.
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November 28, 2017 9:19 AM
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"Economic, social and local divisions laid bare by the Brexit vote must be tackled or there will be a rise in far right or hard left extremism, the Government’s social mobility tsar has warned."
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November 28, 2017 8:07 AM
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"How much people achieve in life can be affected by factors beyond their control."
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November 28, 2017 7:31 AM
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Children's life chances much better in London and cities
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November 28, 2017 7:18 AM
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Former industrial towns, rural and coastal areas fare worst in "spiral of ever-growing division".
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October 17, 2017 5:09 AM
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"The study examined ten categories from employment, housing and education to traffic, population and personal well-being"
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June 27, 2018 9:31 AM
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A South Devon parish is set to follow a series of Cornish communities in cracking down on second homes.
Residents vote on Thursday in a referendum on the Bantham, Buckland and Thurlestone neighbourhood plan, which will help to shape the future of housing, leisure amenities and business activities.
The debate has been dominated by a row over the future of Bantham. The idyllic beach village with 40 homes, a pub and a shop and surrounding 728-acre estate was bought for £11.5 million in 2014 by the Old Etonian Nicholas Johnston.
When the neighbourhood plan process was launched, Mr Johnston submitted proposals including an underground car park, new open market housing, a boat building/restoration yard and eight family rented homes.
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June 7, 2018 4:10 AM
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People in Wales feel more optimistic about their nation's future than people in England, a survey for the BBC suggests.
A third of people (33%) thought Wales' best years were still to come, while a fifth (20%) said things were better in the past.
In England almost half (49%) said it used to be better and only 17% thought the nation would improve in the future.
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June 6, 2018 6:35 AM
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Love Island is one of the most polarising shows on British TV.
Although there may be areas where the show deserves criticism, there are others where ITV can claim to be putting some of the most prestigious institutions in the UK to shame.
Love Island is statistically far more racially diverse than both Oxford and Cambridge universities in terms of black representation, according to newly released figures.
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June 6, 2018 6:32 AM
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Water, energy and bus companies will not be forced to provide services in Welsh after plans were put on hold.
Public bodies like councils and police have to provide some services bilingually under Welsh language standards - or face fines.
Welsh language minister Eluned Morgan said the standards had proved "costly and complex" and would not be rolled out further for the time being.
But campaigners said it was a "major step backwards".
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May 25, 2018 5:07 AM
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The British poetry world is “failing to meet even the most basic measurements of inclusivity”, according to a new report which highlights the “systemic exclusion” of poets and critics of colour from UK and Irish poetry magazines.
Collecting data from 29 magazines and websites including PN Review, Poetry Review, the Guardian and Oxford Poetry, the study found that between 2012 and 2018, 9% of almost 20,000 published poems were by poets of colour. Of the 1,819 poems, 502 were published in a single magazine, Modern Poetry in Translation; if this is taken out of the equation, only 7% of poems were by poets of colour. The studyPDF, conducted by poetry reviewer and blogger Dave Coates for Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critics, points out that in contrast, at the 2011 census, 12.9% of the UK population identified as black and minority ethnic (BME).
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February 12, 2018 10:56 AM
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The number of lone parent families in Britain are overstated in statistics that risk airbrushing fathers out of family life in what Fatherhood Institute chief Adrienne Burgess called an 'unacceptable' failure.
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November 29, 2017 4:26 AM
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"Does your town appear on the list? Now a report from the UK’s Social Mobility Commission has highlighted the ‘spiral of ever growing’ regional inequality across the country. The study looked into factors such as education and housing to find the best - and worst - places in the country to grow up poor."
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November 28, 2017 9:22 AM
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A major study finds the biggest gaps in pupils' attainment are in more affluent areas of Wales.
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November 28, 2017 8:11 AM
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"London is the most successful places in the country for putting disadvantaged children onto the road to success, it was revealed today."
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November 28, 2017 7:40 AM
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Today’s state of the nation report reveals a widening geographical divide in people’s life prospects. But England’s lack of social mobility is neither inevitable nor unsolvable
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November 28, 2017 7:27 AM
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A report finds London and other big cities are pulling away from the rest of the UK, with many rural areas being left behind.
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October 25, 2017 4:16 AM
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Test your knowledge of UK demographics in 1957 compared with now with our interactive graphs.
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This article and the local government research it is based on take a view of the future ethnic make-up of Birmingham, extrapolating from data in the 2011 UK Census, part of the UK Data Service collection.