Regional trends

Title

Regional trends

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:57

Description

Lisa Hampele reports on latest figures from the annual Regional Trends, showing (among other trends) that the UK north-south divide is widening with people in the south getting wealthier; also shows an increase in crime in the south; increase in illegitimate birth-rate. Interviews with Jenny Church, assistant editor of Regional Trends; Tom Griffin.

Contributors

Lisa Hampele; Jenny Church; Tom Griffin

Keywords

Crime; UK; Illegitimacy; Marriage; Statistics; Birth rate; Crime statistics; Regional disparities; Population dynamics

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