Blackpool is the unhealthiest place in England, according to worrying data which reveals a gaping north-south divide. Newly-released figures - which rate each area of the country on a number of factors - show that the 10 healthiest towns and cities are in southern England, while the 10 unhealthiest are in the north and the Midlands.
It has been branded a "wake-up call" for the government, amid fears the Covid crisis could be making problems a lot worse. Hull, Stoke-on-Trent, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool make up the top five unhealthiest areas, according to researchers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and finance company Lane Clark & Peacock.
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