Manchester has been named as the best city to garden in the UK, with Birmingham and London completing the top three. That’s according to the team at Pergolux UK who have created the 2025 UK Gardening Index identifying the best cities for novice and experienced gardeners. The number crunchers looked at the climates of 13 cities taking into account the average temperature, rainfall and wind speed, all essential in selecting a good gardening spot. They also added in data on the size of the average garden and the number of garden centres where shoppers could buy all their plants and…
Author: Laighton Powell
England’s most prolific areas for speeding offences have been revealed and the area covered by the Metropolitan Police Service has the highest number of offences by a considerable distance. The data which has been compiled by motoring experts at Quotezone.co.uk reveals that just under one in ten London drivers are being issued a speeding fine, with one road in NW11 being particularly notorious for catching motorists. (Credit: Geograph) The data was gathered through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to each of the 39 territorial police forces across England, with 29 forces responding. This was then compiled by analysts at…