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Interactive: Find out if your area has more Costa Coffee or Greggs outlets
Find out how well-served your area is for chain coffee shops (or if you’re more likely to be getting your latte from an independent)
Claire Miller
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Thousands of bank branches have closed in the past 12 years
In the year to March 2021, the number of bank branches across the UK dropped by 9%
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Use our interactive tool to find out how oversubscribed your local school is
Put your postcode in to find out how much space is in the schools near you
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The UK postcodes saw the biggest increases and decreases in house prices this year
The most expensive postcode in England and Wales last year was W1K, or Mayfair
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Use our interactive tool to find out how many Covid cases are near you
The rise in cases has been driven by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19
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NHS trusts heading into winter with already packed A&Es
NHS 111 also saw record demand, taking a call every seven seconds and over 1.9 million calls in total across August
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UK life expectancy goes in to reverse for the first time in decades
“This is the first time we have seen a decline when comparing non-overlapping time periods since the series began in the early 1980s."
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The millions owed in care home fees to be paid for by selling the family home
People have to fund their own care if they have over £23,250 worth of assets
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Around 300,000 missed cancer referrals as UK faces going backwards for first time in decades
Over the course of the pandemic so far, GPs urgently referred 2.47 million people with suspected cancer to specialists
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Soaring NHS waiting lists leave huge numbers waiting for routine care
Despite the rise, waiting times across the country have improved
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How much the house prices are in your area
This is the highest annual growth rate the UK has seen since August 2007
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Eurovision is back - but who is most likely to give the UK points?
As the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK automatically get a place every year