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Birmingham has the fastest mobile internet download speeds of any city in Britain, new data shows. With an aggregate median download speed of 28.9Mbps, the West Midlands city was quicker than any of its rivals, according to research from RootMetrics. Liverpool came a close second with speeds of 28.8Mbps while Manchester finished third with average … Read more
Traffic congestion cost the UK economy £6.9billion last year with the average driver spending 115 hours stuck in jams Gridlocked roads cost the UK economy £6.9billion last year, figures show In 2019 average road user spent 115 hours stuck in traffic at cost of £894 Worst cities were London, Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Hull … Read more
Iran threatens to use ‘force’ to stop people travelling between cities as it tries to get a grip on one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks Iran has confirmed almost 5,000 cases of coronavirus with 124 people killed Virus spread to every province in the country in one of world’s worst outbreaks Health ministry has … Read more
‘Only visitors in Los Angeles care about that sign in the hills’: People reveal the things ‘only tourists do’ in their cities An internet thread has revealed that there are countless ways to spot a tourist The discussion was on a U.S site, but the examples came from all over the world One user said … Read more
US hospitals in five cities will now test anyone with flu symptoms but who tests negative for the common seasonal virus for the novel coronavirus spreading China, officials said Friday. Previously, only people with a recent travel history to China were tested for the virus which has now sickened 15 people in the US. The … Read more
A European safety council wants SUVs banned from towns and cities as part of efforts to cut the number of pedestrians and cyclists being killed. The European Transport Safety Council in a report called for ‘urgent action’ to tackle deaths of vulnerable road users in built-up areas, with records showing almost 70,000 pedestrian and cyclist … Read more
The UK cities with the most pollution relative to their size have been revealed – and London isn’t one of the worst offenders. Researchers from the University of Birmingham compared traffic pollution levels in 146 places around England, Scotland and Wales. They found Luton in Bedfordshire had the highest concentration of nitrogen oxide gases – … Read more