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Gentrifying neighbourhoods across London are undergoing rapid change, with rising numbers of newcomers arriving from less deprived areas and from further afield than ever before, according to new research from the Geographic Data Service led by a UCL researcher. The study, published by the charity Trust for London, shows that these areas are now driving a growing share of the capital's population churn, with far-reaching implications for housing pressures and who is able to live in the city.

A new study by experts from The University of Manchester has revealed a major shift in Britain's social life, as the number of bars and pubs has dropped sharply in recent years while restaurants have expanded. The research, published in Applied Geography , examined more than 1100 neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester and Nottingham between 2002 and 2019.

A new study from experts at The University of Manchester has uncovered how people have moved between South America and Europe over the past 35 years, and how those patterns might change in the future. The research, led by Dr Andrea Lisette Aparicio Castro and Professor Arkadiusz Wisniowski from the Department of Social Statistics, looks at where people moved, why they moved, and what might happen by the year 2050.