Farewell, Chagos
The government announced that it would hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. There are 13 other British Overseas Territories, only ten of which have a permanent population. The most populated are:
Cayman Islands 78,554
Bermuda 62,506
Turks and Caicos 38,191
Gibraltar 33,701
British Virgin Islands 31,758
– Pitcairn Island is the only British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean, which has been integral to the claims that, even now, the sun never sets on the British Empire – even if there is an overlap of just 20 minutes between sunrise in Diego Garcia and Pitcairn Island in June.
– With the Chagos Islands gone, the sun will begin to set on the British Overseas Territories.
Migratory patterns
How has the number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain changed?
2018 | 2023
Arrived by small boat 299 | 29,437
Arrived at airport 4,769 | 3,854
Arrived at port 1,052 | 327
Found in the community 7,257 | 3,081
Home Office
Let’s bounce
Who works as a bouncer or security guard?
There are 439,115 people who hold Security Industry Authority (SIA) licences.
– 390,973 are male and 48,142 female. 241,736 are British citizens.
– The most common other nationalities are: Pakistani 58,449, Nigerian 23,196 and Indian 23,060.
– 119,993 are resident in London and 30,275 in Manchester.
– The most common age for a holder of an SIA licence is 27.
– 236 are in their eighties and 6 in their nineties. The oldest is 99.
Uphill slog
How are government efforts to encourage cycling coming along?
– The amount of cycle traffic in England in the year to June 2024 was 8.2% higher than it was in 2013.
– However, it was 7% down on the year to June 2023.
– The peak year for cycling was in the year to the end of June 2021, during the pandemic, when it was 63% higher than in 2013.
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