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What is the postcode lottery? The postcode lottery is shorthand for seemingly random countrywide variations in the provision and quality of public services - the huge gap between the best and the rest ...

Pick My Postcode, formerly known as Free Postcode Lottery, is a free daily lottery where you can win cash prizes every day. Each day, a postcode is picked at random to win £200. If the £200 is not ...

New research shows the idea of the "postcode lottery" was first used in 1997 to express concern about how access to National Health Service (NHS) drugs and treatment varied from place to place. But ...

Rising summer temperatures are causing longer and more frequent heatwaves across Great Britain, according to the Met office. BBC analysis estimates that six million people live in places at risk of ...

What we could all do with right now is some good news to lift our spirits after what has been a tumultuous year. But for one community in Mansfield and Mansfield House, Nottinghamshire, their 2020 has ...