2. THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE
Economic and cultural differences between the South and the North
Gap tends to be growing .
Examples: life expectancy, political inclinations and economic trends
Main cause: migration of young professionals from the North to work in London

5. Illness distribution Illness
It is not only wealth that is unevenly distributed, but also health.
The rates of long-term illness vary dramatically between different regions.
The rate of illness has increased fastest in the old industrial regions of the North and Wales - and in some areas approaches 30%.
There are much lower rates of illness in the South East.

6. Problem drinking shows up north-south divisions

7. Wealth division

8. Economically, socially and politically, the North is becoming another country…September 15th 2012, the Economist

9. The Manchester metropolis

10. Leeds shopping centre

18. The angel of the North
Was designed by Antony Gormley and built on the site where coalminers used to work beneath the surface (transition of two worlds : industrial and information, our hopes, our fears)
Finished in 1998 : weighs 150 tons made of steel. Height : 20 metres and width: 54 metres