Middlesbrough has won the least-coveted title going and become 2007's official 'worst' place to live in the UK.
The exclusive poll was commissioned by Channel 4's Location, Location, Location: Best and Worst LIVE programme.
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The city in North East England - which has high crime levels, severe drug and health issues, and poor education results - ranked the lowest of all Local Authorities investigated.
1. Middlesbrough - North East (6th last year)
2. Hull - Humberside
3. Newham - East London (4th last year)
4. Nottingham - East Midlands (7th last year)
5. Merthyr Tydfil - South Wales (3rd last year)
6. North East Lincolnshire - Eastern England
7. Islington - North London (5th last year)
8. Blaenau Gwent - South Wales (9th last year)
9. Mansfield - East Midlands
10. Knowsley - Merseyside
11. Blackpool - North West
12. Hackney - East London (1ST last year)
13. Stoke-on-Trent - Staffordshire
14. Barking & Dagenham - East London
15. Doncaster - South Yorkshire
16. Cannock Chase - Staffordshire
17. Manchester - North West (10th last year)
18. Haringey - North London
19. Burnley - Lancashire
20. Hartlepool - North East
The Entire Bottom 20 Revealed
Now the most talked about countdown on television, Location, Location, Location: Best and Worst LIVE unveils what's hot and what's not in the property market - based on the criteria of crime, environment, lifestyle, health, education and employment.
While last year's controversial 'worst' place Hackney has improved enough to now be ranked 12th on the 'worst' list, Middlesbrough has finally been found to be the overall 'worst', having previously been in 6th worst place last year and 5th worst place in 2005. And Hull makes a return to the list as the 2nd worst place to live, following it being declared the 'worst' place in 2005, but then improving enough to not even make the top 10 last year. And it's not good news for London with 25 per cent of the worst list being made up of London Local Authorities, while Scotland and Northern Ireland don't feature at all.
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