Interesting Facts

According to the UK's Office for National Statistics, almost four in ten of all the people born abroad live in London. (In fact the 2011 census showed that people born abroad make up 34 per cent of the capital’s population, but what is really funny is Cliff Richard and Joanna Lumley, who were both born in India to British parents are included in these statistics.)

British pop star Sir Cliff Richard has been ordered to knock down a £30,000 conservatory built at his house in Surrey because he did not have planning permission. (The conservatory measures 17ft (5.2m) by 13ft (4.2m) and breaks planning regulation because it increased the property's floor area by more than 30%. Basically his conservatory is about the same size as my house!)