The north east city has been crowned the greenest city in the UK by the Sustainable Cities Index, for the second year running. 

The Index looks at the UK’s 20 biggest

cities and grades them on their eco-friendliness, the quality of life people

have there and what they’re doing to be greener in the future.

Newcastle scored the highest. The city has started installing 580 electric vehicle charging points in the region, as part of efforts to become the UK’s electric car capital. Leicester came in second from 14th place only four years ago. The city was praised for producing the least household waste and doing best at looking after its wildlife. Brighton was third, Bristol was fourth and the country’s capital, London, came fifth.

In 2002 Newcastle announced it wanted to become a carbon neutral city. Newcastle’s geographical neighbour, Sunderland dropped from 13th last year to 16th place.

Hull has come bottom of the list for the third year in a row.

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