Data, which scored each local authority on five measures including emotional health and happiness of children, gave hacks the chance to draw some somewhat simplistic conclusions. "The most bully-free area in the country is Liverpool," reported The Sun. Meanwhile, The Guardian said Liverpool suburb Knowsley was home to England's "cheeriest young people". The study "lays to rest the adage that life is grim up north", it went on.
However, it was one of the few papers to sound a note of caution: "A spokesman for the Local Government Association said the survey was helpful but, because it involved children completing the survey themselves, some outside formal education were excluded: 'There is an awareness that some of the children most in need are not picked up by it.'"
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