DEAR NOT SO GREEN PLACE

Glasgow left trailing in British cities eco study

- STEPHEN BEECH

IT MAY be known for its fantastic parks but Glasgow is Britain's least green urban area, according to a study.

Exeter, in Devon, is the greenest part of the country, followed by the trendy north London borough of Islington, say scientists.

A research team used a "greenness" measure to rank the UK's 68 urban centres with a population of more than 100,000.

Combining three metrics into a single score, the study found that Exeter's urban centre ranks highest, followed by Islington, Bristol, Bournemouth and Cambridge.