New Lines

In this episode of Sky News' Line 18 series, Nick Martin examines why, statistically, men in the north of England are living shorter lives than those in the south.

With the help of researchers at the University of Manchester, we've discovered that 1100 more men aged between 25 and 44 die in northern England than the south each year.

Nick visits Blackpool, Manchester and Wigan to try to make sense of the findings.

In this instalment of Sky News's 'Line 18' reports looking at division in our society, our political correspondent Tom Rayner travels to Greater Manchester to look at how food bank use has been affected by the roll-out of the government's flagship benefit reform, Universal Credit.

Produced by Simon English.

In the third of Sky News' special 'Line 18' reports assessing the divides and fractures in our society, Ireland Correspondent David Blevins looks at Northern Ireland, 20 years on from the signing of the Good Friday agreement.

Do people feel safer, and have attitudes changed?

In the second of Sky News' special 'Line 18' reports assessing the divides and fractures in our society, Technology Correspondent Tom Cheshire looks at automation.

The automation of UK jobs, where robots take on roles previously filled by human workers, is inevitable according to some experts.

Sky News worked with researchers from think tank Localis to map local authorities' exposure to cliff-edge automation.

Tom went to Northamptonshire which - as our data shows - is the most vulnerable county in the UK.

Sky News Business Correspondent Adam Parsons hosts the first Line 18 Podcast.

Line 18 is a new series of stories on Sky News, looking at how the United Kingdom is changing in 2018.

In this episode, Adam looks at wealth inequality.

Produced by Anna Jones and Helen-Ann Smith.