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The Guardian - UK
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Valentine's Day: you'll never walk alone

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day ... Great day for lovers in Liverpool. Photograph: Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images

Attention, my long haired lover from Liverpool. Happy Valentines Day, don't eat all of those Roses at once. Google statistics show that Liverpool is the UK's most romantic city – almost three times more so than London, and way ahead of your Manchester counterparts. Searches for Valentine's-related keywords, such as "red roses" and "romantic restaurants" are at their highest in Liverpool, according to Google search results taken from the run-up to 14 February last year – Cardiff, Nottingham and Brighton also rank high on the romantic cities scale. The UK capital, meanwhile, is the least romantic city in the country on this measurement. In Edinburgh, searches for "red roses" rocketed almost 1,000% in the fortnight before Valentine's Day; while over in Newcastle, searches for "restaurant" in the same period jumped a measly 2.78%. Take note, Tyneside lotharios, no need to book tonight.

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