Original sentence: Portland Gas has applied to excavate 14 caverns to store  of natural gas, which is 1% of the UK’s total annual demand.The borough averaged 1768.4 hours of sunshine annually between 1971 and 2000, which is over 40% of the maximum possible, and 32% above the United Kingdom average of 1339.7 hours.The largest religion in Weymouth and Portland is Christianity, at almost 74.7%, which is slightly above the UK average of 71.6%.The next-largest sector is those with no religion, at almost 15.9%, also slightly above the UK average of 15.5%.The population is almost entirely native to England—96.8% of residents are of white ethnicity.Unemployment levels are lower in summer than the winter—1.8% of the economically active population in July 2006 were not employed, and 5.3% were unemployed year-round, the same as the United Kingdom average
Edited sentence: Portland Gas has applied to excavate 14 caverns to store  of natural gas, which is 1 % of the UK’s total annual demand.The borough averaged 1768.4 hours of sunshine annually between 1971 and 2000, which is over 40 % of the maximum possible, and 32 % above the United Kingdom average of 1339.7 hours.The largest religion in Weymouth and Portland is Christianity, at almost 74.7 %, which is slightly above the UK average of 71.6 %.The next-largest sector is those with no religion, at almost 15.9 %, also slightly above the UK average of 15.5 %.The population is almost entirely native to England—96.8 % of residents are of white ethnicity.Unemployment levels are lower in summer than the winter—1.8 % of the economically active population in July 2006 were not employed, and 5.3 % were unemployed year-round, the same as the United Kingdom average