Price growth remained firm in September, according to the latest data from the Department for Community and Local Government (DCLG) report. The department found that annual inflation rose to 8%, up from 7.4% in August, the fastest rate of annual house price inflation in 18 months. And these fast rate rises are not just confined to London and the South East; house prices shot up all over the country, the data says. However, a slowdown is anticipated as November's interest rate rise, plus another expected in the New Year, temper the market. Property economist Kelvin Davidson commented: 'With affordability already stretched, we expect housing market activity levels and price pressures to cool in early 2007.'
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The 'Rose Labyrinth' of Coughton Court, where 200 varieties come together in this world-renowned garden in WarwickshireVal Bourne finds the award winning-roses flourishing at Coughton Court in Warwickshire, where the historic garden is now in the hands of the latest in many generations of the same family. Photography by Clive Nichols.
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Listen up puffins, peregrines and seal pups — Big Brother is watching youThe Wildlife Trusts have installed more than 25 video cameras around the country that live stream activity from barn owl nests to popular puffin sites.
