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Asian hornets losing ground, Britain's most bashed bridge bashed once again and how to buy a dinosaur

Plus sumptuous property for sale and our quiz of the day.

Eight magical homes for sale, from Scotland to London and from £1.25m to £29.5m, as seen in Country Life

Our weekly look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life includes a seven bedroom home in Mayfair, an astounding Scottish estate and a glorious Edwardian home on the River Thames in Bray.

'We’ve never experienced anything like this. Nothing has even come close': An incredible home in Wales where you can surf in the morning and go climbing in the afternoon

Like a phoenix from the flames, Plas Yr Eifl rose from the ashes of a fire to become one of the finest contemporary homes on the Llyn Peninsula.

Thirteen really is lucky for some — and specifically for those paying £36,000 less if they're happy to live at No. 13

Every day, I am inundated with emails telling me how to raise or reduce the value of a house. Turns out, superstition was what I needed all along.

Best country houses for sale this week

A stunning Cornish farmhouse, a grand Yorkshire mansion, a delightful Arts and Crafts home in Surrey and a wonderful Cotswolds stone home in Gloucestershire are just a few of the highlights this week.

Santa's making the kids cry, a vast organ finds its voice and letting the saltwater into Gloucestershire

Plus a very peculiar Northumberland property and the quiz of the day.

A Grade I-listed home in Northumberland that is both round and square, with more bedrooms than I can count

Milbourne Hall was designed by a pupil of Robert Adam, and is one of the more architecturally curious homes we've seen.

'You need to be able to pull up the drawbridge': How to make multi-generational living work

For a young, growing family, moving in with, or adjacent to, the grandparents could be just the thing, says Madeleine Silver.

A Cotswolds manor for sale that one of Henry VIII's wives was granted in her divorce settlement

Broughton Hall, in the very heart of the Cotswolds, is a majestic home with a fascinating history — including ownership by Anne of Cleves. Penny Churchill takes a look.

A farmhouse and 200 acres of the Lake District for sale at the same price as a two-bedroom flat in Barnet

A beautiful farm with spectacular views and potential to create a lifestyle business, plus a truly magical winter scene and our Quiz of the Day.

12 magical homes for sale, including a £600k cottage which will make you want to drop everything and move to the country

Our weekly look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life includes some real gems — including a country house with a tennis court that looks like it could have been lifted from Wimbledon.

The happiest places to live in Britain, including the gorgeous town that's 'like living in a Constable painting'

This riverside spot has topped Rightmove’s annual ranking for the first time, taking the crown from Richmond upon Thames. Here’s why.

A 27-bedroom dream castle dubbed 'one of the loveliest houses in England', with secret doorways, loggia and gorgeous views

Looking to buy something really special for Christmas? The good news is that the historic Grade I-listed Wytham Abbey is on the market. The bad news is that you'll need an eight-figure budget...

Want to live like the Grinch? You'll need £125,000 and a new roof

We love Christmas films. We also love property. We've found four houses that will let you live out your yuletide fantasies.

The best house for sale in the world right now, and we're furious that it's not in the UK

The grandest townhouse in Britain? A majestic home with Art Nouveau billiard room, ballroom and a spectacular glass dome is up for sale at £2.5 million

Behind the doors of this historic townhouse is an extraordinary interior, with an Art Nouveau billiards room and a glass-domed anteroom. It’s on sale for £2.5m.

A five-bedroom West Country house with a heart of glass — and it's just down the road from one of the Cornwall's finest beaches

Fernbank in St Agnes is a veritable cabinet of curiosities. We're a fan.

Georgian precision and symmetry with eight bedrooms in one of Somerset's best villages

The Wash presents itself perfectly in this Special Landscape Area, and has lashings of amenities on its doorstep to keep you entertained through all seasons.

11 magical homes, from under £400,000 to £11.5 million, as seen in Country Life

This week's pick of the best homes to come to market via Country Life includes a Berkshire house where old and new meet head on — and get on perfectly.

A 450-year-old house where you can revel in Tudor charm while still enjoying toasty-warm underfloor heating

Country houses in winter can be chilly places to be — but a cruel twist of fate in the history of Hurlditch Court opened the path for that problem to be solved for generations to come. Penny Churchill reports.