According to Nationwide's latest research, the following towns are the hottest and coolest for house prices at the moment:
Five hottest towns
1. Belfast 2. Aberdeen 3. Sheffield 4. Bristol 5. Reading
Five coolest towns
1. Newcastle 2. Birmingham 3. Northampton Town 4. Nottingham 5. Coventry
Click here to read our story on the growing divide in house prices between the north and the south of the country.
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You can’t always rely on the Great British summer — but you can rely on its watchesBritish watchmakers have excelled themselves in recent months — releasing bright and beautiful timepieces that you'll want on your wrist through summer, and beyond.
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Simon Jenkins: 50 years of saving Britain's buildings, from triumphs and disasters to the great country house we bought for £1In 1975, a new organisation was set up with the express aim of saving Britain's most beautiful and historic buildings from the wrecking ball. How has SAVE fared in the 50 years since then far? Simon Jenkins — who was involved as a trustee right from the very start — looks back on half a century of successes... and one or two painful failures.
