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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Paul Hilton |Phoebe Weston
“I can’t talk now, I’m in hospital,” Ram Kumar Aryal says when he picks up the phone. “Someone has been attacked by one of the rhinos.” Every few months, Aryal – who is one of the architects of Nepal’s celebrated rhino conservation programme – ends up in one of the hospitals around Chitwan national park to respond to a rhino attack. This time, three women had been injured earlier that afternoon by a female rhino outside Laukhani village in the park’s buffer zone.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Paul Hilton
More homeowners prefer to move rather than renovate
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Paul Hilton
The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders experienced a notable annual increase of 4.9% during July-September 2024, taking the new average to £290,259. According to our ESPC House Price Report for September, the City of Edinburgh saw its average selling price rise 4.7% to £307,850, making it the most expensive place throughout the regions in which to buy a property.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Mike Bilboe |Paul Hilton
The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £287,488 in June-August 2024, an annual increase of 2.3%. If we look at the specific market areas, most of the regions enjoyed similarly small but healthy increases in average selling prices, with the Borders seeing a 3.4% annual increase and homes in West Fife & Kinross rising 3.6% annually.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Paul Hilton |Luca Ittimani
Photographer Paul Hilton shadowed Captain Robert Bergholz on his boat Restless to see how a local prawn trawler’s day unfolds Paul Hilton and Luca Ittimani Main image: A catch from a prawn trawler off the south-east Queensland coast. Photograph: Paul Hilton/The Guardian Fri 30 Aug 2024 20.00 EDT Captain Robert Bergholz heads out to sea from Tin Can Bay.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Paul Hilton
The three months of May-July provide welcome news for both active buyers and sellers, and those thinking of buying or selling imminently, according to our latest ESPC House Price Report.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Paul Hilton
While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help to bring about changes in policy in Scotland too.
For example, Labour’s manifesto spoke of building 1.5 million new homes in England over the next parliament, and housebuilding commitments have already been announced by the new Chancellor. For comparison, in 2021 the Scottish Government set out a target to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
theintermediary.co.uk | Paul Hilton
While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent General Election might help to bring about changes in policy in Scotland too. For example, Labour’s manifesto spoke of building 1.5 million new homes in England over the next Parliament, and housebuilding commitments have already been announced by the new Chancellor. For comparison, in 2021 the Scottish Government set out a target to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
africageographic.com | Paul Hilton
When we think of ivory, elephants come to mind. Yet, hippos are also victims of the relentless ivory trade, with their teeth coveted as a legal and cheaper alternative. Investigative photojournalist Paul Hilton ventured to Uganda, uncovering the grim reality: hippo populations are dwindling due to the soaring demand for ivory, primarily trafficked through Hong Kong.
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Mar 9, 2024 | 
estateagenttoday.co.uk | Paul Hilton
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property sale.
